#disabilties

[dog-gutz]

I met with my psychiatrist today, who is absolutely wonderful, and asked for her opinion on what my cardiologist had told me. She basically said, that because my symptoms started before my medications, it is unlikely the medications have caused the symptoms I'm experiencing. She said a lot of doctors see people who struggle with psychiatric problems and blame those problems/medications right away, but she said she would seek a second opinion. She also said that if she ever makes me feel like this doctor has made me feel to tell her, because she never wants to make me feel this way. Seen as my psychiatrist has known me for almost a whole year now, I'm going to trust her judgement and agree with her, and go see this new doctor in May and see what he has to say. I can't even express how much I appreciate my psychiatric care team, they do so much for me and always listen, I can't imagine seeing anyone else.

#disabled #personality disorder #disabilities #disability #disabilties #actually bipolar #actually borderline #actually mentally ill #actually disabled #actually bpd #pots #pots syndrome #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #chronically ill #chronic illness

[sicknsadsicknrad]

in reference to my last post:

anyone who's disabled and/or chronically ill that experiences severe pain, what pain relief have you found helpful (other than the usual heat/cold therapy or tens)? I'm trying to find other pain relief methods to try but finding anything online that isn't tens, heat/cold therapy or "have you tried just not?" is becoming draining and I can't think of anything other than what I already use

I would be so grateful for the point in a new direction 😭💛

#chronic illness #disabled #disability #chronically ill #disabilties #chronic pain #chronic disability

[4rk-in-the-road]

I think the reason a lot of leftists struggle with disability justice is that they haven't moved past the concept that discrimination isn't bad because it's objectively "wrong." yes, sexists are objectively wrong when they try to claim women are dumber than men. yes, antisemites are objectively wrong that jewish people are inherently greedy and run the state. yes, racists are wrong when they try to claim that white people are the superior race. and so on.

but then with disabled people, there are a lot of objective truths to the discrimination we face. people with IDs/LDs do fall behind and struggle with certain concepts. physically disabled people are often weaker and less capable of performing demanding tasks than able bodied people. many of us with mental illnesses are more reckless and less responsible. a lot of us are dependent on others and do not contribute much "worth".

and guess what? disabled people still deserve a place in the world. disabled people still deserve the supports they need. because they are people, and that should be enough to support them and believe they deserve a place at the table.

if your only rebuttal against discrimination is its objective inaccuracies, you are meeting bigots where they are at. you are validating the very concept that if and when people are truly incapable of being equal to the majority, that means they are worth less. this causes some leftists to then try to deny the objective realities of disabled people and/or become ableist themselves.

your rallying behind marginalized groups should start and end with the fact that people are completely worthy of life and equity, because they are fellow human beings and that should, frankly, be enough.

#chronic pain #spoonie #disability #physical disability #chronically ill #disability justice #physically disabled #disabilties #cripple punk #cripplepunk

[sunnywalnut]

Local PSA: invisible disability does NOT mean you can live your life like a "normal person" invisible disability meant that if a stranger looks at you in public they wouldn't know what's going on.

Like if a wheelchair user were to decide to run into a corner store to grab a candy bar because they know that their legs can last that long without, the cashier wouldn't know.

Or someone with "mild" scoliosis walking upright through their shoulder leans slightly to the left. Maybe they just have bad posture. The lady in the next isle thinks to herself.

The person with EDS or POTS or whatever sort of condition wearing compression gloves out and about. Perhaps it's a fashion statement?

Or what about the people with intestinal issues? They can look like "normal people" too.

You never know what someone is going through.

You never know what they might need to survive or if they're on the edge of a flare up or even if they are currently going through one just by one look.

I think both disabled and non disabled need to realize this. You're not "no longer disabled" because you can "live without" disability aids. They're there to help you. To make your life easier. If living without a cane is going to make it more likely you'll fall over and hurt yourself, use the cane.

If you need to sit down to do dishes or cut vegetables because you need to save your legs for taking out the trash, sit down.

If you need a shower chair because you don't know if you'll pass out, use the shower chair.

People are going to judge you regardless for multiple reasons out of your control.

