#disability positivity

[neuroticboyfriend]

some disabled & neurodivergent side of tumblr safety & etiquette:

dont: dump negativity on positivity posts. if you dont relate to a post, it's either not aimed at you, or you're not ready for its message (and thats ok!)

do: make your own posts expressing how you feel; your feelings still matter and your blog is just the place to express them.

dont: speak over people with different experiences than yours, or speak on things you don't know about.

do: have an open mind and educate yourself on things you don't know much about - uplift the voices of people with direct experience.

dont: send unprompted vent or advice asks to blogs that dont have that as a stated purpose.

do: check out a blog to see if they take vent/advice asks; if you dont see anything, ask if you can vent/seek advice first - or add a disclaimer at the start of your asks, with TW.

dont: engage with triggering content. dont post your triggers publicly either, my lord.

do: engage with content that helps you express, process, and cope with your health. take breaks when you need them, too.

dont: treat bloggers like celebrities or like they owe you a response.

do: treat bloggers like regular people; respect boundaries.

dont: demonize ANY condition. including paraphilic disorders, sexual/moral OCD, personality disorders, addiction, or factitious disorders

remember: we're all dealing with our own stuff, and we're all in this together. if anyone acts as if this isnt true, they're probably not in a good place themself.

(feel free to add on!)

[uncanny-tranny]

May your pain medication always kick in right after you take them. May your compression garments always slip on your body with ease. May you always find your footing when you walk. May you wake up with energy and zest. May your sinuses always be clear

[hiiragi7]

Here's some positivity towards people with medical devices that others view as "gross", or "shouldn't be seen in public". It's bullshit the way this gets treated and I want more positivity about it, so I'm making it myself.

People with catheters. People with stoma bags. People with feeding tubes. People who have tubing or medical alterations they can't hide. People who otherwise have medical devices which are deemed "not socially acceptable" and "gross".

Your medical devices deserve to take up space. We should not be made to feel ashamed for devices which keep us alive. We should not be made to feel insecure for the ways our bodies function and the assistance we need to live. You deserve to be yourself, you deserve to exist in public as a disabled person, and you deserve to be accepted and celebrated as yourself, medical devices included.

[trick-of-the-troubles]

hey, you're allowed to take up space and make noise

it's okay if your mobility aids click or squeak

it's okay if you need more space to pass because of your aids or the way you walk

it's okay if you need to ask more questions

it's okay if you need to ask for help with things, either for physical or mental limitations

it's okay if the way your body is means you need more room

it's okay to exist and to take up space

ily /p

[a-common-wybie]

i appreciate you

people with Deaf accent

people with speech impediments

people who are semi speaking

people who are non speaking

people who are unable to be understood

people who use AAC

people who need help to speak

people who are selectively mute

people who need surgeries for speech

people who use signed language

people who communicate through sounds

people with electrolarynx

disabled people with speech problems or accents as a result of their disability

<3

[headaching]

i love you lisp i love you stutter i love you pressured speech i love you damaged vocal cords i love you aphasia i love you mutism i love you selective mutism i love you deaf voice i love you apraxia i love you speech delay i love you vocal tic i love you articulation disorder i love you sign language

i hate you societal norm to make fun of speech impediments i hate you “get it fixed” mentality i hate you mocking someone for the way they communicate i hate you “go to speech therapy so your kid won’t be bullied” i hate you i hate you i hate you

[saszor]

Happy World Down Syndrome Day !!!

People with Down Syndrome are an irreplaceable part of the disability and neurodivergent communities, and we need to do a better job at including them! Don't forget about them in your activism!

[Image description: Digital drawing of two smiling people with Down Syndrome standing next to each other, interlocking hands in the air. The person on the left is a teenage white boy with long brown hair, wearing a yellow sweater. The person on the left is a young Black woman with braided hair, wearing a yellow shirt and jeans. Behind their hands is a yellow star shape. In the bottom left corner, "#EndTheStereotypes" is written in all caps. Between the characters is the date "21/3". Background is light blue. End image description.]

[anonpositivityforu]

Making a positivity post for the non-ambulatory wheelchair users!

I hope you have a super good day, especially if you:

Can't walk even with other mobility aids besides wheelchairs

Need heavy-duty stuff to transfer like hoists

Need to use the extra wheelchair features like tilt-in-place or elevate

Are bedbound without your wheelchair

Never learned to walk

Or anything like that!

We are super awesome and cool, even without the walking, and sometimes even the standing!

[t06y]

I love you people with shaky limbs. I love you people with motor tics. I love you people with leg problems. I love you people who use mobility aids. I love you people who have chronic muscle pain. I love you people with chronic muscle spasms. I love you people with foot problems. I love you people who have prosthetic limbs. I love you wheelchair users. I love you people who have more problems walking then what society consider “normal”. I love you people who have mobility issues.

