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I feel like when I first became chronically ill and it was medically recognized that I was suffering from pain, people were so much more willing to listen and empathize with me

Like, for example, after the initial diagnosis a lot of people were willing to listen to me complain and get upset and tried as hard as they could to accomodate

But after maybe like 2 weeks, it got kind of old for people, I guess? Maybe it just kind of became like the new normal to others. Nobody wanted to listen to me anymore, and most people were content with treating me like I was back to "normal" (previously my masking self)

It's just kind of disheartening to watch people move on with their lives and just ignore my disability and how it's affecting me just because I talk about it more often now and it isn't some new novel thing

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Oh to be held close like a rat

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Shout out to disabled people who NEED (need) screen time to function or exist or socialise or communicate or anything else. I know people say screen time is bad. But if you need it for your disabilties? Use it. Please. So shout out to you.

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"Autism isn't a disability" you tell me as my family are all considered carers for me,

"Autism isn't a disability" you tell me as i receive disability benefits for my autism

"Autism isn't a disability" you tell me as i have special needs so severe i cant even attend school

"Autism isn't a disability" you tell me as i am nonverbal

"Autism isn't a disability" you tell me as i can't regularly dress, bath, do grooming tasks without help or at all

"Autism isn't a disability" you tell me after I've spent months of my life requiring 24/7 1-1 supervision

"Autism isn't a disability" you tell me as i am housebound

"Autism isn't a disability" you tell me as i am officially diagnosed with nothing other than autism.

Maybe autism is a disability, and maybe you just don't want to accept you are disabled because of the stigma around disability? All autistic people are significantly impaired in areas of functioning, even if that makes you uncomfortable, that is the truth. And maybe you should spent 1 minute to go and read the diagnostic criteria for autism. That all autistic people meet.

Autism is a disability, and when you advocate that it's not, you are making real world harm, especially for people with substantial support needs.

They don't give disability services to non disabled people, so please, when your advocacy includes limiting services for those of us who need them the most, is it advocacy or are you just harming people who are already in positions that they can't advocate and be as loud as you.

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I need a ballet class with just disabled and chronically ill dancers so I can get back into dance without being yelled at for my limited range of movement

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Good Morning by the Daily Mirror, England, April 4, 1944

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there's a really funny 3d printing controversy going on btw.

if you don't know, there's a very popular 3d printing model out there called "benchy". this is used for benchmarking your 3d printer because it's a difficult print and will help test it out.

this is so widely used that people make their own little versions of it, remixing the 3d model to make benchy look cooler and stuff. however, a new company owns the benchy license. they are sending copyright takedowns to all those who wrongfully uploaded the benchy model.

of course, this is pissing off the 3d printing community greatly. everyone loved benchy and have used it for years. so someone on reddit decided to make a new model that is designed as a 3d printing stress test. one that works a lot like benchy, and people are freely able to edit it as they please. you know what they called it?

boaty.

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One of my favourite parts about autistic people is how you can use other peoples' reflections of them like an echolocation bullshit detector. Like they personally do not need to do shit for this to work, they just passively emit their own autistic vibe that bounces off every surface around them, and you can assess another person's level of self-awareness by how they reflect it back.

"Autistic people do not understand social hierarchy" nope, they understand you're supposed to be an authority here, but they won't politely pretend to respect you if they think you're incompetent.

"Autistic people do not understand humour" nope, they just don't politely pretend to laugh to humour you, and you are simply not funny.

"Autistic people are rude" nope, they just don't think it's polite to lie to you, and don't care about trying to tell you what they think you want to hear instead of telling you what they think.

"Autistic people sometimes have emotional meltdowns for absolutely no reason" nope, you're just insufferable to be around and the person with the lowest tolerance of your shit is simply the canary in the coal mine who breaks first.

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me: wants to get muscular to pass better + be hot

remembers that i literally cant exist without being in pain, am incredibly weak, am constantly exhausted, am easily injuired, and pain + fatigue is worsened with any physical activity

me: nvm ig i'll just not pass and stay an ugly twig and never wear any outfit i wanna wear ever

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my favorite mashup emoji is this one and i wish it was real so bad

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having a freeze response to stress is so funny in the context of normal adult stressors. millions of years of evolution are trying to tell me that the email will not find me if i stay very still and do nothing

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ojibwe / noah kahan / richard siken / unknown / elliott smith / oamisoa / cameron awkward-rich

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