#disability question

[writers-get-biters]

um ok. asking abt this again bc situations in which it would be nice to know are coming up so.

does anyone know how to... know if we have a brain injury/brain damage?

we have a few reasons to believe we might, but we have no clue how to determine whether we do or not.

one of our most common ways of self harming involves banging the backo f thr bodys head against the wall. we aren't really able to stop sh'ing this way for reasons so we would appreciate an answer that doesn't chastise us for this

also we've had covid once? twice? I think at least twice? we arent sure though but we know that can cause brain damage as well.

we've also had mild concussions at least onnce?

we have symptoms but we aren't sure if they are just our other disabilities (ocd, anxiety, dpdr?, autism?, adhd?, I forgot teh others?) combining in particular ways or like actual brain damage symptoms

if anyone has any info (especially from a mad liberation, anti-psych, anti-phys, not reliant on help from doctors/family/friends/etc) perspective, it would be v much appreciated

[nd-babblinggoblinfromthevoid]

Question!

So, if denied mobility aids through insurance, what are other ways/routes everyone takes to acquire them? (Or do you just go without?!)

Thank you!

[therealpactcommander]

What qualifies for sight aids?

I'm not legally blind but my eyesight has continued to degrade to a point where I'm nervous I might become legally blind. But ofc, I'm not legally blind. Not right now. But it's so hard to focus and see still and I want to know at what point does eyesight degradation become a disability that needs an aid beyond glasses?

[telltale-apologist]

this might sound like a dumb question but does asthma that makes my chest hurt (due to constant coughing and/or pressure) count as a disability? like I know it’s a chronic illness but is it a disability too? /genq

[pr1nce-elias]

Idk who to ask specifically so throwing it out into the aether here, if I were to want to get a cane, what should I look for? I'm thinking of getting one for when my knee acts up sometimes and using one on stairs or long walks and stuff, I think it would help but idk what to look for or where to get one. Plz help <3

[evilmothblog]

when i tell my therapist im scared im not capable of living independently they say

"but you ARE living independently you are doing it right now! dont sell yourself short you can do this!"

I'm really struggling to tell if they are right or not because i am not living. i am surviving. but maybe i'm giving up too soon. how do i tell if i really cant do something or if im just being pessemistic. i could do it if i just had more energy but i dont so im not. so therefore i cant do it? but i really could if i just got up and did it?

i really do want to be independent i want it so badly but that doesnt change the reality of the situation.

im curious if anyone has any input. maybe i should try and hype myself up maybe i only cant do it cuz i dont beleive in myself. or maybe from an outside perspective its obvious my therapist is being unrealistic.

[scabscribz]

Can a fellow disabled person tell me why I can't stand without one of my knees bending and when I try to I stumble and wobble around?

[permanently-sprained-ankle]

Can you have functional neurological disorder/conversion disorder without having severe episodes? As in, your symptoms appear as a general baseline rather than sharp peaks?

[sal-is-in-pain]

hai ! i abandoned this blog for a while and ive returned now that my symptoms have gotten worse. so anyway i have a question,

i have pots and i have a really hard time making myself get out of bed bc i know its gonna be rlly uncomfortable n painful when i stand up, any fellow disabled ppl have any advice on how to encourage myself to get up ?

[rhythmicsystem]

Question for Deaf or other people who rely on subtitles in games: Is is better to describe the sound something is making, or the action that has occurred? I'm currently helping my partner make a mod to add subtitles to a game we play, and I use subtitles but I'm also hearing, so I'm not sure my answer is the best necessarily.

Example of what we're working with: You place down a door, the door makes a sound Possible subtitle: "door thuds" or "door placed"

Additional question, for things like music and mood-setting things like ambient noise, how should those be subtitled? As I'm not entirely sure how to make a subtitle that accurately depicts intense dramatic sound effects - so far what I have are things like "Bell Tolls" "Dramatic Rumbling", but these are usually background noises and not from something actually happening, so I'm not sure how to distinguish that these are background noises

[cowcowwow]

To hard of hearing people/anyone in general who struggles with this: I have a question that's been bothering me for a few years fgdv

How do y'all deal with doors? They have been the bane of my existence whenever someone is trying to get my attention when my door is closed (can't hear them) or when I'm trying to get someone else's attention when their door is closed (can't hear if they respond)

Do y'all have any tricks/methods/stuff that you've found helps? :00

[drjdorr]

is it ok for a character to have an aesthetic cane

I was rereading a work in progress I want to get back into working on(don't ask how long ago I was working on it, writer's block sucks) and I found a detail that I feel I should maybe ask about before making it an actual part of my work because it might be ableist.

I have a rich douche smarmy character who has a cane "he uses for grandeur and presentation more than any actual need" and during rereading I realized that might be ableist but I don't know

now I am technically disabled but not "uses cane" disabled so I am less informed on whether having a character use a cane for basically aesthetic reasons is an ok thing to do, but I'm pretty sure some of my mutuals(who my brain refuses to specify) and maybe some of my followers do use canes so would know more on this and could maybe let me know

[thatlavenderblue]

Hey guys!

I have a question: is scoliosis considered a disability? I'm really wondering and I'm genuine so please don't attack me if what I'm saying is dumb :'>

Next year I'll live on my own and start my scholarship in a new school so I'll have to do all the administrative work myself. I have scoliosis, and on some days it hurts so bad that I can't even stand. So I thought I should notice my school about it and maybe negociate a way to have access to online classes for when I have to go home because of the pain. From what I understood, this school is not very found of online teaching and reserves it to disabled students. I am also autistic but since I don't have a formal diagnosis, I don't qualify as disabled for them. However, my scoliosis was professionally diagnosed and if it is recognised as a disability I'd might be able to get access to the online teaching platform in case I ever need it!

So please tell me what you know about it, it would really help! ^^

[disableddyke]

[johannepetereric]

…If you happen to have a speech impediment, is customer service (or any job where you have to talk to people all day) real hard in that regard?

[atinystraykid]

“If you have time to be on social media, you also have time for…” “If you have time to watch Netflix, you also have time for…” Yeah, but do I have the energy for it? Do I have the emotional and mental capacity for it? Am I pain-free enough for it? Can I focus on it? Can I do it without leaving my bed? Can I safely do it without risk of (physically or emotionally) injuring myself by pushing past my boundaries?