#disability is not a dirty word

[shayandwildlifepack]

Little vent from us. We are kinda going through some shit rn.

We don't think there are any tw/cw but if there are let us know.

What do you do when you realize that you might not be able to work a "normal" job or maybe any job at all ever?

What do you do when you realize that your disabilities affect what you are able to do in ways that are so against what you wanted to do and what you wish you could do?

What do you do when disabilities are actually disabling?

What do you do when other people don't understand even when they are disabled themselves?

What do you do in any situations where disabilities affect what happens?

What do you do when you need to tell people and make them understand that you are disabled and that means you can't do the same things as others?

- Shay 🐾

What do you do when you are disabled?

[neurotypicalabusesurvivor]

[mythicalcoolkid]

You don't wish your disability was worse or more visible, you wish your disability was taken seriously. Please stop confusing the two, I guarantee you would not get the support you need JUST by being more severe or more visible. Please listen to visibly disabled people when we tell you it isn't better on our side

[autball]

Expanding a bit on last week's post.

[lifeonkylesfarm]

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

[yb-cringe]

good god. good fuckin lord disabled is not a dirty word just say disabled stop saying differently abled im gonna actually blow a gasket

[neurotypicalabusesurvivor]

[yardsards]

whoever popularized the obsession with "growth mindset" in education owes every disabled kid an apology letter

[forwhomtheteasteeps]

Whenever I have to use a mobility aid to leave the house (which is most days now, whee degenerative conditions 🙄) I am instantly transformed into a toddler being told it is nap time.

Do I need the aid? Oh, most assuredly. O a good day I need the cane for balance and on a bad day I am using a walker.

Do I want the aid? Absolutely not. I hate using it, I hate having it, I miss everything about my body before it got this bad.

Like a toddler being told it is nap time I will fuss and fight the use of an aid. I will pull myself along on furniture, or occasionally crawl. I will push to the point of pain and beyond. Unlike the toddler fighting a nap though, I actually know that the aid will help me. And still I fight.

The spouse will sometimes hang my cane on the doorknob so I basically have to pick it up to open the door. They will remind me that there is no shame in using what I need.

I hope to one day “grow up” in my disability and accept the aid like an adult takes a Sunday nap. Peacefully and without self reproach.

[bisexualseraphim]

I just with mine own eyes saw someone say that calling gym culture ableist is the REAL ableism because they know a guy with Down’s Syndrome and one arm that goes to the gym sometimes.

Gym culture in and of itself may not be ableist, but you know what is? Telling disabled people that they can and should go to the gym just because you know an amputee or someone in a wheelchair who lifts. Physically disabled people who can exercise that heavily and often without severe exhaustion or pain is a fucking anomaly.

“Disabled people can exercise just as easily as able-bodied people and also work as hard and often and have hardly any struggles actually” is really not the allyship you think it is in a world where the government will look at a fucking paraplegic with epilepsy and a heart condition and declare them ‘fit for work’ and act all shocked when the person eventually collapses from exhaustion and dies suddenly and prematurely.

The word is ‘disabled’ for a reason you absolute brainless wankwads and it’s not a dirty word

[autball]

There seems to be some confusion out there. Hope this helps. 😉

[agentkikirogers]

The original disability pride flag, which featured brightly colored zigzagging stripes over a black background, was created in 2019 by writer Ann Magill, who has cerebral palsy.In order of appearance from top to bottom:

Green is for sensory disabilities

Blue represents emotional and psychiatric disabilities

White stands for non-visible and undiagnosed disabilities

Gold is for neurodiversity

Red represents physical disabilities.

The stripes are displayed on a faded charcoal black background which commemorates and mourns disabled people who’ve died due to ableism, violence, negligence, suicide, rebellion, illness and eugenics. The dark background also represents rage and protest against the mistreatment of the disabled community.

[disabled-dragoon]

Just saw the phrase "differently damaged" used to describe a disabled character

[xfang-is-deadx]

"I don't see you as disabled, I think you're just as capable as everyone else" my brother in christ I have dislocated my arm putting dishes away. I'm not as capable as everyone else. I'm disabled. Say the fucking word.