#i would not be able to access healthcare.

[dykeogenes]

“what to tell a doctor to get an autism diagnosis” “here’s what i learned from realizing i was autistic at 40″ “i would never want a professional diagnosis” “person first language is so regressive” “autism symptoms are only a problem because of ableism” “we dont need treatment” “no autistic person wants a cure” “four doctors told me i couldn’t be autistic so i found a fifth” “autism is an invisible disability” “dont disclose your neurodivergency to employers” “i/dd and autism have nothing to do with each other” “nt parents/advocates have no place in autism communities” “of course im autistic have you heard me talk about horror movies” babe i have nothing in common with any of you

[kirby-the-gorb]

[toytulini]

Insurance in the US is *required* to cover all types of birth control including surgical (eg tubal ligation) *for now.* Absolutely try to get it and get the procedure done ASAP

https://www.healthcare.gov/coverage/birth-control-benefits/

thank u. i do need to sign up for that.

[sunnywalnut]

Family: no you can't go on T

Therapist: no you can't go on T

Gov: no you can't go on T

My body: well fuck you then *makes my own*

[gardenstateofmind]

i'm kind of pedantic about the words normal and common just bc i think it really often leads to misconceptions about disabilities and chronic illnesses, bc like, in my experience, it is incredibly common to have problems with your body, in fact i think Not having any issues is more uncommon. as amazing as human bodies are, there is so much that can go wrong. and most of the time, for most people, they can still get by. and that's just life.

so like yes it is common to struggle. it should also be common to receive help for these struggles. and if this kind of help is more normalized and accessible, then hopefully people with higher support needs won't have to jump through hoops just to have their basic fucking needs met.

i think many people see it like you either are or are not disabled. and if you don't meet their arbitrary standard for what counts as disabled, then you need to just suck it up and deal with it. bc that is the attitude they apply in their own life. but like it obviously does not work that way. everything exists on a spectrum. getting help in life should be standard, some people will need more help, some people might not need much at all.

[metastablephysicist]

so so stressed about funding this semester.

[ookaookaooka]

just had a thought that universal healthcare would be better for the environment because if there’s more people like me who want to live out in the countryside or who want to try homesteading or living off the grid but are tied to the city because of their job benefits, giving everyone free healthcare would free them up to live wherever they choose and something something less people in cities the better

[victormcdicktor]

Hello everyone, I have another campaign to share.

Asmaa and her family are fighting to survive in Ghazza. Her home and her brother's home were both bombed by the occupation, leaving all of them displaced.

They live in horrible conditions without access to clean water, food, or healthcare. The closest medical setup is usually miles away. They are surrounded by disease and their tents hardly protect them from the elements. Their beloved kitten Timur starved to death due to the lack of food and water.

Without any sources of income, they cannot evacuate on their own.

In order to evacuate, Asmaa and her family need to raise €45,000. Since beginning their campaign, they've only raised €21,459.

Everyone, please help Asmaa and her family survive. If you're able, donate to them. Even if you can't donate, sharing their campaign will also make a world of difference. Anything you can do will help shave their lives.

VETTED HERE (43)

(content warning for the campaign page; there is an image of the dead kitten. It is not overly graphic but if you would like to avoid it simply don't scroll down)

[scarlettgauthor]

I first posted this in a thread over on BlueSky, but I decided to port (a slightly edited version of) it over here, too.

Entirely aside from the absurd and deeply incorrect idea [NaNoWriMo has posited] that machine-generated text and images are somehow "leveling the playing field" for marginalized groups, I think we need to interrogate the base assumption that acknowledging how people have different abilities is ableist/discriminatory. Everyone SHOULD have access to an equal playing field when it comes to housing, healthcare, the ability to exist in public spaces, participating in general public life, employment, etc.

That doesn't mean every person gets to achieve every dream no matter what.

I am 39 years old and I have scoliosis and genetically tight hamstrings, both of which deeply impact my mobility. I will never be a professional contortionist. If I found a robot made out of tentacles and made it do contortion and then demanded everyone call me a contortionist, I would be rightly laughed out of any contortion community. Also, to make it equivalent, the tentacle robot would be provided for "free" by a huge corporation based on stolen unpaid routines from actual contortionists, and using it would boil drinking water in the Southwest into nothingness every time I asked it to do anything, and the whole point would be to avoid paying actual contortionists.

If you cannot - fully CAN NOT - do something, even with accommodations, that does not make you worth less as a person, and it doesn't mean the accommodations shouldn't exist, but it does mean that maybe that thing is not for you.

But who CAN NOT do things are not who uses "AI." It's people who WILL NOT do things.

"AI art means disabled people can be artists who wouldn't be able to otherwise!" There are armless artists drawing with their feet. There are paralyzed artists drawing with their mouths, or with special tracking software that translates their eye movements into lines. There are deeply dyslexic authors writing via text-to-speech. There are deaf musicians. If you actually want to do a thing and care about doing the thing, you can almost always find a way to do the thing.

