wolfy !!

SSD | 🌻 | support plush handler. minor + disabled + alterhuman current main : orca !! 🫍 US | 🪲🐾🍃

[yotehowl]

MEET ME, YOTEHOWL! 🦴🐾

please call me arlo, wolfy, or anything remotely canine.

i am a disabled, nonhuman, alterhuman minor!!

my posts will revolve around my plush, my experience as an alterhuman, my interests and hobbies.

my page is a safe space for myself and others.

my pronouns are mainly he/pups, and i use canine bioterms.

do NOT refer to me as human, i am strictly non human.

theriotypes:

coastal sea wolf

coyote

jackal

dhole

african wild dog

culpeo

maned wolf

crab eating fox

wolfdog

southern resident orca

fictionkins: [doubles are okay]

toothless from how to train your dragon

bolt from bolt 2008

potentially more.

i am a ESSA/DSSA/SSD HANDLER.

my plush assist me day to day with my disabilities and struggles. i use the term SSD since service dogs are sadly not compatible with my life forever, or at least a long time. i cannot afford one, cannot maintain vet bills, food, and housing. i cannot keep up with the training. and after all that, it could still all fail. SSD's are a valid aid for my disabilities, along with nearly every single aid. they just happen to be less common. i am physically and mentally disabled, and i have found that plush are a great support for me. i do NOT believe my plush can alert, and i do not mean any harm towards the service dog community. i do not mock service dog handlers, take away their resources, claim i am one, or fake my disabilities. i am just a disabled person using my aids. even if you have some of the same disabilities as me, doesn't mean we are the same. we all require different supports, and we all live our own lives.

terminology for yours truly

bioterms: canine(paws,claws,tail,snout,fur)

orca(flukes,pectorals,dorsal fins, blowhole,flippers,fins)

other terms: pack/pod for relatives,friends,and partner. mate for my partner. howl or yelp instead of yell. pups for my plushies. cub/pup when i regress. whine instead of complain. snarl or growl instead of shout. den to refer to my home.

extended pronouns: he/him/his, pup/pups, howl/howls/howlself, wolf/wolfs/wolfself, paw/paws/pawself, puppy/puppys/puppyself, woof/woofs/woofself, bone/bones/boneself, canine/canines/canineself, bark/barks/barkself, mutt/mutts/muttself, moss/mossself.

gender hoard: transgender, ftm (female to male), transmasculine, pupgender, wolfgender, muttgender, rabies pride, creature/critter, sunbeing, caninebeing, canine, nonhuman, gender non-conforming, peacock syndrome.

alterhuman labels: therian, cladotherian, holothere, transspecies, otherkin, fictionkin, variel, dysaltered, therioplushie, self-taught humanity, dishuman, verincarnate, nonhucora.

conditions: ADHD, autism, OCD, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, trichotillomania, chronic pain; the rest i will be stating are currently being questioned/looked into.. POTS, EDS, dyscalculia.

!!REMINDER!!

i am disabled and neurodivergent, please be patient with me. i have learning disabilities and developmental disorders. i also regress at times, younger than my bodily age. please use tone tags if possible with me, i struggle understanding social cues and sarcasm. please communicate boundaries, i cannot read your mind. thank you!

boundaries:

INT IF:

alterhuman, neurodivergent, system, neo/xeno users, queer, disabled, regressor, furry, artist, nature and animal lovers, ESSA/DSSA/SSD handlers; comfort plush handlers; support plush handlers.

you may: dm me respectfully, use tone tags, call me he/him or anything canine related, ask me questions about me identities, show me art, show me your plushies, share about your special interests or hyperfixations, vent on CERTAIN posts..., tag me if close, use platonic nicknames on me, give me post ideas!

DNI IF:

trump supporter, ice supporter, kirk sympathizer, support elon, anti abortion, MAGA, uses AI or supports usage of AI, anti alterhuman, anti furry, homophobic, transphobic, neo/xenophobic, fake claimers, ableist, racist, zoophile, pedophile, proship/darkship, anti SSD.

you may not: flirt with me unless i know you well and it is in a joking way, fake claiming me, use female pronouns on me, dragging me into drama i am not apart of or involved with, spam message me, harassment, be rude to people i am close with, spread hate towards innocent communities, vent to me in dms or randomly, ask for my medical records.

before you follow:

PRO -> BLM, queer rights, immigration, hunting without waste, no such thing as a perfect victim.

ANTI -> transmedicalism, radqueers, generative ai, defunding disability, TERFS, exclusionism, racism, purity culture.

[z0mbified-dog]

If youre service dog gets distracted because of a plushy its YOUR problem. not mine. not anybody else

If youre a service handler who bashes on ESSA's (emotional support stuff animals) because "they are distracting your dog" then its your dog's problem. If your dog cant handle a plushy then they cant handle real dogs, who will be outside you like it or not

-🐾🛎

[yotehowl]

agreed

[toasty-roll]

friendly reminder ur emotional support plushie loves you and cares for you deeply

-a plushie kin with many essas

[byte-sized-supports]

Trying to argue that people ridiculing and othering those who use stuffed animals as an aid is not ableist because it’s not a “medically recognized aid” is not a good argument btw

Much of the ableism towards folks that need/use plushies to help them function, in whatever way that is, is rooted in society's hate for those that are neurodivergent. And even if that’s not it, trying to claim someone’s disability aid is incorrect and that they don’t need it when it has zero effect on you is the same point people make towards other aids. Where exactly do you draw the line between the “correct” aids and the “not correct” ones?

Just because a aid is not “ medically recognized” (though can be added to accommodations, btw, I know folks that have their plush in accommodation lists) does not mean you still can’t be ableist towards that person for it. My friend who needs to wear headphones everywhere because of sensory issues has been mocked and made fun of for them, would you not call that ableism too just because it’s not technically a recognized medical device? What about fidget toys? What about communication cards? I could keep going on the list of tools that aren’t technically medical devices but many folks see as aids (yes these all can be added to accommodations as well btw)

Despite if you like it or not I and others have dealt with ableist remarks and harassment because we are using a “childish” aid and an aid many people have decided is not a proper aid just because they wouldn’t use it themselves. I have been told I’m faking my disability multiple times because I use plushies to help me handle my symptoms. Others have dealt with a lot worse. Please realize ableism is not just towards medical devices, you can be ridiculed for how you act, speak, look like, dress, and more. Ableism is so much more than just hating medical devices and runs deep in so many things.

(this is not directed at anyone, I just wanted to share this because I had this point given to me in my comments the other day and needed to post this somewhere so maybe I can help some people with the same point understand where I’m coming from)

[yotehowl]

very much agree

[glitch-moth]

[glitch-moth]

I've seen people say that plushies helping you with pain management is still just emotional support and I'm like Damn. Didn't realize Tylenol was an emotional support pill.

Also, genuinely, calling mental health meds emotional support pills from now on.

Anyway, I have a migraine and it's making me mildly dumb, and the only thing helping distract me from the pain are Mio's different fur textures. Genuinely reduces the pain so much because my brain gets distracted from pain focusing. Especially one spot with like four textures you can touch at once. Sensory input is good.

[jenn-furbz]

its so crazy seeing how kids on tiktok talk about emotional support plushies as if there's like a strict guideline for it.

there is none. you do not need a formal diagnosis of anything to have an essa. you don't need to indulge in the role-playing aspect some find comfort in. you don't need to buy or make it a bunch of gear. it doesn't have to be a specific kind of plushie.

is it a plushie? does it give you emotional comfort? then its an emotional support plushie. dont let ppl te you otherwise.