#intelectual disability

[cy-cyborg]

Is the person you’re shitting on using AI or are they just disabled?

My partner @jessequinones is autistic and has some learning disabilities that affect the way he speaks and writes, which, apparently, is making some people think the posts he’s writing are AI. I can confirm they’re not, we share an office space and I watched him write them myself. We’re also both vehemently anti-ai in general.

Look, I get it, we have to be vigilant about AI in our spaces, especially in the writing spaces, but please remember a lot of the “obvious AI writing tells” are also common in Autistic speech, and in the speech of people with learning/intellectual disabilities. AI is getting harder to spot, and a lot of these tells don’t even apply anymore, but that’s not stopping disabled people from getting accused, so please be mindful before you start claiming random people are using it.

[kawaiiunii]

happy pride month! including happy pride month for

intellectually disabled people who understand gender, sexualities and pronouns very minimal or not at all but may still be queer

intellectually disabled people who have minimal or may even good understanding of gender and pronouns but applying in conversations about others or self constantly misuse them

intellectually disabled people who may want transition anyway but cant because of parents, carers, care teams

intellectually disabled people who are minimally able or unable to use pronouns for others and for themselves

intellectually disabled people who transitioning but face seclusion from queer community for have intellectual disability therefore seen as "unable of actually taking this choice"

intellectually disabled people who just get and feel othered when comes to queer community.

we are not your enemy, can be queer too, and are queer too, we deserve be understood and not seen as enemy because of things genuinely struggle with so this pride month please remember we in this together, everyone, including disabled people who's capability to understand and apply things impaired in any way and may require extra long time or understanding within these topics.

[martianmeerkat]

Strength does not invalidate victimhood.

Ive seen a lot of discourse, mainly in fandoms and character interpretations, but I've noticed how much that discourse effects people in their actual lives as well and how people treat each other based on that. So I feel the need to specifcally address this.

Whether you are currently a victim or have been a victim in the past, it does not mean you are incapable of being strong.

Just because you are strong does not make you incapable of being or having been a victim.

Strength and victimhood are not mutually exclusive, and moments of weakness can and will happen to anyone and everyone regardless of their strength. Physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, or what have you. Strength is not what protects you from being a victim, it is what empowers you to keep going in spite of being a victim.

A victim of what? Well, that's open to interpretation. What am I specifically referencing with this? Nothing in particular other than distress at seeing people harm each other even when they agree with each other.

This is not exclusive to any one kind of person, this is not specifc to any race, gender, assigned sex at birth, age, religion, sexual orientation, intellectual level, disability, economic status, or any other kind of determining factor where people have been targeted and treated as other or lesser.

Your strength does not invalidate your moments of weakness. Nor do your moments of weakness invalidate your strength.

[virtualfrog]

there are times where i think i see people only talk about intelectual disability when saying autism isnt intelectual disability and autistics arent ret*rds. thats the only time they mention us. its taboo. being visible as intelectual disabled solely relying on peoples openess to include us

[uglyspoon]

It's incredibly hard to live with memory issues.

Whether you struggle with the short term, long term, recall, or the whole process, you're doing an amazing job.

All sorts of things can mess with our ability to remember things, from ADHD and other neurodivergence, to emotional or physical trauma to the brain, to substance and meds mismanagement. I'm so, so proud of you for trying, and for working through it.

Society insists you are worth less for forgetting, but I remember you and I assure you that is not the case.

[kawaiiunii]

personally, to be honest, as person who cant necessarily drink from normal bottles because severe autism, intellectual disability & mobility in hands impaired, sippy cups and yes sippy cups that made for children that have different opening, different thing drink comes through and often different holding handles is something that's considered my need and something which helps functionality in drinking.

sick of seeing neurotypicals or lower needs individuals who do not require these actually judging videos HSN people in who use them online or say to caretakers its treating person as "baby" when clearly the person seems happy drinking out of it plus the caretaker likely knows person best enough to tell if upsetting them or bad.

& honestly, no matter needs or whatever feel anyone has the right to drink out of whatever, be it as said bottles made for young children, babies, whatever, doesn't hurt anyone

[kawaiiunii]

me: "im housebound because of my **severe autism**, intelectual disability and also physical disabilities plus chronic illness. but autism is a big massive reason for me being housebound"

them: "are you in a wheelchair? im curious on why you can't leave your house"

sigh. no. im not in a wheelchair — i SHOULD be, but i cant because of neglect. also, being in a wheelchair ≠ to being housebound.

ALSO ! i just said that my autism is the big reason why im housebound, this seems to never make any sense to LSN Autistic people . never . whenever i tell them, that my autism is a big reason im housebound, they will come at me with "are you in a wheelchair then?" "can you not walk" or some variation. please educate yourselves how autism can truly impact ones life, i don't NEED to be in a wheelchair to be housebound or something.

[kawaiiunii]

Don’t you feel guilty about pretending to be level 3 and intellectually disabled? Have you never met anyone with severe or L3 autism before, or even seen any personal accounts from their family or caretakers? It’s disgusting to pretend like this, you’re making a mockery of other people’s real experiences just so that you can get some attention on tumblr. I know you’re probably still a teenager so I really hope that in a few years you’ll have moved on from this and you feel bad about it.

hi anon! 🤍 no absolute idea why you waste time to send this to me into my ask box. havent got better stuff do with life, no? that's ridiculously sad.

wonder if YOU meet someone level 3 autism and intelectually disabled before, oh no no not one common example on tv, actual people like me? did any true research about people like me? because guess what people who are level 3 autistic have intelectual disability can still be people with personality, have identity and do social media stuff. been always sevrely disabled like this, autism always been severe, iq always low, had all recognised as young child, been put into all sort therapies before been put into horrible mess because of adoption system and issues you dont deserve to know that had in my life.

have some people know me closer than what you presumably might saw post about, all know severely disabled and can clearly tell so am. needed intese help to do this whole tumblr thing, need help supervision online still everything, never even understand would have people interact with me here just want post about stuff that like and fun and make aware of people who have struggle like me.

so how about get over self? absolutely ridiculous thing to share out here of you really, couldnt be more ridiculous. what should be guilty and move away from? fact that as young child was put through all professionals and places because i was so extremely behind children couldnt even understand how put shirt on when should? how talk properly? how read when should? how write when should of known? how use the bathroom and get clean, how eat by self? 'should move on and feel guilty' about what? that this day still cant function and are neglected by caretaker causing me to have health issues, long term skin issues, infections?

but YOU say am mockery and hope of me 'move on' oh believe wish fucking could 'move on' next day magically and change clothes, shower, able speak functionally, be able of education, work or even getting out fucking bed without needing severe prompting.

fuck off and how about move on from saying bullshit without no thought behind it before you spit it out.