alanaisreading:[Caption: Health is never a measure of human worth, written over photos of Teddy Roos
alanaisreading:[Caption: Health is never a measure of human worth, written over photos of Teddy Roosevelt, RJ Mitte, Miles Davis, Helen Keller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Michael J. Fox, Stephen Hawking, and Lucille Ball]Teddy Roosevelt, former president with epilepsy and asthmaR.J. Mitte, actor with cerebral palsyMiles Davis, jazz musician with sickle cell diseaseHelen Keller, writer and social activist with hearing and visual impairmentFranklin D. Roosevelt, former president with polioMichael J. Fox, actor with Parkinson’s diseaseStephen Hawking, physicist with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)Lucille Ball, actress with rheumatoid arthritisWhen you use phrases like, “as long as you’re healthy” these are just a few of the people that your language is excluding. No one owes you health. Being healthy does not make you a good person, and being unhealthy does not make you a bad person. The state of a person’s body does not reflect their soul, their mind, or their worth as a human being.Completely agreed. Health =/= morality.Not only is it impossible to tell someone’s health status by looking at them, it’s ridiculous to impose moral judgement on someone for how healthy they are, regardless of whether they view it as ‘self-imposed’ or not (I’m looking at you, fat-shamers).(Side note: this applies to mental health as well– physical ailments aren’t the only type that shouldn’t be discriminated against.) -- source link
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