Telling a machine to do it for you isn't equalizing access for the marginalized. It's cheating. It's anti-labor. It makes it easier for corporations not to pay creative workers, AND THAT'S IS WHY THEY'RE PUSHING IT EVERYWHERE.

I can't wait for the bubble to burst on machine-generated everything, just like it did for NFTs. When it does some people are going to discover they didn't actually learn anything or develop any transferable skills or make anything they can be proud of.

I hope a few of those people pick up a pencil.

It's never too late to start creating. It's never too late to actually learn something. It's never too late to realize that the work is the point.

[nientedal]

What progress at home has biden enacted? What policies of his show that he is making progress that prove he is actually different than trump?

I like to pretend I have faith in humanity, so I'll answer as if you're asking this in good faith.

Biden's DEA has lifted restrictions on telehealth prescriptions to make appointments and assistance more accessible.

He put a funding package into place to help unhoused people get access to mental and physical healthcare, as well as short-term and long-term housing.

He has attempted and is still attempting to get student debt relief through - this was blocked by Republican judges appointed by Trump, but he's still working on it.

Infrastructure repair - his administration has budgeted funds to actually fix some severely-damaged and frequently-traveled bridges.

Trying to expand access to healthcare to include undocumented immigrants who came to the USA as children (Dreamers) under the Affordable Care Act. Support for Navigator programs and outreach has also been increased.

He has vetoed Republican-led bills that were attempting to overturn environmental protections - one that would have forbidden investment fund managers to consider climate change in their portfolios (I have two degrees in accounting and this is actually huge), and another that would have overturned restrictions on agricultural runoff into our waterways.

He and his administration worked for ages to get rail workers paid sick days.

This is just some of what he's been doing. Meanwhile, Trump and other Republicans want to criminalize the lives of LGBT people like you and me. They want to eliminate no-fault divorce and force births that will kill parents or devastate them financially. They have stated flat out that they want to install a military dictatorship in the USA. They attempted to put that in motion on January 6th, 2021. They failed once. They will do better next time.

One party wants to house the homeless and expand social safety nets, while the other one wants to criminalize homelessness. One of them wants a future in which I might be able to vote to change how much of a war machine my country is, while the other one wants to eliminate my ability to vote entirely. Those are not the same. Those literally are opposites.

At the end of the day, all you and I can do is choose to do the least amount of harm possible. You and I cannot choose to do no harm. This is the USA, we sell war, you and I cannot choose to do no harm. I wish we could, my god do I wish we could, but that is not an option. So we grieve for the harm we couldn't eliminate and work to minimize the harm that is done. Despite all the crap they support, Democrats are the minimum amount of harm right now. Acting like they aren't is exactly what brought us to an election where our options are a future where we are either wading in blood or drowning in it.

Not voting for Biden will not help Palestine. Not voting for Biden will guarantee a Republican president who will make the situation in Palestine WORSE. AND it'll hurt a lot of other places as well, both at home and abroad, because Republicans are about business and the USA is in the business of war! And I would very much like that to change someday! I would very much like to someday be able to choose to do no harm! And I know what I have to do to try for that future, so what are YOU going to do? There is no standing off to the side in this. If you aren't helping pull, you're the dead weight we're pulling. Are you going to dig your feet into the mud and blood and drown us there? Or are you going to get the fuck off your ass, grit your teeth, and help us pull free?

[tiredguyswag]

one of those masterposts for Sudan 🇸🇩

Disclaimer: I am not Sudanese, and am in no way an expert on the ongoing crisis. Corrections, if any, are welcome.

LAST UPDATED: 8th October 2024 [Please try to reblog the original post as much as possible]

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So what's going on in Sudan? Sudan was under the rule of the military dictator Omar Al-Bashir for thirty years. He came to power through a military coup in June 1989. His rule saw extreme economic decline, repression, and conflict. In the December of 2018, a democratic revolution began that eventually overthrew the dictatorship on April 11, 2019, and saw the beginning of a military rule by militant parties SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces) and RSF (Rapid Support Forces). This unrest is, of course, funded by western governments.

On the 15th of April, 2023, fighting broke out in Khartoum between the SAF and RSF. Clashes spread across the nation of Sudan, and the civilian populace is still caught in the middle. According to UN officials, Sudan is in “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history."

There is an ongoing war in Sudan, and it's getting worse. There is a health crisis along with the humanitarian crisis as well: around 2/3rds of the population do not have access to healthcare services. Around 15-20 millions suffer from hunger. There are 70 non-operational healthcare facilities in conflict zones. Thousands killed, millions displaced, and a dramatic increase in sexual violence and rape cases.

