#disability visibility

[sojourner-between-worlds]

Even if you, personally, don't hate Discord's new UI, I am begging ya'll to still send them the following feedback:

"The changes made to Dark Mode are an accessibility issue due to the lack of a low contrast option for those who need it."

The previous dark gray was never ideal, tbh, but it was still worlds better than what we have now. As someone who can feasibly get by with the new dark mode but vastly prefers low contrast, and as someone who knows people who do need low contrast -- please tell them about this problem.

#discord #its all terrible but most of it i can get over #this i will not #its a problem and they NEED TO KNOW its a problem #disability #autism #autistic #random ramblings #PLEASE mind me #disability visibility #disability advocacy #idk what all to tag this with but hopefully thatll at least get it seen a little bit

[littlefeatherr]

Echo Lives AU by Kaijurave

Also check out their carrd: https://kaijurave.carrd.co

#star wars #the clone wars #arc trooper echo #sw tcw #the bad batch echo #the bad batch #star wars the clone wars #the clone wars fanart #tbb fanart #disability visibility #we love to see it

[straying-further-from-gods-grace]

Yo!!! Hey everybody!

I had Service Shark Vark art!

Will repost with links to new fics!!!!

For those who don't know I have fics of headcanons for disabilities and Alastor has seizures, Vark is his service shark gifted to him by Vox!

Occasionally I might write where he's Vox service dog, tho

Talking shit to the haters

(Sorry if the perspective is off, Vox should be in the foreground here)

A close up of Vox because I just love the sass. He is tearing the demon apart verbally. And uploading the roast online too, lol

Also a cute quick doodle of playing fetch! When TV daddy finally puts down the phone!

Here are the fics it's currently Relevant to will update s needed;

#ao3 fanfic #hazbin hotel #artwork #vox x alastor #alastor x vox #voxal #hazbin hotel vark #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin hotel art #hazbin vark #service dog Vark #service dog #Vark is a service dog #my headcanons #fanfiction #hazbin hotel headcanon #disability visibility #disability headcanon

[godzilla-reads]

“This may feel true for every era, but I believe I am living in a time where disabled people are more visible than ever before. And yet while representation is exciting and important, it is not enough. I want and expect more. We all should expect more. We all deserve more. There must be depth, range, nuance to disability representation in media. This is the current challenge and opportunity for the publishing industry and popular culture at large.”

—Alice Wong, from her Introduction to “Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century”

#godzilla reads #Alice Wong #disability visibility #disability reads #book blog #reading #books and plants #book quotes #booklr #bookworm #bookish

[fagboyfriend]

🌈✨💖♿️

[ID: A traditional watercolor painting. The painting is of two queer men meeting in a bar. The one on the left has short, wavy black hair and faint facial hair. He is relaxed, leaning in his wheelchair while holding a can. He is wearing a white tank top that falls to the side to expose his top surgery scars, and shorts. He is smiling. The man on the right is standing and smiling nervously while blushing. He has longer red hair shaved on one side, and has a feeding tube, an ostomy bag with a rainbow cover and is using glittery forearm crutches. He is wearing a black tshirt with a pink triangle and a star of david necklace. His shirt is cropped, and he has a fishnet shirt on underneath. He is wearing tight black jeans with two patches, one on either knee. one is of a spring of lavender, while the other is a green carnation. He also has a magenta bandana tied around his neck. He has two small buttons on his shirt, likely of political messages. The Bar the two are standing in is vibrant. It has a sloped exposed wood cealing, covered in fairy lights and rainbow lanterns. The floor is pink and purple checkerboard, with a purple bar with stacked glasses and bottles behind it. There is also a red loveseat with two heart covered pillows on it, and a neon sign in the shape of a heart emoji covering a rainbow flag. The entire peice is vibrantly colored, with glitter, gloss, and metalic elements. end ID.]

A traditional redraw of this old peice. I like their designs a lot better now and had fun playing with my new liquid watercolors.

