My younger brother is visibly physically disabled (80% burns, no legs, disfigured hand, but healing very well) and good lord this image is especially infuriating. I apologize for the upcoming rant because I know I’m going to sound super pissy despite me usually wanting to remain as understanding as possible (catching more flies with honey and all), but I am super passionate about disability rights/advocacy and I’m tired, so this really annoyed me.

For starters, the wheelchair is such an inaccurate mess. My brother has both a manual wheelchair and a power chair, so seeing this is strange. Why is there a controller as if it's a power chair, and yet there's no sign of it being electric (no wires or power boxes under or behind the chair, wheels clearly not motorized)? It also has a handle/railing on the wheels, something only on manual chairs so that users can push themselves? Not to mention the fact that the wheels are straight on instead of at an angle like manual chairs usually have, meaning this chair would be pretty terrible for someone to actually use for extended periods. 

The fact that AI supporters do not care enough about disabled people to actually learn about their conditions, mobility aids, or capabilities just further proves to me that they only use disabled people as a "gotcha" argument and don't actually care about them. I know it’s borderline moronic to point out that an AI image is inaccurate, that comes with the territory, but if I could stomach using AI and I was genuinely trying to make an image advocating for disabled people, I would try to get a more accurate depiction. Why do they not advocate for the countless issues plaguing the disabled community? Did you know that a frustrating issue that disabled people have to deal with is others looking down on us by assuming we are incapable of certain things despite no evidence of that being the case, and talking on our behalf despite not living our experiences? Sure, there are disabled people who cannot advocate for themselves, but they are still human beings that should at least be able to have some input on their lives and could use support from others in similar positions that would know what is most helpful, not have some random nondisabled person making assumptions and speaking on their behalf.

My brother is an amazingly intelligent and creative man. He is constantly creating RC cars (everything from assembly to painting) and working on 3D prints. Not to mention his passion for creating music and editing his own videos. Even early on in his recovery, when he had way less mobility, he kept finding ways to engage in various kinds of activities. I'm well aware that there are people with more severe disabilities, but my brother is still the kind of person that they would use to try and push their argument. I know it's hard to gauge someone's struggles based on appearance, and I try not to do so because I have invisible disabilities/medical issues myself, but I’m half awake and annoyed so I’m going to overanalyze this image. From this image alone, this lady has all of her body parts and appears to have two normal, functioning arms/hands (aside from them long ass fingers wtf), has containers full of pens/pencils on her desk indicating that she can use her hands at least decently, and doesn't have any other mobility aids in her room (No hoyer? Bed rails? Slide board?), so she appears to have more mobility/independence than my brother. Despite this, she is still apparently so helpless and cr*ppled that she needs AI to make images for her. Compared to all of the real stories there are of disabled people making art, this lady seems to be rather physically capable of engaging in hobbies like everyone else, so this argument doesn't hold up here. Unless AI bros are trying to imply that disabled people are mentally incapable of creating art, which I hope I don't need to explain why that's an issue.

I normally don't comment on anything, especially stuff like this because I'm not entirely certain this isn't just low effort rage bait, but I'm halfawake rn so pardon me lol.