#disability acceptance

[stingray-blast]

ok so you support the disabled, disordered, and mentally ill. but are you normal when someone takes long to respond to you? or if they have a hard time listening to you? when someone has a hard time giving you their attention? or when their manners aren’t perfect? or when someone makes mistakes that may be obvious or simple to you? or when someone talks loudly or “causes a scene?” are you normal when people have to think really hard to explain things? or when they have a hard time putting their thoughts into words?

are you normal when people’s hair is unkempt or oily or visibly unbrushed? or when their face might be full of acne? or when they don’t have deodorant on for one reason or another? how about if their clothes are dirty? 

are you normal about disabled/disordered/mentally ill people when they make you a little uncomfortable?

#actually disabled #actually mentally ill #actually autistic #autism #disabled #disability #mental illness #disability acceptance #adhd

[martabak-man]

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#disability #disability acceptance #disability awareness #right to sue #disability activism

[crazycatsiren]

I honestly can't think of where some of y'all are getting this idea from, that people faking being disabled is a huge problem. In my close to 37 years of life now I've yet to run into a single case of an actual person faking a disability.

I can come up with at least a dozen reasons off the top of my head at any given moment for why disabled people are so often not believed, and disability fakers ain't one of them.

#disabled #disabled community #disability awareness #disability acceptance #cripple punk #fake claiming #ableism #disability advocacy #ableists go die

[yeehawtist]

i think a lot of people miss out on this but spending time with diverse groups of disabled people makes you realize that people's needs will constantly contradict each other. if one person stims, tics, speaks, breathes, etc. loudly, then there will be at least one other person who can’t stand the sound of it. they need to be able to leave if they need it. the loud person cannot be forced to stop being loud but the one who is sensitive to loudness cannot be forced to tolerate something they can’t either. maybe there’s a person who needs aromatherapy to cope with or reduce problems that their disability causes them. but there may also be a person who gets seizures or migraines from strong scents. you cannot deny that coping skill but you cannot let it trigger someone either. someone who struggles to sit might need a standing desk, someone who needs to sit will need a chair, some people might need alternative seating or flexible seating, and all of those options need to be available. one standing desk in the corner isn’t going to cut it most of the time and people need to be able to accept that and do better.

i could give endless examples of times when people's needs will contradict each other. most of which i’ve seen happen in real life spaces. physical, processing, communicating, everything can be contradictory to someone else's need. everything. a truly accessible space will try to accommodate to all those who exist within it.

#disability acceptance #disabilties #actually autistic #autistic community #actually neurodiverse #disability #disabled community #actually disabled #conflicting access needs #shit i make and say

[cosmiccripple]

good morning!!! this is a PSA that yes, ambulatory mobility aid users exist!! no, they are not faking their disability because you saw their leg move and no that doesn't give you the right to then harass them over it. and actually, you never have the right to comment on someone else's disability. leave off, it's nothing to do with you!

#physical disability #actually disabled #disability #invisible disability #chronically ill #crip punk #physically disabled #cpunk #chronic illness #chronic disability #cripple #chronic pain #cripple punk #cripplepunk #angry cripple #disabled #disabilities #disability acceptance #ableist bullshit #ableism #ambulatory wheelchair user #ambulatory mobility aid user #babe with a mobility aid #mobility aid user #mobility aid #wheelchair user

[1863-project]

Please reblog for a bigger sample size - this is part of the same project as my earlier polls! (For extra data, please feel free to mention the character(s) in question in the tags if you've experienced this!)

PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER THE POLL IF YOU ARE NOT AUTISTIC. This is specifically for autistic people's testimonials.

#actuallyautistic #autism #ableism #tw: ableism #fandom #fandom ableism #disability rights #disability acceptance

[flowercrowncrip]

Accepting that I’m disabled and won’t have the life I would if I wasn’t isn’t giving up, it’s the starting point for actually improving the life I have.

If all I do is wait for a miracle cure so I can be able bodied then I’m not doing the small things that will make my time on earth more tolerable and even enjoyable.

Advocating for better disabled access, more changing places toilets, a benefits system that actually supports disabled people makes my life better in ways that wishing for a cure doesn’t.

Learning to use technology like voice control gives me access to hobbies I can do in bed when I can barely move. Finding small moments of beauty in the everyday does more for my mental health than wishing I was someone else.

Don’t pray for me to recover, act to improve the life I’ve been given.

#cripple punk #actually disabled #cripplepunk #cpunk #disability acceptance #wheelchair user

[purpleperidot18]

I can’t believe I just now learned that February is Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month! Like seriously how I have I not heard of this before!?

Love this so much as a physically disabled and autistic Jew :) Happy JDAIM!

#Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month #disability #jumblr #jewish #jewblr #judaism #autistic #disabled #disability awareness #inclusion #disability acceptance

[monarch-of-jack]

[Image ID: A crude drawing of the autism creature holding a disability pride flag. The text above it reads: "happy disability pride month". /.End ID]

#disability pride #disability pride month #autism #tbh #autism creature #it's july my guys #hope you know what that means #cripple punk #disability acceptance #disabled rights

[flappyhappystim]

You know what? It’s okay if your disability stops you. It’s okay if you can’t do things because of it. It’s okay if it interferes with things you wish you could do and others wish you could do.

I know it might feel bad and your feelings are valid. But please don’t take the narrative that society pushes on us as fact. Their whole “you shouldn’t let your disability hold you back” message they push.

My disability does hold me back sometimes. A lot of the time actually. And pressuring me just leaves me feeling guilty and I burn out pushing myself beyond my limits.

I can’t do some things. I can’t do a lot of things. And it’s okay. I’m still worthy and valuable.

#our post #disability positivity #disability acceptance

[gayaest]

Some simple coloring for cherries and star!

#my art #art #original characters #disabled artist #disabled art #disabled and cute #babe with a mobility aid #disability acceptance #illustration #anime #character designs #wheelchair user #cane user

[crazycatsiren]

You should care about disabled people because you should care about people.

#disabled #disabled community #cripple punk #ableism #disability acceptance #disability advocacy

[yeehawtist]

if you’re REALLY committed to not being ableist, then you need to put real effort into managing your annoyance and frustration with others. yes, this goes for fellow disabled people as well. it’s not your fault that you might be annoyed, but it’s not that person’s fault that they’re being annoying to you either, and all we owe to each other is to do our best. no, it’s not your fault, but it is your responsibility.

things that are ok to do for managing your annoyance:

asking for your needs to be met (ex: “could you please try to talk slower for me? i don’t understand when it’s too fast.” “could you please stop tapping so loudly? it’s hurting my ears.”)

setting a boundary (ex: “i won’t sit right in front of you, that makes me uncomfortable.”)

taking breaks

using sensory tools

feel free to add any other tactics you use in comments/reblogs

things that are not ok to do to manage your annoyance:

taking out your frustrations on the person (ex: yelling at them, touching or moving them without consent, being passive aggressive, berating and blaming them)

talking shit about them behind their back (this includes taking videos and photos of the person and posting them online to ridicule them)

please please please try to practice acceptance. it’s hard. i know it’s hard. i’m not going to sit here and tell you it’s easy. but it’s so damn necessary to learn if you want to be around disabled people. many disabled people might talk too loudly, softly, quickly, or slowly; they might not have good hygiene; might not have good spatial awareness; might not know what is socially appropriate to talk about; might look different than you; and many more things. and you can’t fix those things about someone. it’s imperative that you be able to either accept or cope with people’s harmless but irritating imperfections and oddness to be able to comfortably coexist in community. it’s imperative for you as much as it is for them.

it’s a normal, human emotion to be annoyed. you’re not in the wrong for that by any means! but you still need to learn how to deal with that.

#disability acceptance #actually autistic #actually autism #autism #disability #actually neurodiverse #neurodivergent #actually disabled #disabilties #disabled #conflicting access needs #shit i make and say

[cosmiccripple]

if there's one thing i ask all parents to do, it's to teach their children about disability from an early age. i cannot leave my house without every child i come across staring at me and/or my mobility aid. as much as i understand children are curious, it's extremely humiliating to feel as though i'm an exhibition for able-bodied people to gawk at.

#physical disability #actually disabled #babe with a mobility aid #disability #fibromyalgia #cpunk #crip punk #wheelchair #mobility aid user #cane user #forearm crutches #invisible disability #mobility aids #mobility aid #physically disabled #disability acceptance #disability pride month

[yrfemmehusband]

it’s so easy to make accommodations for and ensure the disabled people in your life are okay.

i went to the renaissance festival with my partner and their sister today, and no one at all minded me taking breaks, and going down steep hills my partner took one arm and their sister took another to support me so i didn’t fall.

it was honestly one of the sweetest moments i’ve had and their family is so accepting and accommodating of me, AND they don’t make it a big deal! i just love having people in my life who are kind to me and help me in that way, and don’t make me feel embarrassed or ashamed of it :)

#disability positivity #cpunk #disability acceptance #disability accommodations #disability awareness #babe with a mobility aid #mobility aid user #mobility aid positivity #chronic pain #chronically ill #disabled queer #disability pride #physically disabled

[1863-project]

Please reblog this if you vote, and if you'd like to share your own stories with me, please do, as this poll is part of a larger study I'm working on and the more data I can get for that, the better! If you'd be okay with sharing your story with me and having it anonymously included in the essay I'm writing, you can message me so we can discuss further.

#ableism #tw: ableism #fandom #fandom ableism #disability rights #disability acceptance