#DISABILITY

[zylahbee]

this is amazing.

A guide to designing wheelchair using characters!

I hope this helps anyone who's trying to design their oc using a wheelchair, it's not a complete guide but I tried my best! deffo do more research if you're writing them as a character

[akindplace]

Merry christmas to anyone who is disabled and couldn’t celebrate because they are struggling with their health. I hope things get better soon and that you remember you’re still a valuable person even if you had to say no to an invitation, even if you didn’t show up to that party, even if you had to spend it alone and spend it in bed. I hope you know you’re still worthy of love and respect from others even if people don’t get that your disability prevented you from celebrating. I hope you remember to treat yourself with compassion, to take it easy on yourself and to find a way to do something nice that cheers you up like watching a fun movie or getting yourself a little treat ❤️‍🩹

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

My joints have been hurting me these days so I’m expressing my suffering through these guys for catharsis.

Ignore the fucked up look of Medic’s wheelchair, I’m redesigning it entirely so it makes more sense and so it resembles those mountain terrain wheelchairs because holy shit those things slap and I didn’t even know they existed.

Old design (left) & what I’m aiming to implement into the future design (right):

I’m trying to make it a more all-terrain kind of wheelchair but also have it motorised? Since if I’m going to try and combine the medigun into the wheelchair as well, Medic ain’t going to have the hands free to push the wheels more than steer it. Then again, this might be an impossible task and I might be unable to make a battle medigun/wheelchair, but who knows.

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[penig]

You know the famous salons of Paris?

They evolved, but in the beginning, they were precisely this. Aristocratic women with artistic or intellectual interests invited artists, philosophers, poets, and friends over and hosted from bed.

No reason you can't do it, too. I mean, apart from not having servants to make the snacks, I guess. But if all the guests bring snacks - it can still work!

You ever been in a state where you physically have no energy, but you're bored and socially understimulated so you kind of wish you could just invite people to come over like this:

[stellaltumi]

ah yes, the age old question:

am I getting over being sick, or did my baseline get worse

[myfandomrealitea]

some needs just inherently clash if attempted to be met in the same space

Which is what a lot of people fail to both understand and accept when discussing true inclusivity. Especially in regards to spaces focusing on things like gender and sexuality. Which can get more complex, but ultimate inclusivity refers to a much, much broader variety of criteria and people.

Inclusivity should not be about everyone's needs being met in one place. It should be about ensuring that there are suitable spaces so there is a space where everyone's needs are met. Including those which will inherently exclude others.

[artbyaj497]

Happy First Night! Based on a true story😭

[goblin-king-jay]

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"Its crazy how if you get good grades they just let you raw dog adhd your whole life"

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[covid-safer-hotties]

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[epsilonicronecronomicon]

If this post gets --- notes I'll --- etc etc you know the drill

120 notes and I'll start voice training for school

380 notes and I'll make a document of holiday and birthday gifts I would actually enjoy and send it to all my abroad relatives (it'll be filled with shopping links for gender affirming and disability stuff like slideable pins)

600 notes and I'll change my name and pronouns on the school website AND start WEARING the pins I get

820 notes and I'll tell my Yiayia (Greek grandmother) that I'm transgender and I want to be called Freddie

1100 notes and I will tell all my relatives and start correcting literally anyone who addresses me as female, excluding people I don't feel physically safe around, idk I don't really expect it to get this far

don't spam more than 20 notes! thank you!

[2003-playground]

Can we stop using "still lives with their parents" or "unemployed" or "doesn't have a drivers license" or "didn't graduate high school" as an insult or evidence that someone is a bad person? Struggling with independence or meeting milestones is not a moral failing.

[nondivisable]

I need to say something and I need y'all to be calm

if it isn't actively bad or harmful, no representation should be called "too simple" or "too surface level"

I have a whole argument for this about the barbie movie but today I wanna talk about a show called "the babysitters club" on Netflix

(obligatory disclaimer that I watched only two episodes of this show so if it's super problematic I'm sorry) (yes. I know it's based on a book, this is about the show)

this is a silly 8+ show that my 9 year old sister is watching and it manages to tackle so many complex topics in such an easy way. basic premise is these 13 year old girls have a babysitting agency.

in one episode, a girl babysits this transfem kid. the approach is super simple, with the kid saying stuff like "oh no, those are my old boy clothes, these are my girl clothes". they have to go to the doctor and everyone is calling the kid by her dead name and using he/him and this 13 year old snaps at like a group of doctors and they all listen to her. it's pure fantasy and any person versed in trans theory would point out a bunch of mistakes.

but after watching this episode, my little sister started switching to my name instead of my dead name and intercalating he/him pronouns when talking about me.

one of the 13 years old is a diabetic and sometimes her whole personality is taken over by that. but she has this episode where she pushes herself to her limit and passes out and talks about being in a coma for a while because of not recognizing the limits of her disability.

and this allowed my 9 year old sister to understand me better when I say "I really want to play with you but right now my body physically can't do that" (I'm disabled). she has even asked me why I'm pushing myself, why I'm not using my crutches when I complain about pain.

my mom is 50 years old and watching this show with my sister. she said the episode about the diabetic girl helped her understand me and my disability better. she grew up disabled as well, but she was taught to shut up and power through.

yes, silly simple representation can annoy you if you've read thousands of pages about queer liberation or disability radical thought, but sometimes things are not for you.

[wishful-seeker]

I would like to see more people talk about how jobs treat disabled employees.

I used to prep, wash dishes, and cook at mellow mushroom. I had chronic pain that wasn't NEARLY as bad as it is today, but it was still very debilitating. I told my employer "i cannot stand more than 4 to 6 hours. I CANNOT do shifts longer than this due to my illness." And even though i made my boundaries VERY clear, everyday i worked it was 8 hours at the least and 10 or 12 at the most. I would go up to my manager and say "look i really need to leave, my shift is over, my chronic pain is killing me." And he'd say "we really need to here, you HAVE to push through." And so i did, and after one, ONE month of that job my crps got incredibly worse to the point where i could no longer walk my dog around the block which was .5 miles. I quit, and that was FOUR years ago, and ever since that day I HAVE BEEN BEDRIDDEN AND HAVE TO USE A WHEELCHAIR. It is my biggest regret in life.

My best friend who has seen my whole journey has recently developed undiagnosed chronic pain, and she is in the EXACT same scenario i was 4 years ago. Busting her ass at a pizza place with extreme pain that hurts her so much she tells me "im in so much pain i don't even feel like a person." She doesn't feel LUCID. And her manager and coworkers are saying the same thing "if you don't help us you will let us down, we'll be in the shit."

That job thats hurting you isn't fucking worth it. I promise you no money is worth losing all your physical abilities and never getting them back. Your coworkers and boss do not give a shit about you, so don't you dare suffer for them. They will never understand your struggle and they will never try. They truly think being understaffed is worse than whatever pain you experience. They would rather you permanently damage yourself than inconvenience them. FUCK THEM. DON'T FUCKING DO IT!