disability access square

[id: for profile image. A cerulean square with handwritten text in white that reads, "Access 4 ALL" /end id]The former profile pic was a four grid handicap access sign I downloaded from image search with a wheelchair symbol, a sign language symbol, a blind person with a cane, and a person with a brain. It looked way too official when I'm just some rando who wanted to collect the disability access posts they see into one spot. 

[corvidcall]

to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!

i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies

[o0fyuu0o]

Saw these easy to read instructions on Twitter. Stay safe 💚

[tinyyellowflowers-blog]

Great time to start pricing this out by the way, fire season starts… on the summer solstice this year, that’s fun. Signs point to it being a doozy.

[holiday-descriptions]

[Image IDs: Image #1: a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube; 4 air filters taped together with a box fan on top.

Image #2: Illustrated guide titled: How To Build A Corsi-Rosenthal Box. Body text reads: The Corsi-Rosenthal Box is an affordable DIY air-cleaning system made with simple materials found in hardware stores. The box fan pulls air through the filters on the sides and blows out clean air. It is proven to reduce indoor exposure to airborne particles including those containing the virus that causes Covid-19. The box can also decrease the levels of other particles in the air, such as dust or wildfire smoke.

Illustration by Amanda Hu: Unassembled Corsi-Rosentheal Box, arrow pointing to assembled box. Text:

Filters can last up to a year

Keep away from walls and corners

The Materials. Illustration: 2 air filters, a box fan, scissors, a utility knife, tape. Text:

Filters 3M 1900 MPR (20" x 20" x 1" or 20" x 25" x 1") or MERV 13 (20" x 20" x 2" or 20" x 20" x 1" or 20" x 25" x 2" or 20" x 25" x 1" [2-inch preferred)

Lasko or Mainstays 20-inch Box Fan

Scissors, Utility Knife, Duct Tape

The Cube. Illustration: 4 filters arranged to form a cube; hands taping the edges of 2 filters together at a right angle; 4 filters taped together to make a cube. Text:

Arrange the filters to create a symmetrical structure

Ensure the arrows are pointed inwards

Duct tape the four edges

Vertical orientation of the pleats is preferred

Illustration: An air filter, with arrows on the outside edge corners. One corner, with the arrow, is circled in and enlarged.

The Base. Illustration: A cardboard square on top of the cube made of air filters; hands taping the cardboard square onto the cube; the cardboard square taped to the cube on all 4 sides. Text:

Use one side of the fan's cardboard box

Cut the cardboard box to fit the base of the cube

Duct tape it on all fours sides

The Fan. Illustration: A box fan on top of the cube made of air filters; hands taping the box fan to the cube; the fan taped to the cube, with an enlarged circle on a corner showing the tape leaves no gaps. Text:

Place the fan on top of the cube

Seal all sides, including corners

Ensure any holes on the side of the fan are sealed off with duct tape

The Shroud. Illustration: A cardboard square with a large circle cut in the middle of it; that cardboard square on top of the box fan; hands taping the cardboard square to the top of the fan which is on top of the cube made of air filters. Text:

Cut the other cardboard sheet to fit the top of the fan

Cut a circular hole (15.75" diameter)

Place the shroud on the fan and tape it on all four sides

The shroud increases efficiency and decreases the noise level

Illustrator: Marija Mladenović. Creator: Shiven Taneja. /End IDs]

[thatsveryvortex]

Dear disabled people in school, please know your rights! If you have an IEP or a 504 plan with your school, your accommodations are not suggestions; a teacher cannot refuse them. If a teacher, coach, or other school staff chooses to ignore or disregard your accommodations, you can and should report them to the school.

The school, under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, will not/cannot tell the teacher that it was you who reported them, nor can the teacher question you or your class about being reported.

Remember it's against the law for the school or anyone representing/working for them to deny you your accommodations, no matter your age or grade, no matter the disability, and no matter how the school is funded.

[myirlnameiscloud]

Kinda sucks to me that dyscalculia and dyslexia are so often lumped together.

No, dyscalculia is not "dyslexia but with numbers". They're very different, with few similarities. I really wish dyscalculia were talked about more often, so people would understand me just a little better.

Because I'm dyscalculic, I intensely struggle with multi-step tasks, get lost very easily and frequently (not just in new places, but EVERYWHERE), can't remember important numbers, can't remember anyone's birthday besides my own, take a very long time to do most math equations, can't read an analog clock, can't do any oral math, can't manage my time, can't tell what time it as at any point without a digital clock, can't understand maps or navigation, can't recognize some "simple" math terms or symbols, and I can't reliably count backwards.

