Internalized Ableism - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. "I'm just being dramatic"
2. "I'm taking this from someone who REALLY needs it"
3. "I'm only sometimes affected, so it doesn't count"
4. Not mentioning something is bad for you
5. Feeling guilty for having symptoms
6. "Everyone feels like this"
7. "Other people have it worse"
8. "I'm not REALLY disabled"
9. "Okay, but what if I'm faking it?"
10. Not using aids bc you're worried about others' perceptions
11. "I'm sure it's nothing"
12. "I can do that" with severe consequences
13. Not wanting to be an inconvenience
14. "I'm not defined by my life changing diagnosis"
15. "I'm fine" actually in debilitating pain
16. Smiling through the pain for others' sake
17. "I just need to suck it up and push through"
18. "I'm just tired"
19. "Today is just an off day"
20. Doing the thing and having to recover for days
21. Not wanting to say you're disabled
22. Not asking for help
23. "I'm not letting my illness stop me"
24. New symptoms, not going to the doctors