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A Commonly Overlooked Reason We Don’t Really Care What Disabled People Think
It’s so been so ubiquitous for so long, we often forget about it.
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A lightbulb moment
Not too long ago, I was doomscrolling on Facebook, dutifully playing my role as a product when I came across yet another ad in my feed. There was nothing unusual about it compared to the ads the infamous site had been targeting at me for some years now. Some company who had paid to get my attention for a few seconds was selling me something that was supposed to make it easier to cope with the assumed burden of my non-existent offspring and Facebook had helped them to do it by essentially spying on me, which is all old news.
Usually these the things being advertised consist of pediatric clinical trials, dubious supplements that are supposed to “cleanse” kids’ digestive systems, therapies of various kinds, tutoring programs, places to get online neuropsychological evaluations, promises of money for fake issues like taking Tylenol while pregnant, kid-sized medical devices, and more. Once in a while, I see a product I could actually legitimately use for myself that pertains to at least one of my disabilities, and might actually be…
