#disbaility

[factoidfactory]

Disability Pride Month Fact #2

People assume that all ancient cultures looked down upon disabled people in their communities because they "couldn't contribute" to the group.

This is the polar opposite of the truth in several cultures throughout time and space.

For example, a young woman from 2000-1800 BCE had a deformed arm as well as leg bones which would have affected hip motion. She was buried with several very valuable items.

This, combined with how healthy her teeth were, suggests she had a high standing in society.

Being ableist isn't a natural foregone conclusion.

[gilfhunter069]

Pain of the Self

[necrotic-nephilim]

for the choose violence ask game: 3, 8, 16 :D

for the choose violence ask game!

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

i was going to be kind enough to not screenshot but i lied i'm choosing violence. this is less of a take and more of an incorrect quote i suppose but. every time i remember it exists i stare at a wall for like 20 minutes.

most posts under the "chaotic tim drake"/"unhinged tim drake" tags do. get to me. they are all liable to make me spontaneously combust but something about this one. the way Tim's fanon kill count magically gets higher every time it's brought up. the way it directly contradicts Tim's internal deep-seated fears about turning into Bruce and that's why he has always planned to retire after being Robin the *entire point* of Tim Drake of Tomorrow is to show how horrified Tim is and how future!evil!Tim will always go too far. like i genuinely do not know what character ppl are talking about with the "Tim is most likely to become a supervillain and somehow this a cutesy headcanon" sort of thing. it plagues me. consider me plagued. i could go on and on about it for hours and how deeply it contradicts Tim's character to his core. also just why does the fandom want to make him a villain so bad? i don't understand.

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

i already gave one answer to this question here, but worry not i have endless answers to this one. a bit one for me is: the idea Cass should use ASL. it icks me out. i will close a fic if Cass is using ASL i will not lie. firstly, she does not canonically know ASL. secondly, it doesn't make *sense* for her to use it bc her disability has nothing to do with the ability to speak, it has to do with her language learning skills. and ASL is, *still a language*. and would be just as difficult to learn, if not more-so bc it could set back her learning of English and would not be as easily applicable as English to her daily life. it's a headcanon that ranges from well-meaning misunderstandings to just downright ableism that infantilizes Cass and infantilizes ASL. honestly i get touchy in general about fandom using ASL when not written by a Deaf writer/someone who knows ASL bc... you can tell. you can always tell. (hearing fans stop trying to come up with sign names for the Batfam i'm gently begging you.) there are many good posts breaking down why this headcanon doesn't really work but i'm just salty and feral about it.

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

the headcanon/fanon concept that Tim has lasting psychological trauma due to the Titans Tower incident, or that it has caused him to be afraid of Jason. (the same can be applied to Damian cutting Tim's line being something that Matters to Tim longterm or causes fear of Damian) like? beyond the "that is not canon, that event really didn't bother Tim and Tim was a cocky little shit the whole time", i'm unsure how this... fits into the fanon version of Tim? like i don't *understand* it. how it is that fandom likes "Tim has a super high kill count and is going to be a supervillain" but also... thinks one bad fight that roughed Tim up a bit has made him terrified of one person specifically? these feel contradictory. either he can Take The Heat or He Can't. this weird waffling where he's both the biggest badass around but also somehow a wilting traumatized kid confuses me. i don't necessarily mind the exploration of Tim being angry or pissed off about these events, or even him being more injured than he was in canon and dealing with that, but him being like. so afraid of Jason it influences their relationship has always eluded me. it contradicts everything else about fanon!Tim and makes him seem... sort of cowardly? like not that events like these can't be traumatizing but in his field of work they're not unique events. these are normal Tuesdays for him. why is it affecting him so much in fanon.

[theeditingdarling]

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[kippuchan]

It’s really unfortunate when you have a legit “skin itchy” condition and also dermatillomania/exchoration disorder. Yes I know scratching is bad. Yes the scratching make things worse. But also. My mind is only calm if picky picky. Hell.

[quinnysnursery]

you should do an informational post on caring for neurodivergent and/or chronically ill littles!!

caring for neurodivergent and chronically ill littles ! [a guide]

written by a neurodivergent little and a caregiver to a chronically ill little <3

[it should be noted that everyone experiences different symptoms/has different needs; i'll be focusing on sensory issues and chronic pain in this guide]

Be understanding !

It's important to remember for both caregivers and regressors that while something's may not make sense to us- that doesn't mean you can't be understanding.

