What are you supposed to do to get approved for disability

@rhymeswithdiva

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Why it worked

The video likely resonated due to its direct confrontation of ableism and its use of the stitch to create a dialogue between opposing viewpoints. The emotional nature of the topic and the clear stance taken by the second speaker likely encouraged engagement and sharing.

Summary

This video is a stitch of two TikToks discussing ableism and disability. The first creator shares an experience with an "ableist government doctor" and asks for advice. The second creator responds by criticizing the first creator's perceived "mooching" and telling them to get a job. The second speaker then refutes this, explaining that the first creator is disabled and that people who deny disability or harass disabled individuals are ableist.

Structure

1Creator 1 asks for advice on getting disability approval.
2Creator 2 responds with ableist comments.
3Creator 2 is challenged for their ableism.
4Creator 2 explains why their comments are ableist.
5Creator 2 calls for an end to harassment of disabled people.

On-screen text

What are you supposed to do to get approved for disability STITCH ableist government doctor storytime/asking for advice Oh I know! You're supposed to stop trying to mooch off of the taxpayers dollars and get up and get a job like the rest of us! Ooh, I know! You're supposed to blanlablahblab This is getting really ridiculous. I don't know why every healthy person and their mother is deciding to harass and bully this sick person, but it's really gross. This video has like 50,000 likes. Cool cool. 50,000 people saying ha ha ha you're not disabled because I say so! And obviously none of these people know what condition this person has and what condition they're suffering from. Which, by the way, please go over and send this person some love. @shyyy.cat I'll put their username up here because this is crazy. They are being so massively harassed. They're being posted on horrible websites as well. Um, to encourage more people to come onto the internet to harass them for being disabled. It is gross. You should stand against this This person absolutely is disabled. They have the same condition I do. They are disabled. The condition I have is extremely disabling. I also have some other conditions I'm sure they also probably have other conditions too. These people truly act like and think that we are On vacation. And it is just ridiculous. We are too sick to go on vacation. And yet these people, they refuse to even accept disability and chronic illness as something that can be so severely impactful in your life that you cannot work a job. These people, they have disabled people in their lives. They do, because 20% of the population is disabled. Those disabled people are not safe to be around. Those people One thing that you can do if you're not disabled, if you're able bodied, is you cannot be passive when you see these kinds of things on the internet. If you feel the need to decide for yourself whether or not somebody you do not know on the internet is or isn't disabled, you are ableist. So, let's not. Let's not continue to harass the disabled person, please.

Original caption

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Transcript

What are you supposed to do to get approved for disability if the government approved doctor they send you to is ableist Oh I know! You're supposed to stop trying to mooch off of the taxpayers dollars and get up and get a job like the rest of us! Ooh, I know! You're supposed to blanlablahblab This is getting really ridiculous. I don't know why every healthy person and their mother is deciding to harass and bully this sick person, but it's really gross. This video has like 50,000 likes. Cool cool. 50,000 people saying ha ha ha you're not disabled because I say so! And obviously none of these people know what condition this person has and what condition they're suffering from. Which, by the way, please go over and send this person some love. @shyyy.cat I'll put their username up here because this is crazy. They are being so massively harassed. They're being posted on horrible websites as well. Um, to encourage more people to come onto the internet to harass them for being disabled. It is gross. You should stand against this This person absolutely is disabled. They have the same condition I do. They are disabled. The condition I have is extremely disabling. I also have some other conditions I'm sure they also probably have other conditions too. These people truly act like and think that we are On vacation. And it is just ridiculous. We are too sick to go on vacation. And yet these people, they refuse to even accept disability and chronic illness as something that can be so severely impactful in your life that you cannot work a job. These people, they have disabled people in their lives. They do, because 20% of the population is disabled. Those disabled people are not safe to be around. Those people One thing that you can do if you're not disabled, if you're able bodied, is you cannot be passive when you see these kinds of things on the internet. If you feel the need to decide for yourself whether or not somebody you do not know on the internet is or isn't disabled, you are ableist. So, let's not. Let's not continue to harass the disabled person, please.