[stillfuckingtired]

Brain fog is not an adequate descriptor, actually. Fog can be kinda nice and beautiful and ethereal and refreshing. The thing we’re describing is more like a brain BOG; everything moves slow like you’re wading through water, it’s clunky and heavy and you keep getting stuck in the mud. It’s uncomfortable and inconvenient and everything takes so much effort. You lost a shoe, probably.

[stillfuckingtired]

I feel I must clarify that I’m not insulting bogs? Bogs are cool! I’m just saying it seems like it would be difficult and slow-moving to walk through one. Yes?

[bebsi-cola]

july is disability pride month. it is also summer in the northern hemisphere, and this summer we have seen record breaking hot temperatures across the globe. it might be apt to remember that disabled people are a population vulnerable to extreme weather, and significantly more at risk of death or health issues during a heatwave. "the global mortality rate of people with disabilities in natural disasters is up to four times higher than people without disabilities." (source). disability may increase the relative risk of a heatwave more than old age, socioeconomic status, and being outdoors (source). even in the places most affected by the rising heat, disabled people are barely included in action plans for public safety, if at all (source). global warming is a an issue that affects a wide range of people, but let's not forget it is also a disability rights issue

[satellites-halo]

eating sugar is not a primary cause of diabetes. eating junk food is not a primary cause of diabetes. when you make jokes about "getting diabetes" over sugary, junk filled food, you are enforcing stereotypes that end with diabetics developing deadly eating disorders or experiencing medical abuse and neglect. Yes, it is that deep. Stop making diabetes jokes, you look like an uneducated bigot

[zylahbee]

fucking breaks my heart every time a post of mine gets a bunch of reblogs and replies from people saying they’ve never been listened to by medical professionals.

there are good doctors out there i promise, i hope you all find one, and im so sorry you’re being ignored.

[kosmogrl]

there’s something very warm and hopeful in knowing that even if you’re feeling at your worst you’re not alone in what you’re feeling. let’s all get through it together <3

[activeoblivion]

disenchantment

[flowercrowncrip]

Disabled adults should get to choose to go to bed whenever the fuck we want, even if the support we need to do so is inconvenient or expensive.

Disabled adults should be able to go on nights out with friends until 5am then sleep in until the afternoon if we want to.

I really shouldn’t be turning down social invites because my care provider and local authority say I need to be in bed by 10pm at 26 years old.

[petaltexturedskies]

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals

[liebelesbe]

june is over... goodbye pride month, hello disability pride month!!

[liebelesbe]

let's all be disabled this month... together 🤝

[liebelesbe]

if you're not disabled yet: no need to worry! i can help. come closer.

[nightshadewine]

i'm so glad disability pride exists. this shit is hard. it's nice we don't have to do it alone

[waywardnigjt]

I am so frustrated that people think that for some reason because I am visably disabled thats the only things going on? Like I've had multiple people ask why I got on disability because I seem to get around fine in my wheelchair. For some reason people seem to think I just have legs no work desise.

Its even worse when it's invisibly disabled people telling me I have it easy, and explaining how hard it is having an invisible disability to me. Like I KNOW. I have them too! Also being visably disabled is absolutely in no way easier, it does not mean you get accommodations it just makes you a target.

Just so frustrated right now.

[calvinonwheels]

it is okay to have a high amount of screen time, ESPECIALLY if you are disabled and homebound/bedbound.

It is not morally wrong to try to stay connected with the outside world, do not listen to the opinions of able bodied people who could not fathom your reality.

[cosmiccripple]

i hate being reliant on care from another person, especially when that person is family and also disabled. i hate not being able to do things on my own. i hate having to ask my mum to come help me go for a piss, and she grumbles about it because she's just sat down or was just drifting off to sleep. i hate it so much.

[howldean]

“june is over so now it’s gay wrath month” blah blah reminder that july is disability pride month and is often ignored and disregarded!! funnel that wrath into advocating for your disabled peers and amplifying their voices

[thepplprty]

What is it with diabetes that makes people think they know more about it than the people who have the disorder. People hear the word diabetes and flock to compete with who can be the most ableist.

Found a video of a girl showing off Diet Soda detector strips (if there's any diabaddies that see this and want it I can link them, they're super helpful), and half of the comments were "you're diabetic you should just be drinking water..." First of all, not only are you just wrong, but you seriously expect diabetics to just never enjoy themselves? Ever?.

Saw another comment under a video about type 1 saying "you did this to yourselves. you ate too much sugar and you got yourself into this situation." And it's just so funny because they're Wrong™️. Type one diabetes is autoimmune and fully hereditary, and not at all effected by diet.

I mean, I know the answer. It's diet culture. People on their fancy diets think they're a superior human being because other people are "unhealthier" than them, and they hear diabetes and think "big fat and lazy with a bad diet" and think they're allowed to walk all over them since they're so superior. Despite the fact that it's a completely false stereotype that doesn't apply to most diabetics.

And btw please do not come under this post saying "but other disorders have that too" this is a vent post about diabetes. Do not derail.

[seabeck]

Winter woods

[fading-constellation]

happy disability pride month to those who rely on support from people who don't want to deal with them. to those who have to beg their loved ones for support. to those who have had others get tired of them and suddenly drop all support. to those who are barely hanging on because they need support from others and no one is willing to help them.

i hope we all get the help we need. i hope we'll all be okay. i love you.