Roller Derby on the Autism Spectrum

[derbyonthespectrum]

I’m semi-retired from derby because of chronic illness and money reasons so if there are any autistic folks involved in derby that wanna co mod plz reach out

[boutbetties]

Make sure to follow the @asianskaternetwork’s Instagram to see more amazing Asian skater features! #representationmatters #wcw • • • • • • Asian skaters represent at @wftda Champs 2019, Montreal. 📷 @laryn_kill @bowie_1975 @thugsbunny_13 #asianswhoskate #asianskaternetwork

[autisticadvocacy]

British Film Institute says it will no longer fund films which star villains with facial scarring

Films that have facially-scarred villains will no longer receive funding from the British Film Institute, the organisation has announced, as part of a campaign to remove the stigma around disfigurement.

“Films that have facially-scarred villains will no longer receive funding from the British Film Institute, the organisation has announced, as part of a campaign to remove the stigma around disfigurement.”

[windwardstar]

!!! This is huge. Like huge. The film industry has a really ableist habit of using visible injury and disability as a short hand for evil villain. This move is a firm statement saying they’re not going to allow it anymore. This is great.

[derbyonthespectrum]

Nonverbal? Lose your voice on day 1 of a 3 day tournament? Just don’t feel like yelling at skaters anymore? Want to hook this up to a speaker to make it as loud as possible? I’ve got a solution!

[derbyonthespectrum]

Nonverbal? Lose your voice on day 1 of a 3 day tournament? Just don't feel like yelling at skaters anymore? Want to hook this up to a speaker to make it as loud as possible? I've got a solution!

[queerforscience]

I relate to Adam Rippon because I, too, am a gay that likes skating and hates Mike Pence

[derbyonthespectrum]

Autistic derby things: stimmy spins

[derbyonthespectrum]

Autistic derby perks: when you get a job in a skate shop and you just get to talk about your special interest all day

[didistutterproject]

Disability is not an object—a woman with a cane—but a social process that intimately involves everyone who has a body and lives in the world of the senses. Just as the conceptualization of race, class, and gender shapes the lives of those who are not black, poor, or female, so the concept of disability regulates the bodies of those who are ‘normal.’ In fact, the very concept of normalcy by which most people (by definition) shape their existence is in fact tied inexorably to the concept of disability.

Lennard Davis. Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body. London: Verso, 1995. Page 2.

[softcore-revolutionary]

[teratomaquia-deactivated2016111]

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[nudityandnerdery]

Hey, we’re in line for some absurd temperatures here in the southwest this week. This is very important to know and keep in mind. Be safe, stay hydrated, stay out of the sun as much as you can.

[wizardyaoi]

i threw up in front of some grade schoolers because i had heat exhaustion

dont be like me

[delicatefury]

Since someone else crossed my dash asking for tips for keeping cool, thought I’d share this handy chart that also came across my dash.

[delcat177]

Rereblogging as temperatures peak, not least because this just made me go “yeah I am in fact experiencing heat exhaustion at my fucking desk I’d better go downstairs”

(I’m fine but dang man it hot)

[hammerabby141]

Sandrine Rangeon’s “Jammer Decision Tree” flowchart is still pretty dang relevant. Take a look.

I feel like oftentimes those of us who jam get thrown in head first without much in the way of real training or advice when it comes to strategy, so I love when people actually spell things out like this. Share with newbies and oldies alike!

