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I think people need to understand that the inability to work, is the inability to work well, not necessarily the inability to work at all.

Like for me? Yeah, I can probably work. But can I work enough to complete my job everyday? No. I'd probably get fucking fired, because I cannot complete things everyday.

Think about people who need mobility aids, can they walk without mobility aids? Probably. Can they walk without mobility aids, without a lot of pain and struggle? No.

So if you hear people talking about being unable to work, they mean they are not consistent, easily stressed, unable to complete tasks, unable to go to work or go everyday, etc. It's not always not having to work because they can't do anything, it's usually because they can't do it enough to working standards.

So please stop attacking disabled people for "being lazy", we're not lazy, we just cannot function enough to maintain workflow. It's not our fucking faults.

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abled people need to realise that “trying your best to recover” is exhausting, especially if your illness is chronic because you know you won’t recover.

sometimes we need to rest, we can’t be “trying our best to recover” all the time. being disabled is already a full time job.

also, just because a disabled person isn’t doing everything they can to recover it doesn’t mean that they’re faking it.

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Full offense disabled people should be provided as much single use plastic as they need to stay alive and happy. Abled environmentalists need to have a dialog about who their anti plastic policies hurt before they go around telling disabled people how evil we are for needing IV tubing or plastic syringes or whatever

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“I want what she’s on.” The spectrum??

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Disability Tip! by a disabled peer

Applying for disability? Don't know where to start? Don't know what's important? Just need more support as a disabled person?

Look up nonprofit disability services in your area! Email them! Call them! Show up at their physical location!

They'll help you fill out your application. They'll help you find someone to represent you at court. They'll help you with mobility aids. They'll help teach you how to advocate for yourself both at the doctor's office and in your job office.

They'll help you! Contact them today! (Or some other day if you're not feeling well enough)

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i just saw someone describe a disabled person as "someone with beautiful abilities" i cannot do this anymore

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I'm not interested in your unsolicited health advice!

Art by Liberal Jane

Digital Illustration of a Black fem with curly brown hair sitting in a wheelchair. They have a striped sweater on with a beige jumper and brown combat boots. There's a speech bubble that reads, 'I'm not interested in your unsolicited health advice.'

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I'm disabled and it isn't a bad word. It is 100% ok to call me disabled. I hate being called differently able, etc. Handicapped is even ok, handicapable isn't

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Wild that things which are considered “luxury” would actually make a disabled person’s life way easier.

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Why is it that being in pain is always met with a response that will put you in more pain???

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Tip to fellow disabled people: just get the shower chair you’ve been contemplating getting. I just used one and wow. I didn’t come out of the shower in pain and shaking from fatigue, and it didn’t take me nearly as long to clean myself. I can shower more often now, and that’s just incredible.

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If someone tells you they are disabled, don’t disagree. Don’t argue. It’s not up to you, nor is their admission tragic or shameful in any way.

Believe them, support them, and respect them.

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You can’t just ask disabled strangers for their diagnoses and expect a friendly response

The sheer fucking audacity

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it can still be a special interest, even if:

you don’t infodump

you feel grossed out by the topic

you can’t remember any specific facts about it

you’re only passionate about it in bursts

you don’t make art about it, write about it, or do anything else creative connected to it

all autistic people are different.

some of us communicate about our special interests in different ways. some of us feel more morbid curiosity about our special interests than excitement.

your experiences are real and valid, even if they deviate from the type of autistic experience that is talked about more often!

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Autistics and ADHDs have obscure facts in their brains and biohazards in their lockers

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Autistic Inertia is an autism experience that makes it hard to start, stop, and switch tasks.

It somehow doesn't get talked about enough - so I made this comic!

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Also, if you want to read the research study I based this comic on, it’s right here!

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me trying to explain to a neurotypical person that i cant hear what theyre saying because my pants are too scratchy and the lights are too bright and loud

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