And much more, but I'm not gonna sit here and list every single one of my dyscalculic traits. If you want to learn more about dyscalculia, then PLEASE research it yourself. The more people who are knowledgeable about a wide variety of disabilities, the better.

[airandangels]

These little-known bank accounts allow Americans with disabilities to save and invest

If you're an American with a disability who receives government assistance, you likely qualify for an ABLE account, or you may starting next

The age of eligibility for an ABLE account, allowing USAmerican disabled people to save up money without losing their government assistance for having “too much,” is going to go up to cover disabilities diagnosed by age 46 (currently it’s age 26), meaning a much larger number of people will be able to access them. As the article notes, many Americans don’t know these accounts exist, let alone whether they or someone they care for could qualify for one, so please share this information around.

It seems to me it would obviously be better if the “no more than $2000 a month” limit were simply removed and disabled people could have whatever savings accounts they chose, but this is heaps better than nothing.

[non-binarypal7]

Effective as of January 1, 2026, eligibility has expanded to folks whose disabled diagnosis was established prior to turning 46 years old

About ABLE Accounts An ABLE account is a savings and / or investment option for people with disabilities who qualify. It falls under Section

[imagedescriptionsquare]

[id: the headline "These little known bank accounts allow Americans with disabilities to save and invest" overtop a background image of a disabled person seated on a couch in a tastefully decorated room facing the camera /end id]

[wheelchairtetris]

wheelchair users deserve a minimum of three wheelchairs to meet different needs. like, bare minimum of indoor chair, outdoor chair, and off road chair. chairs that meet different needs for transport, activity, positioning needs, energy levels, etc.

there is not "one chair" that can meet every need. wheelchair users deserve to have multiple chairs that meet specific needs, no matter how complex their seating/positioning needs. we deserve to at least have a backup if our chair breaks that is just as suited to our needs.

[wheelchairtetris]

wow this blew up

for anyone who doesn't know, wheelchairs are very expensive and insurance will usually only cover one every five years or only cover a new one if your needs have changed significantly. the expense is especially true for anyone who has complex positioning needs (i.e. requiring tilt/recline/elevation in power wheelchairs, general group 3 power wheelchair needs, one arm drive for manual wheelchairs, etc.). as with so many disability related issues, those most impacted by their disability are most at risk of harm when adequate support is out of reach.

this post isn't a joke about how we deserve more for being disabled. this is a very real issue for many wheelchair users, for whom using a wheelchair not suited to their needs can cause very real harm. access to multiple wheelchairs that meet your needs can save lives, and the financial limits placed on disabled people (through insurance, through savings caps, through limited income) prevent that from being our reality!

[starblaster]

i have never met an unpsychotic person who knows what it actually means to “not encourage the delusion” …not a single one

[starblaster]

what “don’t encourage the delusion” means:

don’t argue with or challenge the delusion—attempting to disprove someone’s delusions is not helpful at all and will result in that person not trusting you

assure the delusional person that they are safe; be open and honest at all times

encourage them to verbalize their feelings and offer protection to prevent injury to themselves or, possibly, others

start building a trusting relationship with them rather than acting on a desire to control their symptoms

do not confirm or feed into the delusion by asking questions about it when the person is not experiencing a psychotic episode

what it does not mean:

insisting to a psychotic person experiencing psychosis that what they’re experiencing isn’t real

[gayskrillex]

I don’t mean to trivialize psychosis by making a weird comparison, but this guide also serves as a handy checklist for helping someone through a bad drug trip. In both cases your number one priority is to get the person through whatever they’re dealing with unharmed.

[starblaster]

i don’t think it’s trivializing at all, nor a weird comparison—as a psychotic person who has had psychotic episodes inadvertently triggered by drug use and/or worsened while trying to self-medicate with drugs, i think this is an important addition.

[an-indecisive-nerd]

This is also very similar to what you should do when people with Alzheimer’s have paranoia episodes

[leebrontide]

Just because some of y’all won’t listen to this excellent advice without it, I am adding my therapist cosign.

