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Ableism in leftist spaces is really foul because you will see the most self-proclaimed progressive punk with badges that say shit like "fight the fascists" "it's okay to punch nazis" and then they'll turn around and say "actually I don't think disabled people should have children"

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Something that really bugs is when people hide accessibility content behind things like DNIs -- especially when the content isn't theirs to begin with.

Like... there's no requirement for people to interact with people they don't want to interact with but... idk it just puts a bad taste in my mouth when people want to decide whether or not somebody is deserving of access, especially when it's over what really just amounts to pointless internet or fandom discourse :/

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not to be that guy but i think it's a lot more ableist to assume that disabled ppl can't make art without ai than it is for me to not like ai

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not to say things on main but it’s kinda fucked up that the mockery and torment of fat people, especially fat kids, is still considered socially acceptable

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If you're experiencing homelessness, a sudden loss of income, a change in living situation, or any other event that makes you unable to care for your pet(s), try reaching out to your local humane society and/or shelters.

Many of them have programs in place to help people in these situations, whether that be by providing you with food/supplies for your pet when you can't afford it, providing free/discount veterinary services, or even temporarily caring for the pet in shelter until you can take them back.

At my shelter, we have what we call "community days" once or twice a month. This is when we give away any extra donations we receive to the community. Although anyone is welcome to come and take what they need, these are usually intended for those who are homeless, low income, or otherwise need some help.

We also have a program called "urgent care". With this program, we take in pets temporarily when their families aren't able to care for them. This could be one of the situations mentioned above or something like recovering from a surgery/illness, being incarcerated, etc. The reason doesn't matter. While in this program, the pets are taken care of like any other animals at the shelter with one main difference -- it's all confidential. Most of our shelter is open to the public to come visit and meet the animals but the urgent care animals are kept upstairs, which is staff only. We also aren't allowed to take any photos of the animals or to discuss them with anyone. As general staff and volunteers, we also know nothing about the family's situation or what brought the pet here. That's kept extremely private.

One other program that we have -- which is less common -- is what we call a "fundraiser spotlight". Each month, we spotlight a fundraiser to help pets. This is usually to pay for veterinary care but can be for anything really. The fundraiser is posted in the newsletter, on the social media pages, etc. and they usually get filled very quickly. I don't know anything about the specifics of how the fundraisers are chosen or what goes on (it's not my job) but it's a great program anyways.

Your local shelters may or may not have simar programs but it's worth a shot! Many of them can at least connect you to people who can help.

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[Image Description: A Tweet by @jelenawoehr. It reads: "When you hear that an unhoused person "refused services" that includes...

- Refused to give up their pet to get a short-term hotel room.

- The shelter they were offered a space in isn't safe for their gender/sexuality.

- Couldn't consolidate all their belongings into two bags.

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disabled people, especially physically disabled people, express the mildest of frustrations and some of yous are jumping at the chance to take it personally

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Ow :(

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and like if someone is caught using disabled resources they don't need sometimes they wanna play chicken. surely if they hide out in the bathroom or the store or whatever the disabled person who needs that space and is waiting will just go away? what an inconvenience right. except these ableds already fucked a disabled person over for their own convenience, and what's worse, is continuing to fuck them over for their own embarrassment. you know sometimes, radical thought, but the disabled person won't magically disappear because they need that disabled space and have no other options. gee if only there was a place where they could use the facilities since all the other ones are inaccessible - oh right

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I had a bad bout of pneumonia as a kid that messed up my lungs and I usually don't think about it but then I get a cold or something and remember "Oh yeah. My lungs are shit now."

Brought to you by me having a cold after seeing my adorable little niece who's a petri dish of infection and being unable to breathe

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i think at some point the chronic illness community needs to have some sort of conversation about how like 70% of our tags are filled with undescribed screenshots of the same twenty graphics that only apply to invisibly disabled people

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Really sucks to spend the whole day in a world that's already incredibly inaccessible only to come home and get online for a break... only to have to deal with inaccessibility here too.

Trying to scroll through Tumblr and all I get from my screenreader is "image" "image" "image" "image" "image" "*somebody using alt text to make a joke at the expense of those of us who need alt text*" "image" "image" "image" "ima-

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The incompetent, slightly annoying, floundering, and awkward people who show up to do community work will cause problems. That’s okay. Learners make mistakes.

If you give them love, trust, and responsibility, while also showing them the way to balance and not burn out, you might just end up with some of the most helpful and active organizers in your community.

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Reblogging this again but with a positive experience this time. I was on my way to my exam and cut through one of the buildings instead of getting an early morning ass massage via cobblestone pathways. The building has two ramps and is next to the daycare on campus.

As I was heading in, I saw this young kid on a scooter going up and down the ramp and their father nearby keeping an eye out. He saw me coming and immediately called the kid over and said something "remember what we talked about?" and something about how they were "borrowing the ramp" but that it was for/belonged to people like me (simplified for the young child brain I presume).

Idk it was really sweet and I'm glad that there are people who are more considerate/aware of their surroundings. The kid was super cute too. I waved at her when I went by and she LIT UP. Looked so pleased.

Do you know how many times a day I want to scream at people "THIS ISN'T FOR YOU!" ?

Just yesterday, I was ten minutes late to my tutorial class because for whatever reason, almost every single person in my lecture decided to use the elevator instead of going down one flight of stairs while me and my classmates -- the ones who didn't have that choice -- were stuck waiting for the next elevator.

I constantly have to navigate around people walking up the ramps -- or, worse, standing in the middle of them -- because they couldn't get off their phones for two seconds to use the stairs instead.

At least twice a week I end up in far more pain than usual because people who don't need them take up the accessible seats on the bus and I either have to stand there and wait for somebody to get up (Which is already hard on my body) or just wrap my arm around the pole and try to suffer through a few stops until somebody gets off (Which has already caused several dislocations). As much as people like to brag about how they'd "always give up their seat for a poor handicapped person", they're far more likely to stay right where they are and ignore you in favour of watching Instagram reels on their phone.

And I've tried asking people to move. Directly. Making eye contact and everything. They'll just look down at their phone and ignore me until the bus driver or somebody else says something. And only then can they magically notice me and get up.

Before I get a bunch of people leaping to yell about people with invisible disabilities: I know. I know there are people with invisible disabilities, I spent most of my life with only invisible disabilities. I can guarentee that not every single person in my lecture of 60 people has an invisible disability. This is not the problem.

The problem is that able bodied people see these resources and supports made specifically for physically disabled people and assume they're entitled to them. Most of them see it as something that's put in place just to comply with certain rules or laws or regulations as a 'just in case' thing. Nobody thinks that disabled people are actually out and about. We're an afterthought to them.

And I get it. I do. We all have our blind spots.

But seriously, this is getting ridiculous.

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Disabled people shouldn't have to be perfectly nice or kind when we ask for accommodations and inclusion. We shouldn't HAVE to ask.

Furthermore, we usually ARE being nice when we ask; ableds just take any request that they do the bare minimum for us as if it's a great slight to their honor.

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Really fucked up that I can't afford my iron meds so I'm feeling like shit until I can while there are people with enough money to buy 15 private jets and still have enough to pay my tuition 100 times over.

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People ask me why I make so many things about disability as if being disabled hasn't fundamentally changed me as a person or something.