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“You should support disabled people because you might become disabled one day”

Or you fucking support disabled people because were people who deserve equal rights and not use us as a threat

So. A couple of things on this.

Lots of people are saying it's people being empathetic and it's how you can teach kindness to children but honnestly, teach people "you should support people, because you would want to be supported when you are unable to do something". This then applies to disability but also things most people do like having too heavy shopping or trying to fill out a bank statement for the first time.

By making disability a negative, it reminds me what I cannot do. With my stick I can do everything I want to do and at that point I dont consider myself disabled. That is until someone says, I don't want to end up like you through the statement put up above. Why not? I'm happy, I'm confident in my voice and I know how to teat people with disabilities with more tact than the people who say these statements.

autasticanna

Person-first language anon again - I understand that many autistic people don’t like person-first language, but most other people with disabilities, especially people with physical and cognitive disabilities STRONGLY prefer person-first language.

I mean I’m operating on what I know of my own disability and what my d/Deaf friends have said.

Any followers with other disabilities want to weigh in on this? I want to know what y’all think

coralstudies

I’m not a fan of “person first” language, I’m not against it and I don’t mind it but in my head it’s another way of seeing disability as something that shouldn’t be talked about. I am as much disabled as I am a red head. I am as much disabled as I am left handed. I am not ashamed of my disabilty and sometimes (especially when accessibilty is important) my disabilty needs to be seen first, before anything else.

#disabilty #walking stick #disabled #Disabled Student #person first language #chronic illness #disability activism

Back To School - 9 days

So I thought to hold myself accountable I would write on here what I need to get done.

School 1. Drama Presentation 2. Learn Monologue 3. Drama Research 4. History Essay (1500 left to do) 5. Music Wider Listening

Uni 1. Personal Statement 2. Portfolio 3. Web Portfolio

Theoretically this shouldn’t take long but knowing me...it will.

Oh well - time to start!

respectyourtech

Theatre people who work with young actors (pt. 2)

It’s a cardinal rule in theatre that you don’t eat in costume. However, if you tell children to not do something, they’re probably just gonna do it anyway. Instead of saying “no eating in costume” over and over to find pudding stains and Cheeto dust on everything, say “no messy snacks in costume”. I had a director who bought a big bucket of animal crackers and a bag of pretzles for us during tech week and said “once these are gone, they’re gone. And if you want to bring your own snacks, make sure that our assistant director can just wipe the crumbs off you.” I never saw anyone eating anything messier than saltines. While it isn’t ideal because crumbs are annoying, it’s better than a pretty pink fairy going on stage with a mysterious blue stain running down her front.

mandatorywhimsy

I think it’s working. I will definitely be using this method in the future.

susdoestheatre

Good morning, SMblr! This is an assignment for one of my classes; while this isn’t *exactly* a tech brief, it’s right up my alley. I took a bit of an informal approach, but I want to share in case anyone out there would find this useful/have something to add. This is still a draft.

Of course, there is more than one way to make a calling script; some people like to set up different columns in the margins and others like the dreaded text boxes…. But this is the way that works best for me, in Word, at least. You can do the same thing in Excel too!

@stagemanagereej this is the assignment you asked about! What do you think?

deadghostofyourdad

Why should stage managers be appreciated

They are ready to help everyone

They have to coordinate light crew, sound crew stage crew and actors AT THE SAME TIME

“Go. NO ACTORS GO, stage crew stay. Go. NO STAGE CREW GO, actors stay!1!!”

I swear they scream internally 24/7

… and sometimes that scream comes out

They work so hard to make the show truly amazing

They might seem angry and mean but they are really nice and just doing their job

They are always stressed

Their are the best at making theatre work as a whole

I swear EVERYONE listens to them

“Lights, go. Lights? LiGhTs?!”

