Do We Need Self-Description? Is it Good Disability Etiquette?

Do We Need Self-Description? Is it Good Disability Etiquette?

A journalist contacted me a few months ago. “I’m working on a story about restaurants and accessibility,” she said. “Would you be willing to meet me for an interview?”

Maybe it has something to do with all the Zoom meetings people have been on lately

We met at a local restaurant and after introducing herself, she asked, “Do you want me to tell you what I look like?”

“I don’t know,” she said with a nervous chuckle. “I just read on the internet that I should describe my physical appearance when I introduce myself to someone who can’t see.”

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