#stop ableism

[chaosremlin1]

Hey by the way if you're ability to do something that everyone else can do is impaired by something, you're disabled. Even if it's temporary. Disability can be temporary.

Age complications impairing your ability-> disability.

Pregnancy pains are impairing your ability -> disability

Injury impairing your ability to-> disability

mental health complications impairing your ability-> disability

stop being ableist, because anyone can become disabled. and most will

[majestydeerakuma]

Genuinely, I’m so tired of neurotypical people treating neurodivergent people like we’re fucking diseased

Are you fucking kidding me? My autism doesn’t need a cure! And stop fucking villainizing us like we’re horrible anomalies or aliens amongst you!

I’m not the crazy one for being forced against my own will to mask myself and bend to your whims!

You say “be yourself” until it’s something you disagree with or dislike!

And then everyone around always wonders why I prefer to be away from everyone and everything!

Sincerely,

An autistic person

[ghost-jester-sys]

i thought we agreed fuckin ages ago to stop acting like another minority group is more privileged than another to prove a point

no they wouldnt treat u better if u were in a wheelchair. or if u were cis and queer. or if u were any other fuckin minority

bigots are bigots and the bastards won't like u for as long as ur a fuckin minority

use ur big boy brain mate

(also get tagged with whatever i genuinely dont care right now u need to listen the fuck up)

[utsukurou]

I will never understand people who tell neurodivergent people to 'just be normal'. The entire point of their illness is that they CAN'T be normal.

How can someone expect someone to 'just be normal' as if it's something easy, even though there's an entire illness preventing them from doing so? That's like telling a person on a wheelchair to 'just walk'.

[gryficowa]

Can we fucking talk about Ableism among left-wing activists? If you have ASD and social phobia, you have to go out on the street, so what if you have a meltdown and panic? Fuck you trash! Die, you idiot!

I'm a leftist and for me this is moralizing from "Don't call yourself an activist when you're not on strike in public", shove this text up your stinking ass, it's promoting ableism (And yes, the worst thing is that many activists with ASD accept it and it's fucking sick)

I'm fucking sick of Ableism being treated like a joke (Like Islamophobia and classism…)

I'm fed up with the fact that no matter what you do (Boycotts etc…) they will never be fucking enough for leftist activists, because due to social anxiety and ASD (Yes, I panic in crowds) you can't take part in public strikes, so all your involvement means nothing to them because "You don't participate in public strikes, so you can't call yourself an activist"

I will be a leftist and an activist, but I will not remain silent about the shit that is fucking ableism in this community, you are not an activist when you attack people who for various reasons cannot take part in a public strike, you are just a piece of shit and nothing more

[blaze-ri0t]

⚠️TW: ableism, rant⚠️ r/fakedisorderscringe being like: "YoU cAn'T tHiNk To HaVe A DiSoRdEr BeCaUsE A TiKtOk 20 SeCs ViDeO" and then start to telling you aren't really disabled by watching your 20 seconds video Tiktok.

It didn't happened to me, but I saw a video on YouTube on this topic and a lot of people put in the subreddit are actually diagnosed with their disabilities. Even if someone still doesn't have an official diagnosis but they are THINKING about the possibility of having that disability, you are literally nobody to fakeclaim them because only they know what's going on their mind.

One of the girls exposed on the subreddit was joking about her being autistic and r/fakedisorderscringe DECIDED by 20secs video she isn't really autistic. (She even put the tone tag "lighthearted joke").

On that subreddit there is a lot of hate towards people with DID and OSDD.

"Self diagnosis" is not what everyone thinks. It means you think you might have a disability because you relate to the symptoms/traits of that disability, but this happens after a LONG TIME research and then if have the possibility, you go for a professional diagnosis. Before getting my official AUDHD, dyscalculia and dyslexia diagnosis I have done a lot of research and I still had a lot of doubts about it (imposter syndrome).

Another embarrassing thing of the subreddit are the rules. They say you mustn't bully anyone, but they are bullying people they expose. And if those people want their video removed, the moderators of the subreddit blackmail them asking for the official diagnosis (sensitive data).

I'm not saying people who fake their disability for attention don't exist, but you can't tell if a disabled person open on their disability does. You can't, because you can never know if they have a diagnosis or not or what's going on in their mind.

And fakeclaimers remind me of queerphobic people saying: "being queer is a trend". Whoa, getting k1lled, bullied and discriminated is a trend. I didn't know. /s

This subreddit is garbage.

[littlemsbumblebee]

PSA

this is not relevant to most people but I want to say this. The symbol for “Hidden Disabilities” is a sunflower, and it is globally recognised as such. If there is a person wearing a green lanyard with sunflowers, then that is a sign that they have a hidden disability. I knew someone who had to wear one. It is so helpful to have, but if you’re not in an industry that requires you to know this, then you may not actually know what it means or why people wear it.

please keep that in mind. Don’t say anything about it but if you notice it is good to know. People in the disabled community are humans too, they may have been born different but they are still some of the sweetest people I know.

[massiveharmonytiger]

Hey, guys. I’m sharing a page with a collection of links for the Stop the Shocks campaign, which aims to ban the inhumane use of electroshock devices on autistic people (yes, it’s still being done). I’m also sharing an article from ASAN (Autistic Self Advocacy Network) from 14 July 2022 to show you guys just how recent this piece of news is. Now, I don’t live in the US as I’m sure is true for quite a few of you, but I’ve added my signature to the petitions and I’ll be doing what I can from where I am, because this is something that I care deeply about. I sincerely ask you all to also do what you can, no matter how small or pointless it seems. Please. Every bit of advocacy helps and is appreciated.

I’m also adding the link to autistic advocate and current candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates, Lydia X. Z. Brown who has an archive of the JRC (Judge Rotenberg Center’s) abuses. The JRC (a residential school for autistic children and adults) continues to use electroshock devices despite its brutality and all the campaigns against this practice.

https://linktr.ee/StopTheShock?fbclid=IwAR0NalLLZmQnRBdQq7CuGdoRVulX8kscbkoKLbHzovYXTHKOYcj5suWfui8

https://autisticadvocacy.org/2022/07/a-letter-of-support-for-legislation-banning-electric-stimulation-devices/

https://autistichoya.net/