#traditional art #artists on tumblr #trans artists #queer artists #mlm #ocs #mlm ocs #oc #trans art #art #cripplepunk #disabled mlm #disabled artist #disability visibility #disabled lgbt #disability art #dr ph martens concentrated watercolors #tombow fudenoske #zebra disposable brush pen #uni arterase #pilot color eno #posca markers #sakura gelly roll #kuretake gansai tambi

[kartsie]

The disabled icon we all love ft. Barbara “surprising and delighting” Dick from the annual

#barbara gordon #batgirl #oracle #batgirls #nightwing #dick grayson #disability #disability visibility #also I love the artist who did the batgirls annual but they didn’t do the best job drawing a wheelchair… #I’m glad that there’s more of an effort to show babs as an ambulatory chair user but I need more across all titles #maybe it was just a stylistic thing but yeah #my art

[yikes-ajax]

You know what? I hate how most people think I'm 100% dependant on my mobility aids. Sure I hobble around with my cane and scuttle on my crutches, but I'm not helpless. They're so surprised when they find out I don't use them at home, or that they can hurt as bad as the disability itself, or that my dependence on them is a fluid thing and changes day by day. We have this idea of how disabled people should be— bound to their aids, miserable, defenseless. These ideas only helped me reject the idea of something wrong with me longer, because I didn't look like those people. Most of the time now, I use my aids when I don't need them just because I feel like I have to look "disabled enough" for people. We've built expectations for disabilities, which is funny, cause you couldn't have picked a more unpredictable thing.

I don't expect everyone to be educated, there are so much more pressing things to worry about, but when you have a friend or family member that's disabled, the least you can do is glance at a few resources online or ask them about it. I'm just so sick of family treating this like a big deal, or nurses holding on to me like a toddler still learning to walk when I need to get on a scale, or co-workers treating my cane laying around like a reverent item i will strike them down for disgracing. It's a piece of shitty metal y'all. I don't have a sliver of trust for that thing. Complaining about how cheaply made a lot of aids are to be priced expensive is a whole other post.

I'm just saying, if there was an immediate danger, you won't see me struggling to get away. I'll have already thrown my cane at them and ran. Yes, I have a disability, but I am not weak. You think these beefy arms are for show? You think this hunk of metal I lug around is soft? You think I made it to the end of the day fighting tooth and nail just to sit down and die? I'm fucking feral, fight me.

#dislocated my leg last night again after months #so is this a bad time to say i managed to sit crisscross but now im stuck this way because im afraid my leg is gonna pop out again? #i dont know how to move 😭😭😭 #actually disabled #cane user #vent #disabled vent #disability vent #disability visibility #hypermobility #disabled problems #disabled people #disabled representation #disabled things #disabled tumblr #disabled life #disabled community #disability rant #disability tumblr #disability things #disability issues #disability problems #disability awareness #disability life #disability community #disabled #disability #disabilities #mobility aid #mobility aid user

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

This episode, “Lurch Learns to Dance,” is adorable. It also really showcases Ted Cassidy’s incredible comic timing as Lurch:

To think the character was supposed to be mute! Cassidy just ad-libbed his famous “You rang?” and luckily the show’s makers recognized his talent. His physical comedy in this episode is a thing of beauty.

Ted Cassidy died at only 46 - sadly, the complications from acromegaly were probably nothing like today - but if you look up his bio on Wikipedia you’ll be wowed by all he packed into his too-short life.

#lurch addams #morticia addams #gomez addams #wednesday addams #the addams family #lisa loring #john astin #carolyn jones #ted cassidy #acromegaly #disability visibility #Youtube

[ilikecarsandlike4people]

Happy disability pride month❤️

#disability pride month #disability #disability visibility

[littlefeatherr]

Beautiful boy Echo by kaijurave

Also check out their carrd: https://kaijurave.carrd.co

#kaijurave #the bad batch #tbb echo #the bad batch echo #ct 1409 #sw tbb #star wars the bad batch #the clone wars #arc trooper echo #the bad batch art #tbb art #star wars #star wars art #he has a tattoo for fives! #disability visibility #we love to see it #disability representation #ostomy #arc trooper thursday

[thekingofcrochet]

Books for reading:

Disability Visibility

First-person stories from the twenty-first century

Edited By Alice Wong

#book rec #the stories come with content warnings #disability visibility #kingly decree

[into-the-void-i-leap]

Oop- insecure and Deaf Vox who is a stalker and CODA and ASPD Alastor. It's gonna end up unhinged and messy.

Lots of very unsafe and insane BDSM/Kink and such along with nonsexual BDSM with mommy Dom Rosie

Here is art from ch 1

#voxal #vox x alastor #alastor x vox #trans alastor #stalker Vox #ASPD Alastor #pyschopath Alastor #like cmon #ao3 fanfic #ao3 writer #ao3 link #fanfic fanart #fanfiction #fanfic #human au #human au designs #deaf Vox #disability headcanon #disability visibility #I'm probably missing something

[salomasretired]

Okay yeah here are some disabling skin conditions not widely understood for visibility & disability pride.

I am making this post primarily because I had no inkling of having these disorders and just thought it had something to do with poor personal hygiene. This was a huge hit to my self esteem and affected the way I view self care. Hopefully other people who have these issues can better receive treatment and realize they’re not alone, nor do these conditions make them unclean or unloved.

