Raymond and Co 🗒

Paul dano >>>>. Nonspeaking multiply disabled autistic. Nerodiverse, developmentally disabled, and physically disabled. Frequently commits all around clownery. Norse Pagan. Anarcho-communist. Red Fox therian. Collector of oddities. Proudly a xenogender hoarder!! (Xe/They/He/It/Clown/Pup/Aqua) https://youtube.com/@NotepadCollective ------------------------------------------------------ [Profile banner image description: An AAC device with a purple case sitting on cream colored tile. Next to it is an open can of Ulta Violet Monster Energy Drink. End image description.] [Profile photo image description: A picrew of a thin, white, masculine, androgynous person. They have blue fluffy hair with bangs, and it is long in the back. They have puppy ears. They are wearing a black and white striped shirt, and a black overshirt with little doodles of simplistic cartoon ghosts. Next to them is an AAC device. Behind them is a xenogender flag and a gay man flag. End image description.]

[clownrecess]

★Hello! Welcome to the blog. :0] ★

(Plain text: Hello! Welcome to the blog.)

Xe/They/He/It/Clown/Pup/Aqua

Autistic, queer, and a nonspeaking AAC user. Most posts are about these things, but some aren't.

NONSPEAKING MEANS PERMANENT OR VERY LONG LASTING.

(Plain text: NONSPEAKING MEANS PERMANENT OR VERY LONG LASTING.)

Neurodivergent, developmentally disabled, and physically disabled

Gay (Uranic(MLM) gaybian. Separate identities.), greysexual, cupiosexual, multipluralic genderqueer trans boy who uses xenogenders.

I am a professionally diagnosed autistic but I absolutely, fully support self diagnosed! /gen

Side blog for poetry: @nonspeakingpoetry

Religious side blog: @nordic-trails

agere/agedre/coping side blog: @blanketpup

medcore (coping) sideblog: @childrensgown

xenogender sideblog: @notepadmogai

blog françias: @carnetcollectif

Please use tonetags!!

If I don't respond to your comment, reblog, or ask, right away please don't think I am ignoring you. It is EXTREMELY unlikely I am ignoring you, I probably just don't have to spoons to respond yet.

Before you send me an ask about "I'm speaking, but its hard, can I still use AAC?" Read this. If you still have questions then send an ask /gen

Want to write a nonspeaking character and need tips? Read this. If you still have questions, send an ask /gen

Before you ask "I have speech loss episodes! Can I use the term nonspeaking for myself?" Read this. If you still have questions, send an ask /gen

If you are a parent of an AAC user and would like tips, read this. If you have any questions, send an ask /gen

My special interests are: Oddities (especially taxidermy), VOCALOID, Paul Dano, OMORI, DC, human rights and social issues, xenogenders, MCR (And The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys. Really just anything relating back to MCR or any of their members.), She-Ra And The Princess Of Power, adult animation, Popee The Performer, Animal Crossing, horror, clowns, frogs, gastropods, Welcome Home, Euphoria, and theme parks!

DNI:

Endogenics/tulpagenics and supporters, radfems, terfs, pro 4n4/m1a/sh, ed/sh accounts (I DO NOT CARE THAT YOU "AREN'T PRO"), fatphobic/queerphobic/ableist/sexist/antisemitic/racist etc, people named Jer0me, anti xenogender, d0xx3rs, blogs that post about Christianity frequently, rad-queer, pro-capitalists, JKR supporters, Harry Potter fans, proshippers, pro-ABA, anti-self diagnosis, anti ACAB/anti BLM/pro "all lives/blue lives matter", bootlickers, Autism Speaks supporters, people who use the term "aspie", people who post about or have profile pictures related to Inside Job on Netflix, people who post about or have profile photos related to Insatiable on Netflix, people who use ChatGPT, people who use the terms nonverbal/nonspeaking/semiverbal/semispeaking to describe a temporary state even after being told it's incorrect (this list will be updated as needed)

[clownrecess]

Hey. I want everyone to know i am not dead, but I left this account early last year. I'm an extremely different person now and am literally on my old dni multiple times.

[clownrecess]

NEIL BANGING OUT THE TUNES DAY /pos

[autistic-af]

Special interests do not have to be deep.

You do not have to have read extensive deep dives into the topic for it to be a special interest.

You do not have to have a college degree knowledge of the topic for it to be a special interest.

