Gal Gadot faces backlash after 'offensive' Stephen Hawking tribute post.

On Wednesday, 76-year-old Stephen Hawking died, prompting people everywhere to pay tribute to the renowned physicist.

Among many celebrities, Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot joined the mourning by posting a tweet that read:

Rest in peace Dr. Hawking. Now you’re free of any physical constraints.. Your brilliance and wisdom will be cherished forever ✨ pic.twitter.com/EQzSxqNTuN

— Gal Gadot (@GalGadot) March 14, 2018

Though some saw the tweet as an innocent farewell, others viewed the words as discrimination against people with disabilities.

Prominent disability advocates called her comments ableist, condemning the 32-year-old’s inference that those with disabilities are incapable to live life to the fullest, and are thus ‘freed’ by death.

I think you’re fantastic Gal but this tweet is very ableist. His physical constraints didn’t stop him from changing the world. People with disabilities don’t wish for death to be free of their challenges. We wish to be valued for what we CAN do, not pitied for we can’t.

— Adam B. Zimmerman (@ABZimm) March 14, 2018

So what we’re NOT gonna do is talk about Stephen Hawking’s disability like it was a tragedy. Because it wasn’t. Disabilities are not tragedies. Abled people can go away. https://t.co/e1PB6TB79F

— Ophelia Brown (@bandaidknees) March 14, 2018

Gal I am chronically ill. Can’t shower or even get myself out of bed. Lost 18 years thus far. But I ran a charity funding research for my illness #ME and advocate for Change. All from my bed. Is my life not important? Disablement is not shameful, bigotry is. Watch @unrestfilm pls

— amara campbell (@amaracampbell) March 14, 2018

In Hawking’s 2013 memoir titled My Brief History, he recognitioned his ALS for his subsequent life successes.

“Before my condition was diagnosed, I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing,” Hawking wrote.

“I suddenly realised that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do if I was reprieved,” he said.

“After all, if I was going to die anyway, I might as well do some good.”

Gadot has not yet responded to the criticism.

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