Novalunosis Pride

System! Body is 23, ask for pronouns. Fictive heavy.

[caniblist-clown-deactivated2024]

i love u aac users that get overwhelmed by thier device

i love u aac users that get overwhelmed by low tech aac

i love u full time users that struggle to use aac

i love u ppl that have been using aac for years, or grew up using aac, that still struggle to use aac

i love you aac users with multiple disabilities that make it harder to use (blind/visually impaired, mobility issues, memory issues, etc)

i love you ppl that have aac on smallest or small grid size and still get overwhelmed/ frustrated

its not morally bad to have a hard time using aac, you are not a failure or bad person either. You are not alone in your struggle and your experiences and your voice should be heard within aac communities.

be kind to urself <3

[youlookkindadead]

mutual aid request !!!! (URGENT!!!! FACING HOMELESSNESS AND NEGLECT)

hi, im muyang, i'm a severely disabled (mental + physical) transfeminine intersex person of color stuck at a neglectful and borderline abusive homeless shelter, to keep it short they don't give us enough food to comfortably live off of most of the time, i just want a little money for groceries for this week that's all thank you. please rb to help i don't know what else to do i can't work a job and i don't have any family left who'd be willing to help. please donate anything you can i'm begging. i hate making posts like this because i've been told before it's guilt trippy and manipulative i don't wanna seem that way i just don't like starving im sorry. thank you to anyone who donates no matter how small.

my cashapp is $muyang7 , this is the code below

i have a paypal as well which is @Muyang777 and a kofi which is here

UPDATE 05/28/26 : this is very VERY URGENT now. i will be forced to move out of my shelter

my homeless shelter is kind of gently kicking me out due to my disabilities and me needing a level of care they cannot provide. this is incredibly short notice, i have until some time next week before this transition will start. i desperately am in need of help. please donate anything you can and contact me if you know of disability friendly housing available in mid michigan. i dont know what else to do. im very distraught i have nowhere else to turn. please help in any way you can. thank you all so much

current goal ; 120/250$

[youlookkindadead]

updated, please please please help if you can please

[youlookkindadead]

help an 18 y/o disabled transgirl not die on the streets !!!!!!

hi, my name is muyang, im an 18 year old intersex transgirl with level 3 autism and mild intellectual disability among other conditions. i cant live alone. i need day to day help with most iadls and adls. im currently stuck at a very neglectful homeless shelter who is now making the decision to kick me out due to not being able to meet my care needs. i have about a week as of making this post to find somewhere to go. i dont know what to do. i cant work bc of my disabilities, i try to make money from commissions but my art isnt very good. im trying desperately to get donations but nothing seems to be working. please boost this post and my main post so i can get help with money and maybe find a place to stay temporarily while i try to find permanent housing through an adult foster care or a nursing home. thank you all very much in advance for any help provided. it means the world to me

my cashapp is $muyang7 my kofi is here and my paypal is @Muyang777

poll to boost reblogs; what starter did you pick in pokemon blue/red?

bulbasaur

squirtle

charmander

pikachu!

Voting ended onJun 5

[youlookkindadead]

help an 18 y/o disabled transgirl not die on the streets !!!!!!

hi, my name is muyang, im an 18 year old intersex transgirl with level 3 autism and mild intellectual disability among other conditions. i cant live alone. i need day to day help with most iadls and adls. im currently stuck at a very neglectful homeless shelter who is now making the decision to kick me out due to not being able to meet my care needs. i have about a week as of making this post to find somewhere to go. i dont know what to do. i cant work bc of my disabilities, i try to make money from commissions but my art isnt very good. im trying desperately to get donations but nothing seems to be working. please boost this post and my main post so i can get help with money and maybe find a place to stay temporarily while i try to find permanent housing through an adult foster care or a nursing home. thank you all very much in advance for any help provided. it means the world to me

my cashapp is $muyang7 my kofi is here and my paypal is @Muyang777

poll to boost reblogs; what starter did you pick in pokemon blue/red?

bulbasaur

squirtle

charmander

pikachu!

Voting ended onJun 5

[pixierainbows]

wish for smart autism people to STOP saying things like "most autism people actually smart ! ". is not true! is just so erase big part of autism community ! of people like Pixie, and intellectual disability autism people !

STOP say , is not okay ! people like Pixie, people with intellectual disability , are BIG part of autism community ! we deserve be part of own community !

STOP try push out of community, is ableism !

