why closed captioning should always be provided on every video:
Deaf People Exist
auditory processing disorder is a Bitch
people with ADHD can find it hard to concentrate on what is being said without the words in front of them
^autistic people for the same reason
autistic people may also find it hard to interpret verbal messages within the context of the video, so it's useful to have written alternatives to fall back on
do you know how painful it is to be excluded from every joke, every video, every conversation because others just Can't Be Bothered?
some people live in a conservative household or with family who don't share the same ideals, and they may not have privacy to view things on their own, so they may need to watch things with the volume extremely low or muted
hi yes it's me, op, and I'm an autistic person, and we actually prefer to phrase it as I just did. I get where you're coming from, so I just want to clear a few things up.
we're not saying we're just a disability. "autistic" is an adjective I can use to describe me. the whole "person-first" narrative is ableist in that it directly ignores the autistic community, because we've been very vocal about not separating us from our identities. some autistic people prefer to use person-first language, and they are free to do so. but only do that if they specifically request it. for the rest of us, say autistic. it's what we are. person-first phraseology was coined by neurotypicals, meaning yet again, something meaningful about our community revolves around neurotypicals. you've inserted yourselves into our stories and act like you're the spokespeople of our narrative. I mean no offense when I say this, but it has nothing to do with you. it just doesn't. if you're not autistic, you can't speak on our behalf. you don't live your life through our lens. when you try to tell us what language we and everyone else should use, it's like trying to describe colors you've never even seen. but worse, you get others believing that you actually know what these colors are, and that you know them better than we do. you are not more knowledgeable about our community or how we function than we are. even if you read every book and watch every documentary, you will never be able to fully understand what it means to be autistic. if you can't treat us as people because the word "autistic" is in front of it, then the word isn't the problem. we can advocate for ourselves, so thanks, but no thanks.
one comment from @deedesria543 that says "you don't say "person with big gay" do you? no~". a reblog from @marimacha-tonto that says "abled people stop telling me I need to specify that I'm a human being challenge". end ID.]
✨✨✨ this is so important!!! All of the points in the first post are correct, and the reblogs... why do neurotypical and abled people try to speak for us and dictate how we refer to ourselves :/
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from what I’ve found my first name could mean “brave as a lion” as well as “she that allures” and a “small plant” (personally, I’d be happy to introduce myself as a small plant) so according to some random website:
I am Small Plant,mother of God Lady of The Sea and the Loved One, at your service
Damn this a long one and I can’t really organize it in the way y’all did so… I am name of unknown origin possibly meaning cassia juice/it’s a constellation/the name of a vain queen from greek myth, Pure, Dawn, She who washes away pain (minor moon goddess), chance luck and fortune (goddess of fortune and prosperit), Daughter of Briseus/unknown origin. And I’m not going to do my last names.
hi!! I’m Caring One, Trustworthy, Small Dwelling (? lmao they can’t all be winners ig)
Tags: @wapjackles (i reblogged a quiz right before this i meant to tag you in but my dumbass can only hold like 5 urls in my brain at a time but it looked cute thus it reminded me of you please feel free to do it love) @a-really-tired-really-gay-bitch @thepondstogether @sunshine-jack @casitosupremacia @lightfornight
as of 22nd April 2021 we have about 16.3M total cases and a death toll of 187K . Only about 1.4% of the population has been fully vaccinated yet.
on top of that, we've been facing a major shortage in oxygen supply (to the point where the govt has decided to airlift oxygen from other nations), a shortage in hospital beds and services. The numbers keep rising and with the spread of the new strain, the scenario has transformed into something deadlier than ever.
our infrastructures are falling apart and we need all the help possible at this very moment so the nation can be atleast saved when there's still a chance. I've already lost two of my friends, a teacher and family to the second wave and I can only imagine how much worse it can get. so i would like to take this opportunity to link in some donation posts below–
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Getting the word out at this time of crisis matters.
Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.
If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.
A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.
There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.
There is no plan.
Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.
Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.
We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.
This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.
We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.
People are dying.
People are dying.
People are dying and there is no plan.
More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.
My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.
Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.
But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.
She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.
So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.
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