#Disability Advocate

[crazycatsiren]

Imagine if abled people were to just treat disabled people like people.

Such as asking if we need help, not touching us and our things without permission, not asking us invasive personal questions, speaking to us like we are adults with agency.

#disabled #spoonie #cripple punk #disabled community #disability awareness #disability advocate #chronic illness warrior #fight ableism

[humanrightsconnected]

Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities! Learn from Mobility International USA (MIUSA), Network of Organizations Working For People With Disabilities Pakistan (NOWPDP), and Zero Project how you can help advance disability rights!

#international day of persons with disabilities #disability #disabilities #disabled #disability pride #disabled and proud #disability rights #disability awareness #disability advocate #disability support #disability inclusion #inclusion #inclusion matters #invisible illness #invisible illness awareness #invisible disability #handicap #handicapped #amputee #special needs #accessibility

[mburley92]

#disability community #disability advocacy #disability rights #disability advocate #judyheumann

[trashpandafeminism]

The cannabis industry is booming, but it's leaving many disabled women behind. Dispensaries often lack accessibility features, and many jobs in the industry require physical labor or inflexible schedules that don't work for everyone. It's time for change. 

We need to work together to make the cannabis industry more inclusive for everyone, including disabled women. This means improving accessibility, offering more flexible work arrangements, and breaking down barriers to entry.

Let's create a future where everyone has equal opportunities to succeed in the cannabis industry.

#disability rights #accessibility matters #inclusion matters #cannabis industry #disabled women #breaking barriers #equal opportunity #diversity and inclusion #Change the Industry #Inclusive workforce #disability advocate #social justice #substack

[spooniestrong]

The amazing Alice Wong follows SpoonieStrong on Twitter (I used to post a lot). 💙🥄

#spooniestrong #spoonie #disability advocate #alice wong

[historydailyfrancischappellblack]

Anne Sullivan began teaching six-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her hearing and sight after a dreadful illness at the age of 19 months. March 3, 1887. Image: Helen Keller (left) in 1899 with lifelong companion and teacher Anne Sullivan (right). Photo taken by Alexander Graham Bell at his School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech. (Public Domain). On this day in history, March 3, 1887,…

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#1800s #1900s #Anne Sullivan #Deafness #disability advocate #Helen Keller #History Daily

[glitchdollmemoria]

please can we stop describing bigots as delusional. please. im so fucking tired. someone being sucked into a hate group surrounded by others who believe minorities should be oppressed and encouraging them to believe in conspiracy theories that the rest of the group believes, is fundamentally different from someone having a mental illness that causes delusions.

delusions, by definition, cannot be explained by things like cultural background - such as having a belief constantly reinforced by intentional attempts to rationalize it for the sake of maintaining power over minorities. yes, someone can be both delusional and a bigot, and yes conspiracy theories can feed into delusions, but the two are not fucking synonymous.

i did not spend my teen years convinced that i was being stalked by demons just to hear so many of you people equate my disability with incel behavior and genocidal propaganda. stop reinforcing harmful connotations about mental health struggles.

#ok to rb #mental health advocate #mental health advocacy #mental health awareness #ableism cw #sanism cw #madpunk #neuropunk #actually delusional #actually schizospec #im not gonna interact with the post that prompted this #because i do agree with everything that was said and dont want to sound like im defending the assholes discussed #but i also am still fucking pissed about seeing a bunch of misogynistic jackasses compared to a disability #which has caused me immense fear and suffering #and guess what! my delusions were never ''women shouldnt have rights'' or whatever else #bc thats not a delusion thats a tool of the partriarchy to maintain the status quo #genocide cw #to be safe

[tam--lin]

The thing is, you don’t have to have a diagnoses to make simple “unmasking” changes that make your life easier. You don’t even have to self-diagnose! You are not appropriating anyone’s culture or struggles or hijacking anyone’s movement by allowing yourself to sway in line at the grocery store or buying a weighted blanket or using study or household hacks intended for people with ADHD. If you start favoring the needs that make your brain and body unique over the arbitrary norms of society, you’ll be better off, and you’ll be expanding the norms. It’s a win/win.

#sometimes I consider What I Have Going On Upstairs #and think 'should I try to get some sort of diagnosis?' #but it wouldn't help me right now! I don't need work accomodations - work IS the accomodation #but allowing myself to sit on the floor in the corner of the airport instead of on a chair #or fidget in lines #gives me one less thing to worry about AND makes my brain happy AND makes 'odd' but harmless behaviors #more normalized which ultimately helps people #who have needs that are several standard deviations away from ~~normal~~ #it's a win-win-win #tam.txt #related but on a different line of thinking: #somewhere along the line we majorly screwed up with how we talk about appropriation #I think we're getting better but whoa boy... #seen some baffling takes about pretty normal things like socializing color codes for get-togethers #or weighted blankets #being Only For Autistic People #nah bro that's the last thing on earth the vast majority of disability advocates are interested in

[ionlytalktodogs]

Hot take but canes are not a limited resource. Most mobility aids aren’t but canes especially. Canes are $20 at a lot of stores like CVS, Walmart, etc. You aren’t taking that resource away from “real” disabled people (hint: you ARE a real disabled person) in fact buying more canes creates more demand and works to make more stores carry them for better prices. You aren’t faking being disabled or hurting disabled people, you’re working to make canes more accessible which is helping disabled people.

