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Bastard stole my chair while I was in the kitchen then meowed in protest when she was moved onto her perfectly acceptable arguably more comfortable pillow mountain

Cats are so fun. Today she has:

Invited herself into my room and meowed a hello the moment the door was open then immediately left when she realised I was leaving

Tried to lick off my moisturiser

Growled at my speaker when there was a barking noise in a song

Repeatedly come up to me and booped her head against my chin for a kiss despite the fact I was not in a boopable position

Ran out the room the moment I picked up my perfume bottle

She's currently on the floor playing with a discarded hair tie as I write this. I do not know where she has pulled it from but at this point I'm convinced she has a stash.

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My activity today consisted of pottering around the kitchen for an hour and stealing some of my mother's questionable potatoes to make some homemade paprika chips and I am very happy with the results

On a completely unrelated note (/s) , I have discovered that the air fryer has pre-programmed settings that I could have used instead of fiddling with the buttons like a right berk

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When I was younger I used to get made to do these daily food/exercise diary charts and I hated every minute of it, not least because the woman who was supposed to be helping me with it just became so condescending

But! I do like the idea of journalling things, and I had a hell of a time when I did it in college to keep track of my notes. So this week I have resolved to do things:

More out-of-chair activity

Keep a movement journal

Essentially, every day I'll set a little movement goal, and then at the end of the day or whenever I can, I'll detail how and if that changed. I think it'll be beneficial if I can stick to it. And because no one is expecting to read it at the end of the week, it feels like there's less pressure to actually do it.

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Kicked her out of my room while I was working and she and her sister then took it in turns to squawk outside the door for an hour

Cats are so fun. Today she has:

Invited herself into my room and meowed a hello the moment the door was open then immediately left when she realised I was leaving

Tried to lick off my moisturiser

Growled at my speaker when there was a barking noise in a song

Repeatedly come up to me and booped her head against my chin for a kiss despite the fact I was not in a boopable position

Ran out the room the moment I picked up my perfume bottle

She's currently on the floor playing with a discarded hair tie as I write this. I do not know where she has pulled it from but at this point I'm convinced she has a stash.

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The exit door to the university library is finally automatic!

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Apparently she is extra determined to find a way on top of my wardrobe despite the fact she has rarely, if ever, been able to get up there

Cats are so fun. Today she has:

Invited herself into my room and meowed a hello the moment the door was open then immediately left when she realised I was leaving

Tried to lick off my moisturiser

Growled at my speaker when there was a barking noise in a song

Repeatedly come up to me and booped her head against my chin for a kiss despite the fact I was not in a boopable position

Ran out the room the moment I picked up my perfume bottle

She's currently on the floor playing with a discarded hair tie as I write this. I do not know where she has pulled it from but at this point I'm convinced she has a stash.

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Cats are so fun. Today she has:

Invited herself into my room and meowed a hello the moment the door was open then immediately left when she realised I was leaving

Tried to lick off my moisturiser

Growled at my speaker when there was a barking noise in a song

Repeatedly come up to me and booped her head against my chin for a kiss despite the fact I was not in a boopable position

Ran out the room the moment I picked up my perfume bottle

She's currently on the floor playing with a discarded hair tie as I write this. I do not know where she has pulled it from but at this point I'm convinced she has a stash.

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Nevermind!

I went in the shower and it's back

In a cruel twist of irony, I genuinely think I might have temporarily "walked" my back pain off

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In a cruel twist of irony, I genuinely think I might have temporarily "walked" my back pain off

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Went to an outdoor aviary for my mother's birthday today

Pros:

Good weather

Had a good time

Lots of birds

They had guinea pigs??? And rabbits??? Just roaming around with the chickens and ducks

Absolutely massive parrots

This giant rabbit that was roaming with the significantly smaller domestic rabbits and kept coming up to my dad trying to get him to pet it

Owls

It was so accessible??

I walked the majority of the time!

Cons:

I walked the majority of the time.

My back will never know peace

Got stalked by a chicken (I'm assuming it was a chicken. It didn't look a lot like a chicken but it was with other chickens and very chickenish in shape)

Nearly got mugged by an emu that thought I had food (I did not)

Accidentally insulted a parrot and got rightfully squawked at

Wheelchair got stuck in a non-existent pothole trying to get in and out of the aviary and had to be lifted over the path, yet my mother's wheelchair got in perfectly fine

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Last night my back pain got so bad that my brother had to help me in and out of bed for a bit

I ended up building what was essentially a second mattress out of clothing, pillows, stuffed things and a heat pack down one side of the bed to alleviate the pressure on my hip and I was so cosy

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"It is discrimation that I, an able bodied person, cannot use [specific accessibility tools designed for specific disabilities] because I can do [activity] without it.

If you need special treatment to do something, you shouldn't be allowed to do it at all."

There are not enough words in any language on this planet or the next to describe the absolute bullshittery that is this take

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yes, there are that many really disabled people on the internet actually

When I was less sick I used to think, "It seems like such a large portion of people on the internet are disabled, it can't possibly be that large of a percentage of the population" and then let my ableism demons tell me it was because they were faking (the same ones that told me I was faking, until I made myself really ill.)

