cane and able

he/they, queer, disabled, came here from reddit %% i don't want to work, i just want to bang on the drum all day %%

[fighting-naturalist]

"You guys are into some crazy crap, man!"

7.12 "Evolution" pt 2

[disabledandtrans]

email to: [email protected] or fill out this form

[disabledandtrans]

progesterone tracker is here.

oestrogen tracker is here.

testosterone tracker is here.

if you experience any disability or neurodivergency please fill out this form. it is equally important to me to have data that says progesterone doesn't affect autism or testosterone doesn't make you hard of hearing or whatever, as it is to document changes. so if you have any health condition. please fill it out. even if it to say "no change". i am begging you all.

and if you can't. please. please do reblog. i need this to be as big as humanly possible. it is the best way forwards to inform decisions.

[nateconnolly]

These days, lots of public libraries have a "library of things" collection where you can check out kitchen appliances or yard tools or toys, and, as a children's library assistant, the most popular library of things item that I handle regularly is a plastic scepter thingy called like "unicorn princess magic wand". And whenever I check it out I make a big show of looking at the little kid and being like "do you solemnly swear to use your unicorn princess magic powers only for good and never for evil?"

And pretty much without fail, the little kid will get the world's most mischievous grin and go "I'm gonna use it for EVIL!!!"

[argumate]

instead of "people pleaser" it might be better to think "disapproval fearer" if that's the emotional stick that's motivating action; important to consider at least three reasons to do something:

it's a good thing to do

I want to do the thing

people will be mad if I don't do the thing

and if 3. is the most weighty reason then that's a potential problem.

[this-is-neuropsych-ableism]

Reminder that nonverbal means you do not verbally speak ever, while verbal shutdown means you have periods of time/episodes where you don't speak verbally.

Don't say you're "going nonverbal", say you're having a verbal shutdown. Nonverbals do not like their language being misused to treat nonverbality as a temporary thing.

(This is not a judgemental post to anyone who has misused the term in the past. It's a common mistake. Just please take this information in stride for the future.)

[purpleisdebeste]

I’m sorry Orpheus i was too harsh on you…

[purpleisdebeste]

i was in the physics lab today and we were working with lasers, so the Lab Freaks (legal name) were being very careful to stress that we Do Not Turn Around or Look Behind Us because we’ll get extremely blinded by the power of high strength lasers

and i’m not gonna lie it was actually extremely hard to resist turning around. i misjudged orpheus it turns out this isnt extremely easy actually

[purpleisdebeste]

okay i’ll be honest i 100% looked back at the lasers. actually multiple separate lasers multiple different times. they were pretty

and i didnt get blinded. so clearly lab safety isnt real and you should always risk it cus taking risks is awesome #gambling

but uh. my ass is NOT making it out of the underworld 🔥🔥🔥

[overnightshipping]

[frankenmouse]

It is so ridiculously easy to gain a reputation for being competent by just reading signs.

This is not metaphorical. I mean actual, literal pieces of paper/plastic/metal/whatever explicitly erected to inform the public.

“How did you know this was the right trail?” I read the sign.

“Wow, how did you know what that flower is?” There’s a SIGN.

“How did you know we needed to use the side door?” THERE IS A SIGN POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR.

Just…why are we having such different experiences of the world? People can read. I KNOW they can read. There’s nothing wrong with their vision.

Just. READ. THE. GOD. DAMN. SIGN.

This also applies to:

Syllabi

Instructions

[disabilityaidpositivity]

Disability aids positivity is so many bike supplies and accessories going so well with manual wheelchairs.

They are often easier to get and more affordable than those focused on disability, and there is frequently a variety of styles to choose from!

One item from this category we can't recommend enough for those using manual wheelchairs are bike gloves - they are wonderful for pushing yourself, especially in bad weather. They also lessen the damage on your skin if it's sensitive. If you recently got a manual wheelchair and have a bike or sports store you can get bike gloves from, go for it!

Another accessory that can be useful definitely for manual wheelchairs and maybe some electric ones too is a drink/bottle holder. You can attach it to the part of the frame holding the foot pads, if you can reach it this way. It can keep your hands free even if you get a drink in a cup or a can.

There are also bike pumps which are nearly if not entirely identical to wheelchair pumps, at least for some models.

Sport stores can also be a good place to get coats long enough to cover your legs in your chair and protect from rain. They may carry some protective casing for your backpack too. Especially if they have a sailing and/or camping section.

