#accommodation

[snakeautistic]

The “phone bad” mindset really annoys me because access to accepting internet communities, earbuds so I can drown out overstimulation, the ability to communicate over text and email and the wealth of information easy to reach from google has been so important in accommodating me.

#autism #actually autistic #accommodation #accommodations #neurodivergent #autistic #asd #autism spectrum #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

[autism-polls]

#actually disabled #autistic #support needs #autism #autism poll #autism acceptance month #autism awareness #autism acceptance #autism positivity #actually autistic #autism spectrum disorder #tumblr polls #poll #education #special education #accommodation

[sicksadstar]

Autistics deserve time to recharge from social situations

Spoonies deserve time to recharge from social situations

Anxious people deserve time to recharge from social situations

Does anyone need time to recharge from social situations? Give them their time. We need it

#group post #autism spectrum disorder #spoonie #anxiety #disabled #disability #autism #autistic #autie #asd #autism spectrum #autistic spectrum #actually autistic #actually autism #actually autie #actually anxiety #actually anxious #depression #anxious #accommodation #rest #recharge #recharging #chronic illness #chronic pain #mental illness #mentally ill #mental illnesses #mental health

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autistic Unmasking Might Look Like

Lil Penguin Studios/Autism Happy Place

#autism #actually autistic #unmasking #what unmasked might look like #accommodation #self regulation #autistic joy #learning about autistic traits #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #actually neurodivergent #feel free to share/reblog #lil penguin studios/autism happy place (facebook)

[dumbasswithapen]

can we just listen to Disabled people when they say what accommodations they need??? Like it really isn’t that hard to just take someone’s word on what is best for their own body! Whether it’s more or less or different than what you deem they need it really isn’t your place to say!!!

Sometimes, people need more than they show! Especially if they’re used to being in pain all the time, then they won’t always display that discomfort.

Sometimes the accommodations someone needs are different than what you assume. A friend who struggles with noise sensitivity may ask for you to turn on a different type of music, instead of turning it down, and if that is what they express they need you don’t have to say “oh no I can just turn it down!” and ignore them saying that that isn’t necessary because your idea of noise sensitivity is different than their own experiences and needs.

And sometimes people need less than you try to provide! Or simply don’t want that accommodation at the time! And here’s the crazy part: this applies even if what they say to do could hurt them. Obviously this isn’t a rule for every situation*, but for some it absolutely is. If your friend wants to tag along for, say, a hike, and they have joint pain it isn’t your place to add in “oh no but they can’t do [the hike]! They’ll be in pain! We have to do something else to accommodate them!” If that person expressed a desire to go, especially if offered other options prior that wouldn’t hurt them, let them live. Let them do the thing that puts them in pain, because Disabled people don’t always want to be shoved into a little box of safety. Absolutely sometimes they do, and some might always want to, but if they don’t, then let them make their own choices for their body. Just as anyone else does. You go out and get drunk, even if it gives you a hangover. You go skating even if you’re shit at it and scratch up your knees a bunch. Just because someone is Disabled doesn’t mean that they can’t do the same thing and do that fun thing that hurts them.

I don’t know if I’m displaying my point how I want, so here’s my own example: I am allergic to the cold. Anything below 60 degrees (f) I get hives. Any water cooler than a fucking warm shower I get hives. My joints don’t do great when it’s cold out. This does not mean that when I say I want to go swimming, you can say “oh but you can’t you’ll get hives!” Or “no you can’t do that you’ll be in pain!” Because. I know that. I know that. I know my Disability better than anyone else can, and I can ask for accommodations I need. I am not a child to be wrapped in bubble wrap so I don’t get hurt. My body is my body and I can do with it what I want, and face the consequences. Likewise, just because I said I wanted to go swimming doesn’t mean that when I don’t want to go out and muck around in the snow it is anyone’s right to say “oh but you wanted to swim earlier, so obviously it isn’t that bad for you!” Or “oh it’s fine it’s not that cold! Just wear a sweater!” Because at that time I need and want different accommodations and that should be listened to and considered accordingly, as far as it can be in that situation.

