#at risk

[sp00kyprincessfreya]

I am homeless and very at risk because I am transgender please consider helping if you can

[gwydionmisha]

Students in high-achieving schools are now named an ‘at-risk’ group, study says

As a kid who went to a high achieving school, it checks out.

[psychologeek]

So, on my last fic I added somethings from my personal experience, as both disabled (though I don't use a wheelchair) and past youth at risk. And just, it got important to me, and I wanted to share it.

It's Barbara Gordon focused, and even though it's not JUST about her recovery, it's still part of it.

And it's just - it's really important to me. You CAN grieve what you'll never be, and what might have been taken from you. And you CAN be happy and proud as a disabled person. And both CAN co-exist at the same time.

I'm proud to be who I am (mostly). I think I'm going to a good place in life. But it doesn't change the fact that sometimes I hate the fact I need help in things, or the way my brain works, or how people don't seem to understand when I say-this is HARD for me.

And it's something that we can't usually show out. Bc when the world keep pushing you down, telling you you're wrong, unworthy, unable - you can only FIGHT or surrender. So we go out there, saying "no, I'm strong! No, I can do this! I'm great! I wouldn't change a thing!" And sometimes it's true. And sometimes it's less true, but we can't tell this to "outsiders" bc THEY DON'T GET IT.

Anyway, this is my take on Barbara Gordon. I hope you like this.

There are things (walking, running, grappling through the city at night, wind in her hair- ) she'll never do again. Other skills (dressing, washing, moving from one place to another-) she had to re-learn, finding new ways to do what was so easy before. It's been years, and she graduated college, even with the injury. (Study on painkillers, reading while doing the PT exercise). She got a job as a librarian. She learned new skills (rolling, coding, how to be the eye-in-the-sky, and coordinating big and small teams-). She's not the same person as she was. ("You evolved", grins the fifteen years old little shit who still lives, rent-free, in her head. "You're like a fucking Pokemon!")

I'm not a wheelchair user, but I had to use one for a few days last month. I use forearm crutches sometimes, for injuries or chronic pain. And I just thought it would be nice to add how much accessibility aids are AMAZING. Like, being disabled is hard - but it's not bc of the aids we need. On the contrary. Mobility (and other) aids HELP US. I love using crutches, bc it means less pain on bad days. It means I CAN leave my house, even during bad days. noise-blocking Headphones mean I can be around people even when things are harder.

I also tried to respect the grief and sadness about things that she can't do, or had to relearn how to do (differently) while showing it's not the end. It's hard, but things are possible.

[I hope it makes sense. Thinking is a little hard now]

***

The Back Room and Shelter are inspired by places I used to go as a teen. The BR, especially, is based on a specific YaR center that was my safe place, my shelter, during difficult times as a teen. When I didn't, couldn't trust anyone they were there. When I ran away, when I was homeless, they helped with food and getting housing.

They'll never read it, but thank you for being there.

[thewiredgalaxy]

reminding yall again about my gofundme bc i currently owe my building 1400$ and im really fearing eviction so... please share and, if you can, donate

[wjotgefuck]

If someone really loved me they'd lock me up and make my ransom really high

[americanwhorrerstory]

“And I should tell you I miss you, but I simply just don’t care”

[catsconflictscopicsandchamomile]

🚨🚨🚨EMERGENCY SOS!!! SINGAL BOOST I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨

despite my desperate protests, my psychiatrist has cut off my adderall (which I haven't even been on for two months) on the grounds that if the dose needed adjusting more than once (LESS THAN TWO MONTHS), the whole med had to go and, to quote my dr directly, "as a psychiatrist, I do not care about your executive function". She has refused to hear me out, closed discussion and made it clear that

1) she knows I'm two days away from running out

2) she knows the consequences

and 3) I'm on my own.

I'm HIGHLY autdhd and this medication transformed my life. Before that, I couldn't job hunt or even make my own meals, and my social awareness was at 0. I will be forced either back inpatient or into a shelter without it (I'm already bordering both of those options, as I live w abusive family and cannot afford to move out).

I know it's probably a false hope, but there's GOT to be some kind of law that prohibits cutting a patient off necessary medication cold-turkey without any formal evaluation, discussion or basic planning for withdrawal. Like in my case I think I can handle it in terms of physical survival, but this is like. fucking dangerous behavior.

If not a law, is there a number? an emergency advocate?

Obviously i can't stay with this doctor but I also can't go w/o this med while I wait. I can't go back to spending every day pacing and staring blankly at the wall.

[angrykitten69]

[alietstar]

STOP KOSA!!

Please share awareness!!!

RED ALERT - STOP SCROLLING AND REBLOG IMMEDIATELY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR BLOG IS ABOUT

KOSA COULD BE VOTED ON IN THE SENATE VERY SOON!

IF YOU ARE A MINOR, YOUR TUMBLR ACCOUNT COULD BE AT RISK!

TAG EVERYONE YOU KNOW. DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO HELP.

CALL. YOUR. SENATORS.

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@holisticdetective42

Photos from #memes-and-graphics in the Stop Internet Censorship Discord server.

Posted May 18, 2024.

[emberwritesinsight]

The discussion around Ariel TheLittleMermaid baffles me bc if my dad literally destroyed a bunch of stuff I collected in front of me in a terrifyingly violent display of anger and I had a witch offer me an out if I could score the boy I thought was hot, my name would be on that dotted line before you can say "poor unfortunate soul". What do you mean she's stupid, her dad ravaged her Special Interest Cave like a toddler throwing a temper tantrum, I would also run the fuck away

[pinkiepig]

I wanted to draw a cool tiger from someone’s dream 🐅

(Link to the original poster)

[justmebeingdifferent33]

Woman with five kids suspects she was spiked at Alton Towers - Urgent warning regarding internet 'audit' channels

With only my last post being around notifying theme parks of my concerns of internet auditors, earlier on I came across a video from a woman who was at Alton Towers theme park with her husband and five kids who suspected she was spiked. Could this be linked with everything that I’ve been going on about recently? Please listen to my concerns on his Tiktok video and consider reading and reviewing…

[wormy-business]

I saw this question posed on tiktok, but I think Tumblr would really enjoy it too.

If a fae creature offered to give one million dollars for a bone FROM YOUR BODY chosen at random, how many bones would you allow them to take?

Light clarifications; The fae is not the one choosing the bones. The bone is taken at random. Each bone, no matter the size or importance, is worth a full million dollars. You must also declare the exact number first, you can't go bone-by-bone. You either say 2 or you say 10, you can't work your way up to a higher number. The bones are removed instantaneously, and the money is given immediately as well. You will not get in government trouble for acquiring the money.

Tell me in the tags/replies how many bones you'd let the fae take. And as always, reblog for bigger sample size.

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

it's very important that disabled people are allowed to make bad decisions actually. that we're allowed to do things which cause flare-ups. that we're allowed to take a risk and get it wrong. that not every single second of our day has to be about playing it safe and being well-behaved and staying within our limits

and on the days when we deal with the consequences of those mistakes and bad decisions we're still worthy of a) sympathy and b) pain relief. just as we are if our illness or disability is the result of our choices in the first place