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Links for Learning Resources:

Hadhreen: Hadhreen started as an initiative by a small group of Sudanese youth in 2015. Since its inception it continued to work in a variety of sectors, most notably Emergency response, health, and in supporting vulnerable groups.

Talk About Sudan: Learn more about what's happening in Sudan and actions you can take. Also has donation links for those who are able.

Keep Eyes On Sudan: A website run by Sudanese diaspora to amplify the calls of the Sudanese people. Has donation links, actions you can take, upcoming protests and events, resources, FAQs, etc.

#SudanSyllabus.docx: An extensive and well-sourced document, providing English language resources about Sudanese history. It's really long and has got lots of links to books, articles, and more. Curated by Razan Idris.

Human Rights Watch

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Donation Links:

List of verified charities providing humanitiarian assistance in Sudan

SudanFunds: Like GazaFunds, it is a compilation of GoFundMes for Sudanese individuals in war zones in need of help.

Help Sudan Tarada Initiative: The aim is to deliver emergency basic needs, food and medicine. Funds will be transferred directly to local charities and organization who are managing those shelters to make sure that the funds are well received and is spent on the needs specified.

One Million Sustainable Pads Campaign: Fundraiser to help provide women in IDPs camps with reusable pads

Zubeyda Adam and family (Sudan)

Our home bombarded and destroyed

Help my family escape Sudan's war

Save a transperson in african Refugee camp from starvation [Unsure about the legibility of this one since its not from the person themself, but if someone can verify this for me that would be great]

Hope For Sudan

Darfur Women Action

Doctors Without Borders

Fill A Heart: Financial Assistance to Sudanese Hospitals

Hometax: Sudan Relief

Cairo Sudan Aid

Amal For Women

Sudan Solidarity Collective

Sadagaat

UNICEF

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These are all the links I have so far. Please spread awareness about Sudan! Let me know if there are any links I should add to the post and I will update it.

[doggirlnarcolepsy]

Me and my wife need help getting back on our feet since after she almost died from pulmonary embolisms and deep vein thrombosis last year and subsequently was denied access to transitional healthcare because of the health complications that nearly killed her.

We need money to buy hormones online for my wife to be able to continue her transition after getting cut off due to arbitrary risks involving her V-Leiden (even though she is on Eliquis every day and monitored for new clots yearly) and the lack of informed consent laws. The amount of refills I get through my prescription is not enough to support both of us when they're incredibly stringent about how much they're prescribing you at a time.

My wife also desperately needs to see a dentist. Her dental decay has been getting much worse lately due to us not having the financial means for her to have them fixed. She recently had a horizontal crack in her front incisor which has made it impossible for her to eat, something that was already incredibly difficult with her only being able to chew with one side of her mouth due to multiple broken teeth and an impacted wisdom tooth causing the cap from her root canal to fall out.

We're drowning and can't afford to pay for emergency expenses with rent for our mold-infested apartment and rising costs of living eating up practically our entire income every month, it seems almost impossible to move on and get better being stuck in our current situation.

If anyone is capable of helping out it would mean the world to us.

our paypals: queensizeddonger & loserbigsis

$0 / $????

(we have no way to assess the actual costs yet since just seeing a dentist to get an estimate would cost around $100)

Photos below the cut (trigger warning: broken teeth & dental decay)

[just-a-queer-fanboy]

Help Wafaa, Mohi, and Fidaa!

This is Mohi: the brother of @wafaaresh. Both of their gofundme's are hosted by a friend in Baltimore, and both accounts have been vetted. Mohi is only 23 and is currently suffering from malnutrition and hepatitis due to the current bombardment of Gaza. Their mother suffers from chronic illnesses that they cannot find treatment or urgently needed surgery for. They lack access to food and clean, drinkable water.

As I write this, not even a third of his goal of 31,000 dollars has been reached, and Wafaa's goal of 100,000 has a mere tenth raised. They both lost their home, a good chunk of their family, and have been displaced over 10 times.

The high in Gaza is nearly 90 Fahrenheit for the next week, with 70% humidity. There is no shade. There is no drinkable water. Aid is being blocked from entering.

This is Wafa's new gofundme.

Note: She had to make a new campaign after issues with the old one. There are barely any donations at the moment.

Wafa is 29 and reached out to me to ask me to boost her campaign, and since I cannot donate, I am making this post to promote both her and her brother's fundraisers.

They are both young adults who had so many ambitions and hopes before the attacks began. And there is still hope for them to escape live freely, like every human deserves to live.

If you are able to spare a few bucks, even a donation of 5 or 10 dollars helps. I hope this post finds people who are able to donate. Nobody deserves to live like this.

(I recently learned of their sister, Fidaa. I will continue editing this post if I find gofundme's for other family members, so people don't have to wade through a million different reblogs to find them.)