[she-is-autiblogging]

support cognitively disabled voices with limited understanding of ableism.

support cognitively disabled voices who don't notice when they're being discriminated against.

support cognitively disabled voices who want to be told when they're being discriminated against, and support cognitively disabled voices who don't want to know. support cognitively disabled voices who only want to know if they ask.

support cognitively disabled voices who notice that they're being treated differently, but can't communicate how they feel about it.

support cognitively disabled voices who do understand and notice, but others incorrectly assume they don't.

support cognitively disabled voices who don't know ableism exists at all.

equal rights and treatment shouldn't only be available to those who understand it and can fight for it. don't leave cognitively disabled people behind.

[chronic-melon]

Reblog if you understand that disability is not a monolith and two people with the same disability do not have identical experiences ✨

[kittyhellsystem]

yall will respect disabled people until theyre the "funny" disabilities and it pisses me off.

i am a little person. i am 4'0, i have ccd and achondroplasia. i have various other genetic conditions that affect me but i will be mentioning my identity as a little person mostly.

quit using little people as the butt of your jokes. no, you cant use the m slur it is a slur, no you cant call us gnomes or elves or dwarves or whatever the fuck you call us. we are real people, we arent little characters or creatures. we are LIVING BREATHING PEOPLE. quit treating us like kids or idiots. you dont have to baby us. quit making fun of little people's heights, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH DISPROPORTIONATE DWARFISM. you are fucking ableist if you make fun of little people, you dont see us as people you see us a joke. im sick and tired of people i love and care for treating me as if im a joke and making fun of my height. fuck off

i dont care if we "look funny" or "haha tiny" its so fucking annoying and disrespectful to be treated as if the body isnt a living, breathing, full grown adult.

be better.

[runningfromdragonflies]

as a disabled person with tourettes this is such a needed statement. everyone is an ally until it's funny not to be.

why is it funny to mimic coprolalia, or facial palsy, or seizures, or speech impediments?

why is it that above all else, the thing you choose to mock about a certain indvidual, the thing that makes him unsuitable for office, is that he may need aids to complete day-to-day activities?

no genuinely, why?

you're not 'reclaiming' an offensive term. you're not being 'ironic' or 'satirical'. you're actively dehumanising disabled people (ALL disabled people, not just the one person you were talking about!) and perpetuating harmful stereotypes. you are being ableist, and you need to have a serious think about the way you see people with disability.

like op said: be better

[snazzy-fox]

Abled people need to stop attempting jokes about disabled people at this point. They do not get it. They generally don't get that disabilities are actually disabling and not funny most of the time.

Laugh with the person, not at them.

[postmanic]

really want more people to talk to cognitively & intellectually disabled people directly! I CAN understand you. I WANT things explained to me and I WANT to be able to ask questions and communicate back. I WANT to be included. I WANT to know what is going on. but a lot of the time, people only talk to the family/aids/caregivers and never to the person with the disability themselves and its not fair. don't make assumptions! talk to me!!

[lightning-rambles]

Hey I'm a University AAC User: Involve Me In Your Conversation

One thing I'm noticing with back to school is how hard conversations are, especially with people who aren't familiar with my way of communicating, so I wanted to share a bit how you can support your AAC-using peers.

Acknowledge My Needs

You might think it's best practice not to mention I'm communicating differently, but for most of my classmates I find the opposite is true. Classmates don't know how to talk to me, or make assumptions that I won't need modifications in a conversation made, and then I get talked over and left out. Something you can do is politely ask about best practices. Phrases like "Hey, can I do anything to support your communication?" and "Do you need anything from me?" go a long way. Remember that these questions are not to sate your curiosity, but to provide me with an equitable space to communicate.

Give Me Time

In the fast-paced setting of university this is huge. The most common way I get left out of conversations is my peers talking too fast and moving on from subjects and topics before I can participate. Actively involve me! Ask me if I have anything to add. If you see me typing/selecting symbols, take your moment to wrap up your thought, and then glance over at me and wait for me to add on or shake my head to allow you to move on. If I don't have something to say once, don't assume that goes for every time. Regularly pause in conversations and create space for my input. I find I worry about slowing people down in conversations and the more you continuously make space the more I know I'm allowed to participate as an equal.

Involve My Contributions

Sometimes when I share something, it just gets ignored or not acknowledged. I have things to add to a conversation. Acknowledge what I share and build off of it. Have a conversation with me instead of letting me just say dead sentences that go nowhere. In return, I'll do my best to respond in turn and keep the conversation going.

