#also how it relates to mental illness & neurodivergence... goddamn

[horde-princess]

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The queer ex-fundie experience of feeling like a monster disguised as a human & struggling to keep your true self hidden from everyone but it keeps breaking through anyway. and maybe part of you wants it to

#nimona #also how it relates to mental illness & neurodivergence... goddamn

[xxlovelynovaxx]

Hey, you piece of shit! Yeah, you!

Spinal cord injuries are literally a form of neurodivergence, asshole!

(Plaintext: Spinal cord injuries are literally a form of neurodivergence, asshole!)

How did you somehow fucking choose a condition that's LITERALLY ACTUALLY NEURODIVERGENT?!

Also, have you considered that NEURODIVERGENT CONDITIONS CAN BE PHYSICALLY DISABLING?! Even the less shitty exclusionists admit that if you find a condition physically disabling, it's a physical disability!

Y'all just don't believe that autism/ADHD can be physically disabling and forget that it's COMMON for high support needs autistic and ADHD people to have physical disabilities ranging from incontinence, to severe dyspraxia, to severe gait issues, to GI and pain and joint and mobility issues secondary to the neurodivergence! And you forget that neurodivergence includes other people that auDHD people, from people with Tourette's and eating disorders and seizure disorders to chiari malformations and parkinson's!

Also, hey! You can literally tag as [insert disability], you shitcunt! Because no, not all disabilities are the same, but actively erasing when disabilities DO have the same or exceedingly similar symptoms is just, get this, ableism!

Also, consider that most of us posting about neurodivergence in the cripplepunk tag are already physically disabled, you ignorant ableist fucktwat! Like hey, maybe I'm posting about my neurodivergence in the cripplepunk tag because I'm a physically disabled cripple myself that finds my neurodivergence as physically crippling as my physical crippality!

Maybe, just maybe, I've seen that when I fucking piss and shit the bed because I can't fucking move it doesn't matter if I can't move because of physical pain or executive dysfunction! Maybe I've realized that when I'm starving to the point of active malnutrition it doesn't matter whether it's because of mast cell hyperreactivity or that everything I eat causes bright yellow-orange fatty bloody diarrhea or because of my goddamned sensory issues (it's all fucking three, because my safe foods for one condition are not for the others!) because I'm still at risk of dying from ALL of them! Maybe I'm aware that I can't go back to fucking college or get a fucking job because I'm too sick AND too fucking mentally ill to do so and even if I fix one the other is just as fucking disabling!

Yeah, it's fucking exclusionist, because when you throw an ableist shitfit about neurodivergent physically disabled people daring to exist, about us advocating for neurodivergent people who consider themselves physically abled to be included in the conversations about the types oppression and violence and symptoms and struggles that they literally face too (not even all convos! just those!) and that the THOUSANDS of people who have been called mental cripples with hundreds of examples of literal medical literature that even shitty search engine GOOGLE will show should not have their reclamation gatekept... ESPECIALLY when all the people who have been called that in modern terms are higher support needs, "lower functioning" (if they choose to call themselves that) neurodivergent people, when you do that... you're literally excluding physically disabled people! Whether it's people like me who have separate conditions or people who are physically disabled by their neurodivergence!

"crippled-pvp". You literally summed it up right there. You named yourself for being laterally ableist. Go fuck yourself with my utter derision for you.

And you know what? Post about your SCI in neuropunk and neurodivergent, please!! We need more about the lesser talked about forms of neurodivergence! We need more acceptance and pride in neurodivergent conditions that aren't auDHD, but especially the more physical ones! If it affects your sanity or even perceived sanity, post in madpunk! Post in actuallyADHD if you have ADHD and it's even tangentially related to your SCI, I could easily make a dozen connections that someone with both might experience off the top of my head, such as executive dysfunction making it harder to do care tasks for the SCI.

That's literally all people are doing in reverse. Talking about physically disabling neurodivergence and being someone who happens to be both physically disabled and neurodivergent. So by all means, post about neurodivergent physical disabilities or having both in the goddamn neurodivergent tags, you insufferable goddamn waste of a cumstain.

Edit: If you disagree, just block me. I know DNIs won't stop bullies but DNFI with this post if you're a cpunk ex/clus. I'll just block you if you try. I'm physically disabled in a dozen different ways and I'm too fucking sick to deal with your bullshit.

#ableism #fuck you

[linguisticparadox]

friendship: jack and quincey

When I think they became friends (if canon already hasn't showed how they became friends): My hc currently is that Arthur introduced them. It just seems more likely that a wealthy foreigner would meet the wealthy son of a lord first (not that Jack was likely to have been poor, mind), maybe when their fathers met for business or something. Then Arthur and Jack would have met easily enough of course, given they both grew up in the same country lmao.

