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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
I had dinner w it’s a friend at my university. Not a disabled friend.
She told me our school must be a good place to have a disability because it was so committed to social Justice.
She was serious. Has she not been paying attention to the past two years of my life?
I politely contradicted her but didn’t get into it. But the comment is eating at me a bit. Am I overreacting to the last two years? I don’t think so.
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It sounds like they actually think the university is doing a good job from her observations of what the institute claims they do. I know it is not your job to educate people but it may be good opportunity to educate in a nice way to her them see the short comings of the program. People who are not affected may not really understand. In short, believing what the powers that me are telling them. Kind of like the media. People have to do their own research if they really want to know the truth.
I think the comment was probably out of ignorance. But I can also see how it would make you feel unseen and frustrated. I'm sorry your university is so difficult to deal with.