#disabiity

[certifiedsexed]

https://www.tumblr.com/certifiedsexed/781755848414445568?source=share

Oh, this isn’t at all comparable, but as someone who has always wanted to be an author, but genuinely just can’t because of disability, having a roleplay blog for one of my original characters get big has been a really nice feeling. People always use the term “chronically online” disparagingly which like, yeah, I get it, but this is where I can actually do things I enjoy! I like that this exists!

No, I actually think that's very comparable! I'm also a writer and blogging has really kept it alive despite my disabilities, too. It's so helpful!

I find it sooo frustrating that "chronically online" is just a deragative term people throw around because the internet has, legitimately been life-saving for me. It's lovely to have a place I can still exist and do things I like even with my limitations, I totally agree with that!

[librarycards]

If one subscribes to an ideology that views people with cognitive, psychiatric, and other diagnoses as mostly incompetent, ‘child-like’ and unable to care for themselves or make meaningful decisions about their lives, then an idea such as independent living or living in a non-institutional setting is quite radical, which is why it was, and still is, so ferociously resisted. It may be useful to understand what one means by a ‘dependent population’ that cannot live 'independently,’ which is what many proponents of institutional and group home living say of people with significant disabilities. Two dimensions could be affiliated with the term dependency: first, dependency on the state for financial support, health care, and other provisions; second, perceived inability of people to engage in their own self care without assistance of others (Oliver 1990). Some disabled people seem to fit both definitions.

In everyday usage, dependence implies an inability to care for oneself and thus having to rely on other people’s assistance. Conversely, independence implies not relying on anybody and requiring no assistance, a concept tied to an individualistic ethos (Oliver 1990). Disabled people often embody a different definition of independence, as exemplified in the principles of the Independent Living Movement. Under this framework, independence is perceived as the ability to control one’s life, such as hiring one’s own aides, and deciding on daily routines. It is not understood to mean doing things without any help from others. When analyzing daily living in modern societies, it is hard to find situations in which any people are independent from one another. Thus, projecting dependence as a characteristic only of 'fragile’ members of our societies (i.e., elderly, disabled, and children) may seem natural, but it relies on a specific North American framework of rugged individualism (Ben-Moshe, Nocella, and Withers 2013).

If anything, in many cases it is societal attitudes that create dependence amongst elderly and disabled people. Inaccessibility of the built environment, patronizing attitudes, historical exclusion from schooling and the increasingly fast pace of life in modern societies are all contributing factors to the social construction of disability (Wendell 1996) and dependence (Oliver 1990). Dependence is not inevitable or inherent within these populations. Dependence was prescribed to people with disabilities, and the elderly, so it seems detached from 'normal people’s’ existence (Finkelstein 1993). An additional problem of the creation of forced dependence and infantilization is that it is often 'masked by loving care’ (Hockey and James 1993) of family members or professionals.

Liat Ben-Moshe, “Alternatives to (Disability) Incarceration”, Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada.

[genderqueerdykes]

thank you, i really appreciate that, i'm sorry that you understand what it's like. i hope you are able to get treated for what's happening to you after you get the results from your scope. it's horrible, i've been getting nauseous every time i eat for months and somehow that's not a high priority... wtf. if you feel like they are dragging their feet after you get your scope done, don't be afraid to make sure they schedule you some type of follow up. you deserve to know what the hell is going on. best of luck to you

apologies for being quiet for a bit, i've been dealing with random nausea at weird hours and it's been a pain because it's been taking me hours to recover from it... i had an endoscopy done in january of this year and they told me about several problems, the important ones being a hiatal hernia and undigested food in my stomach after 12 hours of fasting... an then nothing ever came of that. guess i have to remind them that neither of those things were good and i can't eat food without feeling like i'm going to get sick

[schizoaffectively]

Art I did of me (Emma) in headspace :)