You might not be able to feel the difference in fabric textures but your little/cg can.

Your legs might not hurt after walking short distances, but your little/cg's might.

These are real experiences your little/cg may deal with that you will have to be understanding of.

There may be times where your little/cg cannot play and need to rest, or times where games may need to be modified to ensure both of you have fun playing- reassure your little/cg that they are not burdens for needing accommodations !

Get creative !

"But Quinny, how can I make accommodations for my little/cg?!"

I'm glad you asked!! For neurodivergent littles/cgs, you may want to take extra time explaining the rules of a game or turning down the volume of shows/movies!

For chronically ill littles/cgs, low-movement activities such as arts 'n crafts or cozy pillow forts.

[There is a really great post by @mortuarymorticia about chronically ill carers that you can find, here!]

Be patient !

Flare-ups/Bad sensory days can lead to fussy littles.

Flare-ups/Bad sensory days can lead to caregivers needing breaks.

These are both okay! It's important to listen to each other's needs and limits; healthy cg/little dynamics work together to find compromises.

Tips & Tricks !

Finding dolls/books/toys with disbaility inclusive storylines/characters/features can do wonders!

Keeping fun/cute water bottles or sippy cups nearby! [Bonus points if you have some liquid IV on hand -- or just a electrolyte drink in general]

Mobiles are great for kiddos who need lotsa bed-rest!!

being chronically ill/disabled/neurodivergent does not make you a bad regressor/caregiver <3

[dividers creds to @softandsleepyboy]

-- with sparkles and love,

quinny 💌

[books-bread-and-brigandage]

I am really sorry to keep banging on about this, but the next little while is going to be key if we want to stop the disasterous welfare reform bill Labour is pushing. In parocular doing away with the low capacity to work group for universal credit and stopping PIP for any one who dosent score a full 4 pts in a single area are going to throw naerly a quarter ofa million people off disbaility benefits and leave them with no aditional support over job seekers, where because their disabilites havent gone away they are going to find themselves in a cycle of santions and poverty. So, if you are in the UK, if you could find your MP and please ask them to vote against thsi bill, and to speak against it openly to embolden others? please do Heres a link to help find your MP so as to do so. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/ If you arent in the UK can you please reblog this so more people who are might see it?

[thefleshmustgrow]

A good productive day so far, got my be ifnits payment sent off, playing some games then gonna work on art

I Wana totally reformat my funding post before I start proving it again to better reflect the current circumstances, thankfully I'm good for this month for now so I have some buffer time

Feeling good about things despite the hardships

The hearing test ppl called me and atnfirst I thought it was for a cancelation. It they wanted to move it to a different time same day, but thays coming up fairly soon at least on the 11th

After thay i can ask to be put on the cancelation list for the ent to hopefully get in sooner, and I also have an appointment booked with my family doctor in the next month or two in case I need it either to fill out disbaility/sick pay forms or to continue care from my ent

Overall things are moving, and that's good, I have an amazing support network with freinds family and coworkers and I'm 9ncredivly grwatful for everyone in my life supporting me in this difficult time

Yall mean the world to me, weather we talk regularly or just pass notes here on Tumblr with likes and reblogs, seriously, I wouldn't be where I am without everyone who cares for me and who I care for

Know even if we don't talk, your on my mind <3

[yournewfriendshouse]

wah i just wrote a whole thing and then accidentally deleted it and I no longer have spoons to remember what I wanted to say, except that Cymbalta/duloxetine is time specific in that you need to take it at the same time every day or you get withdrawal symptoms which are very unfun

but from a patient pov defs ask your pharmasuist questions. also i will legit put all of my meds and vitamins in a basket and take it to my doc or pharmasist and ask when I should take all of it for the optimum result because some vitamins (zinc and magnesium for instance) are better taken at opposite times of day too

eta: I remembered that part of the thing I wrote was to say that if you have a chronic condition/s and have the opportunity to see a medication specialist I highly recommend you do so. they can explain this stuff really well. I’m so grateful to the guy I was able to see through the pain clinic, he was patient as fuck with my brain foggy self and so so valuable in being able to see I was not going well at all on the meds I was on and finding something that would work while giving me far less side effects

but yeah in the absence of that, defs speak to your pharmacist, I’ve come across so many genuinely kind and patient pharmacists who have also helped me so much. they can be so invaluable (if they’re a good one).

