#'oh wow that seems perfect for you!' bc they know my crippled neurodivergent ass with a SpIn in psych just LOVES this

[psychiatricwarfare]

FUCK man i shouldve applied to this job years ago!!! not only is it amazing to be surrounded by other disabled people all day but it's also incredible to be forced to not only think of what i Can do instead of what i cant &&& to help other disabled people do the same! to be able to make closer bonds with them because i Get It. to be able to have a job where i can visibly see the impact i have! to yell at ableists if they say shit to/about one of the people in my group (or myself)! my actual JOB is to advocate for disabled people! and the best part? a lot of staff there truly respect the people we help support. so many of them actually like coming to program every day because we dont force them to do anything they don't want to. we are trained to fully listen to them and their wants and needs!! i already feel so at home there, im already trusted by a few people that know im there to help them IF they need it and that's it. there is no "let me do this for you" but instead "would you like help with that?" and respecting their answer no matter what it is!!!! its treating adults like adults no matter what their disability is because They Are Adults!!!!!! i love this. i love disabled spaces. i love my community. i love being able to look at someone in my group and tell them "its okay, i need a lot of help too" and seeing the smile grow on their faces because they know im telling the truth. its absolutely incredible. they are helping me just as much as im helping them. we are living proof to each other that needing help is okay! most of the people who come to program live with adults who dont need much help and then come to program and work with more adults who dont need much help and so being able to be that bridge, that proof that they can do this too IF they want to, is incredible. not only that, but advocating for adults who want to stay in a program who have no interest in graduating or being fully independent because that's their right too. and i think what warms my heart the most is the amount of elderly people we have there. seeing people in our community grow old and hearing them talk about how things are so much better now. learning about the horrible ways they were treated when they were younger but they survived!! they survived those awful places and now just want to continue surviving, but happier.

i fucking love this job & im so fucking happy it fell into my lap the way it did. i couldnt be happier here

[psychiatricwarfare]

FUCK man i shouldve applied to this job years ago!!! not only is it amazing to be surrounded by other disabled people all day but it's also incredible to be forced to not only think of what i Can do instead of what i cant &&& to help other disabled people do the same! to be able to make closer bonds with them because i Get It. to be able to have a job where i can visibly see the impact i have! to yell at ableists if they say shit to/about one of the people in my group (or myself)! my actual JOB is to advocate for disabled people! and the best part? a lot of staff there truly respect the people we help support. so many of them actually like coming to program every day because we dont force them to do anything they don't want to. we are trained to fully listen to them and their wants and needs!! i already feel so at home there, im already trusted by a few people that know im there to help them IF they need it and that's it. there is no "let me do this for you" but instead "would you like help with that?" and respecting their answer no matter what it is!!!! its treating adults like adults no matter what their disability is because They Are Adults!!!!!! i love this. i love disabled spaces. i love my community. i love being able to look at someone in my group and tell them "its okay, i need a lot of help too" and seeing the smile grow on their faces because they know im telling the truth. its absolutely incredible. they are helping me just as much as im helping them. we are living proof to each other that needing help is okay! most of the people who come to program live with adults who dont need much help and then come to program and work with more adults who dont need much help and so being able to be that bridge, that proof that they can do this too IF they want to, is incredible. not only that, but advocating for adults who want to stay in a program who have no interest in graduating or being fully independent because that's their right too. and i think what warms my heart the most is the amount of elderly people we have there. seeing people in our community grow old and hearing them talk about how things are so much better now. learning about the horrible ways they were treated when they were younger but they survived!! they survived those awful places and now just want to continue surviving, but happier.

i fucking love this job & im so fucking happy it fell into my lap the way it did. i couldnt be happier here