#disability pay

[th3p0rtalmaker]

Happy Update Guys!

Thank you so much to everyone who liked and reblogged my last update! (Especially to those who reached out to me directly to offer support, prayers, and send donations!) Having a support network of online friends has been crucial for me during this period of my life, and I could never put into words how grateful I am for all your love and support! While I did have to spend Sunday night of this week sleeping outside, things have taken a turn for the better! Monday morning I was able to get help from the employees at Miriam's House. They found an available bed at a local shelter, and sent them an official referral for me. I was able to move in with my belongings and meet my new roommate Monday by afternoon! I'll be staying for roughly 2 months. I did an intake meeting with the program manager, and we discussed the available programs that I qualify for but need a referral in order to enroll (like housing vouchers). She and I will be working together, starting next week, on getting me enrolled in the programs with the necessary referrals, as well as pursuing my case for disability payments. In the meantime, I'll still be working on my various projects (writing Incarnate, drawing tutorials for Hector and Adira, and my first amv) and offering creative writing mentorship through my Patreon!

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(@batata-doce-com-farofa @meechatuck @nerdasaurus1200 @adventuretolkienlover @subject-2-change @majorabbey @fortune-maiden @initforthecache @soreiya @tbspirits)

#happy update #homeless #homeless shelter #disability pay #things are looking up! #mutuals #the power of love #the power of friendship #thank you #thank you so much #housing voucher #important #signal boost #personal post #personal update #portal speaks #donations #patreon #creative writing mentor

[bellqmione]

wheelchairs and canes and glasses and hearing aids and every single other disability aid should be free btw and if you disagree i hate you

#disability #wheelchair #cane #hearing aids #disability pride #🕸️ #elbow/knee/etc. braces included #contact lenses #and i'm not talking cheap shit #i'm talking FITTED WHEELCHAIRS and HIGH QUALITY HEARING AIDS #and glasses with the perfect prescription #HOW is is that we have to PAY to live fairly

[yuri-enjoyer]

ice cold take but if you have to pay for accessibility features it is not in fact accessible

#m’thoughts #LOOKING AT YOU TUMBLR #making photosensitive people pay for tumblr ad free is not accessible it’s disability tax

[uncanny-tranny]

Fat people deserve mobility aids, too. No matter if it's connected to their fatness or not, because having a mobility issue that is connected to one's fatness won't change that they're still fat and still have the issue at hand. Fat people don't deserve to "tough it out" because fatness should be this divine punishment doled out to those who "deserve" it. Fat disabled people deserve to have the peace of mind that they can exist in whatever way is most comfortable and accessible to them

#disability #ableism #ableism tw #fatphobia #fatphobia tw #also if it's an issue solved by weight loss why would you want them to suffer until the weight loss helps wouldn't that DISCOURAGE them? #because if i were suffering the entire time i sure as fuck wouldn't want to keep going for the ~idea~ of it's gonna pay off!!! #also even if they 'made themself disabled' by being fat or anything else that doesn't matter. they're still disabled. #there is no 'good' disabled and 'bad' disabled and you cannot sort people into those categories #for every 'bad' fat disabled person there are multiple 'good' fat disabled people but you can't tell them apart often actually! #because you would have to know the intimate details of their medical history and familial lineage and tbh if you're... #...being a piece of shit to a disabled person because you assume they're guilty until proven innocent i don't blame others for being... #...weary of you and not wanting to be around you. because you've already proven you can't handle the IDEA of complex disabled experience

[inkskinned]

you have to go to work so you can pay for your doctor, who is not taking your insurance right now, and if you say i can't afford the doctor's you are told - get a better job. it is very sad that you are unwell, yes, but maybe you should have thought about that before not having a better job.

(where is the better job? who is giving out these better jobs? you are sick, you are hurting - how the hell are you supposed to be well enough for this better job?)

but you go to the doctor because you had the nerve to be hurt or sick or whatever else. and they tell you that it is because you have anxiety. you try your best. you are a self-advocate. you've done the reading (which sometimes pisses them off worse, honestly). you say it is actually adding to my anxiety, it is effecting my quality of life. so they say that you are fat. they say that all young people have this happen to them, isn't it a medical marvel! they say that you should eat more vegetables. they say that you probably just need to lose a little more weight, and that you are faking it for attention.