I will be including images below these disorders.

Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis (CARP, Gougerot-Carteud Syndrome)

Thought to be caused by defects in the K-15 gene and simultaneous skin infection, this causes keratin to build up in these little patches that grow in a winding pattern around the truck of teens and young adults, giving the skin a rough texture and hyperpigmented appearance. It’s not particularly painful, but it does have an effect on appearance.

Dyshidrotic Eczema (Dyshidrosis, pompholyx)

Although this is named eczema, it’s pretty distinct from it. This disorder causes pin-head sized blisters to congregate under the skin on the palms and feet, causing drying, peeling, and itching. It’s not well understood but thought to be exacerbated by allergies and stress. I personally found that removing some foods that contain nickel from my diet, wet wrapping, ignoring the itch and using baking soda based handsoap keeps it roughly under control. This condition can be extremely painful during a bad flare up, where I would avoid using my hands or certain fingers when doing tasks, even unable to bend my fingers due to the tight skin sometimes.

Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS, acne inversa)

This causes bumps, sores, pimples and cysts to appear under the arms, inner thighs, groin & butt. Basically anywhere where skin touches skin, which is unfortunately why being of a larger size makes this worse. The cause is ultimately unknown but may have something to do with hormones and disorders with the second layer of skin, the dermis. It primarily affects women, but men with the disorder may have sores along the back of their neck as well. In severe cases, it may cause scarring, hyperpigmentation, and severe pain, that makes walking and doing basic tasks difficult to impossible.

I hope this informs & helps people, especially those that aren’t even aware they might have these symptoms. If you have these conditions, feel free to add your own experiences in the replies, reblogs or tags. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and happy disability pride.

#disability pride #disability visibility #hidradenitis suppurativa #confluent and reticulated papillomatosis #dyshidrotic eczema #long post

[lifeonkylesfarm]

Just a reminder that July is disabled pride month! I think we've all seen people talking about "gay wrath month" but please don't erase disabled pride month. Disabled people are already left out of the conversation enough.

#actually disabled #disabled people #disability #disabled pride #disabled rights #disabled #disability inclusion #disability rights #disability pride #disability representation #disability talk #disability activism #disability justice #disability community #disability culture #disability visibility #disabled queer #disabled community #disabled pride month #disabled representation #disabled isn't a bad word #disabled person #disabled and proud #disabled and trans #disabled liberation #disabled blogger #disabled mlm #disabled joy #disabled things #disabled life

[systemserendipity]

Need to explain spoon theory to somebody that doesn't understand?

Try using infographics! Here are a few we've used before. Hope this helps somebody!

Graphic Sources: 1 2 3

#spoon theory #spoon theory explained #spoons #disability resources #neurodivergency resources #nd resources #resources #infographics #the more you know #disabled #neurodivergent #info #neurodivergent resources #disability visibility #neurodivergency visibility #resource list

[whilereadingandwalking]

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong is a scrapbook-like memoir by a disabled activist and icon, the editor of Disability Visibility and partner in the creation of #CriptheVote, among other achievements. So I was excited to dig into her story. 

This isn't what this book is for (remotely), but I did end up confronting some serious internalized ableism of my own as I read, thinking about my own assumptions and thoughts about my future as a chronically ill person. Wong's book digs into the idea that we can't choose whether or not to be an activist when we have a chronically ill, in-pain, or disabled body: politics becomes part and parcel of trying to survive. 

Wong's memoir is vividly creative—and she emphasizes, again and again, the power of adaptation and creativity that disabled people have in their day-to-day lives. She also shows how accessibility really is rooted in willingness and openness to listen, to adapt, and to commit to experimenting to help improve the lives of others. Her creativity is vivid in its multi-media memoir that uses so much to add to its story. A beautiful comic chapter illustrated by Sam Schäfer about living like a cat; scanned copies of forms that she uses to struggle to access necessary services from the government or Medicaid; chats, quotes, and photos, all among the essays reprinted and written fresh. 

Wong really emphasizes the day-to-day uncertainty of being disabled, including things many of us wouldn't think about—her BPAP ventilator means she's dependent on a machine for oxygen, which makes her terrified of power outages. She digs into the issues of performative mourning, how hard it was for her to get a vaccine, the ableist comments of people who decide her life isn't worth living, and much more. It's an excellent memoir, front to back. 

Content warnings for ableism, medical trauma, body shaming, hate crime, violence.

#year of the tiger #alice wong #disability visibility #book review #chronically ill #ableism #my book reviews