Tag: ableism

apersnicketylemon:

Just a reminder, but you do not need to “earn” being tired.

You’re allowed to be tired, even if you haven’t “done” anything and you’re allowed to be tired even if you did less than someone else.

Being tired is a normal thing your body does for a whole plethora of reasons, and is a basic bodily function. You don’t need to “earn” basic bodily functions, no matter what anyone else tells you.

thatjayjustice:

I have never been more tempted to reply in a Doctor Seuss style verse.
A Kind, Well-Meaning Able Bodied Person™️, when told that the terrible weather was not helping my #disability & chronic pain, asked if staying indoors would help. Yes, I was inside when she said this.
*clears throat*

My chronic pain is always there
On the ground, in the air
I’ll be in pain everywhere
Because I have a disability
Chronic pain is part of me
Yes it’s worse when there is rain
In or out, I will be in pain
There is no relief, you see
It is a permanent disability

I know you ask because you care
Your friend is ill & life’s not fair
Every time you ask ‘how are you’
There is no change, there’s nothing new
It’s okay, you’re being nice
But this is NOT a time to give advice
With some things, there is no cure
Sometimes in life, we must endure

Don’t tell me to go inside
I live in pain, I ALWAYS hide
But hiding won’t make me feel better
So I’m writing you this silly letter
Yes I feel worse when there is rain
In or out, I’ll be in pain
I’ll still go out, do things, be free
Ableism limits me more than my disability
<fin>

Autism & Victimization

cactus-spirit:

Somewhere I read that a symptom of autism/ ASD is a tendency to feel victimized. Feel. And I couldn’t get that out of my head because there is a difference between just saying that and saying “a tendency to be” victimized. Saying “feel” carries the implication that the victimization is in one’s head. 

But in any case, there’s  probably a reason people with ASD feel victimized:

Autistic children are more likely to be bullied. 

Autistic children are more likely to be abused.

Autistic children are more likely to experience sexual abuse and the abuse is less likely to be recognized because symptoms of being abused are often misinterpreted as “normal” autistic behavior. 

Autistics are more likely to be sexually assaulted because they are often taught compliance from a young age in therapies like ABA.

Autistics are more likely to be unemployed.

Employers discriminate against autism, autistics are more likely to be bullied by their coworkers, and many autistics lose their jobs because of it.

Schools find loopholes to discriminate against autistic children. 

Autistiscs have a higher risk of experiencing police brutality. 

Autistics are being murdered by their own caregivers, and the murderer is often given a lighter sentence because the victim was viewed as a burden.

Autistics suffer because they are not given effective medical care.

So, gee, that might be the problem. Not that autistic people just “feel” victimized.

systlin:

thesylverlining:

tranqualizer:

things to consider when advocating for a tech-free, back-to-earth future: 

  • some us need technology to learn, eat, breathe, sleep, function
  • removing technology does not automatically fix everything shitty in our society
  • cyborg people already exist with our assistive technologies/devices, to say that we are becoming less human as we become more reliant on technology is shitty and ableist 
  • let’s not be so one dimensional ok

Thank you. If your pro-nature, pro-green, pro-DIY future is anti-me-living, I don’t really want to be a part of it, thanks. I mean, not that I would be anyway.

Say it with me, kids

SOLARPUNK

chronicallyinvisible:

able-bodied people don’t seem to realise the nuances of disability, they look at it as such a black and white issue when it’s really not. like, i don’t need a wheelchair in the sense that i can’t physically use my legs and i don’t need a walking stick in the sense that i would fall over without one. but i do need a wheelchair in the sense that it could make the difference between my being bed-bound for a day and being bed-bound for a week and i do need a walking stick in the sense that using one today might enable me to do more tomorrow. disability and chronic illness aren’t black and white; using things out of necessity can mean a lot of different things for a lot of different people.

toadstoolfuel:

mormonfries:

mormonfries:

mormonfries:

“asexuality is just SSRIs” is stupid half-baked tinfoil hat shit and just because a popular blog said it doesn’t mean it’s anywhere close to true

it’s literally the Woke version of ‘people are trans cause they eat soy’

for those of you who were lucky enough not to see this absolutely ass-lick discourse

there’s a lot of garbage to unpack here but i think my biggest confusion is like….. so what??? if ssris make ur life livable but ur not really interested in sex anymore and being part of the ace community brings u joy……. so fucking what???

like apart from the myriad of logical fallacies all clamoring for attention n this hell concept……. ur real, honest to god concern is………. “these teenagers don’t want to kill themselves but uhhhhh, they don’t really wanna have sex either,,,,,, and they’ve created a community that helps them accept themselves……… guys this is serious fucking business”

like that’s some nice suburban white mom “vaccines cause autism” bullshit, brenda, but most of us have real problems

it’s also such typical bullshit that they decide that sexualities are so static and permanent that they’re phrasing a change or realisation of sexuality as an illusion. like asexuality is a facade that must be distracting you from your One True Orientation.

sexuality can change. it happens to a lot of people. sometimes bc of your meds or hormones. sometimes bc of trauma. sometimes bc you’re just growing up and changing as a person, or because you have the vocab you didn’t have before. it’s such a weird version of identity politics that anything about you that’s temporary or that ever changes must be False, and also you’re a Faker.

also, they’re talking about libido anyway. because why should a community decide what it stands for, that’s other people’s jobs.

mormonfries:

mormonfries:

mormonfries:

“asexuality is just SSRIs” is stupid half-baked tinfoil hat shit and just because a popular blog said it doesn’t mean it’s anywhere close to true

it’s literally the Woke version of ‘people are trans cause they eat soy’

for those of you who were lucky enough not to see this absolutely ass-lick discourse

aphobehaterofficial:

sentientviolets:

I saw that one advert supporting autism $peaks that said sth like “it costs $60,000 more per year to care for a person with autism” and let me tell you.

those figures only made me feel like a burden on my family. my first thought wasn’t “this is something in support of autistic people!” it was “do I really cost my family that much?”

it’s not like the advert gave legitimate sources for that statistic. it’s not like they made it clear what the donations going to autism $peaks would be used for. it mostly just made us out to be a burden.

that advert wasn’t “help autistic people”, it was “give sympathy points to caregivers who have to deal with an autistic person”.

it didn’t read like “we’re here to help people!”. it read like “look how awful it is to deal with an autistic person”.

it didn’t paint us as people, it painted us as problems.

that’s the issue present in all adverts published by or in support of autism $peaks. the goal isn’t to help us. it’s not about the autistic people. it’s about the caregivers. it’s about making sure the general public thinks society is better of without autistic people.

it’s “look at this poor caregiver! their life wouldn’t be like this without that nasty autism!”

to support autism $peaks is to support the idea that autistic people are not people, but problems.

we are not a problem to be fixed. we are autistic people, and we don’t need autism $peaks to speak for us.

ALL CHILDREN NEED MONEY

NEEDING MONEY IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO AUTISTIC CHILDREN