But now that I'm sicker and wiser I realize I was logically just wrong because

The internet is disabled people's lifeline. There are more disabled people on the internet because OF COURSE. People who aren't disabled can be less chronically online because they don't have to be. This is textbook selection bias!

But actually also I was almost right, because there are way more disabled people in society than you would think! They're just systematically hidden and excluded from public spaces for abled peoples' convenience! 🙃

Anyway maybe this will help you understand and/or explain to abled friends and family.

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heyyyyy reminder for other cane users.

don't forget that cane tips need to be replaced.

i've been using my cane for almost two years on a near daily basis and i JUST switched out the tip and

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the new tip versus the old tip. i'm not sure how clear it is but, YEAH, there's like. half a millimeter of tread left on the old tip, if that

the replacement was LITERALLY 2 dollars. i bought two to justify the four dollar shipping but. TWO BUCKS.

i had noticed that i was having slipping issues on linoleum recently, but i did not realize how bad the issue had gotten until the new tips came so. PLEASE check your cane treads and if they're notably worn out PLEASE get yourself a new tip they're SO cheap and the grip i get on the new one is INSANE

please don't forget to replace your cane tips!

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Navigation: Helpful Posts

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Complication of posts from CrippleCharacters, as well as other blogs providing advice on writing disabled characters!

This list will continue to be updated with new posts.

Last update: 15/04/2024

Character Making Basics and Ideas

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How to Start Doing Research When Writing a Disabled Character Ideas for disabled characters: crutch users Ideas for disabled characters: facial differences Ideas for disabled characters: rollator users Ideas for portraying characters with Dwarfism General Ideas

How to Describe XYZ?

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Blindness Tropes: the "Blank Look" Describing Characters with Facial Differences as Pretty First Description: when to mention the Facial Difference

How to Draw XYZ?

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Tips for Drawing Characters with Facial Differences Drawing Blind Characters Drawing Amputees

General

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Writing a Newly Disabled Character Writing a Visibly Different Character Including Disabled Communities Disabled Characters in Historical Fiction Tokenism Discussion Disability and Superpowers Curing and "Fixing" Disabled Characters Is It Realistic to Have Multiple Disabled Characters? "Jaws Effect": how media affect the real world Worldbuilding with Accessibility in Mind How to Let Readers Figure Out the Character's Disability

General Tropes

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"Super-Crip": Magic and Disability I Did a Trope but It's Too Late - What You Should Do - made with the mask trope in mind, but could be applied more widely

Mobility Aids

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General Overview Overview, but with More Options - not writing advice, educational Magic Mobility Aids Tips on Writing Wheelchair Users How Often Should You Mention Mobility Aids? "But Mobility Aids Wouldn't Exist in my Fantasy World"

Amputation/Limb Difference

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Constructing Characters with Limb Differences: Discussing Fetishization Do Amputees Always Wear Prosthetics? Does a Character with Amputation Need a Prosthetic? Does a Character with Upper Limb Amputation Need a Prosthetic? Designing a Prosthetic Arm Making a Character with Upper Limb Amputation Genius Amputee Mechanic: Discussing the DIY Prosthetic Trope Causes of Amputation

Blindness

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Making a Blind Character: what to add, what to avoid Designing a Blind Character: Discussing the Eye Covering Trope What to Give Your Blind Character Blindness Tropes: Daredevil, milky eyes, and blindness-negating magic The Blind Prophet Trope Guide Animals: Dogs, Horses, and Their Fictional Equivalents Blind Characters with Superpowers Portraying Photophobia in Pre-modern Times Characters with Albinism DeafBlind Character not Wanting to be Blind

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Characters

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Creating Deaf/HoH Characters Writing D/deaf/HoH Characters Tips on Writing Deaf Characters Visual Indicators of a Person being Deaf Tips on Writing about Hearing Aids

Facial Difference (FD)

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Introduction to Facial Difference: basics, tropes, what I want to see Constructing a Character with an FD: Discussing Disfiguremisia and the "Mask Trope" Does My Character Need a Prosthetic Eye?: alternatives What Would Happen to A Character with a Scar Through the Eye? Personal Opinion on the Scar Through the Eye Trope How Scars Affect the Character, and How the Character Affects the Scar (in the technical sense)

Other

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Introduction to Writing Intellectually Disabled Characters: basics, tropes, how it actually works Writing Characters with Tourette's Syndrome Writing Little People (characters with dwarfism) Writing and Drawing Burn Survivors: basics and resources Writing Characters with ASPD Dwarfism and Fantasy Stories Stereotypes around Characters with Dwarfism Writing a Character with Russel-Silver Syndrome

Making Your Content Accessible to Disabled Readers

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Image Descriptions Tutorial Writing Image Descriptions for People Who Can't Write Them How to Tag Your Posts (Tumblr)

Recommended Blogs

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@blindbeta @cy-cyborg @a-little-revolution @mimzy-writing-online

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Here’s some symbols for various types of canes :)

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A person standing with their cane, which is purple and has a derby handle. The rest of the emojis follow this format of a person standing with their purple cane.

A person standing with their cane, which has an offset ergonomic handle.

A person standing with their cane, which has an offset ergonomic handle and quad base.

A person standing with their cane, which has an offset ergonomic handle and a pop-out stool attachment.

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