(what attention could this doctor possibly give? what validation? that's their fucking job, isn't it?)

there is always a hypochondriac, right. someone always tells you about a hypochondriac. or someone who is unnecessarily aggressive during the worst days of their life. or someone looking "for a quick fix". or some idiot who wasn't educated about how to properly care for themselves who just abandons their treatment. and again, the hypochondriac, the overly-cautious hysteric. these people don't deserve to be treated like humans (right), and since you might be one of these people, you also don't get treated like a human. because those people can really fuck with the system, you now have to pay for it. and besides. you're actually probably faking it.

(more often than not, you find a 2:1 ratio of these stories. for every "hypochondriac", there are 2 people who knew something was wrong, and yet nobody could fucking find it. the story often ends with pointless suffering. the story often ends with and now it's too late, and it's going to kill me.)

you are actually just making excuses. someone else got that procedure or that diagnosis and he's fine, you should be fine too. someone else said they watched a documentary about other inspirational people with your exact same condition, maybe you should be inspirational, too. you're just too morbid. your pain and your experience is probably just not statistically concerning. it is all self-reported anyway, and you're just being a baby.

(once, while sitting down in the middle of making coffee, you had the sudden, horrible thought - i could kill myself to make the pain stop. you had to call your best friend after that. had to pet your dog. had to cry about it in the shower. you won't, but that moment - god, fuck. the pain just goes on and on.)

you know someone who went in for routine surgery and said i still feel everything. they told her to just relax. it took her kicking and screaming before they figured out she wasn't lying - the anesthetic drip hadn't been working. you know someone who went in for severe migraines who was told drink water and lose weight. you know someone who was actively bleeding out and throwing up in the ER and was told you're just having a bad period.

in the ER there are always these little posters saying things like "don't wait! get checked today!" and you think about how often you do wait. how often the days spool out. you once waited a full week before seeing the doctor for what you thought was a sprained wrist. it had actually been broken - they had to rebreak it to set it.

but you go into the doctor. the problem you're having is immediate. the person behind the counter frowns and says we're not taking your insurance. you will be paying for this out-of-pocket.

they send you home with tylenol and a little health packet about weight loss or anxiety or attention deficit. on the front it has your birthday and diagnosis. you think about crying, and the words swim. it might as well say go fuck yourself. it might as well say you're a fucking idiot. it might as well say light your money on fire and lie down in it. and the entire fucking time - the problem persists.

it's okay. it's okay, it's just another thing, you think. it's just another thing i have to learn to live with.

#spilled ink #warm up #can you tell what i'm mad about today specifically #i will say that there are a LOT of things that go into this. like a lot. this is ungendered and unspecific for a reason #it isn't just sexism. it's also racism. and ableism. and honestly classism. #and before a healthcare professional reads this as a personal attack: i understand ur burnt out #we are ALSO burnt out. your situation is also dire. this is not an attack on you. #this is a commentary on the incredible amounts of bigotry that lie at the heart of capitalism #where people have to pay money out of pocket to be told to fuck off. #your job is important. so is our humanity. and if you cannot accept that people are fucking mad as hell #at the industry - you are probably not listening . #anyway at some point im gonna write a piece about sexism specifically in medical shit #but i don't want terfs clowning in it bc they can't understand nuance #> it is true that ppl w/a uterus are more likely to experience medical malpractice & dismissal globally #> it is also true that trans people experience an equally fucked up and bad time in the medical field #> great news! the medical industrial complex is an equal opportunity life ruiner :) #(if you find it necessary to go into a debate about biology while discussing medical malpractice #i want to warn you that you're misunderstanding the issue. because guess what. #cis MEN might experience this. particularly black men. particularly disabled men. #so YES having a uterus can lead to more trouble for you. but this happens a LOT. #instead of fighting those ALSO experiencing your pain.... try working WITH them. #which btw. is like. actual feminism.)

[erenalias]

“But House MD is unrealistic because of all the medical malpractice!!”