Seriously. Just listen to us. We are in our own bodies. We know ourselves. It really isn’t that hard

*a situation where this point would be null is, for example, a situation where the person has been peer pressured into doing something, or one where you know the person well and know that the endurance of pain is a self-harming behavior

#disability #disabled #information #shi rambles #ableism #accommodation #cold urticaria #chronic pain #Like I get that my mom wants the best for me but I really know myself #If I avoided getting hives I’d be avoiding swimming at all. I’d not be having cold drinks or foods. I’d be not going outside #Even if I’m complaining about being in pain it doesnt mean that I don’t want to do the thing. It just means I don’t want to be in pain. #I know that won’t change but it’s not the change that matters it’s the expression of it #idk #actually disabled #ugh I don’t like wiriting that i feel like a fraud cuz im not disabled “enough” #It’s so fucking stupid I hate my brain

[thatshinx]

just a reminder that if an accessibility aid would help your quality of life, then you can use it.

this goes for everything from wheelchairs and noise cancelling headphones to fidget spinners and acupuncture rings. You don’t need a diagnosis to start accommodating yourself. Especially on the mobility side. Trust me when I say that the only people who want those are people who need them. you aren’t taking resources from others you are using them as intended. you don’t need anyone’s permission to make your own life easier.

#mobility aid #wheelchair #disability #noise cancelling headphones #mental health #accessibility #disability aids #accommodation #Obviously when it comes to work or school this stuff is harder but trust me it’s worth it

[autisticdreamdrop]

You're gonna have sensory and processing issues. You're gonna be over / understimuated. You're going to have meltdowns and shutdowns. You're gonna need breaks. You're gonna deal with autistic burnout. You're gonna have verbal loss / shutdowns. And that's okay. And if you don't deal with all, or some of all of these, that's okay too. Autism is a spectrum after all.

#blurry #group post #autism #autistic #asd #actually autism #actually autistic #autie #autism spectrum disorder #neurodivergent #sensory processing disorder #sensory #sensory problems #sensory processing issues #sensory processing sensitivity #breaks #accessibility #accommodations #accommodation #meltdown #autism spectrum #autistic spectrum #meltdowns #shutdown #shutdowns #verbal shutdown #verbal loss #verbal shutdowns #burnout #autistic burnout

[flyingdorito]

I'd like to adress a serious issue here. No mobility aid is a fantasy of mine. No accommodation I could ask for is a fancy thing I want. And no tools for any disabled people should be offered as a present for any occasion. Abled people have to understand that a child shouldn't have to chose between some help with their disability and a christmas present. When will people understand that we need those things. It could be a cane, a noise canceling headphones, a wheelchair, some stim toys, we need it. No mental disability or physical disability should be taken lightly. So please, take your disabled children seriously. It's hard enough to ask for help, don't Minimize it.

#disability #disabled people #mental disability #physical disability #cripple punk #cripple problems #disability help #mobility aid #accommodation #crip punk

[arc-hus]

Adderbury Hill, Oxfordshire, England - Al-Jawad Pike

#Al-Jawad Pike #architecture #design #building #modern architecture #house #interiors #minimal #house design #simple #holiday home #accommodation #old and new #renovation #farmhouse #brick #kitchen #bedroom #oxfordshire #england

[wheelingwithgrace]

Disability can absolutely make you feel like a failure. I don't think that's talked about enough. Especially when it strips you of life experiences/milestones. At 16/17 years old, most teens are driving around and getting their first car. That was the age I truly started feeling different from my peers. I was stuck riding the school bus and relying on family and friends to take me places while everyone else my age had this newfound freedom. I started college and then had to drop out because I wasn't receiving the accommodations I needed or knowing what I wanted to do with my life. "You should already know what you want to do! What's your problem?" My problem is that I didn't get the same push into adulthood as everyone else. I didn't get the same freedom they did. I've always had to rely on someone. In high school, I wasn't worrying about my future. I was worrying about my health. When my next seizure would be. If I would have a seizure in the middle of class. If I was going to be bullied or assaulted again. Flash forward - I'm now working a job full time and just got diagnosed with all kinds of stuff in my lower spine including a bulging disc facet arthrosis, and facet effusions. Knowing that this is progressive and I might need surgery if conservative treatments fail - I genuinely don't know how I'm expected to live a proper life. My manager is pissed at me for having to go to doctors appointments and it's so hard.