I hope you all find a good one

this is among one of the funniest ask i have ever seen someone get sorry

[disabledstraydogs]

your icon is so incredibly cute. Is there a reason you chose fyodor for it? Or any reasons you like having fyodor on it?/things you like about having fyodor on it? (it is so real btw. I dont know if I'd call him canon disabled for...reasons, but fyodor is one one if the most disabled coded characters in bsd ever. He's disabled in my heart. To me. The vibes are all there..)

Haiiii anon, we saw this last night while sawifying BSD and it made us so so happy I'm sorry we didn't answer it then but it wouldn't have been coherent.

The story of this icon is that we were thinking of 'canonically' disabled characters and Fyodor came to mind (although if he is disabled in canon is up for debate to me just because anemia isn't technically a disbaility and we will touch on the mental health stuff later) although we were going to use Chuuya we saw the art on a charm and knew we had to use it.

Fyodor is one or our favourite BSD characters (tied with Chuuya) although that's because of the system Fyodor headcanon, specifically the scene in dead apple with Crime and Punishment makes me insane. However I understand that this can be seen as a problematic thing due to Fyodor's actions in source but honestly, we feel more seen by systems who have done/do awful things.

Back to Fyodor in my mind he displays behaviors of someone raised in a similar situation to us (although I do think that- given that we don't know what era he was even born in and the history Catholicism in Europe is insane- I don't think he knows that by modern day standards he was raised in a cult or cult like situation) and because of this he developed low empathy and ASPD/NPD through years of abuse (which also possibly shaped his world views- although I don't think Asagiri will agree with me).

Again, I know that this is another issue entirely (people with cluster b disorders deserve more rep than just having criminals) but again it means different things to us than others in our situation.

Sorry for the rambles I get ill about this man.

[halogalopaghost]

Was gonna amke a post about how my disbaility abboys me but typing huets and my fingers are not feeling vwry precise so fuck me i guess. Read mt insomnia and rage fueled typo posts, boy.

[horizon-verizon]

Since we’re talking about Daemon Blackfyre, can we FINALLY accept that he’s the brother that Brynden loved ?

Brynden refers to “[a] brother that I loved, a brother that I hated, a woman I desired”; if the first is Daemon (and as the other two are clearly Aegor Rivers and Shiera Seastar), then the identities of these people are the four Great Bastards of Aegon IV, which provides some neat narrative cohesion to Brynden’s memories (and not to mention listing them in birth order, oldest of the three Daemon, then Aegor, then Shiera as the baby of the group).

I’m not sure that Brynden would have considered himself a “brother” to Daeron II, or at least not to the extent he could with Daemon. Not only was the age difference significant between Daeron and Brynden, 22 years, compared to the mere seven between Daemon and Brynden, but Daeron was unlike Brynden in socio-political standing too. Where Daeron was Prince of Dragonstone from the age of 19, a trueborn member of the royal family descended from the Targaryens on both sides, Brynden was a royal bastard; his mother might have been a particularly well-liked royal mistress, but he was still an extramarital child, whose existence could only be explained by Aegon IV’s pointed cruelty toward Naerys in flaunting his infidelities. Likewise, while Brynden could be accepted at court (thanks to that well-liked mother) and even serve as a commander in the king’s army by the time of the First Blackfyre Rebellion, he would always bear that surname of “Rivers”, denoting him as bastard-born (if subsequently legitimated). 

By contrast, Daemon was much closer to Brynden in terms of background and position. Daemon may have had double Targaryen parentage as Daeron did, but he was, like Brynden, unquestionably a bastard; indeed, unlike Brynden, Daemon had not even been officially recognized by their mutual father for the first 12 years of his life (even if his parentage might have seemed an open secret). If they had both been benefactors of the late king’s blanket legitimization, both were nevertheless surely aware that their livelihoods depended in no small part on the new king; again, Daemon knew this perhaps even more so than Brynden, given that it was Daeron II who made sure Daemon could wed Rohanne of Tyrosh and Daeron II who gifted Daemon a tract of land on which to raise a keep after his marriage. Daemon and Brynden were both, in other words, in the same, somewhat awkward liminal position: bastard sons of the late king, nominally of the same dynastic rank as the new king (thanks to that legitimization decree) but subject to the new king’s goodwill for their daily living, with nothing to call their own inheritance.

I really don't know, I haven't really thought much of Brynden's quote so much as what happens after the Blackfyres are ousted, Daenerys in Dorne, and Daeron II's probable disbaility.

[patnaneuro]

How to Help a Child with Short-term Memory Problems?