Get the cane.

#I'm endlessly advocating for ppl to get canes #they can be so helpful #and what's the worst thing that could happen? you try it and it doesn't help? #ok sure you wasted $20 but you could donate it to someone who needs it and can't afford it! #what's the downside. #just get a cane. #it improved my life tenfold #just do it #disabled #disability #physical disability #cane user #mobility aid #mobility aids #disabled pride #disabled joy #10k #15k #my ramblings

[crazycatsiren]

Disabled people got places to go and things to do, too, you know.

#disabled #disability awareness #disability advocate #disabled rights #disabled community #cripple punk #ableism #spoonie #chronic illness warrior

[humanrightsconnected]

On Disability Pride Month, make sure to visit the website of the nonprofit organization Action on Disability and Development International (ADD International) and find out how you can get involved in the fight for disability rights!

#disability pride month #disability pride #disabled and proud #disabled #disability awareness #disability advocate #disability advocacy #disability rights #disability support #disability inclusion #inclusion #inclusion matters #disability justice #disability is not inability #disability community #disability #disabilities #invisible illness #invisible disability #invisible disabilities #accessibility #accessibility matters #accessibility for all

[starfishinthedistance]

Friendly reminder that if you support reproductive rights and bodily autonomy but say that disabled people shouldn't have children because they'll pass down their genes which is "cruel" or "abusive", you do not support reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. Reproductive rights do not only concern abortion for cis white abled women.

#in a world where people are not ableist and people can get accomodations disability is not pure suffering #so if you want disabled children to have good lives advocate for disabled people #do not support eug*nics #disabled problems #disabled #actually disabled #disability rights #disability #ableism #mental illness #neurodivergent #physical disability #chronically ill #chronic illness #neurological disorder #reproductive autonomy #reproductive rights #feminism

[whereisbizzy]

Listen. I don't ask for anything here. But if you have any money to spare, please, please help my friend.

#please help #gofundme #black lives matter #black women #disability #disability advocate

[xautisticsunitex]

For adults on the Autistic spectrum

- it’s okay to still have meltdowns/sensory overloads

- it’s okay to still watch cartoons

- it’s okay if you can’t cope with a full time job

- it’s if you have learning difficulties and do things at slower pace

- it’s okay to be in your 30’s and still live with your mom and dad or one parent

- it’s okay to not have many friends or none at all

- it’s okay to live a life Neurotypicals don’t appreciate

#advocate #actuallyautistic #actuallyneurodivergent #blogger #asd #aspergers #aspiefemale #autism #autism acceptance #actuallydisabled #disability #disabled

[cure-icy-writes]

I stand in front of a crowd and tap the microphone. "Disabled people deserve full bodily autonomy," I announce, and the crowd devolves into shouting. I am being asked about every single contingency in which bodily autonomy can possibly be taken away. I am not allowed to ask these people why they want so badly to control disabled people's lives. I am a representative, after all.

A man in the third row calls me a whore. A woman up near the front calls me a filthy god-hating anarchist. I am the villain of the story. I'm ruining their childhoods when I point out the flaws and ableist tropes in media that I never said they weren't allowed to enjoy. I'm policing their language when I ask them not to use slurs.

Someone else calls me a fascist. A Creationist with Calvinist leanings is using the same arguments against me as the literal social Darwinist. The topic of "faking disability" is brought up and everyone suddenly has a story to share and presents it to me. I am horrified by most of these stories because they feature ambulatory wheelchair users being harassed and young people with invisible disabilities being chased out of bathrooms.

I tap the microphone again and announce, louder, "Autism speaks is actually a hate organization." At this rate, I'm never going to get to my powerpoint on the social/medical model of disability and why the intersection is important. But I am a representative, and in between the name calling and accusations, they are asking me questions. And so I answer.

#anyways this is how it feels talking to abled people sometimes #disability advocate gothic horror #i guess

[zebulontheplanet]

See people say “IQ means nothing” “IQ Isn’t important”

You’re forgetting about us with intellectual disabilities. Those of us who can’t learn like you, who can’t process things like you. It’s frustrating to see people saying that IQ means nothing when it does mean something. Intellectual disability literally makes your brain work differently.

It’s frustrating to also see this from advocates. People who are supposed to be advocating for us and making our voices heard. Please don’t undermine intellectual disabilities. Don’t make it seem like a bad things. Like something that should be shunned or not spoken about. Speak about us.

Some of us need help. Some of us need things explained to us more. To be taught to us differently.

#zebrambles #borderline intellectual disability #intellectual disorder #intellectual disability #see this a lot from autism advocates. you aren’t helping when you say things like this