#AbledsAreWeird: People With Disabilities Share Uncomfortable Encounters

#AbledsAreWeird: People With Disabilities Share Uncomfortable Encounters Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of Madasyn Andrews Courtesy of Madasyn Andrews The hashtag #AbledsAreWeird started with a childhood memory that occurred to writer and disability rights activist Imani Barbarin: She was in her community swimming pool when a man threw her crutch into the pool to "help her swim." "There's really no personal accountability or societal accountability on how society treats disabled people," says Barbarin. "There seems to be this sense where disabled people are kind of seen as oddities and forced to go through this world to be singled out and othered," says Barbarin. "There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled people."