• Mighty@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    i mean. read the article maybe?

    Petrillo, 50, was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a degenerative condition of the eyes, at the age of 14. She competes in the women’s T12 category for athletes with a visual impairment.

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        3 months ago

        The headline was to show a groundbreaking event. If she were the first black woman to compete in the Paralympics, that is what the headline would say. And no one, save maybe you, would think that meant being black was a disability.

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        3 months ago

        If you didn’t read it as Transgender woman (with some kind of disability) competing in Paralynpixs" then that’s a you problem.