"Aggressive comments and 'jokes' about Nessa's disability itself [are] deeply uncomfortable because disability is not fictional. At the end of the day, me, Marissa, is the person that is still disabled and in a wheelchair..."
"When these jokes are being made by non-disabled strangers with a punchline of not being able to walk, it very much feels like laughing at instead of laughing with."
"These comments do not exist in a vacuum. Aggressive comments of wanting to cause harm and 'push Nessa out of her wheelchair' or that she deserves her disability are two very gross and harmful comments that real disabled people, including myself, have heard before."
"I worried that a younger version of myself is somewhere on the internet and is harmed by these comments. I'm literally shaking a little bit."
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