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@mistakescontinuetobemade
i know most leftists agree that everybody should have a right to food, water, shelter, and healthcare but i think a vitally important fifth pillar is privacy. people should not be compelled to be tracked, monitored, or to share personal space with others to access their other essential rights
"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" is and always has been fascist rhetoric everyone.
So can non-disabled people stop doing that thing where they act like itâs morally righteous to force yourself to work while youâre sick and assume taking sick days automatically equates to laziness. Any time now. Thatâd be great
The leader of the scout group I help out at approached me out of hours while I was walking to work to tell me that people have been talking behind my back because I missed more sessions than I attended this term (on account of having Covid twice) and was like âWe all show up when weâre sick because we take responsibilityâ and I felt really shitty and guilty and cried the whole workday then I got home and told my mum and she was like âSo they want you to throw up on the kids? Thatâs dodgy. They donât even pay you. Stop goingâ and a wave of serenity hit me like a bus
does anyone else, with any chronic (physical or mental) health issues, feel like every little thing is an uphill battle to get people to listen?
like, let me give an example with my mother. me: âany form of physical activity makes my symptoms worsen.â her: âhave you tried gentle stretching? that could be helpfulââ me: âno, that doesnât help. that counts as physical activity.â
and we just keep going back and forth.
i tell someone my symptom and they give advice without considering whether it will be actually helpful â or if iâll even be able to do it.
and everyone does this. my mother, my father, pretty much any doctor iâve met, random adults who find out about The Symptoms, etc.
like for the love of the gods please stop directly contradicting and ignoring me when i tell you my objective lived experience. PLEASE.
david attenborough: the puff adder can sit in one spot for weeks doing absolutely fuckall
girl who's on the verge of burning out: i have never wanted anything more
the scene in spiderverse where peter b is crying about seahorse monogamy but its me crying about getting a fucking break
The whole "disability isn't a barrier, ableism is" always pisses me off because obviously ableism is a barrier and eradicating it would significantly improve the lives of disabled folk, disability does impact peoples lives and prevents them from doing things with or without ableism
âIt just means you have to work double as hard as most people!â
Well maybe I donât WANT to work double as hard as abled people!! Maybe I deserve a BREAK!! Maybe Iâve been working MORE THAN double as hard for MY WHOLE LIFE and itâs led me to immense burnout & caused me to develop several MORE disabilities!! Maybe I should be ACCOMMODATED so I donât have to KILL MY BODY AND BRAIN over trying to do what abled people can do!! Maybe I DONâT have to work double as hard!! Maybe if thereâs the option to let me NOT work double as hard, I should have it, because Iâm already working double as hard JUST TO SURVIVE!!
Why do you think disabled people deserve less rest than mentally & physically abled people?
There is a kind of grief that comes with constantly having to decide whether something is worth the energy it will cost you.
I think a lot of disabled people carry that grief quietly.
Anyone else with chronic pain ever get really absorbed in a project and dissociate from your body while you're working but then you finish and you come back to your body and you're just like AAAAAAAHHH! WHAT'S WRONG?? oh yeah. The horrors. Never mind
"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry
Say it with me: undiagnosed chronic pain is. Not. Just. Stress. Thereâs a reason you feel like crap. Stress may be contributing, but just because a doctor has reached the end of his expertise doesnât give him the right to blame it all on stress and dismiss you. Keep seeking help. Keep getting second and third and fourth opinions. Thereâs a lot about medicine we still donât know. But there are some people out there who actually care about your wellbeing and are willing to help you muddle through it.
they really don't respect the time of disabled people. your application can take up to 12 weeks. the specialist waitlist is 3 years. your assessment will be any time within the next 6 months. let us know if you cannot attend this appointment you waited 7 weeks for and we'll reschedule next year. we've decided to assess you at this time and day and you have to be available or any support you dared to apply for is not going to happen. and in between these long bouts of waiting you have to survive the everyday
Chronic illness sucks because youâll catch yourself thinking shit like âI wish it was possible to bathe regularlyâ or âthey should invent a digestive system that doesnât hurtâ and then realise⊠thatâs actually the case for most people. Thatâs the norm. Not only do most people have that, they donât even think about it
"I'm only criticizing the people who are lazy on purpose" is just not the reassurance people think it is when nearly every disabled person has been accused of not really being disabled and just being lazy on purpose
itâs such a basic part of the reality of disabled people as a whole but itâs STILL so hard to get ppl to understand that some people will simply die without 24/7 care. their care is not for comfort, itâs not for fun, itâs literally a matter of life and death. âif their care was taken away iâm sure theyâd learn to suck it up like the rest of us!â â something ive heard time and time again. no they wouldnât, 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.
I think disability justice would be easier if abled people understood that being disabled is a mixture of all three of
I canât do that without negative consequences
I canât do that unless I have support for it
I canât do that
and that trying to treat one of these as if itâs another one will get you nowhere.
no one talks about how straight up painful it is to be the bigger person when deep in your soul you just want to be a huge bitch about it
"I've never heard of the trope that disabled people are accused of lying". okay but have you ever noticed:
the number of "exposes" that are done on individuals "misusing" disability funds? (if, like me, you're aussie... think about the almost fortnightly stories they run on a current affair about NDIS misuse)
the pile-ons that happen online whenever a disabled person accuses someone of ableism, where the disabled person is instantly framed as 'hysterical' regardless of the validity of their claim?
the number of stories disabled people pass around about being misdiagnosed, or being turned away from the ER with a diagnosis of anxiety, when we should've gotten treatment?
the amount of documentation that is required to prove that a person is "actually" disabled whenever they apply for any kind of support, no matter how minor?
that the key concern of many politicians is to cut down on "frauds" who are "taking advantage" of disability support systems?
if you pay attention to disability issues for even five seconds it's painfully obvious that there is a massive culture of distrust when it comes to disabled people living in the world and having support needs. the fact that we are even accused of exaggerating the amount that we're treated like liars is itself an example of this bullshit. "you're lying about how much people imagine you as a permanent liar" listen to yourself
Like 90% of all internet drama callout posts on this site include a "faking disability for internet clout" section, let's not kid ourselves
big life tips dont be neurodivergent dont be poor dont get in any sort of situation and dont let yourself need or crave
