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i swear they made up the term middle east so they didn't have to acknowledge that the mediterranean includes both west asia and north africa and always has

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adding a second one. "if i mention a group of people that you belong to, and then go on to specify a subgroup of people who clearly have a different experience than the rest of the group and which you're not part of, the mere mention of a group you qualify for isn't an opportunity to make it about you."

maybe i should make a disclaimer whenever i say something along the lines of "if what i clearly described doesn't describe you then it's not for you, about you, and your additions are unwanted."

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maybe i should make a disclaimer whenever i say something along the lines of "if what i clearly described doesn't describe you then it's not for you, about you, and your additions are unwanted."

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guys this isn't about glasses this is about mobility aids

i mean mobility aids should be free yeah but not just the one. a second one should be free at minimum like it's insane that people are expected to have only one of the (sometimes) highly specialised tool they need to live. it should be buy one get two free at least

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they've got a couple BSL translators there and they're trialling audio description. they're warning people about covid and they've got a flat ground area reserved for disabled people... i'm glad. i really hope this makes all the difference that lets more disabled people attend the march

oh trans pride is in under 2 weeks and i checked and there's mandatory masking in the disabled area

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oh trans pride is in under 2 weeks and i checked and there's mandatory masking in the disabled area

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i even have a backup pair of glasses bc things are just shapes and colours without them. i felt uncomfortable with the fact that some fragile piece of glass and plastic is what's stopping me from being stranded and that's not even a particularly dangerous scenario. and people are expected to have no backup for their life saving mobility aids?? the more expensive and custom it is the more you need a 2nd one!

i mean mobility aids should be free yeah but not just the one. a second one should be free at minimum like it's insane that people are expected to have only one of the (sometimes) highly specialised tool they need to live. it should be buy one get two free at least

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i mean mobility aids should be free yeah but not just the one. a second one should be free at minimum like it's insane that people are expected to have only one of the (sometimes) highly specialised tool they need to live. it should be buy one get two free at least

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Having multiple health issues is kind of like you're constantly stuck juggling several objects and occasionally they're all in the air at the same time for long enough for you to do something else if you're quick about it. Also if you drop one you die probably

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part of disability rights activism is standing up against fatphobia. fatphobia and ableism are intertwined. fighting against ableism must involve fighting against fatphobia or you will never solve the problem. trying to pluck out individual pieces of the problem will not disassemble the entire structure. we need to break down every last brick including the bricks connected to fatphobia.

if you aren't against fatphobia then you aren't against ableism. if you aren't willing to fight against fatphobia then you aren't a disability activist.

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Nonverbal/nonspeaking Masterpost

Hello autistics who aren't well-versed in "high support needs autistic" circles and want to learn more, especially with autism acceptance month coming up! Have a read, here are important things to know if you want to uplift the voices of those who are spoken over often:

Verbality overview:

Detailed explanation of where the words nonverbal and nonspeaking came from:

Nonverbal, nonspeaking and the r-slur:

Emphasis on where the term nonspeaking comes from and why misusing it is harmful actually:

Why nonverbal/nonspeaking doesn't mean "can't speak, but otherwise completely normal" (tagging @five-thousand-loaves-of-bread for reference):

A metaphor to illustrate things:

Some reasons why autistics are nonverbal/nonspeaking (not exhaustive):

What "unreliably speaking" means (again credits to @five-thousand-loaves-of-bread ):

One more thing about the r-slur because it's so important (credits to @the-angry-autist ):

A long post that basically sums everything up; written for autistics on other social media platforms especially ( @five-thousand-loaves-of-bread ):

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the only time i got a complaint was from my older brother who said it was weird when i called him babe. girl what are you talking about?

honestly, i'll call anyone girl. as soon as a word becomes the shiny new thing in my head i'll use it regardless of how appropriate it is. i called my dad girl and he didn't even blink

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honestly, i'll call anyone girl. as soon as a word becomes the shiny new thing in my head i'll use it regardless of how appropriate it is. i called my dad girl and he didn't even blink

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It's impossible to overlook how a lot of abled leftists think of "supporting disabled people" as an entirely theoretical act. They think that thinking and saying that disabled people deserve rights is enough to be an ally to the disabled community, despite never actually making room for disabled people in their activist spaces, never taking steps to include and accommodate us in practice, never actually listening to what we have to say about disability and ableism and never even questioning the status quo that keeps us out. At best we get to be distant theoreticals that people claim to be sympathetic towards, but we don't get to be real people IN their communities

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I am convinced that at least 10% (low ball) of disability activists would abandon a fat chronically ill/disabled person in need of healthcare or support because every time I stand up against fatphobia on this blog I get at least 3 hate anons

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one of the things i did find was the Audio Description Project. it says it's an initiative by the american council of the blind. they advocate for quality audio description and their website has a search function that helps people find if there's a described option for what they want.

https://adp.acb.org/

they also appear to take donations and have a bunch of different resources. i'm not from america but some of these would be useful to anyone like a collection of essays on audio description and a podcast

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Hi, just saw you apologise in the reblogs for your post about accessibility in movies and stuff.

Now, full disclaimer, I can't speak for anyone that is D/deaf or blind (if these aren't the correct ways of saying it, please correct me) because I am not myself but I do have photosensitive epilepsy like you also mentioned in the reblogs.

I just want to say, in my opinion, there's no need to apologise. If anything, thank you so much. I feel like these conversations rarely happen so thank you for making it happen :)

Wish you the best, Bebsi.

oh thank you, that makes me glad. i think sometimes something that's pretty annoying is for a particular community to have been discussing an issue for a long time only for some guy who isn't part of it to come along and be like "hey those people deserve the very basics" and get praised to hell for that statement while meaningfully doing nothing to change the situation. often they neither know very much about what they're talking about too.

and whenever that happens it's sooooo annoying like 😒 so usually if i talk about something i dunno about from personal experience i try to research it, even for a couple of hours, to get a clue. but i was annoyed and didn't research beyond checking the availability of accessible screenings for the cinema i wanted to go to. like there are loads of issues related to having text or audio description. like public transport is one of them it's really lacking, i can remember that even without looking further into it. and i got annoyed at myself for doing the thing where i said something people have been saying for a while and not doing much about it.

i do wish there were more conversations on this though. and maybe more proposed solutions. i wanna talk about things that don't personally impact me but i also would like to direct attention to people affected by an issue who wants to talk about it. maybe I'm overthinking it but maybe I'm not. thank you for this ask either way, it's sweet of you