WRONG

House MD is unrealistic because he gives the proper diagnosis more often than not

#WHERE DID YALL COME FROM??? shoutout to the spoonies and sorry to disappoint all the house fans #and because he listens to his patients #oooo house is such a morally grey character cause he breaks the law to save lives #nah man he’s just a good fucking doctor #have you ever been in the waiting room of an ER in America before? #I would pay unimaginable amounts of money to be one of his patients #house #house md #dr house #disabled #cripple punk #chronic illness #chronically ill

[raviolirash]

The new waist grab in its glory

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#astarion #astarion ancunin #bg3 #bg3 astarion #disabling mods and paying another $7 for the freecam was worth it

[rileylastname]

people who add non-autogenerated subtitles to videos are the most attractive people on this planet and allowed to steal one (1) thing from my home. including a kiss

#if they’re competently done and timed well it can be open mouth #I love subtitles #i say ‘yippee!! yeehaw!’ and dance a little jig whenever I can watch a video with closed captioning on #NOT autogenerated subtitles though. proper ones #if you have a budget for a youtube video there is no reason to not add subtitles. #yes it’s time consuming but you can pay a professional to caption them. OR do it yourself #also if you deliberately turn off autogen captions and don’t supply a sufficient replacement then I get to steal something from your house #and it will not be a smooch. but it might be violent #auditory processing disorder #APD #disabilities #hoh #deaf #youtube #subtitles #shut up riley

[echosbento]

AU where Jason lived, but only barely. People know that Jason is alive, tragically injured in a villain attack, but alive. Thing is, they don't know that the second Robin is alive. Bruce tells anyone that asks, the kid is alive, but he never says he's fine because Jason isn't fine, he's traumatized and disabled and angry that he had his choice to be a vigilante taken from him, but he's clear that the kid is alive. People don't believe Bruce though, they think he's in denial, because it's clear to anyone who had ever seen the two together that Batman saw Robin as his son. It becomes common knowledge that the second Robin died, there are even conspiracy theories that he died saving Jason's life, and Batman was too distraught by this to ever really accept his death. So when Tim meets Bats, he too thinks the second Robin is dead, it's the only explanation he can think of anyways, because no new vigilante ever showed up like after the first Robin disappeared. And then Bruce takes him to the manor, and Jason is just sat on the couch, mending Dick's costume because his useless himbo older brother can't keep a costume intact for twenty minutes, and he sees Tim and he gasps all fake dramatic "You're finally letting me meet my replacement?!" And Tim goes through all the stages of grief at once as he realizes he never once even considered Jason being the second Robin, not even after he found out Batman was Bruce Wayne.

The potential, Jason loving Dick but hating him at the same time because Jason was forced into retirment and Dick gets to pick and choose when he wants to be a vigilante. Bruce realizing how few rights permanently disabled people have and deciding to fight to fix it and Jason yelling at him for not caring until it was his family being effected. Jason realizing if he ever loses Bruce's support he's totally screwed because he can't do any of what he used to to keep himself alive anymore, and breaking down because how could he possibly help the people like him when he couldn't even help himself anymore? Jason being obsessively over protective of Tim and every sidekick who comes after him because he's terrified one of them will end up like him and they're just kids they don't deserve that. Jason overworking himself because he's convinced if he just Tries Harder he can get past his disabilities, but slowly learning his new limits and accepting them. Just, permanently disabled Jason man.

#batman #jason todd #batfam #dick grayson #tim drake #disability #injury #bruce wayne #me projecting onto Jason #i'll never forget the day I realized I couldn't do the same work to feed myself anymore #and if my parents decided to stop paying for my lunch again #i would just die #that breakdown was BAD

[switchcase]

For everyone in the USA with wheelchair fundraisers/can't afford a wheelchair: consider vocational rehabilitation. It's a govt program available in every state, and it IS a massive pain in the ass to go through, but if they do a physical eval and find that you can't keep or start working/going to uni without disability aids, they will pay for it. There's no strings attached either. If you have insurance they'll run it through ins first and then pay the portion that insurance won't pay.

