A Random Human on the Internet

Hey, the name's Kenny, and I'm just your average writer on the net! They/them pronouns

[clownrecess]

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with undiagnosed physical disabilities

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with undiagnosed mental disabilities

Happy disabled pride month to mobility aid users

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people who are in constant pain

Happy disabled pride month to AAC users

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with ableist family

Happy disabled pride month to fat disabled people

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with scars

Happy disabled pride month to disabled addicts

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people who's disability is progressing

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people who love their disability

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people who hate their disability

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with underrepresented and/or uncommonly known disabilities

Happy disabled pride month to all disabled people. I love you. /p

[guerrillatech]

[einsteinapproved]

[ID: 4 arms holding hands. the arms are labeled "Intersex Rights", "Reproductive Rights", "Trans Rights", and "Disability Rights". The hands are labeled "Bodily Autonomy"

[catchymemes]

[thevioletviolinist]

[Image description: @ stream scenery (@peachi_95) tweets: 'i wish animal crossing was real and my only plans for tomorrow were getting up and watering my tulips then hanging out with my cat friends then finding money in trees to pay off my debt to a raccoon'. End image description]

[grainelevator]

“Books are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“E-books are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“Audiobooks are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“Video games are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

“Subscriptions to magazines/newspapers are too expensive” -> GET A LIBRARY CARD!!!

For real, get a library card for your local public library and you will have almost unlimited access to all kinds of media for free. Libraries also often have many different kinds of classes you can take, often for free or very cheap. Oh, and don’t forget the computers and internet access you can also use for free.

In conclusion, yet a library card.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY!!!

[azcrowleyfell]

LOTS of local libraries also provide access to software, databases, training programs, and other services too!!!! Wayyy more than "just" books. And it's all FREE.

[genderqueerpositivity]

May 19th is Agender Pride Day! Shout out to agender folks.

(Image description: two images with off-white backgrounds and floral borders in shades of green, yellow, and orange. The first image has text that reads "Agender Pride Day" with the date "May 19th". The second image has text that reads "Agender people are" with words in green boxes that say "real, worthy, loved, authentic, and beautiful".)

[crushing-on-nico-di-angelo]

idk I feel like if you are a teacher, you should learn how to pronounce names. especially ethnic names.

[crushing-on-nico-di-angelo]

I don't even have an ethnic name, just Irish. and I remember being 7 years old and sighing on the first day of school bc I'd have to correct the teacher. by 3rd grade, some little girl named Shreya knows her teachers aren't gonna know how to pronounce her name. Neveah knows that the teachers are going to just slightly get it wrong--is it even worth it to correct? DeVina knows that it's going to be misspelled but YES it's important to capitalize the V. Kids deserve to have their names said right, people are gonna be assholes in other aspects of life to them for their race and their name and their hair, let them have their name at school.

[crushing-on-nico-di-angelo]

[id: "#my first name is Spanish and my last name is Japanese and half the time teachers will just skip it"]

sorry I'm almost done with this rant but. literally this. teachers will just straight up skip names! they won't even bother trying to pronounce it. it's disrespectful to the child, I wholeheartedly believe this. It teaches the kid that it's okay for people to not show them the respect of calling them by their name. it teaches them to listen for the awkward silence before raising your hand and saying "here" before they've even attempted it. I don't know it just... makes me upset sometimes.

[coffee-mage-sans-caffeine]

Teachers need to just trust kids about their names and do as the kid says.  I’m white.  One of my middle names I was born with is Madelyn.  In second grade, my teacher judged that, based on my (extremely French) surname, it had to be spelled Madeleine and proceeded to correct me when I wrote out my name.  I had to take my birth certificate to school to get my teacher to believe me.  I’m white and Madelyn isn’t even a terribly weird spelling. TRUST.  KIDS.  

