“You do not have to answer intrusive medical questions. Disabled bodies are not public property.”
“Imagine if non-disabled people had to give over their medical information every time they’re on the telly. It’s so othering. Disabled people do not owe anybody their medical details or their story”
Nina Tame – Instagram, February 2022
Nina Tame – Instagram, October 2022
Content note: videos include a little bit of swearing.
[Video description: Nina – a white woman with blue hair – wears a pink striped jumper. Caption: Why can’t I ask you why you’re in a wheelchair?]
“I’m just trying to go about my day, and you are asking me something really personal and… something potentially that could be really traumatic to keep having to relive. Especially to strangers that I’m never gonna see again. So yes, even if your intent wasn’t to be rude.”
Nina Tame, BBC facebook video (left), June 2021
Nina Tame posts on Instagram and TikTok about her experience of disability as a child and adult, and as the parent of both non-disabled and disabled children. She’s author of a chapter of We’ve Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents (Scribe, 2023).
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