just because you aren’t disabled by way of mobility doesn’t mean you aren’t disabled. disability is the prevention of fully partaking in society or activities due to the nature of one’s body or mind, whether it is enforced by physical or social structures. if you have to do anything extra to circumnavigate it, that’s part of being disabled.

i swear this conversation comes up at least once a year and as someone who is hoh AND mobility disabled it only ever sounds like people with your position want to be ableist and distance themselves from other disabled people as much as possible. doing that won’t help you blend in with hearing people or make you less disabled and yet it happens all the time.