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hi guys,

I'm an immigrant in the U.S. and right now I'm trying to figure out a way to pay for next term's tuition. I am from Ukraine and my entire family was displaced to Ireland when the war started. As a result of the war and displacement, I don't have sufficient funds to sponsor my education anymore :(

Anything you can give helps!🫶❤️

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drene5-deactivated20230302

TW: Ableism

I don't know which late/self-diagnosed autistic needs to hear this, but your autism pre-diagnosis wasn't "mild" and you didn't go "under the radar"

You were ignored - whether it be intentionally or unintentionally. There was a time or multiple when you tried to advocate for yourself - when you were visibly struggling, and you were ignored, ostracized and expected to "rise above" it.

You are disabled. You've been disabled. Unfortunately you just did not have the support system to help you.

i-can-bench-220

this is it. this is the funniest scooby doo clip

nosleepforaiba-deactivated20251

pessimistictadpoleunion

Me with soil rn, and usually animals 😭🫶🏻

optimisticfrogcollective

HE'S JUST LIKE ME FR

astraldemise

my mom got me this little thing and im obsessed with him.... little creature..

briileaf

I have been thinking. about the creature

optimisticfrogcollective

I need him

✨To all the spoonies: I work an office job and so far my only accommodation is being able to always have my headset on.

I am trying to think of more things I need, but a lifetime of masking and ableism is making that difficult.

Please comment or reblog with some of your accommodations at work/school/at home/with friends, I feel like it could be helpful for so many people! ✨

optimisticfrogcollective

*rant post*

Watched this video first thing in the morning. I have supported Madisyn for a very long time, but this was like a punch in the gut.

The video is full of references to Autism Speaks as a legitimate resource, comparing autism to herpes or calling it a disease, and a lot of transphobic rhetoric. If you have ever watched any of Madisyn's videos and liked them, I urge you to leave a comment about her terrible takes. A lot of people are already doing that and I'm really hoping it brings her attention to how poorly she handled the situation.

TW for ableist language, transphobia, and other allistic bullshit in the video

optimisticfrogcollective

Update on this post! Madisyn has finally taken down the video. As of earlier today, she hasn't apologized/addressed this in Instagram or YouTube, hopefully it happens soon

Thank you all for supporting the previous post ❤️

*rant post*

Watched this video first thing in the morning. I have supported Madisyn for a very long time, but this was like a punch in the gut.

The video is full of references to Autism Speaks as a legitimate resource, comparing autism to herpes or calling it a disease, and a lot of transphobic rhetoric. If you have ever watched any of Madisyn's videos and liked them, I urge you to leave a comment about her terrible takes. A lot of people are already doing that and I'm really hoping it brings her attention to how poorly she handled the situation.

TW for ableist language, transphobia, and other allistic bullshit in the video

#autsitic #autism #out of spoons #actually autism #disability awareness #spoonie #madisynbrown #allistics #bad takes #stop being ableist #fuck ableists

letsboldlygomotherfuckers

why do we bother with I hate my partner jokes when your boss is right there

Just received 4 vaccines and I'm dy1ng 🥲 my arms will never feel again

#chronically ill #endometriosis #fibromyalgia #spoonie #chronic fatigue #disability awareness #autism #autsitic #out of spoons #noodle arms

So my autism eval went really poorly :( the psychiatrist said multiple times throughout the meeting that I "don't look autistic" and proceeded to brush my autistic traits off as trauma responses. I was able to get a referral to a psychologist who will hopefully be more open-minded, but I am honestly just so discouraged :(

Healthcare is so fucked ✨

syruubi

Notes I made for myself of the currently revealed original 7 Archons so I don’t have to squint at cutscenes

the-lincyclopedia

This maybe sounds mean, but I think we should be able to send doctors “hey, you were wrong” letters.

I was misdiagnosed with asthma when I was 12 and took asthma meds daily for seven years, and then it turned out I hadn’t had asthma in the first place; I actually have a different breathing problem. I don’t think the doctor who told me I had asthma (my pediatrician, who I was no longer seeing by that point) ever found out she’d been wrong. (This is one of at least four misdiagnoses in my life, from a variety of doctors, that I can think of off the top of my head.) Similarly, my first therapist told me she didn’t think I was autistic because I wasn’t obsessed with trains. I don’t think she ever found out that I am, in fact, autistic, because I wasn’t seeing her by the time I was diagnosed.

I get that it might be demoralizing to have someone contact you specifically to tell you that you messed up, but I think it would be useful for doctors to have data on how often they misdiagnose patients, especially since some doctors tend to think the patient is generally wrong when attempting self-diagnosis. It would be useful for my former therapist to move me from the mental column of “people who erroneously think they’re autistic” to “people whose autism I did not notice when they were right in front of me.” It would be useful for my pediatrician to realize she needed to look more closely and listen to kids when their breathing symptoms weren’t the classic asthma ones.

Doctors can get on their high horse and refuse to believe patients a lot of the time, and the power dynamic makes that dangerous in plenty of situations. I think it would be helpful to have a way to at least alert doctors when we have proof they messed up.