Autism & Asexuality ✌️

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[sickbitterandcoveredinglitter]

Like a month ago I messaged a craft group about accessibility for wheelchairs and the answer I got was “there’s a lot of stairs but we have cute boys who can carry you”. And it’s…not good. As a wheelchair bound person I largely depend on people when I want to go out and do *anything* so I’m used to it, I laugh it off, make an annoyed post about it and off I go. But I wanna just say a thing real quick.

Even if I wasn’t gay, wasn’t a survivor scared of men, getting help as a disabled person is just…Not a pleasant thing to us! Imagine for a sec how you’d feel being carried up a flight of stairs. You’re a grown person. You’re being touched in an awkward way. You’d rather do it yourself. You’re So Uncomfortable. It’s not where I look for the beginning of a romantic relationship. So like…could abled people stop doing this thing where they think helping us in a condescending and infantilizing way is cute? Cause I’m real tired. Just get me a ramp or lift and I’m cool. I don’t need a dating service when I’m just trying to go about my day

[sickbitterandcoveredinglitter]

If you’re abled please reblog it cause like…the more ppl knows the better

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[loveridden1999]

[charl0ttan]

[mx-dorkboy]

Anyway adults saying “I don’t know isn’t an answer” is part of the reason I learned to lie and bluff so well.

[mx-dorkboy]

Really though, what was that about? I don’t know is a valid answer. It communicates very clearly that the child cannot answer your question, and therefore maybe needs more help understanding the question/situation. Why do you try and push them to give an answer they don’t have? That stresses them out and it makes them feel like they’re being punished for not knowing something.

[logically-asexual]

i thought i was the only one with an “i don’t know” problem because my parents made it seem it was the strangest and also most horrible thing in the world. i genuinely didn’t know and they got angry and that only blocked my thoughts more which meant i didn’t know the answer to anything else.

[kitvalkyrie]

THIS ^^^

[nyxwoven]

Also “I don’t know” is a commonly used sentence for children with ADHD/Autism. We DON’T know why we can’t do our homework. We DON’T know why we can’t eat certain foods sometimes. We DON’T know why we forgot to do a chore. It’s really distressing when you genuinely don’t know and people think you’re just lying or indifferent

[introvertedx10]

God, I just want to scream

[hella-yellow]

I thought it sounded familiar when I heard a quote of trumps speech on the news earlier 😭

[wilmvandrr]

at the premiere of whistle ;)

if you wanna draw your own ships!

[heedlesshoossy]

Hey, fat people deserve to have fun and get their needs met even if they’re the least healthy mf you know. Fat people deserve proper medical care, and carbs, and to wear shorts and so many more things! EVEN IF THEY ARE UNWELL AND ESPECIALLY IF THAT UNWELLNESS IS DUE TO THEIR WEIGHT!!! Fat people deserve the world and more. Not just the healthy fats or attractive fats or small fats or fats that are fat because of medication or disability.

skinny people please reblog this one

Everyone reblog this one

[raisinchallah]

literally thank god sex isnt real and was just invented by big fiction to emphasize greater social and psychological themes i was getting scared id have to do all that

[disabled-dippy]

Had a really good conversation with a friend yesterday about how people with disabilities often struggle to live sustainably. She’s a part of the climate team on campus and is very passionate about sustainable living. We somehow got on the topic of disability as well. I was telling her that people with disabilities often face criticism because many physically cannot live sustainably. Like, a lot of PWDs rely on single-use plastic medical supplies, pills come in plastic containers, they may not be able to use sustainable options (ex: someone who cannot wash dishes and who lives on their own might need to use disposable dishes).

I was actually surprised when she knew exactly what I was talking about. She brought up some ways that her organization is addressing this, such as getting disabled people on campus more involved in other ways rather than emphasizing that every aspect of their life is 100% sustainable. She even told me about a few studies she had been reading up on, including ones where scientists were developing things like recyclable or biodegradable pill bottles. It was a very interesting conversation, and it was really really nice to talk to someone who was also passionate about disability.

[mybodychoseviolence]

“surely this will not cause my chronic illness to flare up,” i say, actively doing something that has never failed to flare my chronic illness

[da-saturn-system]

“slut era” i whisper to myself as i rot in my bed, sick like a frail victorian child

[orcboxer]

autism tests are so funny. I'm extremely literal most of the time, but people don't tell me that generally, so I'm inclined to answer disagree. because I'm taking the statement too literally

[peopleingishard]

^not my post but same sentiment

[calmdowngorgeous]

Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please reblog.

[beemovieerotica]

[violentdevotion]

no clue what causes pcos. no clue what causes endometriosis. 2 year waiting lists to see a gynecologist. you'd think female bodies only started existing 50 years ago

[violentdevotion]

all doctors know is to call women fat and say we're overexaggerating

[beemovieerotica]

hell yea