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Urgh with the paralympics coming up there’s the usual bullshit around about “superhumans” so here’s a reminder:
Do not call disabled people superhuman, do not call disabled people angels, do not put disabled people on a ridiculously high pedestal and hold us to impossible standards that we can never fulfill
This is just another form of dehumanisation and inevitably ends up with all of us who cannot fit your superhuman/angel role instead being seen as subhumans and demons
Also, not all people competing in the Paralympics consider themselves disabled. Additionally, everyone’s situation is different. Just because one person with a certain condition can do something doesn’t mean everyone with that condition can do the same thing, and that’s okay.
Additionally, please don’t use the Paralympics to prove your point that disabled people “can do anything they set their mind to” because you have no idea what other tasks the athletes cannot do, and you don’t know what other positions of privilege the athletes are in that other disabled people aren’t. Athletics are way different from most everyday challenges and requires completely different skills and abilities. Prosthetic legs designed specifically to help you run as fast as possible are not free, or even “affordable” for many people.
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