Saying 'You're not lazy if you want to do the thing. Choosing not to do it because you don't want to it's laziness-'
Still throws Autistic people with Pathological Demand Avoidance under the bus
Executive Dysfunction is not the end all be all and you are not better than others for 'wanting to do' the thing but being unable to.
There are many autistic people that find themselves unable to do something once their minds has decided that it's being forced to do an action.
Saying that if you don't want to do your homework or the chores or the laundry - then you are lazy - DOESN'T HELP
It's not that I want to shower but I can't get up. It's that I DON'T want to shower because I feel like I HAVE to or else I'll be ridiculed for not doing it.
It's something that helps me, but knowing I HAVE to do it today, and tomorrow, and the day after that, on end with no choice of my own - makes me genuinely want to avoid the act.
'if you were lazy you would be having fun' - that implies that if we ignore a challenging task we don't want to do in order to do something self soothing and fruitful we are lazy.
That it's a moral failing instead of a sign the person needs help starting, or motivating themselves, or understanding the task.
Of course if something is hard, or confusing, and time consuming - someone won't want to do it. ESPECIALLY if they're disabled.
Calling them lazy for that isn't okay. You're just throwing other disabled people under the bus.
You and your executive dysfunction are no better just because you 'want' to do the laundry but can't.
Or that you're not lazy but we are because you really really wish you could wash the dishes meanwhile I really really wish I could throw myself down a hole rather than complying with a forceful demand - no matter how small. Including someone asking me to wash the dishes.
We still have do those things just like people without PDA.
The only difference is we're still called lazy at every turn despite the fact that every demand feels like being held at gunpoint with no choice.
Just because you want to something doesn't make you 'not lazy'.
Laziness DOESN'T EXIST.
If you have PDA, and find it hard to do ANYTHING you don't want to do - I love you. You are not lazy. You're trying your best. Keep going.
CAN WE STOP WITH THE LAZY STUFF NOW
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Fic Recs For Getting Over Writers' Block:
To me, the only way to get over the writing horrors™️ is to read some good fucking prose. Even if the summary of these fics doesn't appeal to you, I'd suggest reading them purely for their tactile prose that somehow gets the brain working again.
General Block Breakers:
Magpie by yellowmustard
Skirts and Barbells by @petrichorca
Malleability by jazzxdaffy
The Nest That Hope Builds by @red-sky-in-mourning
Grounded by @forpiratereasons
So Long Seabird by @adamarks
Find Your Stede Voice:
Adventures of a Leggy Blonde by @palavapeite
Find Your Ed Voice:
You Belong in that Home by and by by @alchemistc
Stealing Romance by skrifores
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I'm just saying, yes, Jeeves is technically a valet, not a butler, but he is also a butler, and a housekeeper, and a server, and a footman, and a scullery maid, and a cook, and a hallboy, and a
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(second) First Impressions
Jim unexpectedly bumps into a familier face and spock gets to contimplate if he actually terrifies cadets That Much
@cosmi-ccraft
Enterprise is safe to fly another day. All thanks to Captain James T. Kirk's sacrifice. He's made peace with his death, even though it breaks his heart one final time to see the hurt in Spock's eyes. Still, the last thing he gets to see is the face of one of his dearest friends... until his eyes snap back open. Not in a hospital. In a shuttle as it lands at the Academy.
“Once you exit the shuttle you are free to return to your dorms. Those of you who are new, you’ll follow me to registration and physicals,” a vaguely familiar-looking officer says, and Jim’s heart stops in his chest. Surprising, considering it shouldn’t be beating at all.
(scene taken from chapter 2)
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I made another one
:)
pt 1/?
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i have a cousin with a chihuahua and a maltipoo and they have given up on potty training them because "these two will just piss and shit everywhere anyways" and i'm just liike???? ok sure, maybe they'll never be able to reliably hold their bladders for as long as a big dog (small dog = fast metabolism= drinking water leads to needing to pee very quickly) but at least potty pad train them for the sake of ur house's sanitation??? cutting down indoor potty accidents by half is still something, even if it's not perfect!
EXACTLY omg. Like Blue has had pleanty of accidents already but about half of those have been mitigated by having a pee pad. Cause yeah, both pubby and small dogs need to be on a good pee schedule to prevent accidents. It's better to be preemptive and have pads plus a usual walk/potty time. They won't "piss and shit everywhere" if you literally just take them outside regularly. Sounds like an owner issue and not a dog issue :/
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