A memory issue in your child can be an agonizing experience for parents. Does your kid frequently forget things? Is your child unable to remember important things? Don’t let your kid suffer through this. If you think it’s a severe issue, visit a child Top Neuropsychiatrist in Patna, Dr. Vivek Pratap Singh. 

Memory is defined as the mental capacity to remember things needed to function in life. Children can constantly forget unimportant things.

Although if your child can’t remember someone’s name they are always hanging out with, or if they persistently forget things back at school, or don’t remember to take their lunch then these symptoms might make your child’s life a bit difficult.

Memory helps one stay ahead academically too. Sometimes, some children having developmental disbaility can suffer through these problems too. 

Types of memory loss: 

The varied range of memory loss in a child can be 

General memory: if the child is having an issue remembering life experiences, events, or knowledge. 

Learning and memory: Your child might have issues with academic learning in some parts. For example, they might be good at arithmetics, but don’t remember any details about history subjects. 

Memory for names: forgetting names of familiar people. 

Memory for faces: not remembering familiar faces. 

Memory for places

Procedural memory: Children won’t remember how to do things like riding a bicycle, or how to play volleyball. 

Working memory: working memory problems in children wherein they forget what they had to do in minutes. For example, you had to do something in the room, but you forget when you come to the room. 

Developmental disabilities like tourette syndrome, ADHD, rett syndrome, Down syndrome can typically lead to memory problems. These disorders usually affect working memory in children.

The 6 year old's memory problems are affected by these disorders. Defects in working memory cause a child to forget doing their homework, planning and organizing their activities, and severely affect their academic abilities due to not retaining information long enough.

Short term memory: Traumatic brain injury or concussion causes grave damage to a child’s brain. In concussion, one side of the brain pushes against the skull and then goes in the opposite direction.

This kind of injury often causes memory loss and targets short term memory. This is defined as the child doesn’t remember what happened before the injury. Other causes of short term memory loss can be 

Lead poisoning 

Post traumatic stress disorder 

Mental disorders

Vitamin or nutrient deficiency

ADHD 

Dyslexia

Dyscalculia

This eventually leads to short-term memory loss symptoms in children like 

Difficulty with calculations 

Difficulty remembering events in an order 

Difficulty understanding language or words

Unable to remember dates, or names

Squirming or fidgety 

Sudden memory loss in children can be due to brain injury. At times, after a traumatic head injury, a child can develop anterograde (unable to make new memories, forgetting what they ate, or inability to retain any new information) or retrograde amnesia (can’t recall any information before the injury) leading to a sudden memory loss.

Hypoxia, i.e. brain cannot get enough oxygen, or severe brain infection can also cause sudden memory loss. 

Memory problem symptoms: 

The memory processing disorder symptoms can be 

Misplacing items 

Losing things 

Have to ask questions multiple times

Forgetting doing chores 

Difficult finding the appropriate word to say 

Trouble recognizing familiar faces or remembering familiar names

MEMORY PROBLEM CAUSES: 

Children with memory problem can have a wide range of causes like: 

Mental health disorders like PTSD, OCD or bipolar disorder

Insomnia 

Brain tumors

Infections affecting brain

Substance abuse 

Pediatric infections 

Childhood trauma 

Traumatic head injury 

Epilepsy 

Metabolic conditions 

Stroke 

Delirium/dementia 

Side effects of medications like opiates, nsaids, or benzodiazepines

How to treat memory problems? 

Treating memory problems depends on treating the underlying cause. The Best Neuropsychiatrist in Patna, by Dr. Vivek Pratap Singh. 

How to help a child with short term memory problems? 

There are a variety of ways to help a child like 

Physical activity is a vital component in your child’s growth. It improves cognitive function and helps with retaining memory. 

A balanced nutrient diet is important for a child's brain to receive vital minerals and this helps with memory function. 

How to improve working memory in child? 

To help your child’s working memory, 

Parents can make child play some board and card games, so they retain information. 

Try making your child teach you things. This way he will remember more efficiently.

Make your child read books constantly, that way he hs memory will be sharpened. 

Keep on practicing skills they already learnt. Doing the same thing again and again strengthens the memory. 

Pictures help children remember information effectively. Visuals have proven to be quite beneficial. 

Inform the child with instructions broken down in small parts so that they don’t have to rememeber everything at once.

Memory loss is a severe issue affecting a lot of children. If your child is suffering from any disorder affecting your memory, get in touch with best neuropsychiatrist Illness Treatment in Patna, Dr. Vivek Pratap Singh. Taking treatment in time is quite vital for the prognosis of your child. 

