{"id":187489,"date":"2016-07-27T09:02:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T16:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=187489"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:22:10","slug":"ableism-violence-sagamihara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2016\/07\/27\/ableism-violence-sagamihara\/","title":{"rendered":"Ableism, Violence & Sagamihara"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tweets by Alice Wong @SFdirewolf<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a07.27.16<\/p>\n

Gonna start this mini-essay on Twitter on the #JapanAttacks in #Sagamihara. I’m r<\/span>oiling in a cauldron of anger, sorrow, fear & fatigue. There is such endemic ableist violence disabled people witness and experience every day, that it seriously makes you question stuff. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you are non-disabled and unfamiliar with #ableism, what happened in #Sagamihara is a clear-cut example of as you\u2019ll ever get. <\/span><\/p>\n

FYI, it\u2019s not my job to teach you what ableism<\/a> is. <\/span><\/p>\n

A man planned methodically to kill disabled people.<\/a> He notified others. He imagined a world where disabled people should be euthanized by \u2018guardians<\/a>\u2019. \u00a0This worldview is held by many people<\/a>, more than you know<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

I turned on cable TV on 7\/26 hoping for live coverage in #Sagamihara as I previously saw for Orlando, Dallas, Nice, and Istanbul. Nope. <\/span><\/p>\n

It was all about the DNC. <\/span>Will there be the profiles of each disabled person murdered in the news the way they would for acts of terror? <\/span><\/p>\n

What is more terrorizing than genocidal violence? \u00a0So I\u2019m gonna just put it out there…my message to non-disabled folks\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t ascribe mental illness to the killer’s actions. Hate is hate. <\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t think this is an isolated incident & something that couldn\u2019t happen here (wherever here is). <\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t presume that it\u2019s a cultural issue or that Japanese attitudes toward disability is to blame. <\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t #PrayForJapan and think these murdered disabled people are \u2018in a better place.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t #PrayForJapan. Listen to disabled people & take them seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t #PrayForJapan. Learn about #ableism & think about your implicit bias.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t #PrayForJapan. Share your resources, platform, space to disabled people however you can.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t #PrayForJapan. Recognize disabled people as part of a larger continuum of human diversity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t #PrayForJapan. Employ disabled people & support their full participation in society.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t #PrayForJapan. Ask what Japanese disabled people want and need. Their story, their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t #PrayForJapan. Even if you\u2019re a spiritual person, prayers won\u2019t prevent ableism, violence, erasure, or marginalization.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t #PrayForJapan. Demand accountability from the authorities when mass violence happens. Apologies & investigations aren\u2019t enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

So weird having to convince folks that disabled people have value. A lot of labor spent in having to defend your right to exist. <\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to what happened in #Sagamihara,\u00a0<\/span>3 Deaf women in Haiti<\/a> have been murdered.<\/span><\/p>\n

Disabled people have been beaten <\/a>\u00a0o<\/span>r killed by law enforcement, especially disabled people of color<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most recent incident was the shooting of #CharlesKinsey<\/a> and traumatization of autistic man #ArnladoRios.<\/span><\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t include violence that happens to disabled people in the home, schools, institutions, prison<\/a>, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The world can feel so hostile and cruel to disabled people–that\u2019s no exaggeration. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not asking for sympathy or pity. <\/span><\/p>\n

Not waiting for awareness or acceptance. <\/span><\/p>\n

Not begging for inclusion. <\/span><\/p>\n

Not feeling gratitude to non-disabled people for letting us live. <\/span><\/p>\n

Disabled people are more than helpless objects of ableism & violence. We deserve the world, the universe, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Disabled people are our own lifelines. This, I truly believe. No one can save us except ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/p>\n

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For more on the mass murder in Sagamihara by disabled people:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Actions, Articles, and Statements on Sagamihara,\u00a0Japan<\/a><\/p>\n

Kit Mead, August 3, 2016<\/p>\n

Why did the mass murder of 19 disabled people in Japan barely rate?<\/a><\/p>\n

Carly Findlay, August 2, 2016<\/p>\n

Is it just that it happened in\u00a0Japan?<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Gillan Peckitt, August 1, 2016<\/p>\n

Disabled Lives Are Worth Living<\/a><\/p>\n

PrettyChronic tumblr, July 30, 2016<\/p>\n

Disability, Safety, and Value<\/a><\/p>\n

Amy Sequenzia, July 29, 2016<\/p>\n

Disability Hate Leads to Mass Murder in Japan<\/a><\/p>\n

Philippa Willitts, July 29, 2016<\/p>\n

The silence around the Sagamihara disability murders.<\/a><\/p>\n

Carly Findlay, July 28, 2016<\/p>\n

Ableism, Mass Murder, and Silence<\/a><\/p>\n

Annie Segarra,\u00a0July 27, 2016<\/p>\n

The Disabled Have Value!<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicole Mackey, July 27, 2016<\/p>\n

Sagamihara<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrew Pulrang,\u00a0July 27, 2016<\/p>\n

Ableism is Deadly: Mass Murder in Japan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bill Peace,\u00a0July 26, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Japan, Hate and 12 Days<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dave Hingsburger,\u00a0July 26, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Ableism is not “bad words.” It’s violence.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lydia Brown,\u00a0July 25, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

On The Sagamihara Attack<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Gillan Peckitt, July 2016<\/p>\n

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\"Yellow<\/p>\n

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