[disabledunitypunk]

Happy disability pride month to:

Physically disabled people

Mentally ill people

Mentally disabled people

Neurodivergent people

Psychotic people

Multiply disabled people

Visibly disabled people

Invisibly disabled people

Mobility aid users

People with chronic pain

People with chronic fatigue

People with neurodevelopmental disabilities

People with neurocognitive disabilities

People with intellectual disability

People with neurogenic disability

People with cognitive disability

People with motor disorders

People with rare disabilities

People with common disabilities

People who were born with disability

People who acquired a disability/disorder later in life

People with bodily differences

Nonverbal people

Semiverbal people

People who experience speech lose

AAC users

People with ‘gross’ symptoms

People with sensory disabilities

People who aren’t sure if they are disabled

Disabled people who don’t know they are disabled

Disabled people who want treatment

Disabled people who do not want treatment

Disabled people with disorders that ‘don’t match’ their assigned gender

Zebras

Spoonies

Cripples

Happy Disability Pride Month to all disabled people!

May your tomorrow be kinder than today.

[neuroticboyfriend]

severe chronic pain sucks ass and when it gets overwhelming, I've been trying something new lately - I try to think of as many pleasant, or neutral, current sensory experiences as possible.

for example, right now my body hurts like a bitch because of this crappy hotel bed. i'm getting frustrated and upset, because i want to sleep. but I wont sleep more easily if I only focus on how much it hurts, yea?

so, i can remind myself: my pillow sheets and blankets are really soft. it's quiet and dark enough. i'm hugging my hoodie, and a little black cat plush that reminds me of my cat (who isnt here with me). it's not too hot, not to cold - just right. my right foot doesnt hurt. my shirt is comfy. there's a gentle glow from the streetlights. etc. etc.

and now, well, im still in pain. it bothers me, but i dont feel like combusting into a pile of rage and tears anymore. because there's still some kind of comfort out there for me, even if it's not enough to make the pain negligible, its better than nothing. and if i wanna take this a step up, i can imagine myself more comfortable, in a safe place, and hope to have that one day.

this is all to say. the present might suck ass, yet not all is lost, and we never know what the future may have in store. all i can do right now is try to calm myself down to sleep, and that's the only responsibility i have for myself. i'm only human.

and if this doesnt help you, even after trying it multiple times - it's not your fault, and i hope you can find an effective coping skill soon ♡ love you

[uncanny-tranny]

I love you, trans people with intellectual disabilities. You deserve to have the same opportunities as everybody else, and that's because you are a person. You deserve to be happy. Intellectually disabled trans people deserve the exact same respect, recognition, and love that (should be) afforded to everybody else.

Intellectually disabled trans people, you deserve to make your own decisions about your transness. You are allowed to want for transition or to change your name, clothes, hair, pronouns, or anything else. You deserve support and understanding. I hope you are able to receive that. You belong in this world as your true self. Your transness and your disability/disabilities are not bad things - they are good, and they are important.

[duality-disability]

Completely unrelated to my previous post: I had an older lady come up to me as I was exiting my therapy appointment and waiting for my ride, I had my rollator with all my stickers and my butterfly bag on it. She also had a rollator- and as she got closer;

She grinned and said "Race ya."

yall it was the highlight of my day. I didn't get to thank her for the giggle it got out of me before she was already inside the hospital building. But it was one of the first positive interactions I had with taking my rollator with me out of the house.

maybe things will be alright.

[cartoonscientist]

i won’t deny that the modern world has tons of miraculous medication and accessibility aids and stuff, but also like, if people imply you’re less of a person because “you’d die instantly in medieval/caveman times”, I just want you to know that isn’t necessarily true. if schizophrenia, autism, asthma, etc. were such death sentences, they wouldn’t be nearly as common in the human population as they are now.

if you’re schizophrenic, maybe you would have been a mad cave hermit or a fortune teller, or an eccentric rich person known for responding to their own statements in different voices and sleeping under a pile of cats. if you have severe gastrointestinal illness, maybe you would have found a specific pool in the forest that you like to drink from to neutralize the acidity in your stomach, or maybe you’d be a local character who only eats barley soaked in milk. if you have congenital bone deformities in your knee and pelvis, maybe you would have had a beautiful walking stick. if you suffer from debilitating chronic fatigue, maybe you would have been a poet who writes from their bed about their fantastical dreams.

[batwynn]

Alt text:

It’s ok to be disabled and happy. Being disabled does not mean you have to constantly suffer.

[cosmiccripple]

yknow what? i think more of you lot need to hear that you deserve good things. you aren't disabled because you 'deserve it' or whatever nonsense your mind has conjured up and even if you did cause your disability it still doesn't mean you deserve it. shut up and let me love you, fiend.