Nova!!!

Hi! I’m Nova! I’m 23, and semi-verbal! I use any pronouns, so go wild! Avatar credit: https://picrew.me/ja/image_maker/1519418

[aac-starlets]

📌 Pinned post! 📌

About me:

Hello! My name is Nova!

I’m 23 years old, and I’m semi-speaking!

I’m autistic

I use any pronouns so feel free to go wild with the pronouns!

I follow from @novalunosispride

Things I will post about:

Being an AAC user

Being autistic

Ableism

Disability advocate

My special interests

Other related reblogs!

My special interests:

Disability advocacy

Minecraft

AAC use

MCYT

Books, especially queer books!

DNI:

Any classic DNI criteria

Discourse blogs (including queer discourse)

Aspie supremacists

People who think being non/semi-speaking is a choice

People who shit on AAC users

Things to know:

I’m white

I’m physically disabled

I’m autistic

I’m transgender (non-binary)

I’m a lesbian

I’m aro-ace

I’m studying education!

I use the word queer

I’m South African

I use the block button readily if I need to. I don’t have time for bullshit.

Tags I will use for organization:

#novachats /nova chats /#novatalks - For anything that isn’t related to my blog! Mainly rambles

#blockposting - talking about Minecraft!

#aacposting - for posts relating to my aac!

#asks - for asks that I receive

#reblogs - for those fun reblogs tumblr likes so much

#screaming - for venting!

[youlookkindadead]

mutual aid request !!!! (URGENT!!!! FACING HOMELESSNESS AND NEGLECT)

hi, im muyang, i'm a severely disabled (mental + physical) transfeminine intersex person of color stuck at a neglectful and borderline abusive homeless shelter, to keep it short they don't give us enough food to comfortably live off of most of the time, i just want a little money for groceries for this week that's all thank you. please rb to help i don't know what else to do i can't work a job and i don't have any family left who'd be willing to help. please donate anything you can i'm begging. i hate making posts like this because i've been told before it's guilt trippy and manipulative i don't wanna seem that way i just don't like starving im sorry. thank you to anyone who donates no matter how small.

my cashapp is $muyang7 , this is the code below

i have a paypal as well which is @Muyang777 and a kofi which is here

UPDATE 05/28/26 : this is very VERY URGENT now. i will be forced to move out of my shelter

my homeless shelter is kind of gently kicking me out due to my disabilities and me needing a level of care they cannot provide. this is incredibly short notice, i have until some time next week before this transition will start. i desperately am in need of help. please donate anything you can and contact me if you know of disability friendly housing available in mid michigan. i dont know what else to do. im very distraught i have nowhere else to turn. please help in any way you can. thank you all so much

current goal ; 120/250$

[youlookkindadead]

updated, please please please help if you can please

[youlookkindadead]

help an 18 y/o disabled transgirl not die on the streets !!!!!!

hi, my name is muyang, im an 18 year old intersex transgirl with level 3 autism and mild intellectual disability among other conditions. i cant live alone. i need day to day help with most iadls and adls. im currently stuck at a very neglectful homeless shelter who is now making the decision to kick me out due to not being able to meet my care needs. i have about a week as of making this post to find somewhere to go. i dont know what to do. i cant work bc of my disabilities, i try to make money from commissions but my art isnt very good. im trying desperately to get donations but nothing seems to be working. please boost this post and my main post so i can get help with money and maybe find a place to stay temporarily while i try to find permanent housing through an adult foster care or a nursing home. thank you all very much in advance for any help provided. it means the world to me

my cashapp is $muyang7 my kofi is here and my paypal is @Muyang777

poll to boost reblogs; what starter did you pick in pokemon blue/red?

bulbasaur

squirtle

charmander

pikachu!

Voting ended onJun 5

[youlookkindadead]

help an 18 y/o disabled transgirl not die on the streets !!!!!!

hi, my name is muyang, im an 18 year old intersex transgirl with level 3 autism and mild intellectual disability among other conditions. i cant live alone. i need day to day help with most iadls and adls. im currently stuck at a very neglectful homeless shelter who is now making the decision to kick me out due to not being able to meet my care needs. i have about a week as of making this post to find somewhere to go. i dont know what to do. i cant work bc of my disabilities, i try to make money from commissions but my art isnt very good. im trying desperately to get donations but nothing seems to be working. please boost this post and my main post so i can get help with money and maybe find a place to stay temporarily while i try to find permanent housing through an adult foster care or a nursing home. thank you all very much in advance for any help provided. it means the world to me

my cashapp is $muyang7 my kofi is here and my paypal is @Muyang777

poll to boost reblogs; what starter did you pick in pokemon blue/red?

bulbasaur

squirtle

charmander

pikachu!

Voting ended onJun 5

[aac-starlets]

Hello 👋,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Aziz, and I’m reaching out with a heartfelt plea to help my family find safety and reunite with our mother. 😞

The ongoing war in Gaza has torn my family apart. My mother and newborn sister are stranded in Egypt, while I, along with the rest of my sex family members, am trapped in the midst of the genocide in Gaza. We have not only been separated but have also lost our home and are enduring unimaginable hardships. 💔

Your support can make a difference. Whether by reading our story, donating, or sharing our campaign with others, you can help us reunite, find safety, and start anew. 🙏🕊

Thank you, from the depths of my heart, for your kindness, compassion, and solidarity during this difficult time. ❤🍉

https://gofund.me/58268669 🔗

Boost!

