#cpunk event

[cpunkwitch]

the witch's winter event!

calling all disabled creators, be you editors, writers, coiners, artists, photographers or cosplayers!

now that im not busy with drag at the moment i have time to create this! and im hoping you'll join me!

id like to put on this event here on tumblr to bring awareness to things during the rest of winter, and you dont have to worry about running out of spoons because this isnt holiday exclusive so you can take your time with it!

this event starts after Christmas on the 28th so there wont be any added stress right before the holiday and its includive to those celebrating other winter holidays or none at all!

it will end by February 28th, the day after my birthday!

the winners will be chosen based on submissions after the event ends and the prizes will be given accordingly.

1st place- any 2 things from my store of your choosing + a free comission

2nd place- any one thing from my store of your choosing + a free commission

3rd place- a free comission

and honorable mentions will be made!

how to enter?

the days below are not set in stone but prompts! you can submit your creations when you feel like it and you dont have to do all of them! i recommend spacing them out between the months until the end of the event to preserve spoons and avoid stress.

you can submit your creation according to one of the themed prompts in whatever media you prefer.

i just need a list of whos going to be joining and to be tagged when things post! in addition to that you can use the tag #witchswinterevent / #witch's winter event on your posts

if youre joing, just send me what blog you'll be posting on, multiple sideblogs are acceptable!

bring awareness to:

(interpret as you see fit)

day one - a condition you or a loved one have

day two - an accessibility issue

day three - an aid you see less talked about

day four - lesser known symptoms

day five - free space!!

day six - your own experience with disability

day seven - comfort and safety

day eight - something inspired by another disabled creator you enjoy!

day nine - medication

day ten - free space!!

day eleven - pain and ache relief

day twelve - representation

day thirteen - symbols and motifs

day fourteen - urgent care

day fifteen - free space!!

all i ask is that you make your posts accessible! ie: readable and screen reader friendly!

any coloured text, font changes, italics and bolding, text sizing, typing quirks and images need translations and descriptions! thats the biggest and most important requirement!

if you have any questions at all please dont hesitate to ask!

and yes this is an event made by and for the physically disabled community exclusively, but you do not have to exclusively make content about your physical conditions.

[lastoneout]

I keep thinking about all of the disabled activists and people before me who stranded themselves on the 4th floor of buildings for weeks and crawled up stairs and fought with airline staff and schools and doctors and refused to stop existing in the face of injustice and bigotry no matter how big and scary and hopeless it seemed. Every time I get angry and scared the protests that lead to the creation of the ADA pop up again and remind me that disabled people are so much fucking stronger than anyone has ever given us credit for, and I can't help but be proud of that. And I know not all disabled people feel like we should take pride in our disabilities and have flags or whatever, but I think not just living, but thriving, in spite of a world that wants us dead and gone, in the face of both illness and persecution, and how we've not only bought ourselves forward, but uplifted the disabled people around us, secured more equal futures for everyone who will come after, and truly changed the way so many abled people have seen us for the better is something to be damn fucking proud of.

We have always been here and we always will be, there will never be a world without disabled people because being disabled is not bad, it's a natural part of the human experience and yeah it sucks some times but even when it sucks we have fought to build beautiful, unique, happy lives with people, both like us and not, and that should be celebrated.

The first sign of human civilization is the healed femur. The body of the profoundly disabled person who would have needed help to even just eat being carefully laid to rest after decades of a full, happy life. The medicinal plants showing even before we were entirely human we were doing what we could to not just survive, but alleviate suffering while we're at it. Above everything, evolution selected not the baby who can walk and eat and be quiet, but the one that can ask for help.

Disabled people are not just angry cockroach motherfuckers who refuse to die, we are proof of humanity's HUMANITY. Proof that natural selection selected a species that takes care of each other. From healed femurs and medicinal plants to vaccines and IVs and insulin to now, we are driven to help one another, we are at our strongest when we don't leave our most vulnerable behind. And I am living proof of that. My mother is living proof of that. Every disabled and chronically and/or mentally ill person I know is living proof of that.

