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It's not a "preference"

Reminder (for myself and anyone who needs it)

I am not "giving in to my disabilities" by asking for help

I am not "being demanding" for asking for accommodation

I am not "giving up" by using mobility devices or not working

I am not "letting myself get worse" by recieving aid, like benefits, that I need

I am not "being defeatist" by acknowledging what I can't do

It is not "sad" that I use assistive equipment

It's not "cringe" that I need support to do basic care tasks

And btw just because you can force yourself to do something on occasion while experiencing immense pain doesn't mean you can do it.

Accepting your limits isn't being a defeatist or a failure

It means a you love yourself enough to stop hurting yourself for other people's approval

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It's not lazy, and it's not a preference.

there’s nothing shameful about making things easier or more accessible for yourself btw.

if your disability means you can rarely/never cook so you have to order out a lot, or buy precut ingredients, or if you need other people to help you cook even “simple” meals.

if your disability means you struggle with personal hygiene so you don’t shower standing up, or don’t brush & floss “correctly” or long enough, or put up your hair when you can’t handle brushing it.

if your disability means you’re not able to engage in your hobbies in a “normal” or “correct” way. if you have to watch movies multiple times because your brain fog is making it hard to follow the plot. if you need accessibility tools to be able to draw or paint. if you have to do everything from bed.

you’re not doing anything bad or wrong. you’re being kind to yourself and caring for yourself in the ways that you’re able to. it’s nothing to be ashamed of.

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"You know, those single-use masks everyone is wearing in the pandemic are made of plastic too,” my friend Imani Barbarin said to me. Imani is a talented disability advocate who often speaks about the intersection of disability and environmentalism. She pointed out that the acceptable use of plastic is always set according to what a healthy person needs to be healthy (think masks, gloves, plastic prescription bottles, kinesiology tape… even home delivery supplements that individually package your daily vitamins), but when it comes to someone with a disability using plastic, everyone wants to shame them for killing the planet. “You need what you need,” she said to me in a gentle but firm voice. She was right."

K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

https://www.strugglecare.com/resources

https://youtu.be/M1O_MjMRkPg?si=jQHsLLG65sngYZUI

The images are screenshot of two graphics. The first has a beige background with black text, certain words highlighted in blue, reading: "1. Care Tasks Are Morally Neutral

2. Rest is a Right, Not a Reward.

3. You Deserve Kindness Regardless Of Your Level Of Functioning

4. You Can't Save The Rainforest If You're Depressed

5. Shame Is The Enemy of Functioning

6. Good Enough Is Perfect"

The second image is plain white background with gray text reading:

"Care tasks are morally neutral. The way you do them, how often you do them, whether you can keep up with them or not. It's not a reflection of whether or not you're a good or bad person, whether you're worthy of love, whether you're a success or a failure. They truly are not moral obligations. They're just functional tasks. They serve a function and that function is to care for you. And the only reason to do them is because you're a person that deserves to function and you don't have to do anything to be deserving of function. And regardless of your level of functioning, you do deserve kindness."

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@disabled.daisy

I've noticed that abled people (NT's included) call "innovative" and "efficient" things lazy. If I can do things an easier way in a shorter amount of time while expending less energy, it's working smarter, not harder. Are they insecure because of their antiquated attitudes and lack of ingenuity? Why waste time, money and energy? They love menial unnecessary tasks that don't matter and when there's a faster/better way they think they're better than us for unnecessarily taking longer. Do they just want to feel better about their inadequacies by degrading and belittling others?

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Autumn @disabled.baddie wants to be a social worker and advocate for people

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNF65HHV/

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Abilities Expo

https://www.abilities.com/chicago/register.html

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(possibly controversial) disabled pet peeve of the day:

when people say that a lack of accessibility is the problem, not my body.

i’m sure that’s true for some people, but my health conditions often make my body an unpleasant place to live. accessibility would improve things, don’t get me wrong, but sentiments like these just reek of oversimplification of disability.

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Source

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Mobility issues only exist because of ableist infrastructure

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-new-look-at-womens-leadership/202312/navigating-gender-and-disability-in-leadership

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Match 1st was International wheelchair Day,

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If you see a product and think it is useless, it is not made for you.

If you see a product and think it is useless, it is not made for you.

If you see a product and think it is useless, it is not made for you.

If you see a product and think it is useless, it is not made for you.

If you see a product and think it is useless, it is not made for you.

If you see a product and think it is useless, it is not made for you.

too many people don't understand this. they see accessibility products and call them useless because they can just do that without the tool, can't they? when the item in question was made for disabled people. if you see a product and think it is useless, it is not made for you.

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If you were to attend a workshop centered around disability and/or ableism, what would you want to gain from it?

Please share to reach a wider audience! both disabled and non-disabled perspectives are welcomed!

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