#support worker

[perplexingluciddreams]

Wednesday = Emily day!

I had a good time with my support worker 😄. We finished watching Mean Girls from last week. And watched the start of Heathers (again!! I have watched it at least 6 times since last Wednesday!!!). I told Mum that and she said she is not surprised. 🤣

We also played cards - blackjack again. With Mum too as usual. That is fun! I love to win 😄😂.

I am feeling very happy. And it is rain now, so not feel as hot!! And I can smell the rain which I love.

And sister brought second snack to me and I got to say hi and see her new hoop earrings! She looks very beautiful as always ❤️. She booped my nose 😆😁!

Fixation on Heathers and Mean Girls The Musical and Barrett Wilbert Weed still going strong. I ordered the Heathers original film DVD. Mum wants to watch it too, I say we can watch together, she say maybe downstairs when I get my special chair! (With fingers crossed that it is good for me).

I also bought and watched the Mean Girls original film (from 2004). I have seen it before but only once or twice a few years ago. It was cool to remember how funny it is! I also think I understand the characters and the "message" better now - that is partly because of the musical helping me understand with the songs and music.

I feel really proud about having bedroom door open so much and letting a bit more of the outside world and other people in. I think it is good for me to be around people and have positive interactions.

Every time I see Emily or another person, I feel slightly more relaxed.

It all makes me feel smiley. 😊😁😄!

[stonebutchooze]

whenever I say I worked at a care home people always assume I mean an OLD PEOPLE'S care home and start talking about dementia, and even when I correct them and say no, it was adults of all ages with disabilities like cerebral palsy, some of them younger than me, people still don't listen and start talking about how hard it is "when you get to that age".

like people who live in 24/7 care for their entire adult lives exist!!!! residential care is NOT something that only comes into play at the end of your life. lack of awareness and funding is, in my opinion, partly why negative experiences of full time or respite residential care are so widespread.

ALSO when I successfully clarify that I worked with people of all ages, people start talking about how SAD it is when young people who have conditions like cerebral palsy can't move or talk or whatever. and I ALSO take issue with that. I think seeing disabled people's experiences as wholly "sad" or "what a shame" pre-emptively dictates what kind of life we expect disabled people to live. people in residential care CAN be happy, largely independent, or happy with their level of control where they are dependent on others. if we assume they can't, we won't even try to help them get there.

some people have high support needs at home and then go into residential care. some people spend their whole lives in residential care. some people won't need it at all with proper support and funding at home. people need support, not pity and people seeing their lives as lost causes.

[ahumanbeena]

Ppl who work in the medical system are sooo ableist omg. We'll be like "sorry you can't return to your life's work for 2 weeks, I know your family relies on the income from that farm to survive but you're healing so do please take rest sorry about calving season tho" & then turn around to our coworker & be like "wym your kids sick & you needa go home why even have kids then did you think about the patients". Like it's worth doing because helping relieve ppl's suffering is amazing & your community's worth your labour & science is amazing but damn the med community leaning conservative sucks ass. More lefties in medicine pls <3

[hollowedskin]

@janemorris this is wonderful! Would you mind if I made an adaption based on this concept for a dissociation scale as well?

I've been working alongside the OT to try and come up with a functional dissociation scale that you can actually *use* while dissociated, and this format may be a winner since it's simple, has instructions, and a visual component.

my pain scale invention. it goes from 0-16. you fill it out like this:

i made this because i find pain to be a multifaceted thing that influences me in different ways. i can accomplish lots of small tasks while in pain but that doesnt mean i can move around or even think clearly. its name is the goldstein expanded pain index or gepi. you can use it if you want. or not.

[disabledinwonderland]

craft ideas for support staff

[thatrandomblogsays]

I’m so happy for them

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[crocronutart]

Hey nerds,

Are you a fan of animation? Are you an artist that works in the animation industry (or at least wants to… one of these days)? Do you just enjoy silly cartoons? Or maybe you don’t care about cartoons, but you believe strongly in workers rights and fair wages!

