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[phleb0tomist]

it’s such a basic part of the reality of disabled people as a whole but it’s STILL so hard to get ppl to understand that some people will simply die without 24/7 care. their care is not for comfort, it’s not for fun, it’s literally a matter of life and death. “if their care was taken away i’m sure they’d learn to suck it up like the rest of us!” – something ive heard time and time again. no they wouldn’t, they would die. they HAVE died. they continue to die as cuts are made to welfare and health. why is this so impossible for people to grasp.

[paulfrankjuliusthemonkey]

they need to make noise canceling headphones that are comfortable when you lay on your side in fetal position

[fillertumblername]

Not sleeping does mean I get sunrises and cats

[fillertumblername]

I’m doing bad right now and also have no internet and so like who or what is Ricky ?

[kilncreatures]

forest dogy

[lesspopped]

please wear sunscreen!!! I've seen "fuck the beauty industrial complex" posts about complicated skincare regimens and am 100% with them except sometimes they mention sunscreen and no. no. absolutely not. sunscreen is a wonderful supportive friend who wants to keep you safe, and you should let her do it. throw out all your other cosmetics and skincare products if you want, but keep your sunscreen. and if you're not wearing sunscreen, start wearing it!!!! this is not about terror of aging, this is not about every tiny imperfection our fucked-up culture has made you feel insecure about, this is about protecting yourself from skin cancer. wear the damn sunscreen.

[artistformerlyknownasbutttrumpet]

i was training a young person at work, and she referred to sexual assault as "SA" out loud, and i immediately was like, "no, it's sexual assault, call it what it is," bc idgaf if the algorithm overlords have taught y'all that you should fear direct language, how tf do any of you expect to ever address real issues with any amount of seriousness if you can't even say the words? imagine an advocate looking a sexual assault survivor in the eyes and asking "did he grape you?" it's absolutely fucking absurd, but these young interns and new hires are coming into an environment where we deal with survivors of all different kinds of abuse, and they're coming with the mindset that the words are as bad as the actions, and that makes them shitty at the job and look juvenile af

i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience

say the fucking words, guys. just say the goddamn words before i go insane!!!

[that-house]

partially-managed mental illness is so fucking funny i'll be sitting around doing my job and suddenly think "wow i hate myself" and immediately get confused because, like, that's not TRUE! i love myself so much. who are you to talk to me like that

[seracadash]

(goverment voice) we need to protect the children from pornography so our plan is to remove their eyes so they would never see something so traumatic. if you are against removing children's eyes you are basically a pedophile

[fillertumblername]

Slightly disappeared of the face of the earth ( internet ) sorting out my WiFi in my new flat is such a pain

[candycoatedemoboy]

i think what sucks a lot is that. i know i'm a guy and i'm trans, but like. i'm also genderqueer. i use neopronouns. i use a gender system. but trying to acknowledge that outside of the whole trans guy thing, which i know i am, but it always feel like a part of me is missing. i feel like a guy, but not a guy at the same time, but nonbinary never really worked for me. i'm just some guy. i've never regarded myself as masculine, feminine, or neutral. i'm just me and existing. that's how i feel. i love wearing pink and purple and jewellery and women's lingerie (the very latter like to queer events like Pride) and preferring characters that are still regarded as men regardless of how soft or theatrical or unashamed they are when expressing themselves and their masculinity. i know i'm a man, i know i'm trans, but spending my whole life in many circles not even addressing the extent of my genderqueerness or the fact that i don't feel binary or even nonbinary sucks. i'm just some guy. i wish i could explain that. all my queer identities intersect and inspire each other. it's just a shame i feel like i have to reduce myself not just to keep myself safe, but also comfortable. i have enough problems these days without all this

[fillertumblername]

I really wish I could smoke weed or cigarettes I have the correct life style for smoking , I’m depressed and can’t sleep sitting outside at night seems better if you have something to smoke

[verkomy]

hot ssri summer 🔥

[the-chaos-crew]

OP turned reblogs off but as someone with a crazy wicked scar that's been called "body horror" a few times, I really wanted this on my blog

in fact I think all of these are beautiful, cool, neat, or just neutral. nothing negative about any of it. also goes for implants, I've known people with implants of all kinds be made fun of, but that shit isn't ugly or gross either, it's just neutral and or positive

[fillertumblername]

Scars are neutral!!! Body’s are neutral!!!

