#disabled people with a high technical knowledge of their conditions being the arbiters of disability

[mythicalcoolkid]

"Disabled people understand their disability better than those who don't have it" does not equal "every disabled person has a thorough and accurate knowledge of their condition and can consequently tell others this information flawlessly" and I genuinely can't believe that has to be said

#m/cc #the extension from 'disabled people often have to become experts on their conditions' to #'disabled people are all experts on their conditions and anyone who gives misinformation isn't actually disabled' #it's bizarre #the pendulum swing from disabled people being stupid and naive and doctors all-knowing to this idea of #disabled people with a high technical knowledge of their conditions being the arbiters of disability #and anyone who DOESN'T have that information is therefore not really disabled #it's. bizarre!! it's the weirdest defense of fakeclaiming I've seen! stemming from #'someone who gives highly inaccurate information about a condition they claim to have might not be genuine' #and somehow morphing into 'if I suspect the thing you're saying about your disability isn't 100% scientifically based #then you're making up everything' #it's so wild. I hate it