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[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

“all disabled bodies beautiful” true but when u then only follow that up by feature conventionally attractive (white) ppl with no apparent disabilities or visible differences n then maybe one occasional cane/forearm crutch user person then um. maybe we should feature more of that “all disabled bodies/people” we claiming

[this-is-trans-joy]

I don’t know if this is an obvious take or a hot take, but I think people need to start re-framing feminism as the fight for body autonomy as opposed to whatever this second wave revival gender essentialist bullshit we have going on right now. Once you reframe it in this way, it’s easier to understand intersectionality and why cis women are not the only people who need feminism. The lack of body autonomy effects cis women, trans people, intersex people, disabled people, poc, homeless people, sex workers, etc. and your feminism needs to include and prioritise all of these groups of people (which will include men btw) because feminism is about autonomy, not about establishing a matriarchy. Body autonomy is the biggest threat to the patriarchy, both with reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and even the right to not be drafted into military services. Once body autonomy is established for everyone, the patriarchy no longer has a leg to stand on.

And body autonomy does include things that you don’t personally like either. I was prompted to write this post after a series of bad takes from progressives, but one of them was re-hashing the Sabrina Carpenter album cover drama with “I don’t think it’s conservative of me to think that the album cover is a bad look when we’ve seen images of women being abused in this way” because I do actually think you’ve failed to understand feminism by projecting your morals onto a woman who was consensually expressing her own autonomy just because she expressed it in a way that you didn’t like or that made you uncomfortable.

Body autonomy also means unhealthy choices. Body autonomy also means regret rates. Body autonomy also means freedom of sexuality. Body autonomy also means mutilation. If you believe body autonomy has limitations and exceptions, then your feminism is most likely surface level.

TERFs are some of the biggest opponents to body autonomy, and if you find yourself thinking “oh people can do whatever they want with their bodies as long as it doesn’t harm them or make others uncomfortable” then you are far more susceptible to TERF propaganda than you think.

[eviltransgendertips]

Evil transgender tip #9 read up on intersex people. A lot of trans and intersex struggles overlap and solidarity is important.

[queercripintersex]

Yes, and do it by reading intersex sources! I've lost count if how often I've seen perisex trans people write about intersex folks in ways that are medicalising, fetishising, and/or outright disconnected from the intersex community.

Biologists and physicians are NOT the sources you should be consulting for this. Read texts by intersex studies scholars. Watch/listen/read the works of intersex creators. I am pluralising very deliberately because there is no singular authority on intersex, no singular intersex life experience.

[thetimeisnowsomehow]

ehlers danlos syndrome stomach be like

Feed me protein

So I do. Then it rushes right through me. Nothing processed. I feel even sicker.

Feed me again, it says

Not of you are going to do that again, i say back

In the background, the world says: at least you are skinny

I want to be strong, I say, I want to be alive. I can't remember before chronic pain. I am Frodo at the end of all things, there is no shire left for me.

[redstonedust]

thinking about the overlap between mental and physical health, im always shocked by how even professionals don't seem to get that. like. having a mental health issue that causes you to forget to eat, wallow in bed, not go outside etc is going to cause you a lot of physical symptoms and deficiencies?

like im trying to explain to a doctor that i struggle to walk into town without getting excessively fatigued to the point of being sick, and he goes "but you don't have any physical disabilities" like i know man. but getting out of bed is an uphill battle most days and i haven't seen the sun in a month. it's not hard to put two and two together.

but no i guess mental and physical health are two distinct categories theres no possible way they can feed into eachother. it's not like the brain is an organ or anything. surely not.

[redstonedust]

this goes the other way too it's extremely reasonable that someone who is in chronic pain or has mobility issues etc is going to suffer mentally as they cope with their symptoms, which can then cause physical reactions which worsen the emotional ones. disability is the world's worst roundabout and i would like off this wild ride.

[cripinpain]

wishing a happy pride month to queer cripples only

[crazycatsiren]

Happy Pride Month to my fellow disabled queers, we are awesome!

[dissociacrip]

apparently we're just palling around with some self-labeled "zionist-leaning" people in this here "punk" community!!!!!! who cares about imperialism and colonialism and ongoing genocide /s

[bebsi-cola]

zionists? in my cripplepunk?? we gotta get rid of these guys asap

[fibro-memes]

[ilistentogirlinred]

reblog to teleport your mutuals to a massive party when jkr dies

[ilistentogirlinred]

when jkr dies i will tag every single person who reblogged this in a post btw

[breezingwing]

[quartzfinchfennec-deactivated20]

I can't believe this is even a debate but even if someone's disability is genuinely fully caused by their own actions they still deserve accommodation and community

Yes this applies to substance use yes this applies to reckless behaviour yes it applies to purposefully injuring yourself.

