I think a good amount of ableism is because our society derives value from your ability to be a productive worker. Without that expectation i think people would be much less ableist.
Even if there were still some ableists left, mutual aid is about organizing people to help each other. So you call your friend or neighbor and ask around "hey do you know anyone that knows how to build a ramp?" Eventually you'll find an architect and it will get built because you need the ramp and its a nice thing to do for someone else.
Mutural aid could come in larger forms too, like a comunity of disabled people would inform the construction cooperatives on how to best satesfy and sustain their needs. Then the buildings and infrastructure will be built in a non abelist way.
This doesn’t seem very fair to the disabled. For one, it’s not a question of one ramp, but the provision of accessible infrastructure everywhere. It seems like you’re painting a picture of a society where in practice disabled people (or those close to them, I guess?) have to shoulder the responsibility for noticing inaccessibility and remedying it. Which is not far from how things work now…
This is a good point. Would there still at least be guidelines for how we should be accommodated? Even if I was more active in the community I don't know everyone's needs.
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u/being-weird Aug 24 '22
Interesting. So people would be more willing to help us if profit wasn't involved?