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When talking about disability and chronic illness, people don't understand that happiness isn't optional. Humans have a fun meter in their brain just like the sims, and that doesn't change for disabled people.

I love recognizing limitations and accommodating myself when I can, but at the same time, I WANT to do things for my own happiness. I WANT to cosplay at an anime convention, even if that means I won't be able to walk for 3 days. I WANT to go canoeing with friends, even if that means I'll be sick for 2 months after. I want my room to be clean and I want to decorate my space and I want to go have fucking fun in the real world and not just video games for once.

And when it comes to instances of stuff we do purely for fun, people still talk down to us and give us the "know your limits" speech like us having fun exists in the same context as breaking our bodies for the sake of capitalism. It's not the same thing. Quit shaming disabled people for doing shit. Let disabled people chose informed risk for the sake of fun and happiness. Fun and happiness are not optional.

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I hate the phrase “I never let my disability stop me” because yeah, I do. I don't push myself to go for a run. I stop myself from committing to a bunch of outings. I let my disability stop me doing things that will cause me pain, endanger me, or worsen my health. I let my disability get in the way of things I am unable to do.

By definition, there are things we can't or shouldn't do. If you think that's not inspiring enough, then fuck you.

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The DWP is sending out a survey to disabled people in the UK in receipt of PIP, asking recipients how they spend it. You DO NOT have to answer. The DWP has no legal right to this information. They do not have disabled people's best interests in mind, as you're probably already aware, and this information WILL be used to demonise disabled individuals however they can twist it to do so. Please warn your friends and family who are in receipt of PIP, it will most likely not be made clear that the survey isn't mandatory.

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“Chronic illness warrior!”

Bro we were drafted

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I hate it when I catch something like a virus, that just has to run its course, when I'm already sick enough as it is.

On the plus side, being sick when I'm chronically ill means I feel the same as I always do, but with a sore throat.

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'being disabled is a full-time job' actually with most full-time jobs you get evenings and weekends off, plus holiday time and potentially other benefits like healthcare and dental. we don't get to clock off from being disabled nor do we reap any benefits, material, social, or otherwise. hope this helps

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Love y'all who's disabilities or chronic illnesses have or cause "gross" symptoms. I hate that it's considered embarrassing to have those problems when you can't control or help it.

Fuck the people who judge chronically ill and disabled people for their "gross" symptoms, ily guys <3

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Hey. I'm saying this very gently in my friendliest tone. Some people (namely mentally, developmentally and intellectually disabled people) are just straight up not able to understand politics, and that's perfectly okay and not a moral issue on their part, so don't treat it like it is.

Some people may need you to explain it to them in a very simplified, easy to understand way so they can maybe get it, some people just won't be able to understand no matter how you word it and I need you to not blow up at them for it and think they're being "willingly obtuse and ignorant of the world they're living in" or whatever. Politics is a very complex and nuanced thing that nearly everybody is gonna explain differently and have wildly different opinions on what some words or stances actually mean or should mean. And some of us just simply can't deal with that and cannot be made to do so with just the right arguments and definitions.

I'm autistic (+ my schizophrenia makes my thinking very disorganized and sometimes incomprehensible which adds to that too) and I have a LOT of difficulty with understanding and learning these kinds of very complex and nuanced discussions, and a lot of the time I'm just not able to. And that's fine and doesn't make me stupid or not putting in enough effort or imply I'm "looking away" from all the problems in society. Can some of yall stop trying to make us feel guilty or even evil for not engaging in things we are not able to grasp well or at all

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can we normalise using mobility aids that aren't wheelchairs, crutches or canes?

like I have braces for both my knees (I did originally have one, because originally I only had issues with one knee, but now I have two) and I need support to be able to walk properly when I have flare-ups, otherwise I'm liable to fall over and I end up in a lot more pain that I'm in to begin with.

I also tape my knees, maybe not in the way that athletes conventionally would, but in a way that gives ME support and pain relief.

but yeah

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Really wish I saw more art of deformed characters. More diversity in bodies. I feel like people are scared to draw us because they’re worried they’ll do it wrong or something. But 1. wrong and trying is better than nothing, and 2. you can always ask somebody for input. There are always people who are willing to answer your questions, you just have to find them. My asks are always open and I know a to of other people who are like that, too.

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The worst part about becoming disabled is that I can’t just go down into that ditch to look for frogs

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if you talk to other disabled people and listen and hear some of the shit we go through i think you'll find that on the whole disabled people are not nearly angry enough

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Sometimes it blows my mind that I've been experiencing a headache all day everyday for at least a decade, and I'm expected to act normal, when a mild headache would be enough for a healthy person to pop a few painkillers and rest for the day. Like, by now, if I don't have a migraine then I literally don't care whether or not I have a headache. It sucks, but I'm used to it, and OTC painkillers don't do shit for me so I don't even bother.

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Me: I have accepted my disabilities and myself as a disabled person! I can live the life I want within my new parameters!

Also me, two days later: actually, I think I am just faking and those limits I accepted are bullshit and i should just live like other people. i do not need to pace myself or use my mobility aids or other accommodations.

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Do any other chronically ill or disabled people feel like they're watching themselves rot away due to how little they can do as a result of their conditions

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Ever since I was but an ugly ass zygote, I always knew my destiny would be to constantly suffer mysterious joint/limb pain no matter how I tried to ease it

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it hurts hearing other disabled people talk about medical mistreatment.

like i am partly grateful to not be alone of course, but i really wish it wasnt a common or even standard occurrence.

breaks my heart.