*something cool*

he/they/it - 17 basically Tim Drake

[casper-108]

Me making my weekly call to the supplier of my wheelchair to ask if there are any updates yet :D

(The expected delivery date of my new wheelchair was between two weeks ago and now, and it hasn't been delivered yet.

I'm not calling to be annoying, I just want updates lol)

Anyway

Just finished my call, they said it "shouldn't take long" which is extremely vague but okay

Hoping they will call to schedule a delivery date this week, and otherwise I'll just call them again next Monday :P

[casper-108]

Idk if this is widely agreed upon, of if it's a hot take

But shit is NOT accessible if the person trying to access it needs help from an outsider to do so!

Example:

Trains with ramps that have to be manually operated.

Where I live you have to book travel assistance if you go by train and use a wheelchair.

This has to be done at least 1 hour before the departure of the train.

You have to wait for travel assistance to show up and put the ramp out for you.

Personal experience:

Today I had to take the train. I booked travel assistance yesterday.

I get to the train station with more than enough time to spare, waiting for travel assistance.

5 minutes (!!) before the train leaves I get a call from travel assistance telling me that their employee called in sick the night before so there will not be anyone to help me on the train.

Now luckily travel assistance managed to contact the person who scans tickets on the train, and got him to put out the ramp.

However he was clearly not used to doing so, nor properly trained for it, so it was a bit hard.

This goes for so many more things.

Like needing to get a member of staff to open the disabled toilet, or access an elevator.

(Note: I'm talking about disabled people being unable to access something independently if they would have been able to do so with the right accommodations in mind.)

[casper-108]

Not my best work.. but oh well

I wanted to try whatever this style is called, but every time I obsess over details (read : Grace's hair) and it ends up not how I want it.

But I'm going to keep trying.

Anyway here's a WIP as well

[casper-108]

Anyone else get so in the zone you forget to charge your tablet..

Because this is the second time it shut off while I was drawing because I forgot to charge it 😭

I was almost done with the drawing as well

[casper-108]

Just spent 7+ hours drawing this and now I hate looking at it.

Love Santos though ⭐

Also I found out yesterday that I can draw. I was just messing around and it ended up looking nice so yay

Anyway gonna drink a Dr pepper now as a reward for finishing the drawing, and then I need sleepppppp 💤

Byeee

[casper-108]

writers block is kicking my ass

seriously

I'm somehow spending my time doing anything but writing.

I gained new hobbies, goals, daily activities..

and then I sit down to write and it just doesn't happen............... even when it's a hyperfixation.

It's annoying me lol

The other stuff I've been doing:

Journaling about my interests

Drawing

Reading Reddit stories

Appointments (doctor, therapist, dietician etc.. at least 3 a week)

Training my dog

Reading comics (and occasionally books)

Dealing with family stuff (shitty dad and grandparents)

Trying to learn Spanish

Trying to learn Russian

Trying to learn Dutch Sign Language (NGT)

Attempting to stay on top of my chores (I basically sort of somewhat live on my own now, so I gotta do a lot of cleaning, with very little energy)

AND I actually left my house and went on a fun day trip with my best friend!

[casper-108]

Working on a Next to normal page in my journal!

Does anyone have any ideas on what more I could add?

[casper-108]

Guys-

I've found myself in a situation

I don't remember what my dietician looks like (I've only met her once) and I have no clue if I'm in the right waiting room (I've only been here once and it's a bug building).

It's 5 minutes past the time of my appointment. I've been sitting here for 15 minutes.

:P

Not enjoyable

[casper-108]

Low-key forgot my password to Tumblr after getting a new phone and I also didn't remember what email I used for my account-

Good news is I guessed correctly :P

[azulagirlboss]

mel king i know what you are… arfid nation we are so unbelievably up we have never been this up in the history of ever. going to eat a bowl of butter pasta in celebration

[casper-108]

Me looking for local friends - a summary:

Friend request?

Not in the way I request to be your friend on social media or whatever.. I’m just requesting to acquire friends

I swear I’m cool

(The longing for friendship while also not being able to maintain a friendship is the curse of being disabled.)

[casper-108]

Okay being autistic is not fun all the time, but today it was!

I’ve been really into Six of Crows lately and I was reading so many fanfics about them, and a lot mentioning stroop wafels, so I was obviously craving those.

I’m having a bit of a hard time eating (thanks to autism and stress) so anything that I want to eat is a victory at this point.

I had my mom push me (in my wheelchair) all the way to the city center for the Friday market, so I could get a fresh/warm stroop wafel :D

(Instead of just going to the store around the corner and buying prepackaged ones)

It was very very rainy so now I’m completely wet, and cold. But it was fun.

Though I’ll probably spend a couple days recovering from the outing 🥲

(Perk of being Dutch is that I can just go to the market and they’ll have the stroop wafels)

[casper-108]

Trying to write but my dog is being wayyyy too cute to focus

(We’re at daycare / day spending. My head is killing me. But we’re having fun)

[casper-108]

Since y’all seemed to really like the pictures and video of the cats, here’s one with the cat a my dog

[casper-108]

My cats interrupting my writing, one of them (the one typing in the video) is biting in my fingers as I type this right now.

Little demons.

[casper-108]

Can somebody please install a filter in my brain /j

I’m autistic and I have no filter what so ever so I just say whatever I’m thinking when I’m having a conversation.

How do I stop telling my personal information, medical information, and secrets to people I’ve never met..

[casper-108]

Whenever I find myself awake in the late evening / night, and NOT in a mental health crisis, I just start eating frozen grapes out of a raccoon mug.

There’s only three things you’ll find me doing a midnight:

- scream into the abyss while having a panic attack

- sleeping

- eating frozen grapes out of one of my many raccoon mugs