And I don't know about the rest of you, but will carry that shred of humanity's true nature inside me like it's my fucking soul. I am scared and angry and hurt, but I have a lifetime's experience being scared and angry, and I can shake off the kind of pain that would make Atlas crumble to dust like it's nothing but a stiff fucking breeze. Disabled people have always been here, turning fear and anger and pain into joy and beauty and connection, and I'm not going to let everyone who came before me down. I'm not going to give up. Not now, not ever.

It's okay if you're disabled and you've hit your limit, you're too scared and tired and hurt, I won't blame you. But I won't abandon you, either. I might not be able to right all of the wrongs in the world, but I'll be strong, I'll carry all of you with me, I will not give up.

As I've said before, society hates a cripple who won't die, so we must spite them and live anyway.

Please, live anyway. I know if anyone can, it's us.

[chronicallycouchbound]

I wish I could go back in time and give 16-year-old me a hug and tell them that when the doctors say that you’ll be in a wheelchair in your 20s, that it’s gonna be okay and you can put stickers on it!! You will love your disabled self and be so happy in your disabled body and feel the love of a beautiful community that welcomes you with open arms. You will realize you were disabled long before you used a wheelchair but never knew the words for it. You will create accessible spaces that not just allow disabled people, but celebrate disabled people. You don’t have to cry or think no one will love you. You will be okay.

[shadelorde]

okay so I saw someone say celiac disease isn’t a disability because ‘all you have to do is avoid gluten’ and I. I’m about to lose my shit.

are you not fucking aware of how much gluten is present in everyday life? Are you not aware how mild cross-contamination can KILL people with celiac? Are you not aware how some kids are raised EATING GLUTEN, IRREVERSIBLY destroying their immune system and the lining of their stomach because their parents didn’t know or didn’t bother to find out what was wrong?

You can help mitigate the effects of some disabilities by doing certain things, but that doesn’t make them NOT disabilities.

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder. It is not the same as a mild intolerance. It can and will destroy your stomach and intestines.

Jesus fucking Christ.

[artax-risen]

catch me making the diversity in film conference runners awkward/apologetic because I'm currently a cane user and there was no elevator to their event :)

[heartshapedcreaturefromcriptoon]

Dudes, just for clarification, the habit abled-bodied autistic people are into of constantly calling themselves ~"neurodivergent"~ all the time, entirely gas-lit me and tricked me into thinking that it was some entirely brand new form of completely ignored and un- diagnosed disability, that I couldn't have and couldn't possibly understand and just needed to make space for people who had this very new, very specific thing ... When all this time I had goddamn fucking Cerebral Palsy, which by default, also makes me ~"neurodivergent"~ ...

I once legit got screamed at online, by an abled-bodied autistic gay man harassing me over some bullshit fandumb discourse like:

"I DONT CARE IF UR IN A WHEELCHAIR AND HATE ME BC IM ABLED BODIED! IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING! BUT IF U CHOOSE TO 'BEHAVE' DIS WAY N' UR DIS MANY YRS OLD, GAWD HELP ME, U BETTA' HAVE SUM TYPE O' ~NEURODIVERSTY~' OR SUMETHIN' AS UR EXCUSE 4 DAT, GUUUUUUURRRRRRLLLL...! uwu"

And I was like ?????

And yeah anyway, it might've been my biggest Bimbo Moment that I even had to check, but my point is that we owe abled-bodied people absolutely nothing, and I despise the term ~"neurodivergent"~ now...

I also learned that day that abled-bodied autistic people really will come up with any way to creatively call any visibly physically disabled person using any mobility aide The R-Slur without explicitly, actually saying The R-Slur ....

Bye! :D ♥

[crippl-hacker]

Let's review the manifesto for Cripple Punk again! [Addressing the discourse]

With all of the discourse I see about who is/can identify with Cripple Punk or Cpunk I think it's time to take some time to reaffirm the basics and take some time to shine a spotlight on the Madpunk movement.

You can find the original manifesto here but I copied it down below

principles of cripple punk: -cripple punk is exclusively by the physically disabled for the physically disabled -cripple punk is about solidarity & is open to all physically disabled people -cripple punk rejects pity, inspiration porn, & all other forms of ableism

-cripple punk rejects the “good cripple” mythos. cripple punk is here for the bitter cripple, the uninspirational cripple, the smoking cripple, the drinking cripple, the addict cripple, the cripple who hasn’t “tried everything”

-cripple punk fights internalized ableism & fully supports those struggling  with it

-cripple punk respects intersections of race, culture, gender, sexual/romantic orientation, size, intersex status, mental illness/neuroatypical status, survivor status, etc.

