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For Cereal, Internets?! Not Even Venn Diagrams Make Ableism Acceptable

For Cereal, Internets?! Not Even Venn Diagrams Make Ableism Acceptable

By s.e. smith on 11 July, 2010

Content note: This post discusses ableist humour that involves psychiatrisation and belittling of ADHD. There’s an oh-so-witty joke that has been making the rounds lately. It keeps popping up again and again, even at sites that I would expect to pass on this type of ‘humour.’ Amazingly, no one’s emailed a tip on it to [...]

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