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