Ellie Sage (she/they)

Disabled Advocate

[wheelingwithgrace]

Introduction

21+ years old

Genderfluid + Bisexual

I have Autism and both neurological and physical disabilities

Part time Wheelchair user

Semi-verbal part time AAC user

Skill regression

Age regression developmentally (never online during these moments)

The goal of this account is to spread awareness and advocate towards Healthcare and Disability rights

Anti-psychiatry, ACAB, Anti-Trump, Free Palestine, Free Iran, Anti-Capitalism, etc I’m a liberal democrat. I stand firm on these beliefs and absolutely do not tolerate bigotry.

[category-five-autism-event]

Marriage equality isn't fully here until disabled people can marry without losing their benefits.

Marriage equality isn't fully here until poly people can marry each other.

Marriage equality isn't fully here until it's affordable.

[hexpatient]

me: im disabled and have limits

the smartest most intelligent guy in the world with the most hugest dick ever like so big, like the biggest dick ever, man and also soooo intelligent and thoughtful and just so so intelligent: have you tried pushing yourself?

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

"I'm only criticizing the people who are lazy on purpose" is just not the reassurance people think it is when nearly every disabled person has been accused of not really being disabled and just being lazy on purpose

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

If you're comfortable accusing anyone of faking disability, you're not a real ally to disabled people

[zylahbee]

sexism in medicine kills people. racism in medicine kills people. fatphobia in medicine kills people. queerphobia in medicine kills people. classism in medicine kills people. ableism in medicine kills people.

do not downplay people’s fears about being mistreated because they are a part of a marginalised group. it is a matter of life and death and you should be angry about it.

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

"But we need to talk about how you shouldn't get to be lazy-" No we don't actually. Not when so many millions of disabled people are facing medical neglect, poverty, discrimination and abuse in the name of "defeating laziness"

[zmpl]

good evening! there’s no such thing as voluntary inpatient hospitalization in the united states because even if you walk in and admit yourself you still cannot leave on your own accord. you cannot revoke your consent to being there

[wheelingwithgrace]

Disability Discord!

Hi! I believe I posted a long time ago about making this, it’s still not completely finished and I probably messed it up a bit but for right now it is joinable.

Please feel free to join - it is safe and inclusive to all.

Found the original post that I made here for more info about it

The official link to the discord

[scramratz]

I think people would be less suicidal if they were allowed to talk about being suicidal without risk of being sent to the Torture Dungeon

[crippy-tangerine]

"mental health awareness month" falls short for me honestly. I'm sick of these half hearted, psychiatry-focused posts where people reel off a list of symptoms and tack on "and we deserve to be treated equally anyways" at the end. Consider: I'm Mad and I want people to stop being oppressed for their Madness.

I want people to stop being forced into hospitals and stripped of their autonomy.

I want people to stop being backed into a corner where they feel their only options are homelessness or suicide.

I want people to stop being murdered via their monetary benefits being cut, even though they desperately need them.

I want mentally ill, Mad and neurodivergent people to be supported in all areas of their life and enabled to live in the community. Not locked away in institutions.

I get that we need people to understand mental health better. But so much of this month is people watering down inclusion and equity to mean "Mad people should just stop being visibly Mad and then they can be accepted".

So. I don't know. "Mental health awareness month" falls so fucking flat for me. I don't want to assimilate, I want to be respected as an autonomous being and enabled to live a good life. Not fed another platitude about how "CBT will definitely help this time, trust, you just need to do it for a fifth time and try harder to get better!".

(Hey. Maybe that's just my experience. But I'm very tired already.)

[wheelingwithgrace]

I want people to realize that mental health and physical health go hand in hand and that the brain is also an organ and deserves care!!!

so much of it overlaps and if you disregard one or forget that one is just as important as the other you are not going to get anywhere (general you /mostly aimed at med providers and the health industry)

and those with mental health problems are more likely to be victims and are at greater risk of death than general population.

like I’m sorry but there is so much more to do and work on

[aacalienz]

The one good thing about having a seizure disorder is that I’m not present for most of my worst medical episodes/lh

Note: if you’re not physically disabled you’re not allowed to joke about it with me. And having seizures sucks so bad so I’m doing what I can to find the humor in it

[autistic-twilight]

I think people have forgotten what high support needs means. It makes me frustrated. You are not high support needs if you can live on your own and hold a full time job. I am not sorry to say this.

[peri]

seeing support for lazy eye in any form is so fucking rare and it bums me out. shoutout to people who have a constant lazy eye. shoutout to people who have an occasional lazy eye. shoutout to people who have both eyes that are lazy. shoutout to people who are somewhere in between, a mix, or have a lazy eye in an entirely new way or in a way that is hard to describe. i love you. you don't look stupid, you don't look unattractive. you are beautiful as you are, and anyone who sees you lesser for this isn't worth your time.

[wheelingwithgrace]

I have a lazy eye that drifts and I get made fun of for it.

so I feel seen with this post, reblogging so others feel seen.

[closet-keys]

begging everyone to stop using “calling the police” or “should be arrested” or “go directly to jail” or “should be put on a registry” or “should be illegal” or whatever else as a shorthand for “I don’t approve of this behavior”

[this-is-ableism]

People being against formal diagnosis because "it'll ruin your chances of getting a job, you'll have less opportunities in life, you won't be able to move out of your country." when some people didn't have a choice in the matter and got diagnosed as infants/kids/teens.

What privilege you have to be afforded the luxury to not be diagnosed and to mask effortlessly. Many aren't so "lucky" as others seem to put it.

Besides, the idea that you can't move out of your country for having a disability (mental or physical) is nonsense. It's possible, but people keep using New Zealand as an example of extreme restrictions when that country has every right to not accept immigrants.

A diagnosis isnt the end of the world, and if it is, maybe you should question why that is and do something about it instead of denying yourself of resources to help yourself and others.

this is ableism.

[wheelingwithgrace]

Seeing people mad about this in the comments but anon’s literal point is that:

There are genuinely those of us out there who did not get to choose to be diagnosed vs undiagnosed.

We did not get that option to choose.

We can’t work, we already can’t participate in things, we struggle immensely, we can’t mask.

and it is inherently both a luxury and privilege to be able to choose not to get formally diagnosed.

[aw-tysm]

It's all "We don't need levels. We're all the same", and "Support needs fluctuate on a daily basis. Some days I'm level 3", and "Autism isn't a disability. It's just a different neurotype", and more to basically insinuate we're all equal or not disabled.

Until they try looking for support and suddenly it's "There's no support for autistics like us", and "All the support is for high support needs autistics and I can't relate to them at all. It'll be uncomfortable being around that", and "They only make resources for children and high support needs autistics", and "I can't handle being around higher support needs. They make me angry. They're so annoying. Why can't they act normal", among so much more.

Acting like we're all the same and severity doesn't exist in the spectrum and that some autistics can't be more disabled by their autism, until they have to interact with us. Then suddenly we're othered and not like them at all.