My favorite scene of them: Quincey popping in at the perfect moment with "What's wrong with me, anyhow?" and Jack going :DDDD! and running straight into his arms.

A random headcanon I have of them: Hmmm well you know how I said I think Arthur has an inkling that Jack's neurodivergent? I think Quincey might just brush off his oddness like "idk y'all English people are weird, and he's a doctor [in the Victorian era no less], that's bound to make a guy go a little sideways. But he's a good man even if he can be a little strange."

My favorite thing about them: They're a cowboy and an unhinged Victorian psychiatrist where do I START

A scene I wish we had of them: Quincey needs a good cry, man, and we know Jack is willing to provide "expressions of sympathy dear to a man’s heart" (to be clear I don't mean that in a horny way but also. to be fair they could probably BOTH use a little of that kind of "sympathy" too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). Jack also needs a good cry tbh. Basically just give me some commiserating.

A scene with them that I want to rewrite/change in some way: I can't really think of anything tbh?

What makes me like their friendship: Quincey's laconic ease + Jack's blubbering anxiety = flawless dynamic

Who I think is the ”crazier” one: Well as always, if we're talking literal mental illness, then Jack, obviously. That's just canon. If we're talking who's wilder and more Down For Shenanigans then...I think they're more-or-less even? With Quincey just being more confident and decisive about it. We know Quincey was always the leader in their adventures, but I get the sense that was less about him coming up with crazy stuff to do and more about him being the one to take charge and Make The Thing Happen. I would like to think Arthur was the one coming up with bonkers shit to do (he's the son of a Goddamn Lord, how many times do you think he was told "No" growing up? I guarantee it was either Far Too Often, or Not Nearly Often Enough), while Quincey was the one that took charge and coordinated their efforts to Do The Thing, and meanwhile, Jack was just Happy To Be Included.

Would I change anything about their friendship?: *pounds the table* MORE! ANGST!

A song that reminds me of them: idfk

Which one of the friends can I relate to more?: Jack Jack Jaaaaaack

A word to describe them: Accomplices

What I think would have happened if they never met: You know what they say, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!" (the reference to "The Shining" is incidental but perhaps not wholly inappropriate...)

If I can picture them to be more than only friends: As always, I'm sure Jack can. 😏

If I would want to be friends with them: Yep!

#dracula #dracula daily #jack seward #quincey morris #original #my answers

[im-the-punk-who]

what's your opinion on mentally ill/neurodivergent people relating to flint and having headcanons about his mental health? because i completely agree that calling him "crazy" or "feral" for being justifiably angry is stupid, but i also relate to him a lot and would hate to have that be misunderstood (as a neurodivergent person) even though i can see how there would be a thin line there

I completely support neurodivergent people relating to fictional characters and having headcanons that they are neurodivergent - I am also a neurodivergent person who (over)identifies with Flint and his actions. I kind of love headcanoning Flint as autistic - because I am autistic and I recognize myself in him.

And honestly that’s a big part of why I have such a negative reaction to people who call Flint crazy for the things he does. I have intimate knowledge with a lot of those same decisions, and ALSO with the disorders that people say he has because of his actions. I used to be a berserker when I was young, I’ve been threatened with institutionalization many times because of it. My other neurodivergencies mean that my moral compass is usually vastly different than other people’s. I’ve also seen...and been a part of, a lot of death and life or death decisions. So seeing people go ‘oh he’s crazy/a demon/unhinged’ for things that I have personally seen happen? And to have that be...a really negative connotation(i.e., he is sacrificing people’s lives because he’s crazy) a lot of the time can send me back into my own personal spiral of ‘you’re a bad person who lacks empathy because you have xyz.’ Even though we see plenty of times that he does care - it’s literally spelled out for us in his conversation with Silver(and other places in the show, but this is the most straightforward time it happens).

“And what about you? Do you see me as the villain here?”

“I see you as the agent most likely of securing my share of the Urca gold. As long as that’s true I am not bothered in the least by whatever labels anyone chooses to affix to you. Why? What do you think about it? It bothers you. Doesn’t it? What they think? With the things you’ve done. My god, it must be awful being you.”

Seeing people misinterpret Flint’s traits in regards to his actions as those of what the other characters call him - crazy, mad, a tyrant - is harmful to people who share those traits with him. That’s my whole problem.

Like, for neurotypical people, or even for non-neurotypical people who don’t share those particular traits - it’s just fun. Oh, I like thinking of this character as evil/crazy/a demon because that’s fun for me. For people who share those traits it is actively harmful to our mental health, and the problem is that a lot of those people when called out for it say ‘oh it’s just fun and games.’ 

