U. Cincinnati Claims Offering Prayer for the Disabled is a ‘Microaggression’
“it is offensive to offer to pray for someone with disabilities”
Only the left would find a problem in this. It’s just amazing.
Campus Reform reports:
University of Cincinnati says offering prayer for the disabled is a ‘micro aggression,’ provides ‘Able-Bodied Privilege Checklist’
The University of Cincinnati offers a guide on “Ableism and Disability Justice” as a “resource for the UC community to learn about activism and allyship” that states, among other things, that it is offensive to offer to pray for someone with disabilities.
The guide defines “ableism” as “social prejudice against people with disabilities based on the belief that typical abilities are superior,” and claims it “is rooted in the assumption that disabled people require ‘fixing’ and defines people by their disability.”
So-called “ableism” is likened to “racism and sexism” in that “ableism” allegedly “classifies entire groups of people as ‘less than’”.
The page gives various examples of “ablest [sic] micro-aggressions”, such as asking a disabled person: “Can I pray for you?”
The phrases “That’s so lame,” “That guy is crazy,” “I’m super OCD about how I clean my apartment,” and “You’re acting so bi-polar today” are also listed as “ableist micro-aggressions.”
The statement “I don’t even think of you as disabled,” as well as figures of speech like “It’s like the blind leading the blind” and “My ideas fell on deaf ears,” are condemned as “ableist” as well.
Also included in the guide is an “Able-Bodied Privilege Checklist,” which lists “benefits which an ableist society gives to people based on conforming to a set of norms of physical, mental, psychological functioning.”
Some of these “benefits” include: “I can turn on the television and see people of my ability level widely and accurately represented,” “I can do well in a challenging situation without being told what an inspiration I am,” and “If I ask to speak to someone ‘in charge’, I can be relatively assured that the person will make eye contact with me and not treat me like I am stupid.”
The guide also condemns as “ableist” the idea that the disabled want to be healed of their disabilities.
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rooted in the assumption that disabled people
Ummm, you say right there they are disabled. That is the very definition of “typical abilities are superior.”
/giant facepalm/
Total disconnect with reality.
That’s why they usually don’t say “disabled” but “differently abled”. You first started to see this with the “Deaf” community, with a capital D, deafness as an identity rather than a disability, as if there is no advantage to hearing over not hearing, and as if hearing were not part of the normal human sensory package, and deafness were not a defect.
There’s nothing wrong with being broken, a person is not less worthy for being broken, but that doesn’t change the fact that they are broken!
I think the only reason they haven’t completely banished the word “disability” is because then couldn’t invoke the ADA!
They are differently smart.
Like hawking, whose disability probably caused his exceptionalism. It seems like being gifted in one area is often offset deficiencies in other areas. That is most certainly true for me.
Milhouse, I recall a conversation I had with a fellow I knew at work decades ago. He was confined to a wheelchair, being one of the last to suffer heavy damage from polio. He said to me, “bear, they can call me, handy, abled, differently, abled, or any other thing that they choose to make it look sweet and candy like. But, in the end, I’m crippled.“ I think he stated it well. Both he and his wife were handicapped, or crippled as the case may be. But both also let very, very full lives, including helping to foster and raise children who were the offspring of drug addicted mothers. These were hard-working people in the community and they were a true treasure. Their wheelchairs didn’t stop them at all.
“Disabled” and “handicapped” are two different things. I always associate “handicapped” with mental attitude. Lots of people with disabilities are not handicapped, like your friend.
The phrase “handicapable” comes to mind.
Oh, and Cincinnati is the place they have thin spaghetti sauce they call “chili.”
So, judgment out of there is inherently questionable.
Hey, GWB, don’t knock it ’till you try it! Cincy chili (officially known as Skyline) grows on you. It’s an old Greek recipe with no ties to the Southwest! Spaghetti, Skyline, and grated cheddar – a great cold weather treat!
I actually have tried it. It’s spaghetti sauce.
It is NOT something any American should ever call chili.
(If it’s an old Greek recipe, then it isn’t “chili.”)
Can I claim a disability because I am not able to bear children?
You trans hater!/s
“Nazi” still OK.
I hope they realized I’m not praying for them . Don’t want to offend anyone!’n
Them telling me this makes me feel micro aggressed.
Predicted next step — Make it illegal to pray for another person (for any reason) without their express written persission.
Never got the whole “microaggression” thing. Seemed like a cop out from some chronically offended, habitually outraged crybabies who were looking for attention.