If someone disables or injures themselves on purpose to such a large degree then they need aid regardless of how you feel about their actions

[cosmiccripple]

call me insane but i fear that we should treat all disabled people fairly, INCLUDING the 'fakers'. you are not mentally healthy if you are faking an illness so yes fakers should get help like we should

[kittyhellsystem]

yall will respect disabled people until theyre the "funny" disabilities and it pisses me off.

i am a little person. i am 4'0, i have ccd and achondroplasia. i have various other genetic conditions that affect me but i will be mentioning my identity as a little person mostly.

quit using little people as the butt of your jokes. no, you cant use the m slur it is a slur, no you cant call us gnomes or elves or dwarves or whatever the fuck you call us. we are real people, we arent little characters or creatures. we are LIVING BREATHING PEOPLE. quit treating us like kids or idiots. you dont have to baby us. quit making fun of little people's heights, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH DISPROPORTIONATE DWARFISM. you are fucking ableist if you make fun of little people, you dont see us as people you see us a joke. im sick and tired of people i love and care for treating me as if im a joke and making fun of my height. fuck off

i dont care if we "look funny" or "haha tiny" its so fucking annoying and disrespectful to be treated as if the body isnt a living, breathing, full grown adult.

be better.

[revacholianrobot]

In hindsight it's very insulting to be told that flunking out of college due to adhd is actually "quite common"

[revacholianrobot]

just like, if there's a history at your institution of disabled kids not being able to make it you realise that's your fault right. like why don't you fucking do something about it. i guess they tried to do something about it with me and it failed so they let me go. crazy. nice work. why should we try to do any better.

[yourheartinyourmouth]

only 5% of people with adhd who go to college finish a degree. FUCKING. FIVE!!! PERCENT!!!!!!!!!!!

that should disgust and enrage you.

if any other demographic of students had a 95% failure rate, we would be demanding reform and studies to understand why that’s happening

when i was at my first university, trying to get accommodations for my ADHD, they just kept asking me what accommodations i wanted, and refused to answer when i would ask what was available to me. how the Hell am i supposed to know what i can have? what’s available???? also, i don’t know!!!! i’m an adhd sufferer, not a fucking disability expert for the fucking college, unlike you, DISABILITY EXPERT WHO WORKS FOR THE COLLEGE.

but because the us is OBSESSED with making sure no one gets anything “”for free””, she literally would not tell me what my options were until i broke down in tears and asked her why she was refusing to help me. and then she did a big sigh, like i was fucking up her entire career by *checks notes* asking the disability center in my university to help me, a disabled student

at the second uni i went to, i tried to explain to a dean that i was literally two gen eds that had nothing to do with my degree away from graduating and that i was burnt out and broke and exhausted and suicidal and i just needed to be able to finish my degree without the gen eds. and this. fucking. guy. looked me right in my face and said in the most patronizing tone he could muster “if you can’t handle it, then maybe college just isn’t for you.” keep in mind that up until that semester, i had been an honor student who made Dean’s List every semester and didn’t get below Bs. if it hadn’t been for my mental breakdown, i would have graduated cum laude, maybe even summa cum laude.

but this dean of students looked a disabled person right in the face and said well i guess you just can’t do it, short bus

[jecook]

Pulled these from a couple articles really quick but yeah the statistics are not kind. I remember writing a scathing essay about my issues with ADHD and college as part of an assignment for academic probation. I got back an email calling me entitled and lazy. Somehow, this thread helps me feel a lot better. I still have about a semester of school unfinished that I’m unsure if I’ll finish but… yeah. Makes me feel better to know it’s not just me.

[lady-harrowhark]

PSA: The Job Accommodation Network maintains a searchable database of accommodation suggestions for a wide variety of disabilities.

The full database can be accessed here and the ADHD page is here. The full database can be filtered by disability, by limitation, by work-related function, by topic, and by accommodation. Many of these accommodations are applicable to academic settings as well as the workplace.

Here are the section headers for ADHD accommodations ideas to give an overview of what the page contains - this post would become Do You Love the Color of the Accommodation if I attempted to list them all here

The ADHD page linked above also includes case examples and strategies for determining what sort of accommodations might be necessary. More broadly, the JAN website as a whole is a treasure trove of information related to the Americans with Disabilities Act and resources for both individuals and employers.

[trambrosia]

Oh fuck that's really nice, I will read it

Also just heard a podcast interview with a software developer who had good suggestions

Being a developer with ADHD

Do you feel like ADHD is holding you back? Maybe you don't personally have ADHD but you work with folks who do and you'd like to support the

[dandelionsresilience]

The head of disability accommodations at my college just kept ablesplaining to me that “accommodations are to level the playing field, not give you an advantage,” and that her job is to “protect the school’s rights” rather than help disabled students. The only accommodations they would offer me were 1. extra time on tests, and 2. an alternative test-taking location - neither of which I needed. I ended up getting (most of) what I actually needed by unofficially asking the individual professors, but it should have been legally protected.

[bold-tachycardic-baby]

I forgot to take my meds yesterday, so it was the first day in a long time that I didn’t experience my least favorite side effect. I know they help with the chronic pain, but I’m seriously considering raw dogging my pain to never have this side effect again because I hate it so much 😭

[headpainmigraine]

Just wanna congratulate and recognise my fellow cripples for not lashing out rudely and violently at random people on the street, and medical professionals.

Your restraint is honestly remarkable, but I'm also sorry you have to keep that shit repressed.

[i-like-swiss-cheese]

what a shame it would be if this were to be rebloged by a bunch of people, spreading the message further than the original reddit post could have ever reached.