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clownrecess · 1 year
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Disablity aids are super cool.
You, and your aids look awesome, pretty/handsome/pleasant, and super rad.
I often feel embarrassed for wearing ear defenders, or for having a tablet harnessed around me but like?? That isnt what it is!! It is a disability aid. It is an AAC device. It is how I communicate, and there is no reason to he embarrassed by that.
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thatadhdmood · 1 year
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you havent spoken since may of 2021? Dont u think you should start talking again?
i hate who i was before
caption: Rare picture of make up free el... but yeah its hard to look back at my past self. I hate who i was. And now that im happy even while being nonverbal im terrified to try speak again. I dont want to be reminded of how horrible my life had been. I feel safe in my silence.
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selectivechaos · 8 months
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“i’m mute but i can hear you”
do you think they’ll treat you better if you’re hearing?
why do you seek to comfort them through telling them you’re not D/deaf?
does the knowledge that a person cannot hear them excuse their bullying of that person?
ableism hurts us all. you cannot escape ableism by dodging it and leaving it for others to deal with.
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puppetrabbit · 9 months
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I wish silencing yourself, others, audio, etc on devices, apps, and more wasn’t called *muting*. It’s offensive to call it that and there are better options. You could literally just call it *silencing*
Sincerely someone who is actually mute.
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atypical-irritant · 1 year
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A friend of mine, while discussing my frustrations with feeling as though there are no terms or communities for people like me, mntioned that I should try reaching out rather than searching blindly until something matches. Though I'm not personally fond of that sort of attention seeking, I suppose a general crowdsourcing wouldn't hurt.
For context, I am apart of a system, and one of my more general traits is that I'm a symptom holder for speech loss episodes associated with our autism. Prior to my formation, these were a system-wide issue. The running theory is it was safer to delegate these episodes to one person who was more capable of handling whatever altercations arose from this.
As a result, I don't speak at all. I previously considered this a choice on my part but have since realized it's much less in my control than I initially thought. Just to clarify, I'm not selectively mute as that is an anxiety disorder and I am not by any means anxious nor does my speech difficulties correlate to any particular situations or settings. There are alters in my system who have rather severe anxiety, but I am not one of them nor is their anxiety the cause of my speech loss. And though I occasionally am physically capable of speech, never do I actually use that ability, regardless of the impact that may cause.
The issue is I can't seem to find anyone else like me. Most posts I find either center around selective mutism and the anxiety that goes along with it, are those entirely incapable of speech due to bodily limitations, or are those who fluctuate between speaking and not.
So basically, I don't relate at all to anything I've found. In fact, all I have found has nearly repelled me from continuing to search. The debating on who can and can't use what terms, though understanable on its own, erases and overlooks situations like mine. I'm sick of it, but I'll save that rant for another post.
If anyone else out there is like me, who never speaks though rarely there are times they possibly can, please feel free to interact here. Or just anyone who's mutism isn't linked to anxiety.
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tatewiththeothers · 1 year
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I dont know what kind of mutism I have but I feel like I can't talk because its uncomfortable for me even if im around people im comfortable with. I can manage a whisper but its hard to do even if im by myself. Im also apart of a system so maybe there's a specific name for it that I haven't found?
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ginhaku125 · 11 months
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Hey guys, got a quick question for ya. I have a mute Pokémon OC and I'm a bit stuck. How do you guys think a mute Pokémon trainer would communicate to their Pokémon? And yeah yeah I know everyone's gonna bring up Red but he cab communicate with his Pokémon because he has a strong bond with them. I'm talking about a rookie trainer who's just started their adventure. How do would they communicate? (Please don't say sign language, I'm not against SL of course, I just don't think every Pokémon will know it, especially the ones that uh... don't have eyes...[Zubat])
Thanks!
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selkies-world · 2 years
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Inclusion isn't all that inclusive, after all....
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solidwater05 · 28 days
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Pros of hyperfixiation:
Happy!
Art ideas
Life is good
Cons of hyperfixiation:
I am going to blow up
All my art is of the same guy
If I don't think about this 24/7 I get violent
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cadmium-free · 6 months
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terribly charmed by my sibling sending me a voice message that just said “i just always take ibuprofen at the wrong time. i had a headache all afternoon, from three to eight pm and then i took an ibuprofen half an hour before the headache went away! i could have just saved an ibuprofen!”
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gibbearish · 5 months
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love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking
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clownrecess · 9 months
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Giving nonspeaking kids and kids with difficulty using oral speech access to AAC as soon as possible needs to be normalized.
Of course you want your child to communicate, that's fine, that's GOOD. But oral speech isn't the only way to do that, and refusing to give your child a way to communicate because it isnt the form of communication you favor isn't okay.
Its OKAY if your kid never learns (or relearns) to use oral speech. ITS OKAY.
"But I put them in speech therapy to learn to talk! I don't want them to use that tablet all their life. They need to learn to talk using their mouthparts." Why??
First of all, AAC is proven to actually help people develop language skills and oftentimes oral speech. So any concern about AAC hindering development of oral speech is uncalled for and irrational. But along with that, ORAL SPEECH ISNT THE ONLY GOOD FORM OF COMMUNICATION!! AAC is good. Sign is good. Etc.
Saying otherwise and/or preferring your child to use oral speech IS ableist, and yes, it IS harmful to everyone.
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cadaverkeys · 4 months
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SLEEPSOMNIA!
A short comic about comorbidity rates between autism and various sleep disorders, from autistic people's own reports and accounts of their experiences.
I originally made this for #asdcomictakeover 2023, but my schedule was woeful and I didn't get it finished until many months after autistic acceptance month. But I figured I should have it somewhere on the internet before 2024 rolls around. Thanks for reading! Please understand that I'm just one person and I'm by no means a medical authority. This is not a diagnostic tool, but it does highlight the reality that many autistic people face with chronically disordered sleep patterns. I hope it can help for autistic people to seek help and feel understood if they fall into these comorbidities.
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selectivechaos · 1 year
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me in my head: quit talking about me like im not here
my brain: nooooo, we’re not here. shhhhh [silence] see? here, stranger, have my {silent blank face}, there’s nothin’ here, no-one to judge… mooove along now..
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lu2211 · 1 year
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VORREI ESSERE MUTA.
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atypical-irritant · 10 months
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I'd just like to say to whomever it was that decided every office job position should now also include a varying, but non-zero, amount of phone usage requirements that is seemingly non negotiable, regardless of it's relevance to the job's overall purpose; you're a fucking cunt.
While I'm at it, same to the bastards that made the application and interview process generally reliant on phone calls as well.
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