Responding to Accessibility Requests

This tweet. All of it.

A screenshot by Twitter user GHMansfield: Access and accommodation for disabled people are not a favor, gift, reward, amenity, bonus or advantage.You don’t bestow access and accommodation.You provide it to insure a level playing field after years of exclusion and discriminatory practices.It is equity not advantage.

And if we tell you something isn’t accessible, I don’t care if your feelings are hurt.

Your feelings aren’t my responsibility.

I feel like so many people have a little “but I’m a good person!” tantrum when a disabled person brings up needs that aren’t being met.

Being open and clear about our needs is not rude. We do not need to beg, plead, qualify, or otherwise “soften” our requests.