Being my mother's live-in caregiver taught me about ableism first-hand. Here's what I've learned and how it informs the pandemic.
is exceedingly difficult to communicate. Add ableism to the mix, and the conversation becomes even more challenging. Take, for example, an encounter I had with an acquaintance a few months after my mom passed away in 2015.
Initially, the person was surprised by the news, and rightfully so—56 is a relatively young age to die. But then I mentioned that my mom had been partially paralyzed from a she’d had when I was 8 years old, and my acquaintance’s expression changed. Relief washed over their face. “Well, at least she is no longer suffering, and you’re free to live your own life,” they said.—itshocking to find my mom unconscious on our living room floor, while outside, birds chirped and the streets buzzed with late-Friday-afternoon energy. When we arrived at the, doctors concluded that she had experienced another brain aneurysm.
In the United States, over a quarter of the total population lives with a disability, according to the. And while dealing with the new coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a host of challenges for pretty much everyone, this time can be particularly challenging for people with disabilities. People with disabilities don’t seem to be inherently more likely to get COVID-19 or experience severe complications from it, the
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