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abled people who talk about “eliminating disability” want us all cured killed or kept from being born. “eliminating disability” discourse is nothing a but thinly veiled socially acceptable way to advocate for genocide & eugenics. there is no eliminating disability without eliminating disabled people
That’s not to mention that disability is so complicated and multifaceted that it would be basically impossible to “eliminate” all disability. Disability is a part of life, not only human life but all life. If you eliminate everything which is currently considered disability (which is virtually impossible anyway and not even worth considering as a viable option), other things will become considered disabilities.
Think of it in terms of IQ (which is highly problematic to start with but this is just for example). If you eliminate everyone with an IQ of under 100 and the average IQ is then 150, people with an IQ of under 150 become seen as “intellectually disabled.”
See, what people understand is that disability isn’t just illness and disease. It’s a social construct, a category people are placed in by the standards of society. It’s impossible to eliminate disability in the same way that it’s impossible to eliminate social status based on wealth. People who say they want to “eliminate disability” are just saying they want to change what’s considered disability and they want to spread the idea that disabled people SHOULD be eliminated.
And the people who say that that should happen “for the betterment of humanity” don’t understand that new diseases crop up all the time. And if you really think that murdering and sterilizing people, especially people who the only thing they’ve done wrong is being born, there’s something seriously wrong with you.