[shitaintworkingright-blog]

Things they don't tell you about being a first time wheelchair user in highschool

Literally everyone will ask if you broke your leg(s). Everyone. Even people you don’t know. Theyll ask a lot and think you’re extremely fragile.

bruises show up within the first day of rolling around, and they can really suck

people will try to grab your chair if they think you’re struggling and it can be hard not to snap at them for it

static electricity is a huge issue. You will probably either continuously shock your leg when you’re rolling around or do what I did today and zap someone so hard as you pass that both of you nearly keel over

people will call you out as a faker if you do anything even remotely fun ever on your wheelchair. Wheelies? Obviously your legs are fine lol not like you have to go down fucking curbs /s

puddles are the worst and if there’s a curb with a puddle all around and you have some ability to walk its a better idea to just stand up and navigate the chair than to fall backwards into said puddle

weird looks from people are inevitable, especially from people who don’t like you

bus drivers will often push your chair and give you advise you don’t want to hear, even if you tell them nicely you can push yourself. Its really hard not to get mad at them for it

no wheelies in school. Though if you do it in the elevator when no one else is with you you can’t really get caught.

speaking of wheelies, always be ready to throw at least one arm behind you in case you fall. They say tuck your chin in but its easier and more reliable to throw your hands back and keep your neck up so you don’t hit the floor. Sore arms are way easier to put up with than head injuries

don’t even bother to try and roll back up curbs. You will either be there for an hour or fall backwards. I managed to do both.

90% of classrooms that aren’t special ed are not very wheelchair accessible.

people will automatically assume you’re faking something if you’re not considered dumb enough in their standards to fit in with disabled students (aka high class ableism at its finest)

people are going to give you weird looks if you don’t suddenly start sitting with the other disabled kids

standard backpacks usually dangle way too much to keep on you easily, so try to pack light

built in storage on wheelchairs cannot sufficiently carry books

don’t try to hold an umbrella. Period. Especially not with your teeth. It doesn’t work.

don’t try to give the bus driver your ticket while you’re stuck on the ramp. And speaking of, its easy to start falling down the bus ramp so be careful, and when in doubt throw on the breaks

and finally if you’re like me pray to god you don’t go nonverbal when someone is trying to push you and you don’t want them to because it is hard to get them to stop if you can’t speak

able-bodied people can and should 1000% reblog this, some of these things I’ve seen on tips about using a wheelchair but a lot of these weren’t things I’ve seen

[the-rain-monster]

Cookbooks

A NYC grad student working on food stamps for her thesis has released a free cookbook for those living on $4/day.

[vastderp]

SIG NAL BOO OO OO OOOST

[roachpatrol]

hello

[isozyme]

oooooh this is so nice!

[ransomdracalis]

I believe it’s important to eat well, even when you’re strapped for cash. It’s good for your health and energy! This cookbook is full of delicious and healthy recipes, the ingredients of which are fairly inexpensive.

[fuckingrecipes]

I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS WOMAN AS A FELLOW WARRIOR AND A FANTASTIC HUMAN BEING. 

[fleetfootfox-deactivated2019011]

Boost so hard. Feeding yourself well is a challenge when you”ve got little income

[vrabia]

I HAVE BEEN USING THIS COOKBOOK FOR MONTHS AND IT’S AMAZING 100/10 RECOMMENDING EVERYWHERE

(just to give you an idea, my food budget is 30 euro/week at most [about $38] and I have to maintain a healthy diet due to weird medication side-effects and yeah, basically this book is a lifesaver if you’re broke but need to watch what you’re eating)

[adramofpoison]

Reblog to save a life. Because it’s easy to find food for $4/day, but most of it tends to be garden variety junkfood

[natashakhan]

(The pdf is free, I repeat, the pdf is free) 

[yeerus]

The link above takes you through a couple of redirects and requires you subscribe to a newsletter. The direct download link is here:

[justanotherpanickinggay]

This is your annual reminder to not fucking touch disabled people or their aids. This means wheelchairs, sticks, canes, hearing aids, walkers, frames, or any other kind of aid that someone is using. Do not fucking touch us or our stuff.

[zebulontheplanet]

I’m. Still. An. Adult. I’m still an adult! Even when I’m using aac. Even when I’m stimming. Even when I refuse eye contact. I’m still an adult! Stop treating autistic people like they’re children. We aren’t children! Yes, I may have interests that are “childish”, yes I may need more time with things, yes I may need patience. But I’m still an adult! It annoys me so much when I’m babied by those around me. I’m still a person, I’m still a teenager, I’m still a adult.