[ID: A full body digital illustration of a fem presenting trans man fairy. He is in a pose like he is walking and waving, and is using forearm crutches. He has a relaxed expression with a smile. His wings are brown and slightly transparent with a shine to them. He has skin like the bark of a birch tree and branch-like horns. His hair is similar to a jellyfish hair cut, and made out of leaves that are orange and yellow like autumn leaves. He is wearing a dress made of pink petals and has matching pink ballet flats. /End ID]

[joelletwo]

[ID from alt: natsuyuu matonato fanart of them post canon in a kitchen, with matoba saying a tumblr post. 1: matoba, using a cutting board with a careless and irritating-on-purpose smile, says "babygirl i am going to chop these vegetables so roughly." natori, who is literally just walking by, looks over in pause. 2: natori is now crowded behind him staring at the board in concern with one hand hovering over matoba's shoulder, labeled "thinking about stopping him." matoba looks at him still with a mildly instigative smile, labeled "knows natori is remembering past kitchen incidents," and says "does the diversity of shapes on display in these pieces of onion make you want me"]

in the literal two years it took me to draw this joke it never stopped being funny to me. because i have matobas sense of humor. and depth perception /_^

what else to say. i just literally love and never get tired of thinking about their day to day living together lol bc they would get so comfy familiar sweet and domestic but Never stop being annoying

[bustyasianbeautiespod]

"Personally I have a slightly different relationship with disability pride, because for me, even if the outside world became this accessible, accepting utopia, there would still be days where I just feel too ill to get out of bed, and that sucks and I'm mad about it. But I'm not ashamed, and I'm at a point where i won't make other people make me feel ashamed either. And I am proud of myself. Even if I woke up tomorrow miraculously cured, disability has informed who I am. It will always be a part of me and I am proud of that."

Claude from the Youtube Channel @retroclaude (YouTube Video Link)

[leprosycock]

(different anon) watching old maxian clips makes me actually insane they were so sick if ian DIDN'T actually molest max at some point i would be surprised

i mean ian did also molest max. that was a pretty significant thing that happened. like i understand where you’re coming from here but ian very much did molest max

[nanowired-lover]

Okay, I probably don't know how to search for shit but ??? I'm trying to find a fanfic i was sure would exist but apparently not and I'm cranky

As far as I know, the hc about Jigen being gay is fairly popular right ? And nobody wrote a fluffy or hurt/comfort fanfic about teen Jigen coming out at one point to Lupin ?

I saw fanarts of it, and GAAAAAH MY HEART but fanfics ?? I'm probably blind, or too picky, but I'm gonna end up writing my own thing because Lupin Zero's interpretation of the 2 gives me life, and I want to see more young queers getting the support they deserve, even if it's fictional ones.

[thousandyearphantombunker]

If you want to fight for representation maybe don't fucking antagonize artists/writers who fight for it because "it's not good enough!"

Entitled people with ridiculous bullshit expectations like this hold back representation so much

Like I could throw all that criticism toward Legend Of Korra and Steven Universe back at TOH and other shows like it when it comes to disabled representation- "its only coding! It's not outright stated! Eda's curse turns her into a monster! Wahhh" I've stated I don't like how TOH handled disability but I'm so happy it exists because hopefully we'll open up more story telling that explores disability through the perspective of disabled characters themselves rather than a bunch of able bodied neurotypical people writing/regurgitating the same inspiration porn bullshit

I'm not saying we can't criticize these shows (SU and LoK have issues that deserve to be discussed) but creators working on them fought so hard just to get moments like Korra and Asami getting together, for the first lesbian wedding on a children's show. New shows get to flex that they have these characters because other shows like Legend of Korra punched through barriers to give them space- they didn't have space so they made some! You can criticize SU and LoK like I said- SU has serious issues with Filler and some botched ass morals and LoK could be shallow in some parts but if you try and flex on them because new shows have an easier time with gay representation your a fucking idiot- your new shows wouldn't exist without these ones

But no. It's never blunt/explicit enough, it's too problematic because xyz', it's not representing every single facet of our experiences so it must be bad.