#disability #disabled #spoonie #actually disabled #chronic illness #neurodivergent #physical disability #actually chronically ill #disability rights #invisible disability #seizures #accommodation #osteoarthritis #herniateddisc

[locketdream]

Autistics deserve time to recharge from social situations

Spoonies deserve time to recharge from social situations

Anxious people deserve time to recharge from social situations

Does anyone need time to recharge from social situations? Give them their time. We need it

#group post #autism #autie #autism spectrum disorder #autistic #spoonie #anxiety #anxious #disability #disabled #recharge #social situations #accommodation #accommodations

[witikli]

oh my god i am fucking begging you people to understand that not all autistic people can use tonetags. i cant use tonetags. i wont use them. they are not accommodating for me, they make everything worse and more confusing. if someone asks me to clarify my tone, i can do that. i CANNOT use tonetags. when people use tonetags while talking directly to me its fucking awful. it stresses me out and its confusing and its frustrating and it makes it so so so much harder for me as an autistic person to interact with people online. if tonetags help u, thats great and awesome and i love that for u. but u cannot force an accommodation on disabled people who do not want or need that accommodation. it does not help me, it HINDERS me and my ability to communicate. i have genuinely seen people say that its morally wrong and inherently bigoted for an autistic person to refuse to use tonetags. thats fucking bullshit and you need to get over yourselves.

#autism #autistic #actually autistic #actually autism #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #tonetags #tone tags #accommodation #disability #disabled

[kodicrome-212]

Spidy and DP accommodate their peers with disabilities without question,

Be like Spidy and DP

that's a threat

#deadpool #spiderman #spidypool if you squint #moon knight #Clint Barton hawkeye #accommodation #disability

[spacedocmom]

Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom When your society learns that maximizing disabled accommodations for everyone who needs them without means-testing everybody for everything actually results in everyone having an easier life, you'll all be better for it. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked 3:59 PM · Mar 31, 2024

#star trek #doctor crusher #star trek the next generation #star trek memes #star trek tng #kindness #support #care #compassion #health care #healthcare #disability #accessibility #accommodation #spoons #spoonies

[titan-god-helios]

i am so fucking burnt out and constantly tired and overstimuated and on the verge of meltdown its insane the worst part ? i’m undiagnosed and wont be allowed or believed when i ask for accommodations so i just have to live like this until im on my own, which is in three or four fucking years. and thats IF things work out the way i hope for them to.

#autism #actually autistic #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #being autistic #its the neurodivergency #adhd #actually adhd #neurodivergencies #asd #burnout #executive dysfunction #mental health #neurodivergence #brain melting #meltdown #accommodating disability #accommodation #undiagnosed adhd #undiagnosed autism #undiagnosed autistic #undiagnosed neurodivergent #self diagnosis

[donniesexceptionalmind]

Friendly Reminder to all my autistic people out there:

Use your goddamn accommodations.

Even if you're late-identified & didn't use them before

Even if people judge you for using them

Even if you're deemed too old for them

I am always trying not to use my sunglasses whenever I can because - you know, I should be able to live without them, right?

And then I get a migraine.

I have an app that helps you count the times you did tasks in a row & I AM COUNTING THE DAYS I DO NOT HAVE A HEADACHE. And guess what: My total record is two days.

Your life is hard enough as it is.

Your brain literally works differently. Use your accommodations.

#donnies exceptional mind #rottmnt #autistic culture #friendly reminder #autistic community #rottmnt autistic donnie #rise autistic donnie #autistic spectrum #accommodation #just autistic things #autistic thoughts #invisible disability #reminders #autism awareness #autism community