[thatdisasterauthor]

Don't ever let anyone tell you disability rep doesn't matter, because I just got a comment on one of my fics from a person whose husband has struggled with driving for fifteen years because he can only use his left foot to drive, and they had no idea left foot gas pedal modifiers are a thing until they read my fic that involved a character getting their leg amputated.

It was a tiny scene at the end of the fic, one I put in because I'd been researching left-foot driving adaptions for myself at the time due to some leg issues of my own. But it was something the commenter and their husband had never heard of before, so now the commenter is going to get him one as a surprise and for the first time in his life this guy is going to be able to drive comfortably.

It matters. Not just the big pieces of representation, but the little ones too.

(And yes, if you have issues with your right leg, it is easy and relatively inexpensive to modify your vehicle for left foot driving! You just need to be willing to drill into the floor of your vehicle, or have a mechanic do it. No electronic modifications or anything, it's purely mechanical. Just make sure you're getting a system from a good manufacturer that has done safety testing.)

[thebibliosphere]

I’d been saving up for one of those portable ninja air fryers for a while, thinking it might help me have better access to safe food when we have to travel/spend time with family over the holidays. (The risk of cross contamination when sharing oven spaces/stovetops is just too high when you have an anaphylactic reaction to gluten so I just often… don’t get to eat for several hours.)

The fact that our oven is broken right now is just serendipitous.

Anyway. This might be the best $150 I’ve ever spent. That chicken was done before I had time to finish doing the dishes to eat it off of.

And the faster cook time means it’s lower in histamine and the texture is like, actually good??? Like what???? I can bring fresh food to my MIL’s, keep it separate from everyone else in the kitchen and just commandeer a wall socket for 20 minutes and have a whole ass meal with protein and vegetables???? I can eat safely at other people’s houses again???!?

I am having too many emotions for an air fryer but like… I never get to eat with other people anymore. I honestly might be about to cry.

[caveate]

"faster cook time means it’s lower in histamine"

Wait.

The FUCK?

Wait, is that why slow cooked meats always make me react and burgers or 20 min oven baked chicken breast doesn't?

Holy fucking shit. This article focuses on South Korean foods, but it shows what happens with some foods. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5705351/ Currently deep in the weeds looking for more science articles about this. This could be a massive diet changer for me, for the better!

[thebibliosphere]

Anything that involves slow cooking or fermentation can raise histamine levels enough to be a problem for people with histamine issues. It's why so many "healthy" foods seem to cause problems for us and why some people need to be a whole lot less shitty about some people saying "fast food" is better for them. (tbh they need to be less shitty about what people choose to put in their bodies full stop.)

Bone broth, for example, makes me extremely ill. As does yoghurt and a bunch of other stuff.

Also, be mindful of leftovers. Freeze any leftovers within 2 hours of cooking to prevent further histamine build-up. The longer cooked foods (especially meat) sit in the refrigerator, the more histamine develops.

Beef is also inherently higher in histamine than other meats, such as lamb or poultry, because it's aged for a minimum of 2 weeks to develop flavor.

And just to clarify again, before anyone rolls their eyes at any of this: histamine is not bad. It is, in fact, incredibly beneficial and necessary for immune system regulation, wound healing, and, yeah, developing the flavor of many nutritionally dense and flavorful foods.

This is also why MSG affects some people poorly. It's not unhealthy, it's just a histamine liberator, and some people can struggle with that--but those same people will also generally struggle with aged cheeses and tomatoes, and other foods where MSG naturally occurs.

It's just us folks with some form of mast cell dysfunction/histamine processing issues who need to be mindful of it. It's us. Not the foods.

[arcticfritillary]

That is the first time I have heard about MSG being a histamine liberator, but now my mother's newfound sensitivity to both MSG and histamines (COVID complications) makes sense.

[thebibliosphere]

The SIGHI group, which is still the most up-to-date and trusted resource online for the low histamine elimination diet (I guess it's a big enough problem in Switzerland that this list was a thing long before anywhere else, which is why so many other countires use this list. They keep it updated too, as needed) lists MSG as a level 2 risk as well as noting it as a histamine liberator, making it highly incompatible for anyone trying to eliminate higher histamine foods from their diet.

Your mother may find going through the list helpful in getting back to a stable baseline. (Although I stress, the low histamine diet is not sustainable long term. The goal is to find the worst triggers and eliminate them, and then increase your variety of foods as much as possible for the best possible nutritional health.)