[yellowyarn]

i love you autistics who don't have special interests

I love you autistics without sensory issues

i love you autistics who are hyposenstive

i love you autistics who are both hypo- and hypersensitive

I love you autistics who hate routine

i love you low empathy autistics

i love you high empathy autistics

I love you autistics with lots of freinds

I love you autistics who are hyper verbal

i love you autistics who make lots of eye contact

i love you autistics who can't mask

i love you autistics who dont know who they aren't behind their mask

i love autistics who are "childish"

i love autistics that have never had a meltdown

i love autistics with catatonia

i love autistics with intellectual disabilities

i love autistics with Anxiety and/or Depression

i love autistics with Psychotic Disorders

i love autistics with Bipolar Disorders

i love autistics with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

i love autistics with truma Disorders

i love autistics with Dissociative Disorders

i love autistics with Eating Disorders

i love autistics with Somatic symptoms Disorders

i love autistics with Sleep Disorders

i love autistics with addictions

i love autistics with Personality Disorders

i loved autistic systems

i love autistics with multiple disabilities

i love autistics that can't work

i love autistics that cant leave their house

I love autistics who can't live alone

i love autistics who use AAC

i love poc autistics

i love people with autism who prefer person first language

i love autistics who use function labels

i love autistics with outdated diagnoses

i love autistics who were misdignosied

i love self diagnosed autistics

i love all autistic people

[zebulontheplanet]

You. Are. worthy.

Even if you never drive. Even if you need help with basic tasks. Even if you need help with hygiene. Even if you’ll never work. Even if you’ll need help for the rest of your life. You’re. Still. Worthy.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you’re useless, or that you don’t deserve certain things. You’re amazing, and I see you.

[blazingacrossthesky]

Sign the Petition

It's time for YouTube to protect its audience members and stop protecting its predators.

So many of you by now have been following the #Colleen-Ballinger situation and have likely been following the #Shane-Dawson situation for years now. Time and time again we've seen it happen, where YouTubers engage in predatory content and get a slap on the wrist. This is dangerous, because minors are able to access their content at any time and get sucked into their fanbases, where manipulation and grooming can and do happen. It's already happened to multiple people in really awful, disturbing ways. As audience members, we hold tremendous power with YouTube, and I think it is up to us to finally hold YouTube accountable and to send them the message that they should ban the predators, for the safety of all audiences of all ages. I'm a YouTube viewer, as most of us are. Safety matters. Stand together to tell YouTube: NO ROOM FOR PREDATORS. I'm calling upon YouTube to ban Shane Dawson, James Charles, Colleen Ballinger, Onision, and other proven YT predators, and taking this action and implementing it as an official policy for any and all other channels alleged with evidence hereafter.

This includes:

Publicly and permanently never allowing them to create a new YouTube account ever again, such as through an ip address ban

Archiving their past content to have for sending to law enforcement purposes but not making this archive public

and also most importantly

DELETING EVERY SINGLE CHANNEL OF THESE CREATORS AND DELETING ANY AND ALL SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THESE CREATORS THAT THEY MAKE OR CAN MAKE ON YOUTUBE.

With Colleen Ballinger, Shane Dawson, James Charles, and Onision still having channels (and podcasts/podcast channels they host on YouTube), making lighthearted "family", "makeup" and "conspiracy theory" videos and podcast episodes (among others), even if they don't have monetization outside of sponsors, minors can still access their content and they can still have power and influence over fans, both under the age of 18 and not, and this is dangerous. This a power that has been clearly demonstrated they should not have. I hope you'll join me. Join the movement, sign the petition: https://change.org/BanThePredators #BanThePredators ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ And if you'd like to share this on your socials, I encourage you to use this message (it should fit in a tweet):

"I'm a YouTube viewer. Safety matters. Stand together to tell @YouTube: NO ROOM FOR PREDATORS. It's crucial to ban Shane Dawson, James Charles, Colleen Ballinger, Onision, and other proven YT predators. Join the movement, sign the petition: https://change.org/BanThePredators #BanThePredators"

[anothersssarchive]

We always talk about how autistic adults are adults, and that's true. but shoutout to the autistics that :

• age regress

• pet regress

• don't feel human

• are age stunted by trauma

• who feel like a teen/child for whatever reason

• who want to be a child again

• age sliders in a system

• littles in a system

• middles on a system

[rivertigo]

I post for the bitches who stutter, misspeak, mumble, and speak with an incoherent flow that only makes sense if you are in my brain

[autisticdreamdrop]

yes yes the answer is yes! we are a mid-high support needs disabled autistic polyfragmented DID system with alters with a wide range of vebralness. a lot of us use forms of AACs or TTS in out of inner world / headspace and in real life. if you think you need it, just use it. it's stressful at first, but nonverbal communication is communication and it's a valid way to communicate. 🧩 - The Dreamdrop System

[disabled-dyke]

i love you canes i love you crutches i love you walkers i love you rollators i love you manual wheelchairs i love you power chairs i love you mobility scooters i love you white canes i love you hearing aids i love you prosthetics i love you braces

i love you mobility aids

[featheredadora]

It isn't your job as a disabled person to be 'inspirational' to others. Your life has depth and complexity, and you are valuable and important no matter what you can/can't do!