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[insane-cripplepunk]

[insane-cripplepunk]

Cripples know how much physical pain can radicalize you

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Hey while it's snowing and you're out clearing your driveways

I not ask but highly encourage you to please also clear stairways, ramps and as much sidewalk as you can get.

Yes you need to get your car out but it's even harder for us disabled folk during the winter to leave our places of residence when there's snow and ice in our path.

Wheelchair users are literally unable to go anywhere without either getting their wheels stuck in the snow or sliding uncontrollably on the ice. Disabled people in general are at a higher risk of injury or worsened conditions in weather like this.

Salt as much area as you can, clear away snow to grant safe paths PLEASE

Not all of us can acquire nor afford let alone have spikes/snowshoes for our aids or feet. Personality the "snowshoe" I have on my cane will only do so much and I can't afford myself any actual footwear that will protect me right now.

It doesn't just help your community but also protects you and your loved ones from accidents by doing more than just your driveway.

It might take some extra time but it's highly appreciated and worth it to provide the assistance to others.

Especially when it comes to sidewalks, snow plows cover those up like forgotten secrets under the rug.

If your main concern is your car sliding on ice, that exact feeling is what a lot of us have just leaving the house this winter.

Please for god sake go the extra mile and clear more than just your driveway

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A man in a wheelchair rolls into a liberal bar. He starts to order a drink, but another customer grabs the handles of his wheelchair, turns him around, and gives him a hard push in the other direction to get him out of the way and order a drink themselves.

The man in the wheelchair turns around and yells “Hey, what’s wrong with you?! Are you crazy?!”

The man in the wheelchair is asked to leave. Ableism isn’t tolerated here.

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Hi!

We will no longer be taking asks about name signs or giving characters sign names.

If you (writer) are not Deaf do not make a name sign. If your character is not Deaf they cannot give name signs. Noun names (e.g. my name Rock) are not literally translated to be sign name, they are spelled.

Initials, abbreviations, nicknames, and initialized spellings are fine to use/make if you are not Deaf. Be aware these are for use in conversation after person being referenced has been established by spelling whole name.

If you are unsure what your situation is, just do not make name sign. Name sign will be such a small part of a story about a d/Deaf or signing character it does not matter much!

We are of course accepting other asks about sign language and Deaf culture! I'd love to see your characters and questions!

Mod Rock

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"You don't look disabled" is not a compliment. I repeat.

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Not resilient like an inspiration, resilient like a cockroach. You're gonna have to try a hell of a lot harder than that if you want to kill me

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why is it so hard for able bodied people to believe that doctors are sometimes just incompetent? you realize doctors are people, right? people that can be bad at their job. that happens sometimes. they don't know everything because there's a piece of paper on their wall that says they're smart, actually. they can sometimes be wrong, actually. they can sometimes cut corners and take the easy way out, actually. they can sometimes hate their job and make that their patients problem, actually. doctors aren't all saints who do everything right the first time. please stop invalidating disabled people when they complain about their terrible treatment at the hands of medical professionals. please stop putting the feelings of doctors over the lives of their patients.

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we are not reviving the r slur. if you hear someone say it tell them to cut that shit out. it’s not funny or edgy and we need to make people embarrassed and uncomfortable saying it

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Sometimes I have to remind myself that's it's ok to have days in bed

It's okay to not want to speak because it takes too much energy or hurts too much

It's okay to be upset that you're missing out of things because you're unwell

It's okay to need help

It's okay to accept help

It's okay to let yourself be in pain or exhausted and to stop pushing through things and just rest

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I feel like most able bodied people see wheelchairs as the worst thing that could happen to a person. When I discuss my want to have a wheelchair for various reasons, most peoples first reaction is to be surprised that I could voluntarily consider that.

But what they fail to consider is that, unlike them, I very much hate walking. It causes me pain and fatigue, it is a miserable experience.

So to any able bodied person reading this, yes some wheelchair users like walking, some want to gain that ability back, but that does not invalidate the feelings of wheelchair users who absolutely hate walking.

