JohnnyBear

“Part of the autistic experience is not being believed.”
― Melanie Yergeau, Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness

“Enough tiny sharp jabs can cut as deeply as any knife.”
― Roshani Chokshi, A Crown of Wishes

“She didn’t know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent . . . or obsessed.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Navigating ableist situations is like traversing the muckiest mud pit. Ableism runs so deep in our society that most ableists don't recognize their actions as ableist. They coat ableism in sweetness, then expect applause for their "good" deeds. Attempts to explain the ableism behind the "good deeds" get brushed aside as sensitive, angry, and ungrateful.”
― Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law