#chronicallycouchbound

[chronicallycouchbound]

Read the full post here

•

[ID: pink and pink outlined text on a dark background reads: “intelligence doesn’t equal morality. Caring for others can happen at any IQ level.” The side text reads “@ chronicallycouchbound” In the upper right hand corner is a simple diamond star shape graphic. End ID.]

[front-ill]

Okay to reblog/like even if you're on my DNI. I'm putting this on my disability blog because it relates to accessibility.

Let's talk about inaccessibility in the MOGAI/LIOM/Queer/LGBTQIA+ community online. Especially if you're a coiner, flag maker, or whatever.

Do you know how privileged it is to be able to not make any, and I mean ANY, of your posts accessible because you are arrogant about people being forced out of the community because of you? Specifically people who are visually impaired in any way which are forced out of the community because you're lack of willingness to be accessible?

There are many, MANY resources available to you to make your posts accessible. You absolutely can make your posts accessible. YOU, yes YOU, can absolutely fucking make YOUR POSTS accessible. Just fucking ask. Reach out.

You can draft your posts, you can look further into communities to make your post accessible before posting, you can save spoons to make your post accessible or wait until you have spoons to make them accessible, and you can look for others to create descriptions/plain text FOR YOUR POSTS.

At this point, there is no excuse to have none of your posts be accessible. "I don't have spoons," but making flags and counting terms also requires spoons. You aren't sneaky with not wanting to be accessible and putting in the work to do so. Oh, and we shouldn't have to be fucking BEGGING and ASKING for accessibility. BEING ACCESSIBLE SHOULD BE STANDARD.

[PT: Being accessible should be standard. End]

So you know what? Start calling people out on this ableist, arrogant behavior. And you know what else? It is ableist if you do not make no attempt to be accessible. Simply because, you have no reason to not be. If your blog shows absolutely NO ATTEMPT at being accessible, YOU need to change. Doesn't matter if it, 'ruins your aesthetic,' neither.

Start being accessible, or continue to have no care whatsoever for people who require that accessibility on your posts. Show no care and sympathy for people who are forced out of the community because of you.

Tags, asked to be removed

@chronicallycouchbound @epikulupu @xdle-coxns @galaxy-starshine @potato-head-kids @blindcultureis

[cripplepunkpics]

Welcome to Cripple Punk Pics!

We share photos that are related to cripple punk culture. I’m a human, not a bot, and I run on crip time, as such, posts may not be as frequent.

Photo submissions are open, as are DMs and asks, please credit if you can! Tagging us in photos you’d like to see shared also works!

•

Accessibility Notes:

- We try to share image descriptions as often as we are able, feel free to create an ID and add it to a post if you don’t see them added! Posts with an ID are tagged as #described and posts without are #undescribed

- We will never share jumpscares, flashing lights, or other similar things that may cause issues for people with epilepsy, seizures, FND, PTSD, migraines, etc.

- If you find something on our blog that is inaccessible, feel free to direct us to it and we’ll do our best to accommodate/change things!

•

Profile pic image description:

A black “handicap accessible” style wheelchair user silhouette holding up a middle finger on a white background. They also have a red spiked mohawk. End ID.

Cover photo image description:

The updated disabled pride flag, five diagonal stripes run from the top left to the lower right, in a muted red, yellow, white, blue and green color for each stripe. The background is a muted black. End ID.

•

If you like this project, and want to check out my other blog, I post intersectional activism related content on @chronicallycouchbound

Thanks for visiting!

[chronicallycouchbound]

Excerpts from my Guide For Coming Into Disability, stylized to be more sensory enriched/dopamine friendly for ADHD pals.

•

[If you need a screen-reader friendly version or would like to read the whole guide, it can be found here: https://www.tumblr.com/chronicallycouchbound/724009557368635392/a-guide-for-coming-into-disability]