I'd rather they judge you while you're being safe.

You don't need to struggle to be "normal."

You can just be you.

However that looks for you.

Use your disability aids.

#disability #disabled #disabilties #this has been a psa #mobility aid #invisible disability #invisible illness

[manyminded]

shout out to “gross” disabled people.

people who can’t shower/bathe people who can’t shave people who can’t wash their clothes people who need help going to the bathroom people who have nasty habits (biting nails, picking nose, etc) people who can’t brush their teeth people who can’t go to the doctor people who can’t clean their room people who can’t make their beds people who vomit a lot people who wet the bed people who constantly have diarrhea people who’s physical deformities are seen as repulsive

and every other kind of person I missed that deserves to be here too.

you are people, first and foremost. your thoughts deserve to be heard, discussed, acknowledged, no matter what. you are not lesser. you are just another person. you should never be ignored for what you can/can’t do. you deserve care.

to abled people: check yourself. make sure you listen. and you can reblog, just don’t derail. maybe don’t add on, either.

EDIT: reblog this version instead, please.

#disabled #disability #disabilities #disabled life #disabled positivity #disabled posting #disabled pride #actually disabled #cripplepunk #cripple punk #physically disabled #physical disability #disability pride #disabilties #mentally disabled

[deulalune]

Bisan brings up an excellent point about disabled Palestinians. Palestinian liberation is a climate, racism all problems. It is everyone’s business.

Video transcription (includes sign language part):

[Text says "People with disabilities in the Bombing"]

Bisan: Hey everyone. Have you ever thought about the people with disabilities in Gaza? I mean those people with disability in the hearing. How can they hear the bombings and just escape? Those who cannot move, those who cannot see the road in front of them, how can they escape? How can they just survive this? Okay, so during the past few days, I've been hearing more and more stories. One of them was on X (Twitter) and a girl was talking about an old woman. She was blind and she was killed during a bombing on the neighbourhood that they're living in. And another friend yesterday --he's deaf-- and he was talking about those people who were killed. Some of his neighbours were killed because they did not hear the soldiers, the Israeli soldiers, warning them. So, yeah. No one is safe in Gaza. You can just see the video of this friend, and I'll be translating his signs.

[Video cuts to a man speaking in sign language.]

Hello everyone. Hope you're doing well. I know people from the deaf community. They were displaced at to Khaleefa school in Jabalia - North of Gaza. They were three - and they were all killed! The Israeli soldiers told them to stop while they were escaping! But they didn't hear, so they shot and killed them! [Man shows his phone with a picture of the three boys in it on the right.

There's arabic text on the left that translates to

"The deaf martyrs, may God have mercy on them,

Lord of Paradise

(translated with Google

Translate) and below the text is a bia

emoii.

#free palestine #end the occupation #gaza #palestine #gaza genocide #i/p #israel / palestine #disabilties #deaf

[a-sassy-bench]

do able-bodied people not understand that if disabled people call out of work every time they don't feel good that we would call out of work every fucking day?

like honestly. what do you think being disabled means?

#if one more person tells me to take a sick day i'm going to throw something at them #i just honestly cannot anymore #disabilties #disabled #actually disabled #epilepsy #ehlers danlos syndrome #physical disability #neurological disability #actually epileptic #zebra #chronically ill #chronic illness #spoonie #chronic fatigue #chronic pain #c punk #crip punk #cripple punk

[fallenstarcat]

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.

#autism #autistic #actually autistic #actually autism #autism acceptance #autism acceptence month #autistic things #autistic experiences #autistic community #autistic spectrum #autism spectrum disorder #autism spectrum #disabled #disability #disability pride #disabled pride #disabilties #autistic life #autism life #autism advocacy #neurodivergent #actually neurodiverse #neurodiversity #neurodevelopmental #developmental disabilities #developmental disability

[deliciousbelieverobject]

I'm begging you, pleeeaaase if you live with a physically disabled person and they tell you what would make the living space more accessible, DO NOT SAY "just ask me for help." I don't want to have to ask for your help dumping out yesterday's coffee grounds in the french press.. I want to be able to make coffee without having to ask for help every. single. fucking. day.. Like, why don't able bodied people not understand that asking for help to do every little thing fucking SUCKS?? Also, when I'm upset because my own home isn't accessible, don't get mad at me as if it's something personal towards you.. It has absolutely nothing to do with you. I'm allowed to be mad at the lack of accessibility my disability creates... Don't make it about you.