[thebibliosphere]

I’m going to be a bitch for a second, but when I’m conversing with someone newly diagnosed with MCAS/POTS post covid and they complain about “the long wait” to get diagnosed and that “long wait” is 3-4 months my entire brain blue screens.

Like on the one hand, yes those 3-4 months must have been so, so scary and I am so unbelievably glad we’re in a place where doctors know enough to reconize it now. Like truly, I am so sincere I am so happy for them.

But I’m also just like... 30 years, man.

I spent 30 years being told from the age of eight I was manifesting my allergic reactions through anxiety by health care professionals.

Fuck, five years ago when I was starving to death from how severe my MCAS had gotten an allergist told me it was anxiety.

And you got diagnosed in three months.

MONTHS

MONTHS

AND YOU’RE COMPLAINING

I’m not mad at them. I’m not. I’m just sad for myself.

But also, hey, yeah. If you come into an MCAS forum and wonder why a bunch of the old timers get upset when you complain it took months for a doctor to listen to you, this is why.

It's not that you deserved to wait longer. It's that we didn’t either and and sometimes even good changes can unearth a world of hurt.

[thebibliosphere]

The average wait time for a POTS/dysautonomia diagnosis pre-covid was a decade.

Now it's still a decade but that's because the wait list to see a specialist is out the fucking stratosphere because everyone got covid and suddenly that ‘anxious female’ disorder turns out to be very fucking real.

Vaccinate if you are able. Wear a mask. Wash your hands and cough into your elbow. This shit isn’t over.

[thebibliosphere]

There are a handful of people in my inbox currently reaching out super excited to have someone to talk to about their weird shit and wanting to complain about their treatment by doctors, which is all fine and dandy, but unfortunately they are also inadvertently triggering the shit out of me because of how they are phrasing things, so just to reiterate everything above but also to add:

I am very sorry if longcovid has left you with complex health needs. But I am going to need you to take a moment and stop talking about these things as though they were unknown phenomenons caused exclusively by Covid, when the only reason you are able to have any sort of treatment is the activism and perseverance of the people before you.

Just, please be mindful of how you are phrasing things. There is a community here already waiting full of resources and support. You don’t need to strip it for parts and pretend it’s something new just because it’s happening to you.

[mamoru]

the reason there is treatment for long covid is because of the countless number of patients over the past two decades who used their own bodies to test out treatments with the desperate hope that some day, other patients would have it better. better than five, ten, twenty, thirty years or more of desperately fighting for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. those are years of actively going to doctors and having test after test.

this effort has been across autonomic conditions, collagen disorders, bleeding disorders, thyroid disorders, hormone disorders, autoimmune disorders, ME/CFS, and other types of conditions so often triggered by infections such as covid-19. these types of conditions have always existed, and most research for many of these conditions is from only the ten years prior to covid-19, largely by patient-led and patient-focused groups such as dysautonomia international.

it worked. it was not an accident. it was not easy. it was a coordinated effort of awareness, experimentation, research, and education around the world. it has been physically and mentally excruciating and a lot of patients suffered through failed treatments and died waiting for the types of treatment that are now considered common knowledge.

do not fucking erase us.

[overcaffeinated-aro]

ok not to be that guy but like. labor rights and working class rights can coexist with 24h services and late amenities. its certainly hard to do so without worker exploitation in this political and social environment, it’s not a conflict likely to resolve overnight. but 24h services are important and especially valuable to those of us that are disabled or are on a different circadian rhythm. in fact more professional, health, and government services should be available or at least possible to work on asynchronously (if applicable) during late or odd hours, while workers also get sufficient pay for their labor and proper consistent scheduling. this would be much easier on the workers with night schedules if the entire professional world didn’t grind to a halt at 5pmEST

[knitmeapony]

I reblog this like nine times every time I see it, because not only would I love to be able to go to a thousand little third places like a public library or an arcade or a cafe that's just opening up at 2:00 a.m., but I would absolutely kill for a job that's like 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

I totally think that we should split the day into four shifts with a half hour or an hour overlap and you would find people happy to do the work if it paid a living wage. 7-hour shift with a paid one hour lunch, so you're at work 35 hours a week but it's really a 30 hour work week.

Midnight to 7:00 a.m.,

6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.,

noon to 7:00 p.m.,

6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Even for something with a lot of regimented coverage like nursing, this would give you a ton of consistency and crossover time between shifts and even for emergency situations when you don't have time to sit down for your whole lunch, a 7-hour shift with a few breaks is doable without feeling fucking broken at the end of it.