So many times I've done a space special interest Infodump and inevitably someone will comment "I learnt this in like grade 5".

Not the point. It's my special interest. You may find it mundane knowledge, but I have experienced a euphoria from telling you and interacting with it.

You may have denied yourself a special moment. I haven't.

[catball]

eating him

[catball]

the rule of eating him is whenever you see it you have to say eating him

[anarcho-mom-unist]

eating him <3

[just-a-random-hobbit]

Eating him

[punkzilla-xd]

Eating him

[wowza-fish-deactivated20231202]

Eating him D':

[pr0mz0mbie2005]

eating him o.0

[clownrecess]

Eating him 👹

[radicalgraff]

“Be Queer” Seen on an antenna mast on top of a mountain in Gstaad, Switzerland

[softwaring]

[toonskribblez]

[our-queer-experience]

reblog for something t4t to happen to you this summer.

[our-queer-experience]

there are not many posts like this out there but shoutout to trans women who like their voices, shoutout to trans women who like having a dick, shoutout to trans women who are butch, shoutout to trans women whose transition has been ‘unconventional’, shoutout to trans women who will never pass and dont care to, shoutout to trans women who are tall, shoutout to trans women who break the binary that was reinvented in progressive spaces. you people are so fucking incredible.

[evengirlierballs]

WHO WOULD RUN TWITTER BETTER?

Elon Musk

My cat Garfield (pictured below)

Voting ended onJul 10, 2023

He does chew wires, but im pretty sure thats what elon is doing too.

[cyberpilate]

I would follow Garfield anywhere.

[prehistoric-faggot-deactivated2]

‼️please help me get a wheelchair‼️

hello, my name is leo, or more commonly known as ‘lav’ on here.

i’ve been dealing with debilitating chronic pain for over 10 years and i really need a wheelchair. i haven’t gotten much help from my healthcare system, being fat and afab has really fucked me over while trying to seek medical attention..

i am still fighting to completely figure out what’s wrong with me, but for now i know that i have several bulging discs in my lower back, as well as scoliosis. (as well as medically recognised POTS).

my pain is getting worse and worse, and i barely leave my home since walking and being upright in general hurts so much. a wheelchair would improve my life immensely, both physically and mentally.

i am currently on disability benefits, which pretty much is the lowest income group in sweden, and saving up for a wheelchair myself would take a very long time.. i will of course also be saving up as much as i can and putting into an account meant for wheelchair funds.

so i’m asking you to donate if you want to and if you are financially able to, and if not, please reblog this.

i have found a good chair that is also accessible to a fat person, and i need 7111 SEK (around 650$) to cover the cost of the chair & the shipping. i have started a gofundme that i’ll be sharing in this post, and i welcome all help, donating just a little helps, and reblogging and sharing the gofundme in general helps immensely too.

thank you so much for reading💜

please help me get a wheelchair!, organized by Leo Noren

hey, my name is Leo and i am almost 24 years old. i have been dealing with chronic pain fo… Leo Noren needs your support for please help me

[chronicallylav3nd3r]

(this is me)

[neuro-cookie-deactivated2023092]

The AAC setup is complete. Time to decorate my case. I want to cry from joy but I don’t cry easily lolol

[zebulontheplanet]

Hey AAC users! I’ve seen a lot of people struggling to find out about aac and how to start. Reblog this post with the type of device you have, the case, and program you use. Give a price breakdown if you can! Let’s help aac users and new aac users out.

I’ll go first!

iPad: I think I have an iPad 8. The price can range anywhere from $180 on Amazon (refurbished) to $300 new.

Case: robust foam case. Can be purchased off Amazon, don’t really know because my device is a program device and they provided the case

Program: Proloquo2go $250

I use an old program device that was once my little sisters (she doesn’t use it anymore) everything I’ve put is vague.

Photo of aac device in black case with Proloquo2go below

[autisticspirit]

I use 2 different devices!

My preferred AAC device is a chromebook with an impact case that my school gave me(I don't know how much it cost)

I also use my phone when I don't have access to my chromebook.

For my laptop I use Coughdrop AAC(free)

For my phone, I have started using PiCom AAC(free)

[clownrecess]

Heres information on my current AAC device!