[disasterlarper]

as ur friendly Neighborhood Nursing Student™ i feel somewhat compelled to remind everyone with the hot weather:

every liquid except sea water and alcohol hydrates you. It’s not CHUG WATER OR DIE. in fact, gatorade and the like are designed to hydrate you efficiently.

yeah, this includes coffee and tea and soda. the diuretic is not enough to cancel out the liquid. juices and milk have solids in them, sure, but they’re also mostly liquid! it counts. 

your body can only absorb so much water at a time, so chugging 64 oz of water at noon and calling it good will do a wonderful job of flushing your kidneys, but not so much of hydrating your tissues. it’s more important that you’re getting consistent fluid throughout the day. 

there’s a lot of fancy ways to determine How Much Water (Liquid) I Should Drink but honestly? 8 oz (1 cup) every other hour on cool days and 8 oz every hour on hot days should be fine (assuming you sleep for a normal amount of time per day…. i’m assuming ur awake 16 hours a day.)

figure out how many oz each of ur favorite cups is. it’ll help your guesstimation. 

if ur urine is darker than light yellow, you’re dehydrated. 

if u pinch the skin on the back of ur hand for a couple seconds and it takes more than a second or two go to back to normal then ur dehydrated. 

[equalityformost-deactivated2017]

In regards to #1, don’t take this as an excuse to drink the sugar water that they call sports drinks. They aren’t bad for you per se, but please choose water.

[disasterlarper]

actually this entire post was written in the spirit of ppl using it as an excuse to drink sports drinks and soda etc

ppl have been commenting abt sodium levels in soda and sugar levels in sports drinks and thats all well and good but what i’ve noticed is that people who internalize “well, ONLY WATER hydrates me” but who HATE WATER remain horrifically dehydrated cause they dont drink anything. 

so like. if ur a person who haaaaates tap water, this is absolutely me giving you permission to drink whatever fluid you can stomach. please take this as a direct excuse to drink nothing but gatorade if that’s what it takes to get enough fluid into ur body.

it’s not the healthiest for you, sure, but you’re a smart enough person to know that. please drink fluids anyways. 

if u like water thats gr8. if you can stomach water that’s gr8. if you can’t, that’s okay too, and you need to stay hydrated just as much as anyone else, so please drink. 

[the-rain-monster]

I used to hate tap water, and in some places (looking at you, Iowa) it is legit disgusting, but one thing I do which helped a ton and was long term cheaper than buying soda or juice was to get a bottle of Angostura bitters. It’s a cocktail additive with a strong distinctive flavor, so although a tiny bottle is like $6 it will last you for ages. Put a small drop or dash in your glass then fill with water. It has a pleasant sort of herbal metal taste (I understand that those words don’t seem like they should go together but it’s hard to describe) which masks tap water. It also helps me smooth an upset tummy but your mileage may vary. It’s not something that will get you drunk, just a flavoring like vanilla extract.

If that all sounds like too much bother, dropping a lemon wedge into water also helps.

[adigitalmagician]

I am learning that lemon wedges are magical in almost everything I like to drink.

[jumpingjacktrash]

here is the magic that made me stop being chronically dehydrated:

because yeah, i can’t STAND plain water – it tastes like the inside of my mouth. it tastes like spit. imagine drinking a glass of ice cold spit. ugh. but add a squirt of this stuff to your glass of tapwater, and now it tastes like apple, cherry, lemonade, whatever.

i also got a bunch of these

and pre-prep them with flavored water, iced tea, iced coffee, whatever (or ask my helper to do it), and then when i’m thirsty but distracted and want to just grab some kind of liquid without thinking about finding a clean glass etc., i can just grab one of these.

because yeah, hating water is a thing, and dehydration SUCKS. so drink SOMETHING, don’t be a water purist. better to chug iced coffee than go without.

[magnolia-lascivious-deactivated]

mio was a damn genius for comin out with that shit

[iopele]

can I just speak up here as someone who has been a nurse for 17 years? I heartily endorse this post and also give you permission to DRINK WHATEVER THE HELL IT TAKES TO KEEP YOU FROM BEING DEHYDRATED

especially in the summer, you can’t play around with that. drink something. seriously. for the love of kittens. DRINK SOMETHING. 

[peninsularollergirls-blog]

That derby life! Shout out to @808rollerskate for helping us answer the question before people even ask! 😆

[queerforscience]

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