Ableism is deeply ingrained into every part of the world we live in: our physical surroundings, the language we use, and even our culture and shared patterns of thinking. Designers like to think we are above this. We are not. Designers get comfortable with the idea of “design FOR disability” alone, picturing themselves above the disabled consumer and often with a bit of a savior complex. In actuality, disabled people are constantly forced to modify their own environments to be more accessible, and with those skills make incredible designers. Design school, however, does not produce many disabled designers. Educators who think accommodations are “shortcuts”, who blame us for “making excuses”, and who refuse to allow modifications are the primary reason for this. This design letter is primarily addressed to design educators. Based on personal experiences in school and the workplace, this will cover what ableism is, how to start noticing it in your surroundings and language, how to begin to eliminate it from your language and mindset, and how to better support disabled design students. When design school is better, we get more diverse designers, and when we get more diverse designers, the industry will only flourish.