I fucking love mine they are very cool but they should be treated as a neutral

[theyaoimonster]

GRABS you by the THROAT. stop using "narcissistic", "slow", "depressed", "bipolar", "schizophrenic" and the literal R slur (i'm not saying it.) etc etc etc as insults. I don't care if you're neurodivergent and doing this you're still an ableist prick

[hell-on-sticks]

Today in australia they started senate hearings on the bill the government hopes will make enough disabled people die or disappear to make us all less irritatingly expensive for them. We had two weeks to submit feedback on over 400 pages of complicated legal terms. They don't care what we have to say and they don’t care that this will kill people and disenfranchise disabled people across the country.

There are 760,000 Australians on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the system that - if they feel like it and your personalised plan says you get to have it - provides funding for everything from personal hygiene care to support workers to therapies to assistive technology. It's already very hard for disabled people to get on the NDIS, regardless of your disability. It's near impossible to access most support and equipment without being on the NDIS. And the government has announced that they want that number to drop to 600,000 in four years. 160,000 of us cut off the Scheme - and countless more denied access. This will cause deaths. People will die and people will suffer because there is no safety net. The NDIS is the only option for most of us. Even private health insurance doesn't cover most of these things. Nobody will swoop in to save us.

The bill wants to give the (non disabled!) NDIS minister basically unlimited power to cut our funding. They're already planning what they'd do with that power. What rights they'll strip from us. What dignity and freedom they'll remove to make their budget look better.

The bill wants to force people to try every treatment out there before they're allowed to be on the NDIS. Including if the treatment is literally impossible to access. There’s a lot of us living in regional areas or out bush who can't just pop to the capital cities for specialists. This will especially hurt disabled First Nations people in regional and remote communities, who already experience limited access to healthcare. Oh, and it includes chemical restraint, too. The government has directly refused to exclude chemical restraint from the required process, calling it "trialling medication".

If you're australian and worried, the ABC did a good breakdown of the proposed changes.

I know australia stuff doesn't really pop up on the radar on this site, but I want everyone to know what's going on. What we're fighting for here. Your australian disabled friends might be NDIS participants fearing for their life, rights, and freedom. They might not be a participant and afraid these changes mean they never will have access. We deserve better. The government built a system with no backup plan, and now they want hundreds of thousands of disabled people to pay the price for their bad planning.

Sorry we're too expensive to have rights, I guess.

[illiath-the-fae]

I'm an Australian Psychologist, who provides care to clients receiving NDIS...

THIS SHIT IS IMPORTANT. If you are in Australia, let your minister know what you think of this idea of pulling the rug out from people who need it.

Forcing people to try "everything else" also means "does this person really have Autism?". The government spends thousands of dollars every few years forcing autistic people to undergo a new round of testing because... "they might have grown out of it" (yes, I've been told that by a worker from the NDIA before, I laughed and asked them if they'd grown out of needing to breathe yet, they didn't find that funny).

Add to this, the idea of cutting 160000 people off this scheme? Half of my clients should be on this scheme given the requirements for the scheme, and they can't be because of previous government restrictions on access! (Things like, this paperwork needs to be completed within this timeframe, and getting the supporting docs for that paperwork take longer than the timeframe, just to name one of the most annoying issues)

If you're someone who thinks that "oh, some people are scamming the government on this"... if it happens, IT IS NOT the person whose "receiving" those funds, it's big corporations operating in a US-healthcare style mindset that's scamming the government, the individuals who are receiving NDIS funding are barely receiving any funding at all! And while I don't doubt there's a few individuals who are "scamming the government" or whatever term you might think of it's either a) not what you are thinking of really, b) someone in the government made a mistake in the favour of the person... for a change, c) someone who will get found out eventually and have to pay it all back.

This current plan is to reduce the numbers because the NUMBERS are high, not because the need isn't there!

Now, the organisations I'm part of in Australia (AAPI and APS) are both pushing back against the NDIS changes, using their legal teams and such to point out how this is affecting people, but they're professional organisations who have a "vested interest" in people getting their care (you know, we get paid by NDIS). Ignoring such experts has been used to deny healthcare to individuals in court cases before! It is more effective for the general public to complain to their members of parliament directly! Tell them you think this sucks, and that we need MORE healthcare coverage in this country, not LESS!

Note: To be fair here, I would appreciate us returning to the coverage for mental health services that Medicare gave in the 1990s, the 'gap' between the rebate and the fee was around $10, and there was no limit to services. I doubt we'll get there soon, but the way mental health is shoved off as an also-ran, and frequently gets limited coverage and even maximum limits per year (not maximum cost to the client, literally maximum amount of money rebated/covered AT ALL), is shared by all "allied health" providers.

If you're in Aus, complain, complain, complain.

[ozempicofficial]