Don't Interact With My Screen

Don't look at it, don't touch, don't move it. If it's in the way, ask if it's really in the way or if you can work around it. If it's in the way still, politely tell me. Unless I invite you to look at or interact with my screen, it should be for me only. Think of it as a brain and my thinking process.

Ask How I Want to Share

Sometimes when sharing with the class I prefer to write, sometimes I prefer to use AAC. If we are sharing back as a class, don't just say you will be the one to share back. Offer and include me in the discussion for options to share back. Understand when I say I don't want to, and if you're someone who's comfortable sharing feel free to volunteer to share for me if I want. Most importantly, respect what I say and listen to if I do or do not want to share back.

Let Me Have the Big Desk

If there's a larger desk in the classroom, let me use it. I need to have my AAC and my notebook and depending on the class sometimes a computer as well. I take up space and if there's extra room you don't need in a class, let me use it.

Go With the Flow

Sometimes I will vocally talk. Go with it. Don't question my ability or inability to talk sometimes. I am not here to sate your curiosity. Communicate with me at my level, how I choose to.

These are just a few things you can do to make me more comfortable and included in class. Please note that this follows my experience as a part time AAC user and does not represent every users experience.

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

“autistic people’s interests not ‘restrictive’ that be pathologizing language!!!” n then cue example of low support needs level 1 autistic with PhD n it’s like

so right now be in extreme fixation stage of something that stick around long enough be call special interest

extreme enough that it overrode my main special interest for 4+ years. just like that.

here what “extreme” mean:

am active do that special interest moment am wake to moment go sleep. constant. as non stop as possible.

sleep about 2-4 hours a day, n sleep at all because human body need sleep. this be 3rd or 4th night in row where do not go sleep until 6am, 8am, wake up at 10 AM, 12PM. AM NOT TIRED. just want do Thing (ppl who know me irl follow this account so shouldn’t admit this or else get concerned spam but brain even too occupy abt that right now. shh.)

btw this lack of sleep probably reason trigger my GI issues. n it really bad. it look like dysmotility, stomach, intestine, maybe, who tf knows. eat 2 bites for “breakfast” before feel like too full will throw up from be stuffed, but even by dinner time maybe stomach growling but not hungry n can’t eat more than another 2 bite. which then cause severe constipation. etc etc etc whatever. know my lack of sleep definitely contribute to it n idk if go catch up w sleep will fix it or if that be trigger worsen episode that gonna stay for while. even with these consequences, no, can’t go sleep. Can’t.

also my eyes blurry from constant use (bc need for do Thing) n lack sleep. will am be able go sleep? no.

basic activities of daily living (ones that can do) too boring to do. spend time eating chewing, that be time away from Thing. minute or two of go bathroom take too much time away from Thing n am almost rushing back so can do Thing. push off get help shower because that take precious time away from Thing. n upset about interruptions. can’t handle interruptions. can’t handle anything be pull out from my lil world of Thing. do those bADLs not pull me out my internal world of Thing. zero attention elsewhere. most ppl even level 1 & maybe even some of 2 autistics not understand what mean by “too bored by bADL to do them” n they think it just spoiled not want do it but no

this be busiest time of semester (online school). have 3 finals this week n already behind (haven’t studied for 2). it not matter. nothing got done. try listen to audio n 20 minutes later realize been zone out somehow thinking abt Thing again. try open up something link really just few clicks n spend 30 minutes because “oh website loading let me just go look at Thing real quick” n 30 minutes pass bc cant stop. my brain occupied. any information need memorize for school for other things simply not fit no space bc whole entire mode on Thing.

write this post fucking painful bc just NEED get back to think about this thing bc write this post be interruption n in fleeing moments (minutes) of can think about other things been thinking abt write this post. if post sound extra confusing or frantic that because am frantic get back. again reminder this blog (disability) be part of MAIN SPECIAL INTEREST FOR FOUR PLUS YEARS it just get kicked off like that. use to check tumblr multiple times day n now go DAYS without check tumblr. n coincidentally this be time be one of post escape containment so get constant notif one point to 2k before cleared it. now again probably another 2k

hope this post fucking make sense bc brain too occupy to think abt write anything that unrelate

haha fuck! me!

okay to reblog this incoherent post in fact please do bc autistic interest can be EXTREMELY restrictive. it can be this level of restrictive AND MORE. can make you genuinely not able do ADLs n cause health issues from things you not doing n you suffer from it but it not change anything

