#Disability positivity

[uncanny-tranny]

May your pain medication always kick in right after you take them. May your compression garments always slip on your body with ease. May you always find your footing when you walk. May you wake up with energy and zest. May your sinuses always be clear

[random-schit]

Anyway normalize stutters, stilted speech, flat affect, monotone speech, volume control issues, nonverbal communication devices, voice modulators, speech impediments, lisps, oral deformities.

Normalize "abnormal" speech patterns. Normalize lack of eye contact, normalize ticking, normalize emphasis on different syllables. Normalize "Inappropriate" emoting, especially when it's a stress response.

Normalize verbally processing thoughts, external system communication, non- aggressive interaction with hallucinations or delusions.

Normalize Echolalia, "TV Talking", vocal stimming, parroting, "Baby talk" as a way to self soothe.

[saszor]

Happy Face Equality Week :-D

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I really wanted to draw some happy people with facial differences for this week so:)

if you tag this as "tw scars" or some other "body horror" I'm killing u btw:D!!!

[Image description: digital drawing of 7 character with facial differences against a patterned background. The left side shows a gay couple sitting and hugging; one from them has a large bump on his forehead and widespread eyes, while the other has paralysis on one side of his face. In the middle is a teen girl cuddling with a cat, both of which are missing their left eye. Below her is a nonbinary person smoking a cigarette with heart-shaped smoke surrounding them; they have facial atrophy on one side of their face. The right side is split into three small panels; top one shows a Black girl with a cystic hygroma on her jaw on a pastel pink background, middle shows an Indian man with Crouzon syndrome from the side smiling, bottom is a zoom on the side of the head of a person with microtia; they're wearing a bone-anchored hearing aid and have a buzz cut with stars patterned in it. At the bottom, "Happy Face Equality Week" is written. End image description.]

[xxx-angie]

a reminder to my fellow disabled people it isn't wrong or make you less of a player for using accessibility options.

a reminder that playing on a low difficulty only or (like with games with minecraft) no difficulty

a reminder that using unlimited health options like in cult of the lamb is not bad or wrong and you are no less of a player for using it

turning brightness high on horror games like tattletale whether its because you are visually impaired or because you cannot handle the fear a low-light scene can cause.

disabled people are not any less a gamer for needing accessibility options. we are not any less a gamer for playing the game on easy. we are not any less a gamer because we are disabled and might not be able to get all the achievements or trophies or whatever a game has available.

we deserve to be able to enjoy the games we want to play

[positivelyqueer]

if you feel like you’re ‘getting in the way’ as a mobility aid user, particularly with larger aids like wheelchairs, rollators/walkers, gait trainers and service dogs, That Is A Fault Of The Space (and potentially the people), not of you. You deserve all the space you take up and more.

[hiiragi7]

Here's some positivity towards people with medical devices that others view as "gross", or "shouldn't be seen in public". It's bullshit the way this gets treated and I want more positivity about it, so I'm making it myself.

People with catheters. People with stoma bags. People with feeding tubes. People who have tubing or medical alterations they can't hide. People who otherwise have medical devices which are deemed "not socially acceptable" and "gross".

Your medical devices deserve to take up space. We should not be made to feel ashamed for devices which keep us alive. We should not be made to feel insecure for the ways our bodies function and the assistance we need to live. You deserve to be yourself, you deserve to exist in public as a disabled person, and you deserve to be accepted and celebrated as yourself, medical devices included.

[aro-absol]

I'm watching the opening ceremony of the paralympic games right now, and I noticed there's something healing about seeing so many disabled in one place, all just celebrating their participation. Seeing so many manual wheelchair users with and without power assists, powerchair users, both with lightweight folding powerchairs and bigger powerchairs that provide more support. Mobility scooter users, crutch users, cane users, blindness cane users, and so many more. I think I even spotted a service/guide dog. And then there are people who are otherwise visibly disabled. Amputees of all kinds, people with other limb differences, people with dwarfism and people who limp.

And not just that: I saw so many disabled people wearing traditional clothes of their countries, disability people waving the flags of their respective countries, and a big crowd cheering on them.

Yes, they are the world's best athletes, and they all deserve every bit of applause they get on the basis of their athletic accomplishments alone. But they're also very much disabled, and I love how normal it feels to be visibly disabled to me right now because of them. Because they walk down the Avenue des Champs Élysées with people from all over the world watching them, like it's the most normal thing for disabled people to do ever.

It just makes me so happy. I know not everything is perfect with the paralympics but I just need to happy vent right now.

[neuroticboyfriend]

relapse is not a moral failure. substance use and addiction are not a moral failure. mental illness is not a moral failure. disability is not a moral failure. you have a health condition. you are struggling. recovery is not mean to be perfect, and if you're not in recovery, surviving is good too. i'm glad you're here, and i hope life treats you better soon. please know this is not your fault. you do not need to feel guilty over your own health.