[insane-cripplepunk]

Overly Specific Shoutout number 2:

- Shoutout to disabled people who need mobility aids but can’t get them for whatever reason ( can’t afford it, stigma, etc )

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the way that some non-severely disabled people, talk about severely disabled people is very odd.

there are ways to talk about how wide of a spectrum disability is and how not every disability is visible, terminal, severe etc. without bringing down severely disabled people.

i saw a comment that said "not every disabled person is a bedbound, paralyzed vegetable that can't be independent or do anything for themselves" and it kinda rubbed me the wrong way. i think it's very odd to jump to wording like that to disprove the idea that all disability looks like being bedbound, paralyzed, etc.

there are much better ways to get the same point across without being rude and ableist towards severely disabled people.

its not an isolated account either, i get and see lots of these types of comments/remarks from less severely disabled people and it gets increasingly frustrating every time and i'm not sure people realize that.

no, not every disabled person is bedbound or paralyzed or can't be independent, but jumping to calling severely disabled people vegetables and useless, amongst other things isn't a good look either.

additionally, at the beginning of the specific comment it said "society's collective idea of what a "real" disability is ..." , I think its important to add that we as severely disabled people are not inherently taken more seriously or treated with more care and validation than non-severely disabled people.

neglect and medical malpractice is rampant within high support needs communities and severely disabled care. also, i as well as many other severely disabled people i know have gotten repeatedly fake-claimed while being visibly and severely disabled. so to make a generalized statement about an experience that you do not have comes off as very odd.

i am not at all saying that people with invisible and less severe disabilities aren't treated poorly by society and the healthcare system, i know they do and i'm genuinely sorry that that happens, i wish it was different. however, when talking about your validity of being disabled, please keep your rude, ignorant, ableist comments about severely disabled people to yourselves.

please talk about your experiences with being disabled and keep raising awareness for your part of the spectrum, it is a very important conversation to have and i 100% support that. but also be mindful of the language you use and possibly ableist statements that you might be making in the process.

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i thought this was fucking hilarious. found it in the old building (with no lifts up to it)

ID: a picture of a white brick wall next to a dark grey concrete staircase. on the wall is a paper sign that reads in black capital letters 'inclusive learning' with a blue arrow pointing up the stairs. end ID

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I was out the other day when this spiritual group approached me. They had this stand set up and were offering “divine healing” and such. One of them saw me and that I had a mobility aid and started questioning me and asking me if I was in pain plus similar shit like that. I wasn’t even walking walking towards the stand, I was walking away from it and one of them went out of their way to chase me down. Can you just fucking leave me alone?!!? Is it that hard?

Grown ass adults approaching me (a minor) on the street so they can take advantage of my pain for the sake of financial gain. In their minds, whether they be Christian, spiritual or any other religion, I am misguided and “cursed”. My entire existence is a story for them to put on their Facebook page, flaunting me about to say “look how nice we are to disabled people!” or manipulate people in pain to think that they can be healed by buying into these scams. A douchebag in a fedora with a crystal isn’t going to heal me of my disabilities.

I’m not your advertisement, not your inspiration and not your money making scheme. Dehumanising me and touching me, giving me unwanted help doesn’t make you an angel just a piece of shit. I’m done letting people treat me like an accessory. If that makes me a “bad disabled” then so fucking be it. If people aren’t going to treat me like a person I don’t think I should be forced to accomodate to them . They are grown ass adults and they are making my life hell.

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Wild concept that shouldn’t be wild and the coldest take ever: disabled adults are *adults* and not just children trapped in adult bodies

Disabled adults have sex

Disabled adults do drugs

Disabled adults curse

Disabled adults get piercings and tattoos

Disabled adults can make adult decisions and act and behave like adults because we are adults

It’s just so weird for people to constantly infantilize me all because of my mobility aids when I’m not a child!!!

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Able-bodied neurotypicals and neurodivergents please stop comparing your experiences with physically disabled experiences which you literally cannot speak for challenge.

Those of us who are both neurodivergent and physically disabled are so very tired.