fuuuuck i just realized that the future idealized version of myself cant exist without current me being the catalyst for change and doing hard things. has anybody heard about this
I fucking escaped The Narrative but it’s nothing but developer textures out here and the level looks like shit from outside so I’m starting to wonder if I can clip back in somewhere. Plz advise
Whatttt is with the tendency of Tumblr users to seek absolution from every single person who offhandedly posts about disagreeing with something they do
I say this not unkindly, but firmly: to function as a member of a social species, you have to get comfortable with the idea that not everyone will like you
There’s a catastrophic female loneliness epidemic happening rn but nobody gaf bc women aren’t going out and hurting people about it we just betray and destroy ourselves for nothing
recent epidemic of adaptations that take lots of liberties with the source material and also, separately, are bad. but then if you say "this is bad" you get hit with "you're just being a source material purist and you don't understand the vision"...like. well actually I think it rules when people do new and different things with classic works. I just think these particular new and different things suck ass.
After encouragement from @five-thousand-loaves-of-bread, I looked up the death of Parker Wells. He was an autistic 11 year old who left his house mid-morning one day and his body was confirmed to be found on July 29th, after 14 days of searching. More details below the cut.
Parker Wells was an autistic kid. It doesn't seem like the family have provided any public memorials with personal information. There's pictures of him scattered through the articles -- a kid with big ear defenders posing wearing a hoodie with a rainbow hand making a peace sign, or in a shirt with a hockey player on it. A kid standing in front of a stairwell grinning. In two of the photos, he's wearing several hats stacked on top of each other, which is the closest I get to seeing something unique to him. He was visibly autistic, with the photos showing him holding his arms in a way that would be easily readable as disabled to others. He had some sort of facial difference. He attended Camp Bonaventure and Renfrew Preschool, both directed at children with significant disabilities. Parker had high support needs.
He "eloped" from his house -- wandered off and left -- sometime in the morning. His parents contacted the police, but no general alert went out because those are restricted to children who may have been kidnapped. As time passed and a public push went out, people in Calgary searched for him -- they coordinated using a website (https://searchparker.org/) that is still up as a memorial.
Ultimately, he was discovered in a series of tunnels that direct the water flowing near a trail. Why was he there? Was he scared and overwhelmed and exhausted? Did he want somewhere dark and quiet? Water is comforting for some autistic people -- did he like to play in the water?
It's not clear how, exactly, Parker died, although the police have said there's zero evidence of foul play.
People have been memorializing Parker, putting candles and plushes in a memorial to his death. Were those people a community while he was alive, or only after he died?
There have also been calls to change the Amber Alert system or create a parallel system to cover disabled children in these sorts of situations as well.
I am a low support needs autistic person, and I've gotten so overwhelmed that I've run out of places and wandered off before. Because I'm able enough to be independent and because I'm an adult, I was able to get back -- calling an Uber, calling my parents, that sort of thing. It would be terrifying if I had no way to get back; if I had no way of communicating to people who may be around me that I was lost.
Parker Wells, may your memory be a blessing.
Links:
I mostly looked through CTV's coverage, which can be found here:
Multiple memorials and tributes are growing as Calgarians mourn the loss of 11-year-old Parker Wells.
The official fundraiser, which includes charities they have requested donations for, is here:
I am Parker's uncle, and with the blessing of Parker's parents, I am org… Scott Wells needs your support for Supporting the Wells Family i
Autism Ontario has a statement, and specifically points out the word of Nicole Corrado, an autistic person who was once a missing person and has worked with police to create better systems for finding autistic people:
hate when people say something along the lines of "we must get along so well because you are/i am [some astrological sign]" to me. what are you fucking talking about. we get along because im fucking nice. a decision which i regret when you say shit like that
the justification when law enforcement kills someone for no particular reason always boils down to “we got really really scared, you should feel bad for us because we were sososo scared” ok. piss yourself or scream or something. why is killing someone the only option
unconvinced i'll ever find "the vitamin" that makes me all better so i can get real work done but i do expect they'll elucidate whatever my deal was post-mortem, after which what i did manage to accomplish with my life will be regarded on the level of Beethoven composing despite being deaf or Gordon Ramsay cooking despite being british
anyone who plays orpheus against patrick page as hades is more powerful than me because i don't think i could control my lust during the part of chant reprise where he goes guess you don't scare easy do ya? like jesus christ. mr page do u want a controversially younger boyfriend bc im available
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