#chronicallyill

[manta-ray-enthusiast]

Hey, if you're disabled and you use your phone an absolutely obscene amount of hours a day because it's the only thing you can do within your energy budget and it's the one way you can interact with the world. I see you. Don't be embarrassed about that. It's okay. You're allowed to be addicted to your phone. Especially if that phone is the only thing keeping you from absolutely losing your mind while you're stuck at home or in bed.

Don't let ppl shame you for your screen time.

[girlfromthe-subway]

URGENT mutual aid request

$525 due april 28th.

($450 monthly survival + $75 unexpected expense for additional meds)

Im a disabled lesbian woman who is diabetic and estranged from family.

Below are images explaining my situation. Ive included an image of my illnesses, my needs, what happened on bluesky and a selfie.

Any help is life saving. Literally.

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

[tinybunny5]

[kipplekipple]

Spoonbot

Fighting very hard against the urge to apologise for taking up your time, but we've made something cool and I wanna show you and YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT.

It's a pin badge!!! Runs on a CR2032 coin cell battery, and it's super easy to use because it's just on/off, and then the thumbwheel settings. The idea was kind of that communicating your spoons level is hard work and can involve so much explaining, vs an easy to read little display? Idk.

It is for sale at https://www.tindie.com/products/steamengineers/spoonbot-pin-badge/ for people who want one, it's only £ a tenner + shipping, but also just look we made a new thing and I think that's cool :)

I do apologise for taking up your time, byeeeeee sorry.

[convergence-insufficiency]

Rough day today. My symptoms started up at 10am today during class and have not let up ALL DAY. It is so exhausting.

[jay-with-a-shovel]

Hihi anyone under about ~30 who uses some form of disability aid

Please do my google form/nf

(I'm collecting data for my english speech, noone will be mentioned by name unless they want to be and you give your name [WHICH IS OPTIONAL] if so leave a note in the name bit)

All questions are 100% optional, but please answer as many as you can, it really helps ^-^

the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1ywpRyLtWlgjwjua3X46XxsOH2rOcoPa9m87vd4hmsQvDDA/viewform?usp=dialog

[africanmorning]

So, I've started a Discord server to be able to live stream neighborhood/trail walks for homebound folks with disabilities (or anyone else who wants to join in). Joining involves reading the rules and being manually approved for access to try and keep the bots out.

Check out the Walks With Friends community on Discord - hang out with 14 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

There's no set schedule for when I'll be doing outings ( #chronicillnesslife ), but I'll try to send an announcement beforehand at least 30min in advance, and anyone else who wants to host a walk is welcome to do so as well. There are also text/voice channels for general socializing purposes. My hope is to foster a low key, friendly space for disabled folks and allies. I myself love to chat, but no chatting is necessary! Once you've indicated that you've read the rules, feel free to lurk if that's what you're comfortable with 🙂