Ableism is part of what drives the brutal, brittle culture of efficiency that makes us to head to work even if we’re sick, that imagines the body as an obstacle to someone else’s bottom line. Ableism is the fear that gnaws us in the night: that we’re only as good as our last accomplishment, that if we’re feeling bad, we better fake it—that we only matter if we’re healthy, wealthy, and well.