Also the gems being nonbinary/genderless just adds another layer to LGBT representation

Are y'all gonna attack TOH because Raine is nonbinary and their relationship with Eda "doesn't count"

I'm done being polite. You can criticize rep and call out harmful things in fiction without erasing the importance of these stories

Steven Universe: Eh, I don't really feel like saying "girlfriend" or "wife". Maybe they're together. They have a special connection...

(gets violently shoved aside)

The Loud House/Craig of the Creek/The Owl House: Pfft, amateur. "My GIRLFRIEND Sam and I..." "I'm texting my GIRLFRIEND, mind your business." "Luz's new GF showed her..."

[cogsbreath]

can u guess...parent being ableist again

[peccatula]

who else up dealing with a pervasive sense of alienation from everyone around you even when surrounding yourself with people who are supposed to be like you

[guide-to-galaxy]

Artifice & Access: A Disability in Fantasy Anthology edited by Ella T. Holmes (BOOK REVIEW)

I’m so excited for this to be out and for people to read this! I really enjoyed reading this and it was great to see disability rep in every story! Thanks to BookSirens for the arc! 📚🚀📚 Title: Artifice & Access: A Disability in Fantasy AnthologyAuthor: Edited by Ella T. HolmesContributors: Ashley N. Y. Sheesley, M. Stevenson, Lynne Sargent, Kara Siert, Adie Hart, Harper Kinsley, Natalie Kelda,…

[upwardsdescensum]

The Penguin 2024 is above all else about grooming.In this essay,I will-

[glutenfreedragonpotion]

I hope whoever is stalking my accounts knows I'm pissed as a left chickens wing right now

I loved you but I can't cause you gossiped about my health conditions there fore I can't apologise. Why relaliate? Why get encouraged? Why take the most popular opinion? Is that.opinon truly yours ? I loved ya cause you were you and I liked taht you weren't perfect and I was happy to take differcult conversations with ya to solve things properly. How silly of me to believe you'd do the same. At last time to move on since the joy won't end with you. There will be someone somewhere that wants me for all of me, the good the bad and the ugly. For the personality disorders and all. The excuses and the responsibility and all

[roadzoflife]

caring for disabled son 24 - 7 | deep honest interview with strangers on...

[asexual-amanita]

The Ableist History of Insults

Disclaimer: I am not telling you what you can and cannot say. I am merely educating and explaining the history of words and what their original meaning was.

Many insults or derogatory words are or used to be terms used to describe disabled people. Most of these words describe people with intellectual disabiities, but some describe the physically disabled, and others.

Moron

This term was coined in 1910, by Dr Henry Goddard. It was used to describe someone with a mild intellectual disability,

Moron now is used to mean a foolish or stupid person, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Imbecile

Coined by Dr Henry Goddard around the same time 'moron' was coined. It was used to describe someone with a moderate to severe intellectual disability

Imbecile is now used as an insult, meaning a fool, or a stupid person.

Idiot

Again coined by Dr Henry Goddard, idiot used to mean someone with a profound intellectual disability The word today is a common insult to call someone stupid.

Retard/retarded

Coming from the French word 'retard', meaning late. Was and is used to describe developmental delays. Now informally used to insult someone's intelligence.

Dumb

In context from the phrase "deaf and dumb", dumb used to describe a deaf individual who did not voice. Dumb also used to refer to people who were nonspeaking or mute. Nowadays, calling someone dumb is another way to call someone stupid.

Lame

The word lame comes from late 14th century from Germanic, Dutch, and Old English languages, where it meant "weak-limbed, broken, and crippled." Currently, the word is used as a descriptor for something boring or unentertaining.

In conclusion, many of the words we use to insult people are old terms for describing disabled people. I believe we should all be a bit more mindful of the history of the words we say, why we are saying them, and who we say them to. Not every word has a pretty history.