@SiobhanVohn The third one you mentioned. Differentiating the #ActuallyAutistic, & #ActuallyDisabled, from someone inquiring on their behalf, or something of that nature.
It certainly isn't meant to be aggressive.

What's with the word 'actually' creeping into disability and accessibility language?

#ActuallyDisabled and #ActuallyAutistic are the main ones I've seen.

What does it mean?
Is it a calm 'yes I am disabled'? Is it an aggressive 'Yes I am disabled ACTUALLY'? Is it to differentiate disabled from ally? Is it a split within the disabled community by those who have an actual diagnoses? Is it a step back to the days when I had to justify my disabilities to prove I am disabled enough?

I'm confused.

After a week off of trying, I finally broke my #WritersBlock late last night and wrote my first piece in two #weeks! If you want a feel good piece about raising a #special #needs child, this one is for you. Here is my latest Thought #Essay.

To My Son by Patrick Stewart

https://medium.com/@thetaoistonline/to-my-son-7f5d6b76ecc3

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Here's your unfriendly weekly reminder that visually impaired people post images, cannot always include accurate alt text, and refusing to boost posts with images that lack that text isn't solidarity. It's #ableism. Fuck you. We don't exist to help you virtue signal.

#ActuallyDisabled #VirtueSignaling #EatShit

A disabled person who uses AAC and has been elected as the leader of the House is called the SpeAAC-er of the House

#disability #disabled #ActuallyDisabled #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #AAC #Politics #USPolitics #Speaker #SpeakerOfTheHouse