Many bike and sports stores are also wheelchair accessible.

If you have one nearby and the prices are acceptable to you, you could consider a membership card. Sometimes the bonuses can include some products you might need or want.

(Sorry if this sounds like an ad. We just know that wheelchair supplies stores are scarce and expensive and you can get a lot of stuff you need for a wheelchair from sport supply stores. We just got a new pair of bike gloves after we lost our first, and we want to get a drink/bottle holder next.)

Thanks for sharing all of this! I'm sure it will be helpful to a lot of people (/genuine)

[thefaultinourchickennuggets]

Hi im a librarian amd that's not now this works. If a library allows you to have a digital card and not live in the area, you are NOT taking away resources from other people, that's not how anything works. Please keep doing it!!! The more people that use our services, the more money we can get from funding sources!!! Please use us!!! We are not utilized enough, by people in or out of our community. Thanks.

[diabolicali]

Star Trek: The Next Generation

↳Data's Day

Stargate SG-1

↳Message in a Bottle

[dateamonster]

by the fourth or fifth time you "come back wrong" no ones even impressed anymore

[dateamonster]

and good luck explaining things to your insurance provider!

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

for some people their wheelchair made their world lot bigger

for some people their wheelchair made their world lot smaller

for some people it feel both at same time. or neither.

other people realities different from what you know shouldn’t feel threatening to you n if it does it yours to work thru

[vintar]

there's this one gay porn studio i'm subscribed to email updates for just because i am never prepared for what each email contains

pretentious gay sluts i am very fond of you

[zinjanthropusboisei]

Hell yeah CLRG!

[genderkoolaid]

i feel sometimes theres this artificial choice made between either seeing autism as a disability OR as a neurotype to take pride in, & like the assumption that people who see it as a neurotype aren't disabled by it / people who see it as a disability don't take pride in it and just want it to be cured. im simply too much of a cripple for this binary i feel because i see no reason why we can't acknowledge it is disabling AND it is a neurotype one can take pride in. "disability" does not imply Wretched Curse We Must Eliminate.

[grace-is-tired]

I feel like middle aged people are rage baiting me constantly with their “once you get to my age” crap or I say some thing about being tired and they say “you don’t even know how bad it gets, story of my life.”

It seems like once people turn 35 some switch gets hit in their brains making them incapable of comprehending that young people can feel pain or fatigue.

I’m not walking around shouting out my health issues, but I feel like regardless of if someone has health issues why can’t we just. Believe them. When they say they are suffering. Without invalidating them. It’s not that freaking hard! Disability and chronic illness does not care how old you are!

Whenever something like this happens I wanna say something like “Actually I’m not just a bit tired. I’m experiencing debilitating chronic fatigue due to my body expending energy to make my immune system constantly attack the joints in my spine causing it to slowly fuse together over time :D” But that’s kinda a lot so I just kinda awkwardly chuckle and move on.

[cane-and-able]

today i was on a call with a colleague who mentioned her "menopause brain today". that is a real thing and i respect it.

but.

i am a brain injury survivor. i am like this all the time. if i am lucky, i will have this level of brain fog for the rest of my life; if i am unlucky, it will get worse.

she can go through what she's going through without being patronising about it.

i didn't write that part of the story at the beginning, that she was condescending to me about it, because that's not the order of the communication from my brain. everything is like this and i get to live with it.

how much of that do i need to say? i'm not going to stop the meeting to discuss this, we have a deadline.

[grace-is-tired]

I feel like middle aged people are rage baiting me constantly with their “once you get to my age” crap or I say some thing about being tired and they say “you don’t even know how bad it gets, story of my life.”

It seems like once people turn 35 some switch gets hit in their brains making them incapable of comprehending that young people can feel pain or fatigue.

I’m not walking around shouting out my health issues, but I feel like regardless of if someone has health issues why can’t we just. Believe them. When they say they are suffering. Without invalidating them. It’s not that freaking hard! Disability and chronic illness does not care how old you are!

Whenever something like this happens I wanna say something like “Actually I’m not just a bit tired. I’m experiencing debilitating chronic fatigue due to my body expending energy to make my immune system constantly attack the joints in my spine causing it to slowly fuse together over time :D” But that’s kinda a lot so I just kinda awkwardly chuckle and move on.