Like this is just a noodle that a tired person is typing into their phone at the end of the day. There are no doubt even better ways to schedule things that just take a little time and consideration to figure out. It is all so very doable.

[drtief]

Adding to this, the most common long-shift workers are medical workers. It is very common for nurses, doctors, surgeons, and pharmacists to be pulling 12h+ shifts, often back-to-back. I feel like it should be universally understood that being this tired and burned out in a medical profession is a serious concern and a risk to patients. The last thing we need in 24h services like hospitals and urgent care/emergency rooms is tired people making mistakes. @knitmeapony's proposal or something like it could literally save lives.

[knitmeapony]

Absolutely yes! It also leads to both ageism and ableism in the medical profession, even when folks haven't completely burned themselves out. It's a self-sustaining problem.

[theperksofbeingahugefuckingcunt]

Another reason this would be absolutely useful is that having more shifts per business means creating more jobs!! Hiring more employees! If each business hired several shifts worth of each position, suddenly it’s not so hard to find a job, suddenly people have money to spend AND time to spend it in. This would genuinely boost the economy. There is no logical reason beyond greed to keep workers as exhausted as they are now.

[only-tiktoks]

[imagedescriptionsquare]

Transcript: A woman in front of a pottery spinning wheel holds up a pink mug with one large handle loop and a small finger sized loop on the other side She says, "This is why this mug has an extra loop" The scene cuts to her handling clay, throwing a pot, on the potter's wheel, and subsequently shaping and attaching handle loops to a clay mug. "a few years ago, a friend reached out to me. Her husband had a condition which caused a loss of strength in his hands and arms, and she asked if I could design a custom mug for him. The features are functional but they look and feel just like a regular mug." A caption reads: The designs are dictated by the person's needs. The scene has changed to the potter holding a finished mug and talking to the camera. "I work with the disabled person themselves or their caregiver on new designs" shift back to holding the pink mug with the small loop opposite the handle caption labeled "single handed mug with side loop support", "when I came up with this design, the person it was intended for just wanted a little bit of extra stability on this side because their hand tremored but they did not want the second handle" scene shift to the potter holding an unglazed mug with two handles and a u shaped dip at the top of the mug caption labeled "Double handed mug has an extra grip for you or your carer" "this mug allows the nose to enter the cup, so it can be raised all the way without tipping the head back" the potter demonstrates with a finished glazed version of the mug. the scene cuts to the potter holding a different mug labeled "flared base design helps prevent the mug from slipping" She says, "These have extra weight in the flared base; it helps those with tremors, and makes it a little harder to knock over" She demonstrates knocking into the mug and the mug correcting to remain upright due to it's mass distribution. Scene of her lowering a silicone lid onto one of her clay mugs. "They all feature lowered handles so a silicone lid can be added" She pushes a metal straw through the silicone lid. The scene shifts to her painting an unpainted mug. Her voice narrates, "Most accessible cup designs look like bigger versions of kid sippy cups, but the people using them are grown adults who deserve the dignity of comfortable and elevated drink ware." Scene shift, speaking directly to the camera, "People send me photographs and videos of them using their mugs. Their happiness pushes me forward and makes me want to create more. " The video ends and the tik tok logo and sound appear. /end transcript

[pixierainbows]

Pixie be AAC device user is not a young child . and . but all AAC device vocabularies exactly same as the for children . no words for relationships and more “adult “ conversations .

have not seen any AAC device vocabulary have words for any “private” body parts . can not tell caregivers about having a problem with some “ private “ body part . no pages for to talk about serious brain “trouble” either .

we people what use AAC devices are very most likely to be hurt by bad people because them people know we can not tell really what happened .

AAC device businesses need to do better. speech pathologists need to do better , and caregivers , and parents , and guardians . all need to do better .

[not-straight-cubed]

friendly reminder that you don't need any diagnosis or disorder to adapt your routine to accommodate you! sit down in the shower. brush your teeth and wash your face in the shower. bring a chair to the kitchen while you cook. use unscented products. your routine should be built for you.

[shianu]

Can i add? You also don't need any diagnosis or disorder to use things that will improve your life. Use a cane, install a shower chair, use a kid app for brushing your teeth if it helps to maintain your attention. You don't need permission to make your own life better.

[psychoticallytrans]

There are three main models of disability that are in common use. The moral model, the medical model, and the social model.