-cripple punk recognizes that there is no one universal disabled experience

-cripple punk does not pander to the able bodied

———————— other rules:

-cripple punk is not conditional on things like mobility aids & “functioning levels”

-always listen to those w/ different physical disabilities & different intersections than yourself. do not speak over them

-disabled people do not need to personally identify w/ the words “cripple” or “punk” individually to be a part of cripple punk

-able bodied people wishing to spread the message may only ever amplify the voices of the disabled

-able bodied people may never use uncensored slurs themselves but never censor our language

-able bodied people must always tag things like reblogs with “i’m able bodied”

-physically disabled people wanting to be a part of the movement who are uncomfortable using the slur may refer to it as “cpunk”

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The thing is that there *is* an intersection between mental disabilities and physical disabilities but they are very different in my personal experience. That doesn't mean that one is worse than the other; just that their experiences are very different.

As someone who struggled as an adolescent with Ulcerative Colitis then spent my teenage years struggling with Treatment Resistant Depression, General Anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and Bipolar Type 2, followed by my twenties being taken over from having to deal with Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder and GI issues again I have experience with both sides of the coin.

As a teenager my mental disabilities ruined my life. I struggled with motivation, suicidal ideation, hygiene, classwork and more. I found it hard to get out of bed most days. I struggled with insomnia. I failed half my classes freshman year due to undiagnosed depression. I cannot go to some places due to the loud noises, bright lights, and more that cause sensory issues.

What I have found to be useful for my mental disabilities is Madpunk. It actually talks about ways to cope with my mental issues and solutions. It talks about the negative and positive impacts of psychiatry.

However dealing with my physical disabilities is a completely different game. I have to think about whether public events will be accessible to me if I am using my rollator or a wheelchair. I get harassed by strangers for having a disability placard. I have to gauge my stamina and weigh the cost/benefits of going shopping. I am constantly using the bathroom - missing class time. Some days I cannot physically move out of my bed due to the amount of pain I am in. It can take me days to recover if I push myself past my limits. Sometimes my knees give out on me and I collapse.

Both my mental illness and physical illness have left me bed bound before - but the experiences are completely different. The treatment for mental and physical disabilities are different. The overlap of having a physical disability and then getting a mental disability is very common.

The cripple punk movement accepts the intersection between physical disability and mental disabilities. The definition of able-bodied is not having a physical disability. But if you only have mental disabilities and are able bodied there is space for you in the Madpunk movement. Mental Disabilities can be just as debilitating as Physical Disabilities - that is not in question. Just please don't be trying to take up space in a movement where we want to focus on our physical disabilities.

The Madpunk movement is under recognized and more people should help join in and further their cause. There is so much good discussion happening there - please go check it out! Talk about your personal experiences and help develop more theory.

The end message is that all disabled people are harmed by our current system. There should be more accommodations for mental disabilities. We need to focus on uplifting all of us rather than fighting each other and missing the real enemy.

[nuttylittlefruitcake]

A question for physically disabled people into cpunk:

I'm not trying to revive discourse or anything, and I know a lot of these questions have probably been asked before, but I have chronic pain in my ears/face (which is acting up right now, actually) and I know that during the event when able bodied neurodivergents were trying to claim cpunk for themselves (I'm not even sure if that's still a thing or if it's died down) and physically disabled people were trying to set the record straight, a lot of examples given for what counts as a physical disability were mobility based. An example I saw was in regards to whether or not your disability would prevent you from fleeing a buring building. My chronic pain doesn't affect my mobility in any way, and it definitely wouldn't make me unable to escape a buring building if need be, but at the same time, it doesn't stem from my brain at all. I guess I'm just not sure where I fit into everything, so my question is, would my particular brand of chronic pain count under cpunk? (Part of me has impostor syndrome about it even being a physical disability because of this when I know it obviously is)

[smoov-criminal]

2 and 3 for the cpunk ask game plsss

2. whats the worst encounter of ableism you've had, online or irl?

hm, this isn't one isolated event, but i would say the encounters I've had in the medical field trying to get my autoimmune issues diagnosed. been an actual fucking nightmare

