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[corvidae-disability]

Seeing other autistics be like

“I have autism and still have age appropriate interests and skill. That’s not autism that’s bad parenting”

is absolutely wild to me..

Like no that’s still autism.. it’s still a spectrum… having age inappropriate interests is an extremely common [higher needs] autistic trait… many of use like children things,, and use children items like toys plates etc…

And it always be the lsn autistic saying it… your experience is nothing like someone like me with higher needs. Yea YOU don’t do that one particular thing, doesn’t mean it’s not an autism trait.. it means you have one completely different experience than me.

And that autistic being behind has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with their parent. “Discipline”and forcing them into something that don’t like/ understand does nothing but traumatize the person- trust me I know from experience. The best parenting in the world wouldn’t change the fact that the autistic can’t, doesn’t and/or won’t engage in age appropriate interests. It’s something completely out of anyone’s control.. accept the fact and make their life safe and happy instead..

[corvidae-disability]

With an influx of asks and comments I have seen on multiple different blogs scolding people for talking in a simpler way (e.g. third person, less use of inbetween words, simpler words, etc), here is a non exhaustive list of why someone may speak like that:

- Intellectual disability

- Autism (All autistics. Not just level 3.)

- Dyspraxia

- Traumatic brain injuries

- Cognitive issues

- Processing issues

- Systems/plurals

- Not have the energy for "proper" wording

- AAC (It takes a while to type on AAC so it's often easier to use simpler wording)

- May just prefer it

I don't think I have ever seen someone who talks like this say that only people who always speak like that are allowed to speak like that. Unless the person is being mean with it (mocking) then they aren't doing anything wrong. Just let people speak comfortably and how they want to, please.

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autistic people try not to make every disabled spaces only abt autism challenge (impossible)

[corvidae-disability]

the thing about caring about ableism and fighting for disability rights, is that you can't center it about just your disabilities. i'm not d/Deaf. i still care whether an event has sign interpreters. i don't have photosensitive epilepsy. i still think that strobing lights are 99% of the time totally unnecessary and serve as a needless barrier to photosensitive people. i can transfer to a toilet mostly independently. i still think that public accessible bathrooms should have lifts and adult changing tables in them. you can't stop your disability activism where it stops benefitting you. that's not activism. that's selfishness

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firing the workers, researchers, nurses, etc keeping disabled people alive and then calling those resulting deaths “natural” is genocidal

[corvidae-disability]

Doctor Gregory House would find my case boring& diagnose me accurately in the part where he haggles with Cuddy over case files, without ever actually seeing me

Doctor Gregory House could diagnose all my problems in a few days. He may almost kill me first but he’d figure me out.

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“seriously?? defending narcissists? thats the hill you wanna die on?” Yes

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[corvidae-disability]

Now that it's disability pride month, I want to remind people that being disordered doesn't mean you are immune to being ableist.

Yes this includes personality disorders.

Yes this includes autism.

Yes this includes PTSD.

Yes this includes people with high empathy.

Yes this includes physically disabled people.

Yes this includes cripplepunks.

No one is immune to ableism. Not Me, not you, not anyone. What we can do is recognize our mistakes and try to improve upon them and ourselves.

[corvidae-disability]

i have to remind myself that i need to rest and do nice stuff™ too or the curse takes hold

[corvidae-disability]

I think the reason a lot of leftists struggle with disability justice is that they haven't moved past the concept that discrimination isn't bad because it's objectively "wrong." yes, sexists are objectively wrong when they try to claim women are dumber than men. yes, antisemites are objectively wrong that jewish people are inherently greedy and run the state. yes, racists are wrong when they try to claim that white people are the superior race. and so on.

but then with disabled people, there are a lot of objective truths to the discrimination we face. people with IDs/LDs do fall behind and struggle with certain concepts. physically disabled people are often weaker and less capable of performing demanding tasks than able bodied people. many of us with mental illnesses are more reckless and less responsible. a lot of us are dependent on others and do not contribute much "worth".

and guess what? disabled people still deserve a place in the world. disabled people still deserve the supports they need. because they are people, and that should be enough to support them and believe they deserve a place at the table.

if your only rebuttal against discrimination is its objective inaccuracies, you are meeting bigots where they are at. you are validating the very concept that if and when people are truly incapable of being equal to the majority, that means they are worth less. this causes some leftists to then try to deny the objective realities of disabled people and/or become ableist themselves.

your rallying behind marginalized groups should start and end with the fact that people are completely worthy of life and equity, because they are fellow human beings and that should, frankly, be enough.

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I remember crying and asking my mom if she would be proud of me even when I'm disabled. That was because I was raised to think being disabled was some sort of divine punishment and I would never be a "complete" person because of this.

Well FUCK y'all, now I don't want nobody's approval to exist, I will literally kill anyone who dares to disrespect me or my disabled peers. And you should do the same.

Oh? You think I'm not sick enough to use a cane? Oop- sorry this big rock in my hand slipped and hit your head :/// bitch.

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“disabled joy is an act of resistance!!” from someone who can still drive and work and ambulate just doesn’t hit the same as “disabled joy is an act of resistance!!!” from my friend in hospice