#Disability Rights

[baybelletrist]

Oh for fucks sake. This is bullshit.

Holy **** oh right okay. So I was about to make a post about how using speech to text has already been a game changer for me but as you can see by the line of asterix at the start of this post the bloody thing auto censors swear words. (Yet bloody got through, ig Because it is a description and also British slang.). Hint: the word I was trying to say there starts with F and ends with K.

Oh and guess what else you can't say you can't say? **** [Nipples]. had to type that myself. penis is ok but **** [clitoris] isn't, and all my attempts to say "clit" were Misunderstood, which may just be my speech but at this point I am not willing to give the benefit of the doubt. Vagina is OK too but every time I say it there is a moment when an * shows up on screen first before the full word does. this doesn't happen when I say the word penis.

It is completely heinous. Anybody who needs speech to text is immediately forced to comply with the rules set out by people in a position of power and then enforced by a machine — a machine that is a very powerful accessibility tool. Imagine trying to dictate a letter to a doctor or fill in an E consult with speech to text, only to have words of your anatomy censored as if they are taboo. there is already far too much stigma around genital physical health — and note that I could say genital but can't say **** [clitoris] — for it to be okay for these words to be censored.

And even if somebody just wants to swear In a message to their friends or write smut/**** [pornography], they should be able to. There is no justification for this feature. No reason for it to be default.

I'm trying to find a way around this. There is a settings icon on the little speech to text bar that comes up, but this only gives me options For the speech typing launcher, auto punctuation, and to set the default microphone. it's making me extremely angry

[neurodivergent-catlover]

Under the new idea of needing atleast four points for one daily living activity for PIP idea the government is proposing,

Somebody who

Needs a feeding tube to get nutrition

Needs physical help to wash lower parts of their body

Needs to be supervised going to the toilet

Needs physical help to dress their lower body

Cannot speak at all

Would not be eligible for pip. Which would mean they also wouldn't be eligible for universal credit health element (money for people who cannot work).

And wouldnt be seen as disabled. Their carer couldnt get carers credits or carers allowance. Would have trouble justifying they are disabled which means even more services they will loose out on like a blue badge.

The government has made it such a necessary requirement to have PIP if you are disabled so you can be seen as disabled by the government and nearly every system that exists in the UK. The PIP criteria changing isn't just going to affect people accessing PIP its going to affect people accessing EVERY. SINGLE. DISABILITY SERVICE THEY NEED.

Do not let the government lie to you. This is not about only letting the people with significant needs access pip. People with high support needs will be affected too. This is not fair and people will die if this change happens.

[northern-punk-lad]

You are not thinking intersectional if you don’t include disabled people 

[insomniaccoffeebean]

NO NO NO NO NO BECAUCE BECAUSE DUDE LOOK-

*grabs camera aggressively*

LOOK AT ME!

She is so much better as Oracle, she is a perfect example of someone being disabled but still valued as a person and for what they still can bring to the table. As Batgirl she was phisically capable, she was amazing and she kept up with Bruce and dick and later Jason. But even though the reason she was disabled was definitly misogynistic, the way they've (generally) handled her disability makes me so happy because because because: she is disabled she does not have the ability to do things she used to: SHE IS DISABLED OKAY !!!!!???

I'm tired of the whole: differently abled, handy capable handy helper bulshit.

DISABLED PEOLE ARE DISABLED. THEY ARE 'DIS' 'ABLED' OKAY!? THEY DONT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND FUCK YOU BECAUSE THATS FINE.

Disabled people shouldn't have to be exceptional to still be valued, just because she can't run anymore or use a grapling hook of be phisically there to help out dosnt mean that's she's not important it dosnt mean that she's not valued and it dosnt mean she's not respected.

She is not ABLE to do the things she's used to and that's fine THATS OKAY.

Her disability actually disabled her and I apreceate that, it's not liek they built her a mec suit or soemthing so she could still be in the field or did some crazy fucking random bulshit tech implant in her spine that somehow(?) Made her able to walk again (I'm looking at you felicity smoke) she doant have the ability to walk and they accept that level of ability from her.

because once again that's fine.

