Q:
anonymous asked:
um I don’t mean to be rude or anything but using disability as drama is slightly ableist. Disabled people aren’t just a tragedy or something to move a plot forward We’re just people, I have several learning disabilities and it would hurt if people acted like the way Sunset and Twilight did over me. Just please be mindful of disabled people.
A:
(Sorry for disrupting story flow with an ask, will be moved later).
I understand your concern, I am disabled. Sapph’s disability was initially very loosely based off by my own disability. Things have changed obviously, with the reasoning behind it, but the sentiment will always be there.
I would never, ever toss in disability as ableist drama. I’ve seen it done before and all it does is put a bad taste in my mouth.
I apologize if anything I do does make people think I would be doing as such, because I can only speak for myself and not others with this path I am taking. But no. I’m writing a disability because it’s something I have grown up with and learned from in my life, and is something I try to incorporate in my works instead of ignore that it’s there.