This. I find in eating disorders you have to recover and have an inspiring story before your voice is taken seriously. You have to recover in the imperfect system to change the imperfect system.
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Anna Holmes
Toxic positivity in disability justice manifests as nondisabled people demanding we:
-not discuss the reality of our disability
-temper our language to soften our truths
-focus only on “inspiring” messages
-ignore the ongoing impact of ableism in favor of reaching nondisabled people
-not discuss the reality of our disability
-temper our language to soften our truths
-focus only on “inspiring” messages
-ignore the ongoing impact of ableism in favor of reaching nondisabled people
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