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[anonymouslydisabled]

Please help me. My name is Shirley. I am autistic and disabled. I ran away from my abusive parents a few years ago. I’ve been moving from place to place. A couple of months ago I was able to find my own apartment. Things went downhill when I was fired from my job. It has been very difficult for me to find employment due to mental health issues. I have been transferring money out of my credit card to my debit card in order to pay my rent. I also have to pay interest. My credit card is about to be maxed out and I could get evicted. I don’t think I could survive out in the streets.

Please donate or reblog if you are not able to donate but would like to help. It would mean a lot to me if you could donate or share the link to my GoFundMe. Thank you so much

https://gofund.me/a6fcefdc

[anonymouslydisabled]

THISTHISTHIS

sometimes i feel like people forget autism is a disability. and that’s not a bad thing! i’m all for disability acceptance, im proud of my disabilities. but i feel like we forget autism can hurt.

it hurts that i have to put more time and energy into socializing than others.

it hurts when i need to move so bad, usually cause im overwhelmed by either my surroundings or emotions, that i thrash and hurt myself.

it hurts that i cant be in places that are too loud or too bright, which on bad days can be as simple as a small, quiet noise or dim lights.

it hurts that i struggle to tell when im hungry, thirsty, tired, etc. so i can’t properly take care of myself. it doesn’t help my insomnia and i get very nauseas and get UTIs.

i 100% believe in autism acceptance. i don’t want a cure. but i also want us the acknowledge that it can hurt. it doesn’t mean my entire life will hurt, but some parts will. and i want a community where we can see both sides, see the hurt, and celebrate it anyway.

[anonymouslydisabled]

I don't call myself a cripple to make fun of myself I call myself a cripple to make fun of able-bodied people's perceptions of me

This has been a PSA <33333

#disability #chronic illness #disabled teenager #cpunk #cripple punk #crip punk #physically disabled

[anonymouslydisabled]

I feel this so much. The other day I was at a library event and I had to kneel at the table since there were no seats and one of the librarians came up to me and brought one out :)

I love the little acts of kindness I get for my disability sometimes

like when the barista at the cafe notices my crutches and brings me my food instead of calling me up to get it

it's so small but it makes such a big difference y'know?

[anonymouslydisabled]

need people to stop treating incontinence as gross , inherently a kink , and/or a baby thing

same with incontinence products

[anonymouslydisabled]

shoutout to everyone with forget disorders (adhd, DID/osdd, ptsd/c-ptsd, asd, dementia/alzeheimers, schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders, major depressive, chronically ill/phys disabled people with brain fog, people with long-Covid, natural memory degradation, and etc.)

[anonymouslydisabled]

I don't really care if someone uses the term "autism awareness" instead of "autism acceptance" and I honestly think both are important

a lot of people, including myself in the past, say that people are now aware of autism and we just need acceptance but I disagree.

me and my mom were having a conversation a while back and she was talking about the fact that people know the word "autism" but don't know what autism actually looks like. when my mom was raising me people were very aware that autism existed but would constantly chastise her about how she was being a bad parent when my autism was visible. multiple people suggested that my "behavior problems" could be solved with a belt.

those people knew about autism but they didn't see my autism. my autism was visible but they saw it as "behavior problems" and "defiance" and "disruption" not autism. they didn't know what autism actually entails.

being any level of visibly autistic will put you in this situation even today. people might be aware of autism but not aware enough of autism to know that the way I'm acting is just autism.

we do need autism awareness. people need to know what autism actually looks like. people need to know more than just the word.

[anonymouslydisabled]

yes :)

y'all reblog anything huh?

[anonymouslydisabled]

Also this autism acceptance and awareness month please stop using the term going Nonverbal or going nonspeaking when you are having a temporary loss of speech. Use a term like verbal shutdown or speech loss episode instead. As a Nonverbal autistic I am tired of speaking people using the term Nonverbal or nonspeaking to describe their verbal shutdowns

[anonymouslydisabled]

not being able to dress alt is truly one of worst things to come from disabilities

[anonymouslydisabled]

new challenge: listen to nonverbal people for once in your life

[anonymouslydisabled]

I'm tired of being epileptic

A lot of the time I cant find lyric videos or lyric videos are taken down. I'm so sick and tired of new music videos being full of flashing lights. I have seen numerous people who aren't epileptic claim its "too much" makes them dizzy, distracts from the MV because its constant in so many songs I've seen as of late both in independant music and in kpop. For the past 3 years. It makes it impossible (Unless an audio or lyric video is available) for epileptics to enjoy music. And a lot of the times Audios or lyric videos some a visualizers which have the exact same problem.

