The Way That We Learn About Helen Keller In School Is An Absolute Outrage. We Read “The Miracle Worker”-

The way that we learn about Helen Keller in school is an absolute outrage. We read “The Miracle Worker”- the miracle worker referring to her teacher; she’s not even the title character in her own story. The narrative about disabled people that we are comfortable with follows this format- “overcoming” disability. Disabled people as children. Helen Keller as an adult, though? She was a radical socialist, a fierce disability advocate, and a suffragette. There’s no reason she should not be considered a feminist icon, btw, and the fact that she isn’t is pure ableism- while other white feminists of that time were blatent racists, she was speaking out against Woodrew Wilson because of his vehement racism. She supported woman’s suffrage and birth control. She was an anti-war speaker. She was an initial donor to the NAACP. She spoke out about the causes of blindness- often disease caused by poverty and poor working conditions. She was so brave and outspoken that the FBI had a file on her because of all the trouble she caused.

Yet when we talk about her, it’s either the boring, inspiration porn story of her as a child and her heroic teacher, or as the punchline of ableist, misogynistic jokes. It’s not just offensive, it’s downright disgusting.

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Also: Don’t Stigmatize HIV+ Individuals Because They All Have Different Circumstances And Might’ve
Also: Don’t Stigmatize HIV+ Individuals Because They All Have Different Circumstances And Might’ve
Also: Don’t Stigmatize HIV+ Individuals Because They All Have Different Circumstances And Might’ve
Also: Don’t Stigmatize HIV+ Individuals Because They All Have Different Circumstances And Might’ve
Also: Don’t Stigmatize HIV+ Individuals Because They All Have Different Circumstances And Might’ve
Also: Don’t Stigmatize HIV+ Individuals Because They All Have Different Circumstances And Might’ve
Also: Don’t Stigmatize HIV+ Individuals Because They All Have Different Circumstances And Might’ve
Also: Don’t Stigmatize HIV+ Individuals Because They All Have Different Circumstances And Might’ve

Also: don’t stigmatize HIV+ individuals because they all have different circumstances and might’ve  gotten the virus from a variety of sources (sex, occupational, birth, blood transfusions in other countries). 

HIV-related stigma remains a huge barrier to preventing HIV, and is linked to a low level of people testing for HIV. 

The bad news is that Trump is cutting America’s spending on HIV year after year.  He has taken steps to weaken the Affordable Care Act since coming to power.

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