Without seeing that those things are actually harmful to people in their spheres and also is probably affecting their judgement of the people they are interacting with. 

The problem isn’t seeing Flint as neurodivergent or identifying with him over it.

The problem is seeing that as a bad thing and using it to justify only the bad parts of his character. Rarely do you see ‘autistic Flint brain processing the Hamiltons’ tropes(fun, cool, very likely, not harmful trope of neurodivergency) as often as you see ‘autistic Flint goes feral on unsuspecting antagonist pirate, smashes his face in with canon ball then beats him to death.’(harmful, sterotyping autistic people as violent, doesn’t leave room for the fact that flint knew exactly what he was doing the whole goddamn time. He was not going feral he was acting feral in a situation in which is life was actively in the balance - and that’s a whole different ballgame for those of you without actual rage disorders. Someone with a rage disorder doesn’t come down that quickly and then calmly hand someone a piece of paper he slight-of-the-handed from a corpse.)

Acting as if he is doing those things because he is xyz, not because of the fact that he has a lot of trauma, or because honestly there was no good solution, or because honestly? It was just a shitty decision he made in a list of shitty options he could have chosen. Flint not being perfect doesn’t mean he’s crazy. It means he, just like neurotypical people, is capable of making a bad decision.  Using neurodivergence as an excuse as to why characters do bad things is ableism, and harmful to people who might actually have the traits you are fictionalizing. It only serves to other the people who have those traits.

Identifying with a character because you see yourself in them? Is a totally different animal. Very cool. 100% support. You do you Glen Cocoa. 

One is actively harmful to the people who exhibit those traits, the other is coming from a place of understanding and identification, bringing together rather than othering the divergence. 

So often in media we get these characters who are portrayed as being evil because of their divergencies, and it only serves to hurt the communities who have those differences - I am thinking directly of people who have some sort of bippolarity, or autism, psychopathy or rage and empathy disorders - and it is really harmful to the people in those communities. It affects people’s reading of our actions and personalities in real life, that these things are portrayed as the reason we do xyz, or that we only feel okay doing xyz because we’re crazy. Calling Flint crazy because he makes decisions people view as amoral serves to equalize ‘neurodivergency’ with ‘bad’ and that is the problem, not that people with those divergencies might be able to see themselves in and identify with him. 

Anyway thanks anon i have a lot of opinions over our local gay pirate captain also i love you and so does Flint.

#Anonymous #milo writes #black sails adjacent #black sails #james mcgraw #neurodivergency in media #ableism #stop calling flint crazy because you dont like the decisions he makes 2k20 #signed #your local neurodivergent person who just also happens to be an asshole #anyway heres wonder fucking wall of text #long post

[fatfemmefreaquency]

cw ableist parents of neurodivergent kids.

i’m friends with an adhd mom (like an autism mom but her excuse for her ableism is that her kid has adhd, not autism) on facebook, she’s a teacher.

I recently posted a thing saying “no classroom has ever been accessible” (because i have adhd and i went to school, i know what’s up) and she lost her shit in the comments like “oh, imagine how this is to read as a teacher. i work really hard to make sure all my students feel welcome in my class with the limited resources i have” and i had to be like. “you, ma’am, your classroom in particular is most definitely an ableist hellhole where accessibility goes to die.”

teachers are so fucking ableist. even the ones who think they’ve been trained not to be. bitches take one (1) seminar on dis/ability in the classroom and think they’re experts when they’ve only barely dipped their toe in the idea of accessibility.

YES this includes disabled teachers too. it undeniably includes parents of disabled kids who are teachers.

i say this as a multiply disabled person who is actively engaged in disability related activism online and irl: your disability has no bearing on whether or not you will be ableist. if you don’t have a particular disability, there’s a good chance of you being ableist/ not conscious of accessibility needs in some capacity to someone who has that disability. this is true for every single disability you don’t have.

in my experience the only (ONLY) people who consistently work to overcome their ableism are themselves disabled, chronically or mentally ill, or neurodivergent. and even then, being disabled is no guarantee you won’t be ableist some or even most of the time.

but Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt some of the most ableist fucking people on the planet are the parents and family members of neurodivergent kids.

your classroom isn’t some accessibility wonder because your son has adhd.

also stop posting about how the reason your kid has adhd is because of technology. No, there isn’t an adhd epidemic. goddamn i feel so bad for your kid with adhd get them out from under your roof you keep venting publicly about how hard they are to live with you ableist fuck. everything you say or do around disability betrays the deep stigma and frustration with which you view your kid and all disabled/ neurodiverse kids.

and if you could just see a post about the ableism people like you teach with and see it as a challenge to do better and to ask tough questions rather than a personal attack (which would probably be warranted anyway lol), maybe we could be in a world where just one able teacher was working to unpack and learn and move forward and think critically about ableism and accessibility.

so like. if you’re this kind of person. an able teacher who gets too defensive when your profession is called out. an adhd mom. any able person who talks over disabled people on issues of accessibility. a disabled person who won’t listen and learn from your own community. etc. take some fucking notes bitch.