#wheelchair #wheelchair user #cripplepunk #cripple punk #disability #They pay for other stuff too like hearing aids but I feel like most Deafies know about this already #Just because audiology is so rarely covered by ins that a lot of Deaf people go through VR for HAs and CIs #I got my HAs from VR. Would have been $6k I think without them

[galaxywarp]

GUESS WHO IS LEGALLY DISAAAAAAABBBBLLLLLEEEEDDDDD

#APPROVED! APPROVED! APPROVED! APPROVED!!!!!! #I CAN PAY MY RENT I CAN PAY MY BILLS IM DISABLED!!!!!! IM DISABLED!!!!!!

[aseriesofsteps]

Welcome to me not knowing what the hell I’m doing with my life. I love grandma candies and I put one of them in every order so of course it was about time I made them into pins.

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#shameless plug #pls help me pay my bills #grandma candy #grandma core #grandmacore #strawberry #strawberry candy #enamel pin #queer artist #disabled artist #trans artist #cyber Monday

[gasterofficial]

its so evil and sinister that disabilities can make basic selfcare tasks difficult because god knows my body hurts enough without feeling like im dying because i havent eaten or drank enough

#disability #chronic illness #i still feel guilty calling myself disabled but like. earth to avem have you been paying attention to how much your body hates you

[gideonisms]

Once again frustrated by how Difficult it is to do very basic tasks

#this is not even about executive dysfunction today #today i'm annoyed my phone simply won't make calls and every pharmacy i have contacted charges $100 for the covid vaccine #they're paying these kids $13 an hour obviously they haven't heard about the cdc program #they don't like train you on that stuff i get it #it's just. i would like a vaccine to put off getting covid again thus putting off the disability i'll eventually get from it #given enough times it's bound to fuck me up for good i'm just trying to make money until then #but it's just hard. everything is hard for no reason #i could just pay the $100 i guess it's doable it's just a bummer #i'm trying to save up to get out of this state give me a break i am very tired

[brucewaynehater101]

There needs to be an Oracle movie

Barbara Gordon and her time as Batgirl. The subtle implications of misogyny (from criminals, emergency services, social media, etc.) and her struggles of being slightly outcast from the Bats (maybe not intentionally, but it's still felt). Despite that (and how hard the role is), she admits to feeling alive and powerful as Batgirl. She loves her ability to help Gotham, the city her dad tries so hard to shape up to be better.

Then the Joker shoots Barbara. He doesn't shoot Batgirl, doesn't even know it's Batgirl that's being injured, but he shoots Barbara because she's the commissioner's daughter. Her life changing injury isn't even about her.

There's the hopelessness, the grief, the sense of loss, and then Jason dies.

The Bats, try as they might to be there for her, are drowning in their own grief. They can't be there for her even if they wanted to.

She's wasting away with the realization that she's lost everything and her father is bending under the weight of supporting her and his job as commissioner.

Slowly, an idea comes to her. Slowly, when she starts looking out at Gotham's skyline and sees the clock tower, she begins to pull herself back together.

It's not an easy process, and she does return to depressive spirals and bed rotting, but she starts to have more decent days than bad. She's puts away her first criminal as Oracle. She becomes a feared force the Bats can turn to for help.

The end of the movie will hint at her starting Birds of Prey.

#dc comics #dc universe #barbara gordon #dc oracle #if dc doesn't knock it off with their ableist and sexist bullshit #barbara deserves her own spotlight because she's cool as hell and not just an extension of the bats #i would pay good money to see a movie where barbara was the focus and the bats were BACKGROUND characters #barbara is badass and capable #her ascent to oracle is a riveting story #if the directors knew what they were doing the movie would be a great representation of disabilities #show me barbara beating the shit out of ableist bastards #subtle indications of barbara being extremely capable but limited to the restrictions the lack of accessibility force upon her

[cistematicchaos]

i don't understand why people get so pissed when you ask them to repeat themselves. my hearing is fucked, so i have to do it often and ppl's reactions are very hard to deal with. but like, i don't understand what you said!! what am i supposed to do??

#chaos is speaking #disability #ableism #actually disabled #i'm absolutely positive i have hearing loss now unfortunately #not sure what from #but its definitely not just my like #what is it called #auditory processing disorder #ha typed it in and found i #its different than that #not enough that i noticed it immediately #but its become clear #after paying attention unfortunately #i could have it checked out but lol #that requires money folks #regardless!!!! #back to the task at hand