What Is the Most Ableist Thing Someone Has Said to You?

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It has been my experience that the most painful Ableist nonsense came not come from others, but from myself. Being late Dx and spending a lifetime of unconsciously over adapting and overcompensating for something I could never name caused so much suffering. Today, I live more above the line of awareness and not so much being pushed and pulled around below it. As a direct result I am more drawn into life and less driven to adapt.This is the gift that comes with a Dx.

Things like all those ret*ds should be put away, or killed.

Arguments for “good eugenics” on this forum.

Being called evil, being told to stop "acting like a doll" because I don't emote.

There are so many to choose from. The most upsetting in general would be something like "I'll do this with you if you promise you won't get upset." How can I promise that? I don't know what might or might not upset me. If something does upset me and you scold me for getting upset, instead of understanding why and supporting me, it will get worse. How dare you put this horrible judgment on me when you won't even lift a finger to try to understand.

Anyway, yeah and there are more.

"This spectrum thing ain't real, boy. It's something the government created."

I have an uncle who has said this to me in the past, so this is one reason I avoid him.

When I was 12, a boy in my regular Grade 6 class asked me why my parents didn't have an abortion.