Well the people who make your favorite cartoons, anime, and animated shows and movies are fighting for the future of this industry. We are facing a lot of challenges right now job creep, low wages, the ever looming threat of artists being replaced by AI to create worse animation for the sake of generating content to make lots of money for very rich people while real human artists live paycheck to paycheck and struggle to pay rent and feed their families…

But you can help! By signing this petition to show your support for animation workers in the US

[socialjusticeinamerica]

[perplexingluciddreams]

what kind of things do you do with your support worker? I've recently gotten one and while I'm excited i think the only things I'm thinking of are like. independence stuff i have but i don't always have days where I need to do stuff but it's a support day

Sorry take so long to answer! I like questions but it is hard to answer with words.

With my support worker she sits in my bedroom next to my bed and we watch things on my laptop. And we usually play card game (blackjack) with Mum also.

That is basically all I do with support worker. So far, anyway. Maybe more in the future but I take a long time to get used to new routines and people and doing more things. So it will be very gradual.

And other people are in charge of that because I can't even remember people exist if they are not in front of me, so I definitely can't think of "plans" for what to do with.

I can't really plan at all. Except for maybe "plan" for what to watch on laptop - I can do that because it is always right in front of me. And yet still I forget many options exist and usually rewatch same things over and over 🤷🏻‍♂️.

So far with support worker it has mainly been same Heathers bootleg we watch. Because it is safe and familiar and makes it easier being near New Person (that I am still getting used to).

This is maybe not a very good or helpful answer. Because I can't decide or plan things to do by myself. So other people just give options to me and I choose.

Also support worker so far just spends time with me in my bedroom. Not doing any actual physical support task things yet. Even when support worker comes on a bath day, Mum still does bath as usual with me.

Don't know if maybe that will happen in future 🤷🏻‍♂️ other people mainly decide that, not me (I can say no or yes to things of course). Don't know if even that is an option or allowed 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️. I have no idea about these things.

[cinderoo]

miners have rights

[fundamentalcherrytree]

I'm struggling to come up with reasons to have a support worker and what I would do with them. I'm finding the idea pointless.

I do want a support worker but all I can think about for them to do is change my sheets on my bed. If I moved out of my parents house I'd have so much for them to help me with. But for now I'm really struggling.

[namistrella]

I'm gonna say it until I'm blue in the face

Right now, it doesn't matter that our federal programs and institutions need reform. YOU CAN'T REFORM SOMETHING ONCE IT'S GONE. It will take WAY more work (and harm way more people in the meantime) to rebuild from scratch than to work to save these programs now.

Did the grant freeze scare anyone?? It should have!! Yes, it's been temporarily blocked, BUT EVEN IF IT STAYS BLOCKED, IF THERE'S NO ONE TO ADMINISTER THE GRANTS, WE STILL DON'T GET FUNCTIONING PROGRAMS

Snyder's On Tyranny, #2: DEFEND INSTITUTIONS. All Americans should be throwing their backs behind civil service right now and calling their reps until the reps actually DO something to keep our workers in their jobs. We NEED good people in the agencies and offices that are being targeted!! Or we are going to lose programs, resources, and data we worked for generations to build!

Don't think for one second it's going to be fucking ICE that shuts down because of this... ICE won't be touched. It'll be research, welfare, disaster assistance, land protections, environmental protections, even access to core data that we take for granted, is what we're going to lose. With the grant freeze, and the DEI purge, we've already seen just how FAST resources can be ripped away

FEDERAL WORKERS ARE NOT YOUR ENEMY. We need to stand together on this, as they are building a resistance to defend the constitution against ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, because if anyone's the enemy here it's the fucking fascists. And, like it or not, bureaucracy (filled with stubborn, dedicated people) is our first line of defense.

[cutiecatsub]

that sex worker doesn’t owe you anything just bc you have a boner btw

[disabledinwonderland]

what does a support worker look like to you

[mommyjessie20]

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