[t0rt1-4ng3l]

made massive list of things to put in aac if don’t know what start with

that’s cool that’s okay that’s not okay wow nice okay fine sure maybe definitely probably I guess I don’t know I’m not sure

love like hate dislike don’t like I like this I don’t like this I’m not a fan favorite least favorite

run walk jump skip hop push pull crash spin hit kick stomp throw catch climb crawl roll stretch rest

do can can’t will won’t is are am was were be being been

a an the to from of in on at with without for about if because before after while

he she they him her them his hers their theirs himself herself theirself

you your yours yourself

I me my mine myself

we us our ours ourselves

this that these those here there

and or but so yet nor also

all none some many few more less enough too much not enough

yes no maybe I agree I disagree

who what where when why how

what’s up? how are you doing? how are you feeling? what do you think? is this okay? is that okay?

good morning good afternoon good evening good night hi hello bye see you later have a good day

excuse me excuse you please thank you you’re welcome sorry I’m sorry my bad

knock it off stop wait hold on slow down please speak slower lower your voice too loud too bright too much too many people too much information

it’s up to you can you choose for me please I can’t decide surprise me too many options I need options

what was that? I didn’t hear you what did you say? could you repeat that? can you rephrase that? can you explain? can you explain it simpler? can you summarize? can you elaborate?

that’s a slur that’s not okay that’s racist that’s sexist that’s ableist that’s homophobic that’s transphobic don’t talk about me that way

I’m proud of you great job good job nice work that’s interesting

I don’t feel like talking right now I’m having a verbal shutdown I can’t speak right now I’m nonverbal/semiverbal/verbalflux ect speech is hard for me I’m too tired to speak

verbal speech isn’t superior AAC doesn’t hinder verbal development AAC stands for alternative and augmentative communication AAC is for everyone that benefits from it I use AAC AAC helps me communicate

please don’t look at my screen please don’t touch my screen I’m still typing please be patient

frog capybara zebra lion hippo rhino dino meerkat fish dolphin shark turtle rat mouse dog cat hamster penguin fox wolf flamingo cow pig horse goat snake chicken rabbit squirrel bear deer bird bat

pet leash collar animal food animal brush litter box

I’m all done I want more can I have more please

this tastes good this tastes bad

I don’t want it I’m still hungry I’m not hungry I’m full

food I like drinks I like safe foods

spoon fork knife plate bowl

breakfast brunch lunch dinner snack dessert

phone iPad charger TV laptop gaming console video game video games I like

meds medicine mobility aids

my name is my age is my birthday is my diagnosis is my address is

favorite color favorite animal favorite food favorite drink favorite movie favorite genre

my verbality label my support needs my special interests things I like things I don’t like

dentist orthodontist doctor nurse therapist speech therapist occupational therapist physical therapist lawyer cashier mechanic artist singer comedian advocate social worker

door window wall ceiling floor

behind in front of beside next to on top of under over around between inside outside across

left right up down top bottom middle

tape glue hot glue gun stickers pen pencil marker crayon colored pencil scissors washi tape paper yarn string beads construction paper googly eyes pom poms glitter

home store restaurant zoo aquarium gym library school

I feel better I feel worse I feel the same I need to think I’ll let you know

bumpy soft rough smooth spiky sharp dull shiny fluffy

tall short big small wide thin thick

red orange yellow green blue purple pink white black grey brown peach tan beige silver gold rose gold

quiet loud bright dim

kind funny silly cute honest blunt annoying rude mean boring

think sleep shower get dressed brush teeth put on deodorant brush hair

talk listen know

go leave stay

eat drink want need

year month week day hour

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

today tomorrow yesterday later soon

Christmas Halloween Hanukkah Diwali Yule Easter Valentine’s Day

body parts clothes shoes jacket hoodie

you’re awesome you’re nice you’re cute you are beautiful you look awesome I missed you I love you

I’m in pain I’m okay I’m tired I’m bored I’m dizzy I’m hot I’m cold I’m thirsty I’m itchy

I’m hungry I’m overstimulated I’m understimulated I’m on my period

I’m not ready I feel sick I don’t feel good I feel okay

I feel happy I feel sad I feel anxious I feel overwhelmed I feel calm I feel scared I feel confused I feel excited I feel uncomfortable

I need a break I need space I need help I need rest I need time I need a distraction I need something to keep my hands busy