[thevioletviolinist]

Story time: While I didn't witness this myself, in high school a friend told me about a teacher who straight up REFUSED to pronounce a student's name correctly. Their name was Ilesha (EYE-lee-sha), but the teacher, who was either French or French-Canadian, kept calling them 'EEL-eh-sha'. When they asked the teacher if they had a hard time saying the proper pronunciation, they simply said "No, it's just that I'm French, and we pronounce I-L that way."

I remember being all WTF? Because don't get me wrong, I'm 100% aware that other languages don't have the same sounds as others (i.e. My mother has L's in her name, and she understood that her Japanese coworker would say them as R's), but if a child tells you how to say their name, and you CAN?Then what's stopping you?

[painandcats]

Want to go on a date with someone with a cane and chronic pain?

- Make sure the place where you’re going is accessible!  Your date might opt to use a wheelchair that day, and if they’re using a cane, best to make sure there aren’t a silly number of stairs involved in whatever date you’re considering.

- Call ahead to the place to see if wheelchairs are available to borrow if you’re going somewhere that involves a lot of walking and standing around, like a museum.

- If your date is using a cane, they likely only have one arm to hold things.  Consider bringing their food/drinks to the table along with yours– let them claim a booth while you get the food!

- Be prepared and willing to be someone’s physical support sometimes, especially if your date is having a rough leg day.

- Be prepared for a Plan B Date: it’s so awesome to have a back-up plan for the date if the day comes around and your person is spoonless.  Believe me, it’ll mean a lot.

[voidbat]

i just really want to add some from my own experience:

ask yourself, really ask yourself if you’re fine with plans being cancelled at the last second, cancelled mid-event, and for plans to often be “come over to my house and lump on the couch with me” - if you aren’t? don’t date somebody with chronic pain/fatigue. especially if you will take that sort of thing personally and/or hold it against the person. if you date me, you date my disabilities. i have to deal with them, so do you.

if you are grocery shopping with someone who uses a mobility aid like a cane or rollator, and that person is pushing the cart? DO. NOT. MOVE. THE CART. while they are using the cart, it is taking the place of their normal mobility aid and moving it is like moving their leg. DON’T DO IT. i have fallen in grocery stores more times than i want to think about due to an ex who couldn’t get it through his head that THIS IS MY CANE RIGHT NOW and would just grab the basket and drag it somewhere.

if your date says “no, it’s fine, i’ve got it” when you try to do something? let them. just let them. my disabilities takes so much away from me, the things i can actually do are things i am proud of. it makes me feel better to be able to do things for myself. i detest nothing more than an able-bodied person INSISTING on doing something that i can do myself, even though i’ve said multiple times that i’d prefer to do it myself. it says volumes on what that person really thinks of my abilities as a functional human, none of them positive. i get that you’re trying to help, but i promise, taking away what autonomy we do have? not helpful.

learn to tell your date beforehand what the date will entail. learn to look for the things your date would need to know. i had an ex that never factored in things like “walking half a mile” or “it’s a three story walkup with no elevator” because those things were no problem for him. i, on the other hand, would arrive at the destination crying from pain and unable to enjoy a damn thing - and exhausted in advance by knowing i’d have to repeat the journey just to get back home. don’t be afraid to ask your date what things they need to have taken into consideration. ask what accessibility options are necessary for them when it comes to cane/wheelchair access, how much access there is to regular seating, how much walking will happen, how many stairs there are. if you go to a movie and the only parking is way in the back, ask if they’d rather you drop them up front while you get a spot - because sometimes traversing a large parking lot is the difference between watching a movie and sleeping through it, or being too distracted by pain to follow it. by and large, we know our limitations and it means the world to have someone say “hey i want to take you to this exhibit, i think you’d really enjoy it! there’s several stairs to the entrance and the wheelchair ramp is kind of obnoxiously far away, so it’s either a bunch of walking or deal with stairs to get in there, but once you’re inside there’s a lot of comfortable benches and not a whole lot of walking.” because they thought about how you navigate the environment. 

if your date is using a rollator or wheelchair, make sure your car (or whatever form of transportation you are going to be using) has space to put it. don’t ask me out to the renaissance faire and then show up in a CRX and look confused when i say my rollator can’t go in that so i’ve gotta stay home.

