like the queer population, the disabled population is incredibly diverse, both in *what* makes them disabled and *how long* they have been disabled.
these things need to be acknowledged and heard and recognized for the differences they make in how ableism is experienced.
it shapes people's lives and realities differently for someone to grow up disabled and be treated as disabled by an ableist society in childhood.
becoming disabled at later stages in life will make different things stand out to people as they navigate through a change, whether drastic or gradual.
the barriers that make society ableist are innumerable, from small details to major elements of the framework of how we live our lives and perceive our humanity.
it's not just a photogenic person in a wheelchair posing for a stock photo next to someone with Down syndrome and a blind person holding a white cane.
you're not going to learn about disability if you don't listen to a broad range of people with things to teach you.