3. whats the funniest encounter of ableism you've had, online or irl?

this probably isn't the all time funniest but it's recent and all that comes to mind:

checks the chronic illness tag

here's my disabled headcannons for members of the gothic band Ghost!!!

closes chronic illness tag

(seriously, keep rpf and other fandom bullshit out of disability tags, ESPECIALLY the cripple punk tag)

[angiethewitch]

im sorry but I do not care if a small amount of people commit benefit fraud, I do not trust the government to exercise this fairly. I can easily see this being used to punish disabled people, like wheelchair users who can walk short distances, but then the DWP can say they're faking. any government that claims to want to track what you're doing for your own good or just to catch the "bad guys" will never use that power fairly.

I do not feel comfortable with the idea that the government can follow me around taking photos of me and record my conversations, go through my bank account and private messages, and monitor my social media. let's not pretend this is to catch fraudsters, this is to make disabled people's private lives public and cast suspicion on us and accuse us of faking. we should all be concerned about this.

side note - as you all probably know, im schizophrenic and frequently have delusions of the government watching and following me and besties it is getting harder every day to tell myself that it is just a delusion.

disabled people have a right to privacy as much as the rest of the population.

we should all be fucking concerned.

[forestspoonie]

accessibility, or the lack thereof, shouldn’t be the burden of disabled people to fix

[aluminatea]

Sorry if you've seen this already, I'll be reblogging till the end of the month (or till I hit 69 reponses lol)

Thank you so freaking much to everyone who has reponded so far!

please help me graduate so I don't have to pay another years tution to my shit uni

I'm writing my bachelor's thesis on wether or not VR technology could be used to improve accessibility and inclusivity at music festivals for people with disabilities. As part of my research I'm doing a survey about people's experinces with inclusivity at concerts and music festivals, as well as their interest in a VR music festival. I have to hand in my thesis in June and I'm really struggling to find enough people to fill out the survey, so I could really use some help if anyone has a moment to fill it in.

Anyone above the age of 18 any type of disability is eligable to fill out the survey. It should only take 10-15 minutes, and I would massively appreciate everyone who takes the time to click to link below and answer a few questions :)

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6YZ5CSG

Thanks in advance and please let me know if you have an questions or feedback! :)

[annieelainey]

There is this ableist disbelief in the genuine and earned success of disabled people.⁣ ⁣ Some people believe that when disabled people get opportunities or awards that it is "just because they are disabled"; that it is special treatment for someone who is not really deserving.⁣ ⁣ Or sometimes this very same disbelief of disabled success also begets a narrative about how they "overcame their disability" and implications that their success and being disabled are mutually exclusive.⁣ ⁣ There is far less commentary about how often disabled people go unchosen, uninvited, and unacknowledged because of inaccessibility.⁣ ⁣ There is far less commentary about how often a disabled person's work might truly merit praise or award but the stage or event is not accessible to them so they forego giving them their honor even if it's due.⁣ ⁣ These responses should be examined and redirected towards our ableist systems that deny accessibility and visibility to disabled people.⁣ ⁣ [Image Description: Annie sits in her powerchair and smiles wearing a long sleeve red plaid shirt. The background is a shimmering wall]⁣ ⁣ #disabled #disability #EDS #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #ehlersdanlos #babewithamobilityaid #wheelchair #powerchair #mobilityaid #cripplepunk #cpunk https://www.instagram.com/p/B2fXL_SAJ3j/?igshid=17vp0v4xyohwx

[shoptrashqueen]

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[spacemancharisma]

4, 5, 8!

4: already answered!

5: what makes you feel validated?

I mean anyone using my pronouns, as pitiful as that is, but specifically like,, adults using my pronouns? like professors and other respected individuals who i trust well enough to be out to.

8: how did you pick your name?

lmao okay so here’s the series of events- I mention in a groupchat how many bones i’ve broken, someone refers to me as “bones georg”, i change my name to bones georg in like three different groupchats, one of which was large enough to include people who didn’t really know me, someone in that gc refers to me as “bones” in lieu of a first name, I think oh that felt nice and also very cpunk hell yeah, and here we are

[flowerqueers]

tonight’s cpunk power move: wearing a “the future is accessible” sweatshirt and bringing my cane to an event that is in a blatantly inaccessible location