#teaching #ableism in schools #ableism in education #accessibility in schools #accessible education #accessibility #ableism #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #adhd #adhd moms #autism moms #shitty parents #bad parenting

[necrofuturism]

do the lady i fancy from the expanse (possibly naomi? idk im love her face)

i’ll do all of them because im love their faces too

Naomi Nagata (Belter/mohawk/neck tattoo/Roci crew)

sexuality: bi 

gender: peace and nonviolent action

mental illness/neurodivergence: i know i say ptsd a lot for characters but it fits a lot of them so yeah. ptsd. and definitely anxiety - like the type of anxiety that presents itself with a lot of intrusive thoughts about things going wrong and doing stuff that you never would irl. distraction helps a lot with that, so she does that by studying up on technical papers and listening to a lot of langbelta rhythm music. 

3 random headcanons:

she got her tattoo after completing her studies and completing her first engineering job that included a particularly harrowing solo EVA

during her tenure as Chief Engineer of the Canterbury, she took on even more engineering coursework in order to provide the crew with the best technical performance possible. She held classes of her own for those who wanted to learn, and was happiest when people showed enough improvement in their skill to earn a promotion. 

her favorite way to stay fit is dancing - whenever she’s on a station big enough to have a club or a disco she’s There in some sorta fun athletic getup ready to work up a sweat and get those endorphins pumping

Chrisjen Avasarala (Earther/Padme Amidala and Laura Roslin gemfusion/Fancy with a Capital F)

sexuality: pansexual

gender: whatever she goddamn likes!

mental illness/neurodivergence: depression. she’s been living with depression for a LONG FUCKING TIME and she knows how to deal with it, yet she wishes more than anything that she could go back to when it hadn’t stripped her down to bleeding flesh and teeth and took the color out of the sky and made her feet disconnect with the ground. She wears such heavy jewelry so that she won’t float away because she’s scared of the stars, and rightly so, because mercy is a myth no matter how tightly gravity grips you. but going forward is the only option, so it’s one foot in front of the other.

3 random headcanons:

her signature gin and tonic was something she sneaked under her parents’ nose during a fancy party they had once when she was like 14. she did the ratio of alcohol to tonic water all wrong and she probably did a terrible job of hiding her buzz but hey... u think she’s being all classy and shit when she’s drinking one of those but nah. she’s reminding herself that being young and stupid is always an option and to not take things so damn seriously

she actually HAS been to a lot of the Sol system in her early Diplomacy Days - it was important for her as a young, up-and-coming UN Employee to go out and interact with the people she’d be influencing later in her career. she’s been as far as Ganymede Station and marveled at its ecological advances.

has broken one of those flimsy glass phone thingies because it was autocorrecting her swearing to saccharine euphemisms

Bobbie Draper (Martian/i’ll kick ur ass i’ll kick ur dogs ass i’ll kick my own armor’s ass i’ll kick these cucumber sandwiches asses mm tasty)

sexuality: aromantic pansexual

gender: DUTY. HONOR. JUSTICE.

mental illness/neurodivergence: she’s the only other character besides Amos that i see as autistic, though in a very different way. She’s praised and extolled for her gifted and practically innate abilities and she has a very black and white view of things as a result of her trained morality and it takes a lot for her to really get out of that and start criticizing the authority she’s been conditioned to respect. I love her bluntness too, and that’s definitely an autism thing to me because she carries it into her interactions with her squad vs. just addressing her military superiors with that traditional clipped military tone. there’s also the cucumber sandwich scene. like... that’s #relatable content right there.

3 random headcanons:

her whole arm wrestling her suit thing is based on something she used to do with her dad. He always used to let her win until she figured it out and got burning mad at him and refused to talk to him for a week. He then stopped letting her win and pretty soon the tables turned and she had to start going easy on him (but not too easy).

she had one really bad haircut during her MCRN Academy years and whoever makes her remember it is doomed to regret it

i might be focusing too much on the cucumber sandwich scene but like... non-military food is such a heaven for her and as an officer she had a small stash of snacks and she’d save up her salary to buy local foodstuffs from her current assignment location to keep and share with her squad.

#expand tag #headcanon meme #gonnaeno