I want to go home I want to be alone I want my headphones I want my blanket I want a fidget I want my stuffy I want to swing

can I have Tylenol can I have a hug can I have a pad or tampon can I go to the bathroom

can you talk for me please don’t talk for me

where is the bathroom? where are we going? where can I sit?

what are we doing next? what is that? what should I do?

when are we leaving? when will it start? when can I go? when will you be done?

why is that happening? why can’t I go? why are we doing this? why not?

square circle triangle heart star oval rectangle octagon hexagon pentagon cylinder

(optional )

swear words, substances, sex)

[autisticghostss]

i think a lot of people (even other autistic people) forget that special interests are listed in the diagnostic criteria as restrictive interests (“Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus”) that are often very disabling.

for many autistic people, special interests aren’t some fun thing; it’s having no impulse control and spending too much money on things related to our special interest (if we even have control over our own money at all), it’s struggling with or being unable to hold conversations that aren’t related to our special interest, its being unable to do daily activities such as eat or sleep or work because our special interests take up all our time.

idk. i don’t want to come off as gatekeep-y because that’s not my intention but i just think it’s important to make the distinction between a restrictive interest in autistic people vs just being really interested in something.

[staticandcigarette]

Hello !! I saw your recent absence seizure emojis and really liked them ,, do you think you could make a general(?) seizure emoji ? ( or even just the word or something else to symbolise it is ok if you’re unable to make an actual emoji of it ! )

Thank you and have a good timezone !! :-)

I kinda struggled to make these but i made two

1; convulsions , 2; aura / lack of awareness

[schar-aac]

"myoclonic"

Images: A person with motion lines around their head and arm. Their head is tilted a little, and their arm is jerking inwards. In the first three pictures, they have glasses, a formal shirt, and a watch or bracelet. In the first picture, they have brown skin, black hair, and a pale blue shirt. In the second, they have pale skin, brown hair, and a pale blue shirt. In the third, they have light brown skin, dark hair, and an off-white shirt. In the fourth, they are emoji yellow and featureless.

--

requested by @lavcommunicatez

[hellyeahsickaf]

When I say "I can't do that" what I'm not saying is:

I don't feel interested in doing that

I don't care enough to

I'm too good to be doing that

I don't think you deserve that of me

I'm not in the mood to do that

Not now, I'll do it later

Maybe

If that's what I meant, that's what I would say

What I am saying is:

It will negatively affect me in ways I can't afford

I simply can't physically fucking do that

I can't risk the potentially severe consequences I may experience if I overestimate my ability to do that

And if I explain that I am unable to do that, it is not an invitation to:

Tell me how much my disability hurts your feelings

Ask if I'm sure

Interrogate me because you believe yourself to be the judge of how unwell is unwell enough

Put words in my mouth ("why don't you care?")

Tell me how easy it would be

Remind me of how many other things I've been unable to do. I keep the score more than you do

Accuse me of exaggerating or faking to avoid doing it

Ask me again shortly

Make assumptions about additional explanations. (I must be mad at you, I must not care about this)

Offer compensation in return ("I can pay you" "we can do something you want to do after" "I'll get you something you like")

Ask what it would take for me to suddenly be capable of doing it

Tell me how you do things you have to do when when you're tired and then you can just rest and recover. I am not like you

Remind me of a time I was able to do that. Either I had more spoons or was less severely disabled if at all.

Say that if I was well enough to do X today, I should be able to do this as well. Energy doesn't work that way. Are you capable of running 8 miles right this minute just because you were okay to work a 10 hour shift today? That's what I thought

Suggest simply doing it a certain way ("take your time", "do it sitting down", "we can stop and take breaks", "just take your painkillers", etc)

But it is an invitation to:

Leave me the fuck alone about it 💕

[bambibroadcast]

LEVEL 3 AUTISM =/= CANT UNDERSTAND.

LEVEL 3 AUTISM =/= CANT LEARN.

LEVEL 3 AUTISM =/= CHILD.

LEVEL 3 AUTISM =/= UNAWARE.

WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND MUCH MORE THAN YOU THINK. BAMBI AM LEVEL 3 AND PEOPLE THINK IT STUPID TALK ABOUT IT IN FRONT OF IT. IT UNDERSTAND MOST THINGS YOU SAY. IT LISTENING. AND IT NOT CHILD. BAMBI AND OTHERS LIKE BAMBI ARE NOT CHILD. WE DESERVE TO BE TREATED LIKE ADULTS. WE DESERVE TO BE ALLOWED INDEPENDENCE (IN A WAY THAT IS SAFE FOR US).