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thing is i remember last time i had to keep track it didn't go so well, i got confused about it a lot

oh well

i feel very odd but i'm also tired and i need to sleep especially since appointment tomorrow

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i think i remember vibing with wolf shit before i stopped keeping track but i can't remember what my name was, i like morg now for some reason, also "morn"-ish but that was for a different part once

not a wolf like val though, she's different

obvs i'm a protector of some variety but she directs her bites to the inside instead

thinking about it makes me feel weird

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before talking about how "fucked up" and "weird" the fingers and eyes in generative ai imagery are, take a second to critically think about whether there are real people who look like that whose bodies you're calling fucked up and weird; things like polydactyly, coloboma, and polycoria are very much real conditions people have and shouldn't be considered freakish even if some of them are rare

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*if you know/have confirmed from multiple sources, pick the first one you experienced

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i see a pcp for the physical part of my disability assessment tomorrow

no idea how that's gonna go

idk how the mental one went especially since my boyfriend was unintentionally downplaying my issues pffff, he did it compulsively

i didn't go into certain things like i should have due to having a hard time organizing my thoughts, like part of the reason i avoid cooking much is the fact i hurt myself a lot around dangerous equipment (including a hot stove)

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ohhhh lmao those liked posts are so incriminating i'm sorry i can't look past that, i gave that bitch the benefit of the doubt too over and over again and even tried to be helpful to her despite her pissing me off and sending up red flags over and over again, all her takes seemed to have a valid part in them but they still gave me hives so often due to echoes of reactionary impulses in them, and would you look at that! huh that's crazy

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ophthalmologist was maybe right about the phoria part because i was testing parallax and my left eye (the quirky one) goes unfocused when i cover it with my hand and i have to re-focus it afterward whereas my right eye doesn't have the same issue

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genuinely fucking wild that sitting isn't a physically taxing activity for most people

let alone "it's been this way for me always"

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i doubt it's the circular motion that's the issue (since a small circular motion is what's usually recommended for brushing anyway) so much as the materials (like the softness of the bristles), the quality of the brush head you're using, the amount of pressure you're applying, and the exact technique of how you're brushing (like whether you're angling your brush in certain ways or not)

the exact healthiest/best brushing technique can vary from person to person and their dental situation but i very much don't think what your dentist said here is universally applicable, the circular motion is what tends to be recommended to the majority of people but it's not the only method of brushing for sure and people in different circumstances might benefit more from variations like the stillman technique instead, for example

i saw that one disability-related post a while ago about dental care but i can't find it again so i'm gonna mention a few things as a (mild to moderately) mentally & physically disabled person, whose teeth hurt when i eat sweet stuff now + i've had a root canal due to a fall + i'm learning to take care of myself, that may or may not help other folks with their dental routine

note: i am not a dentist & this info is mostly what i've gleaned secondhand from dentists, so yeah, i am not an expert in any capacity

water flossers aren't as effective as regular flossing (doing both is actually what's most effective) but they're better than nothing & helpful in cases where coordination problems or other issues might prevent regular flossing technique (i imagine this also depends on the quality of the water flosser)

if you use one of the plastic pre-made floss picks things, rinse the string off in-between each time you use it to floss one side of a tooth, it's tedious but it mimics moving to a new (clean) part of the thread like you do with regular floss

if you get an automatic toothbrush, get one that does circular rotation rather than just vibrating or whatever, as this mimics the tools they use in a dentist's office + imitates the circular motion you're expected to make with a standard toothbrush (which is also hard with coordination issues), i got one that does this pretty cheap from walmart (it's an oral-b but i forgot the specific type) + it automatically times it for you

if you have white spots on your teeth that are uneven with the shade of the rest of the tooth those are potentially white spot lesions due to demineralization; whitening products can make this worse rather than help it, but some products can help with remineralization such as mi paste topical tooth creme, which contains calcium and phosphate (i have yet to try this myself but it seems to get suggested by a lot of dentists, orthodontists, etc. for white spots on teeth & it's also supposed to help with sensitivity and tooth health in general because the white spots are lesions so it's not purely cosmetic!)

it's advised to not rinse your mouth immediately after brushing as this potentially dilutes & reduces the effects of the flouride (if you use fluoride toothpaste), stuff says to wait at least 15 minutes or so

just giving your teeth a quick scrub (even if it's without toothpaste and just water) is better than not brushing your teeth at all

if you have trouble seeing a dentist for financial reasons, try to see if there are income-based or charity dental services in your area, sometimes dental schools also provide low-cost/free dental care

that's all i can think of for now, i wish i had more advice for people who struggle to be able to brush their teeth at all in general but this is all i got unfortunately :(

additionally - you're not bad, useless, gross, or a failure if you struggle to (or can't) maintain oral hygiene; this stuff is much easier for some people than it is to others & those who take it for granted like to forget that, no one deserves to be mocked or looked down on for being disabled & struggling to/not being able to do """basic""" stuff like this!

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Obviously im fine with self diagnosing do ya thang however some self diagnosed autistic people have a really mystical idealistic idea of what an autistic “community” is going to entail and I fear for when they realize any group of autistic people is not going to be solidarity club for sensitive souls it’s probably going to be a group of people being kind of rude to each other at all times and playing dnd

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Like so many times when people are like "I've never met an autistic person who has [insert "stereotypical" trait] it's like. That's because they're not there! They're not in the spaces you can access because they can't access them! And denying their existence will make that worse!

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Just a reminder that unless your amputee character lost their limb less than a month ago, their stumps don't need to be bandaged.

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had a dream last night where someone gave up their electric wheelchair (one of the lightweight ones) because it was a bit glitchy in terms of not always starting when it needed to - obvs dangerous but dream me had a blast with it

i know i would technically benefit from one since my upper body weakness prevents me from self-propelling as much as long as i need to but my regular chair benefits me just fine esp since my bf is there to push me when i'm using it usually

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i can't ID this right now i'm sorry but if anyone wants to report this dickhead's account for harassment i'd appreciate it

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just because it's sometimes necessary for parents with strollers to use the larger accessible stall in bathrooms 1000% doesn't mean parents with strollers should have a get out jail out of free card for acting entitled or otherwise being weird towards disabled people with wheelchairs or who use other mobility aids that take up a large amount of space

one of my first times out using a wheelchair involved a mother with a stroller staring me down in a crowded bathroom like there is no way in hell she was going to let me get in the stall before she was, it was unsettling and humiliating at best, not to mention the fact there weren't any stalls actually big enough to fir my wheelchair in them in said restroom despite it being marked as accessible and how humiliating that was on its own, and there are plenty of experiences that are much worse than that

i don't care how much they also "need" the stall, people with strollers and kids can be just as shitty and ableist and weird towards us as anyone else, maybe we should be talking about the ableism and exclusion we experience involving a public space supposedly dedicated to us instead of centering the feelings of able-bodied people, or sometimes people who think visible disability or being a wheelchair-user is somehow magically a privilege

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somehow pulled a muscle or smth yesterday by trying to scrape stuff off the side of the kitchen trash can

it still hurts

i'm 26 btw

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damn people rly hate type 2 diabetics don't they