If thats not bad enough heres some more issues Youtube Ads: I constantly get ads with flashing lights for goddamned phones or other crap no matter how many times I report it to youtube and remind them people have epilepsy. And while yes adblocker is an option youtube let me remind everyone is f*cking with adblock and not everyone has the money to throw down on a sub to youtube to remove ads and shouldn't have to for a DISABILITY

Youtube Shorts: Nowadays its become so common for certain popular creators I will not name drop, to use rapid flashing lights in their videos. I have reached out to them via emails to say "Hey can you add an epilepsy warning to the beginning if possible because shorts autoplay and flashing lights can seriously harm epileptics. Never get any response email back and they keep doing it, even when I get other people to email them to get their attention.

Tiktoks: Not all tiktoks with flashing lights get the epilepsy warning on them, I dont know if creators can set this so im not going to b*tch about the creators for this but I still want to bring up this IS an issue. Tumblr: Yes even here has had issues where people won't tag posts with epilepsy warnings putting epileptics who are trying to avoid said things at risk.

Why is this all a problem? Because people with epilepsy can potentially DIE from seizures. It doesn't take much to add a quick epilepsy warning on videos, Ads SHOULD be regulated for safety in the first place because they are FORCED. This is peoples LIVES that people are carelessly playing with. Oversight is one thing. But theres no excuse for ignoring the issue. Why can't people stop to think: What if this was my parent, my friend, my sister, brother, cousin, child in some cases because some of these ppl are parents. My family didn't realize I was epileptic until I had a MAJOR seizure because all I had before that was SILENT seizures, the type where you look like you are fine but you are unresponsive.

So it could be literally ANYONE they know. yet they still are so careless. its not like epilepsy is a new thing either. So I do not understand WHY people are so irresponsible.

TL;DR creators and sites are being irresponsible putting lives at risk and its not hard to just regulate ads for safety and add a few second warnings to the beginning of videos.

[anonymouslydisabled]

please PLEASE put an "eye strain" tag if you post art/gifs with flashing lights, bright colors and/or hypnothic patterns and such. i beg you. please.

[anonymouslydisabled]

Hi!!!! I have a condition called Systemic Lupus Erythematosus which can be fatal without treatment. I'm currently on a biologic which is usually within my budget but last month was $800. this medication is life saving and unavoidable for me due to the severity of my condition. I don't have the money for this and neither does my family. my c@$h@pp is $alexmorgan004 if anyone could send me literally anything to help me pay this it would be so greatly appreciated.

[ID: a cropped image of an itemized medical bill for saphnelo with an amount due of $819.20 dated 4/16/2024]

[anonymouslydisabled]

I should be able to stop wearing my seizure helmet soon, I've already stopped wearing it for shorter errands. I'm thinking about making a post about the experience of wearing a seizure helmet/how it helped me/what it taught me.

#disability #seizures #epilepsy #neurodivergent #epilepsy awareness

[anonymouslydisabled]

I'm gonna be getting a walker/rollator in April and I'm actually really excited :) I've been thinking about it for months and months but with summer coming up I'm going to be significantly more limited with how long I can stand for and have decided to get it. This means I'll be able to continue going out with friends when my chronic pain and blood pooling is bad and won't feel like my body is literally falling apart when I'm waiting in long lines :)

#mobility aid #disability #chronic illness #chronic pain #disabled teenager #rollator

[anonymouslydisabled]

one of my favorite movies of all time!!

Hi guys!

Crip camp is back on netflix! (It’s also free on youtube)!

If you’ve ever asked me a question about disability and/or anything regarding the experience, please go watch it ☝️☝️

It’s an amazing watch, the people involved were extremely passionate. It’s about disability activism in the US and history. It’s also great for learning about the disabled experience.

I could not recommend it enough. Especially to able-bodied people.