#disability #chronic illness #spoonie #disabled #chronic pain #disability rights #disabilties #ableism #family

[thoughtportal]

painting made easier

#tiktok #disabilties #disability pride month #art how to #art #disablity

[jodjuya]

Image originally created by @brieflycleverspoons

#actually adhd #invisible disability #adult adhd #neurodivergent #neurodiverse stuff #neurospicy #neurodivergencies #its the neurodivergency #ableism #internalised ableism #disabilties #autistic spectrum #blogging

[liberaljane]

listen to disabled people 💖

Digital illustration of a large group of disabled people of different ethnicities, ages, and genders. Among the crowd are service and emotional support animals. There’s two smaller protest signs that read, ‘I shouldn’t lose benefits when I get married.’ And ‘ban subminimum wage’ the main sign reads, ‘disabled people are expert of their own lives and know what they need.’

#art #feminism #feminist #illustration #feminist art #social justice #disability #disability justice #disability Pride month #disabilties #chronic illness

[sicknsadsicknrad]

this isn't anyone's fault but man am I tired of trying to find advice on here for things related to disability and only finding fanfics

#chronic illness #disabled #disability #disabilties #chronic disability #cripple punk

[brandyschillace]

I turned in the book manuscript for INTERMEDIARIES, the forgotten history of the first transgender clinic 1918-1933.

It follows the story of Dora Richter, the first transgender woman to undergo complete MTF surgery (not Lili Elbe; she was third!) It’s taken me two years of blood, sweat, and tears. A lot of tears, actually.

The Nazis raided the Institute for Sexual Science; they burned the library. They banned the books that remained. They attacked, arrested, and ultimately killed trans and homosexual people along with disabled people, minority groups like the Roma people, political opponents, and 6 million Jews. (One commenter suggested 11 million people over all, and really, that estimate may still be conservative).

The news today, 2023, reads a lot like news in 1923 with the rise of hatred against LGBTQ, attacks on reproductive rights, and increasing racism and antisemitism. The Nazis rose throughout the 1920s, coming into power 1930-1933.

The world said never again; we must now be the ones to stop a slide into hatred and violence. Before it’s too late.

Here is a preview of the book; it will be available for pre-order this winter (I hope), coming out in 2024.

#lgbtqia #trans woman #transgender #trans rights #homosexuality #transphobes #homophobia #wwiii #books & libraries #banned books #authors #i wrote this #writerscommunity #civil rights #disabilties #antisemitism

[bizarreaizen]

it's always "i don't judge !!" until a person is a therian or just nonhuman in general, their religion is something they don't agree with or don't see as a "real or valid" religion [like satanism or autotheism], they identify with xenogenders and use "weird" pronouns, they have a "cringy" style like emo, scene, goth, or harajuku fashion, they're disabled, they act childish and age regresses, they have extreme intrusive thoughts, they have "odd" interests, they don't have proper hygiene because of poor mental health, their identity "doesn't make any sense", they're "too fat" or "too skinny", or they're just "not attractive". stop cherry picking, you can't claim "you don't judge" when you can't accept these people. be better.

#therians #therianthrope #therianthropy #therian #therian community #therian blog #nonhuman community #nonhumanity #nonhuman #non human #disabled #disabilties #disability #satanism #satanist #emo #scene #harajuko fashion #goth #intrusive thoughts #mental health #identity #otherkin community #otherkin blog #otherkins #otherkin #alterhumanity #alterhuman #xenogender #xenogenders

[froggiethelesbian]

I found a guide for a no tape, easy to unwrap wrapping tutorial to make Christmas a little more accessible, wish I just found it sooner

#christmas #disabled #disability #disabilties #accessibility #gift wrapping ideas #physically disabled #spoonie #chronically ill #chronic illness #disabled community #disability awareness