stuff to address in synthesis

- how disabled people are compared to disabled pets
- "what, are you deaf/blind/etc?" "uh, yes"
- intersectionality like cmon DISABLED POC EXIST
- disconnect between being poc (or any other minority) and being disabled
- crab theory (thinking oneself is higher than others)
- "i'm HUMAN. i'm not an animal."
- toxic masculinity in groups? hierarchy?
- appropriation of ASL/deaf culture
- inspiration porn
- mental illnesses/disorders
- "special needs"
- sterilization still happens
- tracking devices in disabled ppl
- surveillance and violation of right to privacy
- comorbidity / being multiply disabled
- "cure" rhetoric vs. consent
- "you're soooo brave!"
- police brutality to disablities
- abled ppl putting the burden on disabled ppl to accommodate THEM
- "twice gifted"
- internalized ableism
- disabled people almost always being the villains in popular media

author's note: this is a lot of awful stuff, that does happen in the real world, but: there are happy disabled people. we continue to exist, despite all the suffering and oppression forced on us, not despite our disability. suffering is a fact of life, and will always be for us disabled people. we live every day knowing some form of pain. i'm writing this book to possibly help change some of that.

people need to know. and if writing and drawing cartoon characters helps get that message out there more easily, then i'll do that.