Tablet type: Samsung Galaxy TabA7 (Depending on where you buy it, it's around $120.00 to $199.99)

Program: Avaz ($200.00)

Case: Foam handle case (about $15.00 to $20.00 and can be purchased from most places online, including Amazon)

Strap: Black tablet strap (about $10.00 to $15.00 and can be purchased from most places online, including Amazon)

Important disclaimer pin: I hear and understand but don't speak ($4.02 from Sootmegs on Etsy)

Comfort object pin from best friend: Red converse chucks pin (I don't know where it's from exactly, since my best friend gave it to me as a gift, but I see it's currently available on Ebay for $24.99)

Chewable emotion communication cards: Chewmoji Chewable Sensory Communicator (Purchused from Chewigem for an unknown price, and doesn't seem to be available in the US anymore. It is available in the UK on Sensooli for £14.95)

[clownrecess]

do you know of any decent free AAC apps theres so any options and idk where to start looking

Back when I used a free program I used both SymboTalk and ICanCommunicate!

I've had friends say that Speech Assistant is their favorite though (which is only free on Android)

[clownrecess]

hi! just wanted to let you know the links in ur pinned dont work :3

Oh, thank you! Someone actually told me a while ago, so I fixed them, or I thought I did. Turns out I missed two of them! Thank you! They should be fixed now. ^^ /gen

[clownrecess]

Hi! My son (9) uses an AAC device at school to help him communicate and for teachers to communicate with him. Do you have any advice for parents?

I'm sorry if this isnt very organized, I'll just be listing off and talking about what I wish my parents and adults around me did when I first started using AAC.

I also apologize for the kinda sorta late response. I haven't been doing too well lately, and I also wanted to make sure I said everything in this post how I wanted to say it. Those two things combined slowed down the process a bit.

1. AAC is not a language. However, it functions a lot differently than the oral version of the language that is being used at times, and I feel like thats important to recognize. AAC grammar doesn't need to align with "typical" oral grammar or speech patterns. As long as (most) others can understand what's being communicated by the AAC user, trying to get them to add in words like "The" really isn't necessary. Of course if they want to develop more proper grammar and more language that is super cool. But a lot (of course not all!!) of AAC users I've spoken to, including myself, find it really frustrating when people try to slow down and make it harder for us to communicate by adding in extra words. If its understandable, and the user doesn't want to, it isn't necessary (I also do want to add that I personally do use proper grammar most of the time, but a good portion of the time I don't.).

2. "Encourging the user to use their device" does *not* mean ignoring them when they don't, and/or telling them to "use their words". All communication is good communication. Pointing is good. Body language is good. Drawing pictures is good. Etc. Encouraging use of an AAC device in a good way means making sure it is always available, making sure the user knows it is an option, that the user knows how to use it, and that you respect the device *FULLY*.

3. Oral speech should not be the goal unless the AAC user wants it. All communication is equally good, and favoring oral speech is ableism. If the AAC user WANTS to use oral speech, then that is super cool and then there can be a goal of developing and/or improving their oral speech. If they haven't made it clear that it's something that they personally want, don't try to force it.

4. Stickers!! This one is more silly than serious, and of course it's up to the user, but if they want to put stickers on their device, allow it. Its cute!

5. ACCESS TO VOCABULARY IS IMPORTANT. Limiting someones language to "Eat" "Drink" "Bathroom" "Mom" "Dad" "School" or similar is not okay. I've seen someone on YouTube who didn't even let their kid have a "no" button. I fully understand that not everyone is capable of using complex language, and for a lot of AAC users, only having simple words and an easier to navigate (by having less options) device is important. And that is PERFECTLY OKAY!! But what isn't okay, is assuming one is incapable of using more language than "eat" and "drink". If they can not communicate their wants and needs when they understand that, they need more buttons. If that means starting to SLOWLY add a little more, that's okay.

6. Be patient. AAC takes longer to use than oral speech does. Even if the time we are taking is frustrating, don't show that. And yes, this includes guessing out loud what we are going to say by trying to finish our sentence whilst we are still typing (unless the user has expressed this is okay with them.).

7. Make sure teachers and other people know not to take away their AAC device under any circumstances! Doing so is the equivalent to duct taping someones mouth shut or removing their vocal chords. It's scary.

That's all I could think of. If other AAC users (not parents of them, not friends, etc. ONLY AAC USERS) want to comment or reblog with more tips that would be greatly appreciated! <3

[disableddyke]

“i just got a promotion” “i passed my final exam with flying colors” well i brushed my teeth. sooo