You may not have heard of the moral model before, but if you are disabled, you have felt the impact of it. The moral model is disability as a failure of character. It sources the problem of disability in the character of the disabled person. It's the people who insist that if you just tried harder, were better, had a better attitude, that you would no longer be disabled. It is a model that is used by ableists in order to conceptualize of disability as a failing of the individual. An extreme example of this mindset are the Christian Scientists, who believe that all illnesses and disabilities should be healed by the grace of their god and that if you are not healed, something is wrong with you. It is the the most cruel of the models, and the least successful at assisting disabled people.

The medical model is the model used by the medical establishment and by those who put their stock in medical authority. It sources the problem of disability in the body. It measures disability against a theoretical average person, and seeks to make disabled people match that average person more closely. This model works very well for disabled people with disabilities that can be measured, have a potential treatment plan, and want their disability gone. It does not work very well for people who do not match all three criteria. If they match the first and second but not the third, then strict adherents of the medical model often fall back on the moral model, stating that they are stupid, lazy, or selfish for not being interested in being cured. This also often happens if treatment fails to improve the condition of the disabled person.

The social model is a newer model, largely designed by disability activists and scholars and often defined in opposition to the medical model. It sources the problem of disability in the interaction between the disabled person and their physical and social environment. It argues that the solution of disability is to change the environment so that impairments are no longer an issue. This model works very well for disabled people who consider their disability not to be an issue when fully accommodated. It does not work well for people who consider their disability an inherent impairment and/or desire a cure. Strict adherents of the social model often fall back on the moral model when considering these people, stating that they are short-sighted or that they worship the medical model. These are the people who state things such as that depression would not exist in a world without capitalism.

When a disabled person fails to behave as expected by the model a person has of disability, the moral model is almost always the fallback position, because many people cannot conceive of why someone would disagree with them other than a lack of good character. This is a problem, because the moral model proposes no solution but to ignore or abuse the disabled person until they behave as expected.

Another notable interaction is that adherents of the medical model can often be persuaded to support the more traditional parts of the social model, such as providing large text resources to people with impaired vision, so long as there is empirical research backing it. However, they rarely support more radical arguments that challenge how we define disability and how society should be structured or restructured.

All three models have major failure points. The moral model fails every disabled person it is applied to. The medical and social models both fail different disabled people when adhered to strictly. The best approach at the moment seems to be hybridizing the social and medical models, so that they cover each other's weak points and fit the needs of the widest spectrum of disabled people. The main barrier to this is that they are often defined in opposition to each other.

[disability-access-square]

The Audio Issue (mcsweeneys.net)

[chai-on-life-blog1]

Please do not leave deaf, disabled, mentally ill, and autistic people out of your conversations about police brutality.

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

50% of all people killed by police have a disability.

[vangoghsdaughter]

And this is coupled with the fact that Black folks with these conditions/disabilities are way more likely to be seen as having “behavioral issues” or being “dangerous” or “noncompliant.”

[adhd-hippie]

Repeat after me…INTERSECTIONAL ACTIVISM

Learn it, embrace it, explore it, and practice it.

[theamphibianmen]

"low support needs disabled people are often not believed to have a disability at all and therefore struggle to get accommodations."

"high support needs disabled people's accommodations are often seen as 'too much' and therefore are not met."

"neurodivergent people's needs are often dismissed because nothing is physically wrong with them."

"physically disabled people people often cannot physically access buildings and people refuse to do anything about it."

"invisibly disabled people are seen as lazy by society."

"visibly disabled people are ostracized from society."

IT'S ALMOST LIKE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE DISABILITY

[disabledunitypunk]

Also neurodivergent people are often not believed when they cannot physically access a place (whether for safety reasons or because their neurodivergence is physically disabling in ways people feel it "shouldn't be" - some examples include migraine and epilepsy triggers being present and severe balance issues due to multiple types of neurodivergence)

And physically disabled people's needs are often dismissed because there is nothing visibly wrong with them, especially if it doesn't show up on the most basic of blood and urine panels (like not even actual screening panels, just like the blood counts and potassium levels -_-)

Just from the perspective of a physically disabled neurodivergent person, I've faced types of ableism more typical of corpoableism for neurodivergence and types of ableism more typical of neuroableism for physical disabilities and the way people discriminate and mistreat disabled people doesn't fall into neat little boxes either, which is a big part of what OP is saying I think