Inspiration Porn
Stella Young coined the phrase inspiration porn in an ABC article in 2012, “Inspiration porn is an image of a person with a disability, often a kid, doing something completely ordinary - like playing, or talking, or running, or drawing a picture, or hitting a tennis ball - carrying a caption like "your excuse is invalid" or "before you quit, try,” as she tackles what the problem is with people becoming inspired or saying that disabled people just aren’t trying hard enough to overcome their problems. These comments are usually made without taking into account the idea that society may be the problem and not the disabled person’s inability to motivate themselves intrinsically. Young points out that inspiration porn exists for non-disabled people to compare themselves to and think, “Well, at least, I’m not that person… I’m not that bad off compared to them…” All of these examples are endless are examples of inspiration porn and the root to how an able-bodied society ben