I feel like so often people look at the very small percentage of disabled people that do honistly amazing things and are liek 'inspired' or somthing by it when literally they're just pitying the disabled person. Like yes, the gymnast who dosnt have any legs is amazing, it's great that she can do gymnast things without any legs BUT THAT SHOULDNT BE THE STANDARD FOR PPL WHO HAVE NO LEGS.

LIKE NO, the majority of people who don't have legs will not be able to do that, and they probably never will, and I just want people to understand that people with no legs are still people and they are still important beyond the limitations of their ability.

I feel like there is this like hesitancy to say that a disabled person 'can't' do something and like yes, don't tell people what they can and can't do it's not up for you to decide but like also A PARAPLEGIC CANT WALK,

Someone who is mute can't speak or sing, that's not an insult, that is a fact and there shouldn't be anything wrong with that.

Barbara is paralyzed, so she needs a wheelchair to get around and therfore she can't be Batgirl anymore and I just love that that's fine, I love that Noone expects her to be phisically amazing.

And before anyone's like 'well she's mentally amazing so it's still crazy in that way and we shouldn't expect people with phisical disability to be extra smart to compensate' and I agree no one should expect people with phisical disability to be extra smart to 'balance things out' I beleave first and foremost that we should allow disabled people to be just as mediocre as able bodied people but you have to understand that she s a character in a batman comic, she was already inhumanly smart as Batgirl, as all of gothems vigilantes need to be, so it's not insane for her to be as smart when she's paralyzed, like.

I support allowing disabled people to be mediocre but also don't put a cap on someone, there's a difference between not expecting people to be exceptional and writing them off as failures.

Disabled people arnt automatically dumber than able bodied people, but they're not automatically smarter than able bodied people, THEYRE JUST PEOPLE OKAY.

LET US JUST BE PEOPLE! we don't need your fucked up expectations.

Barbara is insanely smart just like everyone else in the batfam. It makes sense.

I feel like I got really fuckin super off topic but, thanks for coming to my Ted talk

“barbara gordon getting paralyzed for the sake of bruce wayne’s development was misogynist, but oracle is a better mantle for her and she should still be a wheelchair user.” i say into the mic.

the crowd boos. i begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks.

“she’s right,” they say. everyone turns to the 5th row, but no one is there. then on the screen behind me: barbara gordon herself.

[northgazaupdates]

UPDATE: NEW LINK! Yahya and his family were displaced by the IOF, and are currently residing in Deir al-Balah, south-central Gaza.

Life as displaced Gazans was already extremely difficult for them. Food is very scarce, and their living conditions leave them exposed to the elements. Here is the frequent condition of their tent now that the winter rains have come:

Then, Yahya’s father was injured. Some cartilage was damaged in his neck, and doctors say he requires IMMEDIATE surgery to avoid permanent paralysis.

Yahya and his family previously had another campaign, but it was suddenly shut down by GFM with no explanation. They have created a new one, but it has EXTREMELY LOW FUNDS.

The surgery is a stifling €15,000 euros (about $15,729 USD). Yahya and his family have no hope of paying for it without your help.

I am currently watching an elderly loved one lose their mobility, and it is an extremely heartbreaking and isolating situation. I cannot imagine what Yahya and his family are going through, having no social or financial support and only minimal medical care.

Please give what you can to this family. You are their only hope to save their beloved father’s mobility!

[whereserpentswalk]

The nazis that you see in movies are as much a historical fantasy as vikings with horned helmets and samurai cutting people in half.

The nazis were not some vague evil that wanted to hurt people for the sake of hurting them. They had specific goals which furthered a far right agenda, and they wanted to do harm to very specific groups, (largely slavs, jews, Romani, queer people, communists/leftists, and disabled people.)

The nazis didn't use soldiers in creepy gas masks as their main imagery that they sold to the german people, they used blond haired blue eyed families. Nor did they stand up on podiums saying that would wage an endless and brutal war, they gave speeches about protecting white Christian society from degenerates just like how conservatives do today.