[trick-of-the-troubles]

hey, you're allowed to take up space and make noise

it's okay if your mobility aids click or squeak

it's okay if you need more space to pass because of your aids or the way you walk

it's okay if you need to ask more questions

it's okay if you need to ask for help with things, either for physical or mental limitations

it's okay if the way your body is means you need more room

it's okay to exist and to take up space

ily /p

[osokasstuff]

it is possible to live happy life and have a happy future when you have medium/high support needs. it's possible for us to be accommodated. it's possible to get needs met. it's possible to find a satisfying way of existence.

i want to bring some hope for us. yes, we are often trapped in unsatisfying situations. from abusive homes/bad caretakers/unsupportive environments/etc. to dictatorships that we have additional barriers to escape from.

but. we aren't doomed to stay like this forever. we aren't doomed to live unsatisfying life.

it's possible to get more needs met. it's possible to get supportive and accessible environment. it's possible to flee abusive/toxic/dangerous situations. it's possible to get more joy. it's possible to find community. it's possible to find things that bring you joy, make you feel like you do something meaningful. it's possible to be happy.

i can't promise everything will be good. but i can hope. and i want to share this hope with you. i wish we all get some hope on better future.

[thepromptfoundry]

For July 2024 we're keeping the party going here at the Prompt foundry, celebrating diversity, solidarity, and triumphs won in the fight for rights as we roll right from Queer Pride in June to Disability Pride in July with Pride 2 Disability Boogaloo!

If you use this list, please tag me here @thepromptfoundry, I’d love to see your writing and art!

Feel free to combine different days' prompts with each other, or combine them with other seasonal events! Use your OCs, your favorite characters from media, your own experiences, whatever tickles your fancy.

Respond to as many prompts as you want or as interest you, don’t worry about missing or skipping any. Remember, this is supposed to be fun!

If you have any questions or musings, check our FAQ, and if you don't find your answer, shoot me an ask.

Plain text list below the cut:

1 We’ve always been here 2 Growing up disabled 3 Mobility aides 4 Curb-cut effect 5 Memory loss 6 Dignity 7 Limb difference 8 Sensory sensitivity 9 Autonomy 10 Invisible disability 11 Family 12 Nonverbal 13 Communication 14 Deaf or Hard of Hearing 15 Support 16 Technology 17 Pain 18 Rest 19 Facial difference 20 Space for us 21 Neurological disability 22 Neurodiversity 23 Becoming disabled 24 Allergy 25 Chronic condition 26 Genetics 27 Skin difference 28 Maintenance 29 Respecting limits 30 Solidarity 31 A future for us

Have fun!

[a-common-wybie]

i appreciate you

people with Deaf accent

people with speech impediments

people who are semi speaking

people who are non speaking

people who are unable to be understood

people who use AAC

people who need help to speak

people who are selectively mute

people who need surgeries for speech

people who use signed language

people who communicate through sounds

people with electrolarynx

disabled people with speech problems or accents as a result of their disability

<3

[plague-of-insomnia]

people who aren’t in pain all the time don’t understand how much being in constant pain makes it so much harder to do everything… bc pain is so draining and it takes so much more energy/effort to push through it to do anything

so if you have chronic pain and manage to do anything at all today i am proud of you ✨✨

sometimes even just getting out of bed deserves a good star 🌟

[saszor]

Happy World Down Syndrome Day !!!

People with Down Syndrome are an irreplaceable part of the disability and neurodivergent communities, and we need to do a better job at including them! Don't forget about them in your activism!

[Image description: Digital drawing of two smiling people with Down Syndrome standing next to each other, interlocking hands in the air. The person on the left is a teenage white boy with long brown hair, wearing a yellow sweater. The person on the left is a young Black woman with braided hair, wearing a yellow shirt and jeans. Behind their hands is a yellow star shape. In the bottom left corner, "#EndTheStereotypes" is written in all caps. Between the characters is the date "21/3". Background is light blue. End image description.]

[uncanny-tranny]

I love you, trans people with intellectual disabilities. You deserve to have the same opportunities as everybody else, and that's because you are a person. You deserve to be happy. Intellectually disabled trans people deserve the exact same respect, recognition, and love that (should be) afforded to everybody else.

Intellectually disabled trans people, you deserve to make your own decisions about your transness. You are allowed to want for transition or to change your name, clothes, hair, pronouns, or anything else. You deserve support and understanding. I hope you are able to receive that. You belong in this world as your true self. Your transness and your disability/disabilities are not bad things - they are good, and they are important.

[batwynn]

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It’s ok to be disabled and happy. Being disabled does not mean you have to constantly suffer.