BE. PATIENT. this shit is unpleasant enough for us already, the last thing any of us need in our lives is another able-bodied asshole making us feel like burdens. we can’t do everything as quickly or as easily or sometimes at all. sometimes we need your help. sometimes we have to cancel plans. even big plans. even big expensive plans. it’s no fun for us either. sometimes we have to back out of shit halfway through because our bodies have absolutely hit the wall and have failed us. i’ve had to abandon a cart full of groceries before and sleep in my car before i could even manage to drive home because my body just gave the fuck out with no warning. can you imagine? just for a second? imagine being young enough to still get carded for booze and your body literally collapses and you have to almost crawl to your car, sitting in the middle of the floor several times on the way. don’t get frustrated with us, we’re doing our best. it’s just harder than you can imagine.

[dtsguru]

Also remember just because the cane isn’t there doesn’t mean the disability isn’t there. All of these points are still relevant. Be aware. Be considerate.

[achel-ois]

I want everyone to see this

[saint-batrick]

as the artist formerly known as @voidbat, i would like to insist y'all put eyes on all of this.

[sexycraisinthanos]

this also applies to platonic hangouts

[paintedpawcat]

Light it up, Blue! happy autism acceptance month, don’t support autism speaks!

[paintedpawcat]

based on this iconic image

[deimos-the-soup-god-deactivated]

Remember kids, 

Arson can solve a lot of things, very quickly

[angelicdevil]

[Image ID: The first is fanart of Blue from Blue’s Clues standing on her hind legs with a button on her chest that is the symbol for autism, a rainbow infinity symbol, on a black background and a close eyes smile on her face, throwing a Molotov at Autism Speaks’ blue puzzle piece that’s already on fire. The background is a simple beige with a darker beige acting as the ground. On the picture is white text reading “Light it up, Blue!” and a soft light comes from the burning puzzle piece

The second image is clip art. It has an image of Blue on her hind legs, looking up and holding out her paw. A moltov cocktail flies from her hand going for the, this time much closer, blue puzzle piece. On the bottom of the puzzle piece is darker blue text also reading “Light it up, Blue.”/ end ID]

[averykedavra]

[ID: Fifteen edits of the Bugs bunny “I wish all a very pleasant day” meme. They are edited to include the trans flag on his left side. They read:

“I wish all trans men, trans women, nonbinaries, genderfluids, demiboys and demigirls, agenders, and more a very pleasant trans visibility day.” This edit includes the flags for the identities listed.

“I wish all straight, gay, lesbian, bi, pan, ace, aro, omni, polyamorous, etc. trans people a very pleasant trans visibility day.” This edit includes the flags for the identities listed.

“I wish all intersex people who identify with the trans label a very pleasant trans visibility day.” This edit includes the intersex flag.

“I wish all autistic, ADHD, or otherwise neurodivergent trans people a very pleasant trans visibilitiy day.” This edit includes the red words “(happy autism acceptance month! light it up red)”

“I wish all Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and other religious trans people a very pleasant trans visibility day.”

“I wish all trans POC, especially Black and indigenous trans people, a very pleasant trans visibility day.” This edit includes the inclusive LGBT poc flag, as well as a trans flag with a brown and black fist.

“I wish all disabled or chronically ill trans people a very pleasant trans visibility day.”

“I wish all fat trans people, hairy trans people, and trans people who don’t “pass” a very pleasant trans visibility day.”

“I wish all it/its pronoun users, neopronouns users, and people who use pronouns that don’t “match” their gender a very pleasant trans visibility day.”

“I wish all trans people with little or no gender dysphoria a very pleasant trans visibility day.”

“I wish all trans people who are in the closet a very pleasant trans visibility day.”

“I wish all trans people who haven’t transitioned and/or don’t plan to a very pleasant trans visibility day.”

“I wish all questioning trans people/people who aren’t sure if they’re trans a very pleasant trans visibility day.”