Nazis weren't atheists or pagans. They were deeply Christian and Christianity was part of their ideology just like it is for modern conservatives. They spoke at lengths about defending their Christian nation from godless leftism. The ones who hated the catholic church hated it for protestant reasons. Nazi occultism was fringe within the party and never expected to become mainstream, and those occultists were still Christian, none of them ever claimed to be Satanists or Asatru.

Nazis were also not queer or disabled. They killed those groups, before they had a chance to kill almost anyone else actually. Despite the amount of disabled nazis or queer/queer coded nazis you'll see in movies and on TV, in reality they were very cishet and very able bodied. There was one high ranking nazi early on who was gay and the other nazis killed him for that. Saying the nazis were gay or disabled makes about as much sense as saying they were Jewish.

The nazis weren't mentally ill. As previously mentioned they hated disabled people, and this unquestionably included anyone neurodivergent. When the surviving nazi war criminals were given psychological tests after the war, they were shown to be some of the most neurotypical people out there.

The nazis weren't socialists. Full stop. They hated socialists. They got elected on hating socialists. They killed socialists. Hating all forms of lefitsm was a big part of their ideology, and especially a big part of how they sold themselves.

The nazis were not the supervillians you see on screen, not because they didn't do horrible things in real life, they most certainly did, but because they weren't that vague apolitical evil that exists for white American action heros to fight. They did horrible things because they had a right wing authoritarian political ideology, an ideology that is fundamentally the same as what most of the modern right wing believes.

[icarusinfreefall]

reminder that adhd medication isn't a luxury or preference, but a lifesaving medication. a 10 year long study in the usa showed that, when properly medicated, the rate of car crashes people with adhd get into goes down significantly--men's rate drops by 38%, and women's by 42%. the med shortage, denial of meds by doctors, rising prices, and the "war on drugs" has killed--with such a car dependent society, not driving frequently isn't an option, which means we need better healthcare and need it now.

https://shorturl.at/8VD8B

edit because i forgot to explain: short link is to an article by the washington post, it should be free to read

[raspberrycrab]

[sayruq]

10 children a day lose their limbs in Gaza. All hospitals in Gaza are basically barely functioning and the amputations are done in unsanitary conditions and without anesthesia

[forsapphics]

Happy Disability Pride Month! 🩶💚❤️🤍💛💙🩶🌈 (x)

[iamktb206]

Jasmine is a spectacular talent. She is the model indie authors and poets should aspire to—her writing is that raw and that beautiful. She is also a lovely person who happens to be a disabled woman. Yet despite her constant struggles, she has never given up trying to hack it on her own, her way. She’s a genuine badass. I hope you seriously consider supporting her through the links above, and especially if you love and support true artistry. Jasmine should honestly be famous.

My name is Jasmine Ledesma& I am a poet from Texas/New York whose work has been in Rattle, Crazyhorse and [PANK] among others. I have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize three times. I was awarded the Patricia Clearly Miller Award while in the psychiatric hospital. I have a chapbook out called Acid In Georgia with Bottlecap Press comprised of thirty pages of short fiction. I also have a novella called Shrine that has been released with Junk Press, which was shortlisted for the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize. I have a Patreon where you can access unpublished and new works for five dollars a month. It means so much to have a platform for my work& I appreciate any support!!!!! <3333333

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[majaurukalo]

Disability benefits shouldn’t be tied to the income of a disabled person’s partner/spouse/parent.

Do you hear me?

DISABILITY BENEFITS SHOULDN’T BE TIED TO THE INCOME OF A DISABLED PERSON’S PARTNER/SPOUSE/PARENT.

This is the straight forward way to deprive a disabled person of their financial freedom and independence and trap them into possible abusive relationships.

[alvie-pines]

disability rights involves the right to do fuck all. the right to be a useless member of society and STILL be loved and cared for and have a fair standard of living. human beings are not defined by the capital we produce.

[crippledpunks]

i wanna say fuck you to anyone who shame disabled, chronically ill & neurodivergent people, especially homebound folks, for "spending too much time on their phone/on the internet/etc." when it's the only (Somewhat) accessible way for them to experience the world. many people don't get to get out much even if they want to because of their disabilities. shaming someone for trying to connect with the world, make friends and engage with hobbies in ways that are accessible to them is beyond cruel and unnecessary