[kippuchan]

Hey, OP for the NDIS post you reblogged. I had heaps of trouble getting on the NDIS myself, my recommendation if you haven't already is to try getting a disability advocacy service to help with your application. I later had to appeal their decision not to provide funding for my secondary condition as well my primary condition, and I used Legal Aid funding for that through Legal Services Commission. Hope this helps!!

Hey, thanks so much for the advice!

I’m currently engaging with a case manager at uni, and one of the things they can help with is NDIS applications, but I’ll keep the disability advocacy service and lawyer in mind. I’m in a FB group where people with my cluster of conditions talk about getting on NDIS and I have to say, it’s incredibly grim. I’m already mentally preparing to need to appeal and go to AAT, just bc they don’t understand my primary condition at all. Anyways, thanks again, and big solidarity vibes! I hope the funding stuff gets sorted soon, bc Jesus Christ how much more infantilising do they need to be towards disabled people :(((((

[barin-mclegg]

Whatever, one more time.

This is not about Gaza specifically. This is not about anyone specifically. "Help two trans women pay rent" is also 'fundraiser or whatever" territory. I do not see how that makes me racist

I'm not actively stating anyone should die, that I don't pay to any charities, that my life is miserable, that I won't ever reblog. I could just as well be funding half of an orphanage in Kenia, or donating to a local homeless shelter, etc etc. You'll never know, because that classifies as private information, and you're mostly assholes that don't deserve jackshit from me.

I specifically said that I don't want people to send them to me. Personally. So, put them in my messages, in my asks (not relevant bc my ask box is permanently broken, but the point), don't tag me specifically. For two of those 3, you need to specifically go to my blog anyway. So this is the best way to make it clear it won't do anything but waste both of our time and energy. I think this is the most respectful way of making that clear.

Yeah it causes me stress to see fundraisers of all kinds in the wild. Whatever. Your blog, your business. I just don't interact, if there's a tag I block it, I just don't want to be there. Again, I think this is the most respectful way of dealing with it.

My personal situation, mental and physical health, exact fucking age (menta or physical), and all that buzz, is none of your business. Fuck right off. Any judgements made about me when I was being actively harassed and getting torture threats, death threats, and suicide baiting is NOT ACCURATE. Wanna guess why? That's right! Emotionally distressing situations have impact on someone's behavior and wellbeing! If you've harassed me, you're the bad person here. I don't care, yes you are.

I DO care. Again, emotionally distressing situation. I said more shit I don't mean, or at least not in the way that it'll be read by, again, people that don't KNOW OR UNDERSTAND ME. I care that bad shit happens in the world, but I can't do shit about it, so I mostly choose not to talk about it or educate myself. This also means I have no opinion on said subjects, because I'm not a fucking dickhead about not knowing things, like most of you.

Yes, my shittiness at communicating IS part of my disability. "ohh disbaility can't do that" Ohhhh so if you can decide why people can't do shit than maybe you should decide that everyone should have a cool life and be a reasonable person, huh? Shut up. You're just a big bitch, at this point. Yes, it's disability, yes, I'm diagnosed, no, you can't fucking know anything more than that. Or are you going to tell my your full medical history and home address? And proof that you're not making shit up? Because then we can talk about the terms of me telling you anything about myself.

To the reasonable people: I greatly appreciate how unhatable you are.

To everyone in general: I, too, am reasonable when not being actively attacked. Try talking to me now. Actually, don't I'm glad for the silence. Also, don't call me a faggot, we're not buddies, you don't get slur rights.

I in no way see how what happened between me and 3000s on the eel post is YOUR business. Most of you are just miserable drama chasers, and I think that's way sadder than curating your internet experience to your best efforts. Go smash some plates or jerk off or something, jesus christ. "Ohhh but I'm traumatized/in an abusive situation/whatever I can't do thattt" Oh my god that's the funniest response anyone could ever give to this. Ohhh god. That's so funny. Ah well, I can only dream, since reblogs are going off again as soon as I hit reblog on this. If your response is something like that do actually send it though it's sooo funny.

Have a reasonably alright day. I know that's what I'm doing, at least.

Don't send fundraisers or whatever to me.

[meimeikyu]

maybe none of my issues are real maybe i sm justmaking them all up none of thme are real valid issues like ppl with actual disbailities and k know that so why do i keep sctiing like im worth helping