“I wish all people who don’t use labels for themselves a very pleasant whatever you’re comfy with.”

“I wish all trans people a very pleasant you are wonderful, valid, and loved <3” /End ID]

heard it was trans day of visibility

(edit: my wording of “trans POC, especially Black and indigenous trans people” was poor, and i apologize. i wish all trans POC a pleasant trans visibility day, and i wish all trans BIPOC a pleasant trans visibility day.)

[wearepaladin]

[learningtoacceptchange]

*slams hands on table*

[english-history-trip]

"N-no, that's not all! They burn whole villages and hold princesses against their will!"

[knight continues to advance]

[thevioletviolinist]

[Image description: Micro SF/F Stories (@MicroSFF) tweets:

'"As a knight," the king said, it is your duty to kill dragons."

"Very well, my liege," said the knight. "Um, may I ask why?"

"Because they hoard wealth without sharing, and people live in fear of their capricious moods."

"Very well, my liege," the knight said and drew his sword.'

End image description]

[dykeabled]

there’s a lot of stigma around playing video games on easy mode, or using mods that make the games easier. this standard is unfair for a lot of disabled people - many of us have issues with motor skills, reaction times, or memory, to name a few. there’s no shame in playing games on easy mode. video games are meant to be fun, so if you have to play on easy mode to make them fun, there’s nothing wrong with that.

[accessibleaesthetics]

Gentle reminder that your work-arounds for these tag issues should not include replacing letters with numbers or other symbols that will made the words illegible to screen reader users.

[accessibleaesthetics]

I’ve seen this mentioned a couple times in the tags, so let me assure you all that adding apostrophes should be completely fine. #’girl’ should not interfere with screen readers.

[accessibleaesthetics]

A few additional notes based on things I’m seeing in reblogs and tags:

Yes, adding a period work too. #girl. is very accessible.

Using numbers instead of letters does in fact make things difficult for dyslexic people too, this is an added disadvantage.

Using numbers instead of letters does in fact make you sound like a Homestuck too, this is an added disadvantage.

Using asterisks instead of letters to censor words is a bad idea, it can greatly impede screen reader users.

This only applies to tags, you do not need to (and absolutely should not) start censoring your post’s content.  

[fuck-customers]

Borrowed from reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/rbfiub/salvation_army_bad/

[queerestgrove-deactivated202311]

[ID: A cartoon image of Santa Claus pointing to a blue block of text. The text reads:

The Salvation Army is NOT a charity.

They’re an Evangelical Protestant Church that uses donations to actively suppress LGBT Rights. They’ve threatened to close thousands of New York soup kitchens if forced to adhere to Civil Rights laws with gay employees. They refuse helping LGBT homeless that come to their Shelters. Donations are spent lobbying against LGBT rights globally. Please research a Charity before donating.

Happy Holidays!

End ID]

[sacreddisease]

um UM apparently you'll be able to turn off flashing during storms in the minecraft java 1.18 update

please tell everyone, this is actually very important, i'm just too excited to process this.

[styrofauxm]

options -> accessibility settings -> hide lightning flashes -> on

[ama-kitkat123]

[ID: The Accessibility Settings in Minecraft. A green line is circling an option labelled “Hide Lighting Flashes: Off.” End ID]

[sailermoon]

[thevioletviolinist]

[Image description: A slightly out-of-focus image of an aisle between two shelves of books. White text that spans the top and bottom read: 'There are many benefits to using your public library'. End image description]

[chronicallycrappy]

I always see “take your meds!” reminders but I’ve never seen one for medical equipment so here!

Friendly reminder to charge up, change out, clean, reapply, adjust, refill, or wear your medical device or equipment if you have any! Love and spoons 💛

[conarcoin]

fyi things like insulin, hearing aids, wheelchairs, glasses costing money at all is a form of structural ableism

[conarcoin]

disabled people should not have to pay to live their lives like everyone else. and in the case of insulin, disabled people should not have to pay to Not Fucking Die