Why Disability TikToker Imani Barbarin Pushed Back On COVID Restrictions

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Why Disability TikToker Imani Barbarin Pushed Back On COVID Restrictions
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'I take this platform as a huge responsibility to represent my community correctly. If it means being that buffer between a disabled person and ableism, I'm okay with that.' -Imani_Barbarin

guidelines, have on people with disabilities. If there's one thing the pandemic showed, it's that we do not have enough systems in place to handle the rise of infectious diseases, and Barbarin will take on the responsibility to vocalize the disability community's concerns with how restrictions didn't necessarily protect the vulnerable — and how their looseninga form of ableism. “I've always been talking about disability," she says.

"I take this platform as a huge responsibility to represent my community correctly. If it means being that buffer between a disabled person and ableism, I'm okay with that.”But Barbarin and her page aren't one-dimensional. While she hosts nuanced conversations about ableism and racism, she also engages with her community on pop culture. Many of the comments on her videos include recommendation for what she should read or watch next.

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