This is Fidaa @fidaa-family2 , she is Wafaa and Mohi's sister. She is 29 and a mother of 2: Sila, her 2 year old, and Muhammed Amr, who is only 2 months old. Imagine going through this trauma at 2 years old, imagine going through this at 2 months old. Imagine giving birth in these conditions, where the healthcare system has been so destroyed they cannot even count the dead. It's unimaginable for many of us, but for them, it is their daily life.

They live in Mawasi Khan Younis, South of Gaza. She and her children are malnourished and have little to no access to medicine, especially what is necessary post-partum, let alone necessary for a malnourished baby!

She has raised a little over a third of her 10,000 dollar goal.

If this post reaches enough people who can and do donate, their family can live freely. No bombs, no disease, no thirst, no hunger. Their children can grow up happily, the way all children should. And I do believe that it is possible.

Again, please donate if it is at all possible. No donation is too small, nor too big. Everything counts.

**I'd like to add a note here not about the family, but about Palestine and Israel. I am not versed enough to decide whether there should be a two state solution, one state and which one, whatever. I'm 15, my opinions do not do jack shit. All I will say is innocent people are dying just for being palestinian and I'm against that.

I also know the current pro palestine movement has a major problem with antisemitism, which I previously engaged with due to ignorance and ignoring dogwhistles. I have since learned and am working to avoid doing so again, as I know I shared harmful content in an attempt to uplift a separate group, and that was wrong of me.

For now, all I can really say is Palestinians don't deserve to die, the IDF has committed war crimes, and that is not the fault of Jewish people. It's the fault of the Israeli government and military, not the citizens or people of the same ethnicity or religion. I won't tolerate bigotry towards either group on my page.**

[jaggedteeth]

the reality that being chronically ill makes me feel lonelier and more hopeless than anything else in the world is really hitting today

[shatha-abo-amsha]

Please don't skip 🇵🇸🚨🚨

Hello my friend

My name is Shatha, and I am reaching out to you from Gaza. I am a 24-year-old mother, married with two young children, Karam and Kareem. Today, I am compelled to share our story with you, in the hopes of finding the support we desperately need.😥🙏🙏🙏

My youngest son, Kareem, just one year old, has been facing significant health challenges since birth. He suffers from growth and muscular development weakness, a result of oxygen deficiency during his delivery. Prior to the outbreak of conflict in Gaza, Kareem received vital therapy sessions at our local hospital, under the careful guidance of specialized doctors. However, with the devastating impact of the current conflict, most hospitals in Gaza are now out of service, and access to essential healthcare has become nearly impossible😥😥😥

Each passing day brings a new level of urgency as Kareem's health deteriorates. He requires immediate evacuation from Gaza to access the specialized medical care he urgently needs, care that simply cannot be provided within our war-torn region.😭

The situation for my family has become increasingly dire. Our home was severely damaged by shelling, and my husband lost his job due to the ongoing conflict. Forced to flee our northern Gaza residence, we now find ourselves residing in Deir al-Balah city, living in a small tent that offers little protection and lacks even the most basic amenities. This challenging environment, compounded by Kareem's fragile health, the prevalence of infectious diseases, and widespread food shortages, has only exacerbated our struggles.💔💔

As a mother, my heart aches to see my son suffer. My priority is Kareem's health and the safety of my family amidst the chaos of war. Yet, the financial burden and logistical challenges of leaving Gaza are overwhelming.😥😭

It is with humility and hope that I reach out to you, appealing to your generosity and compassion. Your support can help Kareem access the life-saving medical treatment he so urgently needs by assisting us in evacuating Gaza. Your kindness would not only bring relief to our family but also restore hope for Kareem's future.🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

Thank you, from the depths of our hearts, for considering our plea and for any support you may be able to provide. Your contribution, no matter the size, would mean the world to us.🙏❤️🌹🌹🇵🇸

With sincere gratitude,

Shatha

@90-ghost @northgazaupdates2 @el-shab-hussein @vakarians-babe @nabulsi27 @sarazucker @a-nautilus-as-pixel-art @baby-indie-blog @sar-soor @sayruq @appsa @akajustmerry @annoyingloudmicrowavecultist @el-shab-hussein @tortiefrancis @flower-tea-fairies @tsaricides @riding-with-the-wild-hunt @vivisection-gf @belleandsaintsebastian @ear-motif @animentality @kordeliiius @commissions4aid-international @brutaliakhoa @raelyn-dreams @troythecatfish @the-bastard-king @4ft10tvlandfangirl @queerstudiesnatural @malcriada

[ashenhartkrie]

The Australian Federal Government is considering adding gender affirming surgeries for transgender adults to the medicare benefits scheme thanks to an application made by the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons.

the president of the ASPA, Dr Nicola Dean, chatted with me about the need for improved access to gender affirming healthcare, and I was also able to speak to some trans people in the community who would benefit from this change.