Disabled People Not Werewolves!

An Australian ableist named David Lawson posted some very strange thoughts about disabled people to Twitter yesterday. Specifically, he questioned why disabled people would need to use a vehicle outside of traditional work hours.

“Disabled parking should only be valid during business hours 9 to 5 Monday to Friday. I cannot see any reason why people with genuine disabilities would be out beyond these times,” he wrote.

Disabled parking should only be valid during business hours 9 to 5 Monday to Friday.
I cannot see any reason why people with genuine disabilities would be out beyond these times. #auspol

5:43 AM - Apr 16, 2018

Jennifer Lee Rossman, a sci-fi writer and geek who uses a wheelchair because of spinal muscular atrophy, had the perfect response.

“We’re disabled, Daniel, we’re not werewolves,” she wrote in a post that has now been liked more than 100,000 times.

Catherine James