#also don't bash people with biid on this post thanks. i hate the words transabled/cisdisabled but that doesnt mean i'm down with sanism

[crowpunkcognitivedecline]

ok if you're unironically calling people cisdisabled. sit down i need you to get this.

acquired disability is real disability. it doesn't matter how it was acquired. yes that includes disabilities that are self-inflicted through self-harm, drug use, dangerous labor, etc.

when you call people cisdisabled, you can only be doing one of two things:

treating congenital disability as fundamentally different or more real/inherent than acquired disability, or

separating acquired disabilities into cisdisabled and transdisabled by how much it was "their fault"

both of these are really fucking gross ableist things to do.

if you're currently disabled and can't choose to stop being disabled, you're disabled.

if you can choose to stop being disabled, you're not disabled.

if you choose to do something that permanently/chronically disables you, you will be disabled when that something happens, but not before.

it's not rocket science