I’m Autistic and Scared of Your Dog:
You might say my dilemma captures a clash between two ways of thinking about the public—not only the physical spaces we share but who is allowed access to them—one from pet lovers and another from the disabled. Both approaches are well-meaning: They seek to expand people’s horizons, and fiercely defend the rights of their subjects. Pets help us to see that our world is not just for human beings—we share community with all sorts of non-human beings as well. The disabled show that there are many different ways to be human, all of them valuable.
在推特上看到一篇据说 IQ 只有四十的不能说话的自闭症者写的第一篇文章，这段写的 so lovely。