They have the strongest nervous system

They are always worried about during the show

They are so happy when everything goes well

They are the most concentrated human beings on this planet

THEY ARE GREAT AND MUST BE LOVED, thank you

so-over-ableism

You act like a disability authority and dish out life advice like a pro- you're a kid, and you have fibro. Not that it's not valid, but there are lots of people who have more experience with disability and medical stuff. I'm not articulating it well, but this blog just hurts, as somebody who is more severely disabled, seeing a bunch of teens using canes and whining about their parents. I wish I had those problems, you know? I just encourage you to be more aware of your privilege

Yes I’m a teenager. Yes I’m not “severely disabled” and yeah, I use forearm crutches instead of a wheelchair or other mobility aids.

But if you think I’m a “disability authority” or “dishing out advice like pro”, it’s not what I’m trying to do. Often times I get questions I can’t answer. That’s why I ask my followers, people who actually experience the problems in the questions, for their input.

I know damn well I’m not the most disabled person ever and I thank whatever may be out there every single day. I can walk, sure with severe amounts of pain, but I can. I know people who can’t. I know people who may never get treatment. I know people who may be living on the street because of being unable to pay rent because of severe medical bills. I know I’ve got it much better than many other people.

But I’m trying. And I’m sorry if it comes out as whining but as you said, I’m a kid. To me, this is the worst thing I’ve had to deal with. I’ve been suicidal, I’ve had an eating disorder, I have generalized anxiety and a panic disorder. I have fibromyalgia. And I’m a goddamn kid.

When my parents are unsupportive, I can’t do anything else. I’m a kid. All medical forms need my parent’s consent. When I cry my eyes out because I can’t walk without feeling like I’m being set on fire, I can’t do anything about it except push through and use my canes because my parents won’t let me do anything else.

I too wish you had my problems. I wish so many people didn’t have to deal with all the bullshit that comes with a disability, especially if it’s more severe than what I have.

Often times, I only get asks about canes. It’s what many people ask me about. That’s something I can give advice on.

I have privilege. I get it. But I’m trying. I want to learn and if there’s more information you want to give me, please, inform me.

I’m sorry for this rant, I just need you to understand that I never want it to seem like I’m an “authority”. I will never know everyone else’s experience and I try my best to educate myself on them. I’ll mess up. I know that. But I’m trying. And that’s what I want to convey with this.

Sure I’m just a teen with fibromyalgia. But I want people who have it too or have it worse have a place to vent and be understood. That’s all I want.

noping-out-deactivated20241117

As a disabled adult who uses a power chair, Anon can go fuck themselves.

You don’t get to police other disabled people, Anon. And disability is not a contest. You are not more “valid” just because you’re older than someone else, or “more disabled”.

coralstudies

Whenever someone is struggling, it's valid. Doesn't matter how much or how little, they need and deserve help. Someone else doesn't get to decide if your disabled or not worth help.

Hands

I haven’t been able to move my hands for two hours. This is joyous.

#disability

My MRI tomorrow

So tomorrow I finally have an MRI - last time I had an MRI, nothing was done after it came back clear and I still live with those symptoms. I know it sounds bad but I want them to find something wrong with me this time - I want to be injured rather than still being sick 3 years later.

#disability #back spasms #back pain #teenager #studyblr #mri

karla-studies-blog

STUDYBLR COMMUNITY

please like or reblog this if you’re a studyblr because I desperately want to follow more blogs, so I want to check out a bunch of blogs!! I’m especially looking for English lit/language and Italian language oriented blogs because I’m an English major and I’m planning on continuing my Italian studies soon. But I love quality content so even if you’re not English/Italian blog, I’ll still follow you!!

#studyblr

This is the plan. The plan to my music essay. It's taken me 5 hours to make the plan. The essay will take me only an hour to write but it took so many hours of research to get to this point. Oh well...time to write it.

#studyblr #a-levels #alevelwork #a-level music #music #essays

My paycheck from today

Today I go my first proper pay check and it was £16, my wage was lower than told and one of my shifts were missing. Although I love the cafe I work at, it does feel like this may become a common occurrence at the place...

#teenager #job #cafe