#disabled support

[crazycatsiren]

Disabled parking spots are not your "I'll be right back" spots.

If you hinder a disabled person from getting into or out of their vehicle safely, then you deserve to have your car hit or scratched or towed.

[gab-has-adhd]

HELLO, I AM CURRENTLY IN A GREAT NEED OF HELP ⚠️⚠️⚠️

PLEASE STOP SCROLLING FOR A MINUTE AND READ THIS POST 🙏🏼

Thank you.

My name is Gabriel, I'm a 28 years old disabled agender person. I have ADHD, BPD, generalized anxiety, chronic depression and untreated PTSD. I am an artist, and I have no other job besides this one, for now.

This is my girlfriend, Olivia. She is 30, agender just like me, disabled just like me. She has BPD as well as untreated PTSD, and she is autistic.

For the last three years, we were surviving thanks to a monthly allowance she was given due to her being disabled and unable to find or keep a job. This allowance has been stopped due to her being judged "not disabled enough" and "capable of finding a job". She isn't. I don't want to give too many details about our life, but she is currently deeply incapacitated and cannot work. She has asked to get her autism diagnosed on a psychiatric level, which is necessary for her to be given the proper care for her issues.

We will now be given an allowance for job seekers. But we have learned today that this allowance, for the next two months, will be much less than it usually is because of complicated details I do not have the right mind to explain right now.

We will be given around 700€ for a month. 1400€ total, for the months of March and April. You can imagine how 1400€ for two months is a ridiculously low amount of money for two people.

I will try to find a tiny job that is compatible with my own struggles. In the meantime, getting help from other sources will really, really come in handy.

I AM AN ARTIST. I DRAW DIGITAL ILLUSTRATIONS, AND I AM OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS. ALTHOUGH I AM STILL STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF A HIATUS, I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO GET MORE COMMISSIONS. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF WHAT I CAN DRAW.

AND HERE IS MY PRICE CHART:

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COMMISSIONNING ME, YOU CAN CONTACT ME ON THIS TUMBLR ACCOUNT OR ON @lubelzoldyck-artworks , YOU CAN ALSO SEND ME A MAIL AT shynesslubel.art@outlook.com 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

IF YOU ARE UNINTERESTED IN COMMISSIONNING ME, PLEASE CONSIDER D0NAT1NG, EVEN A SINGLE BUCK CAN HELP. YOU CAN D0NAT3 ON THIS LINK:

IF YOU CANNOT COMMISSION NOR D0N4T3 (AND I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY) PLEASE, PLEASE AT LEAST SHARE THIS POST AROUND. REBLOG IT, SHARE IT ON OTHER WEBSITES, GIVE IT VISIBILITY, I AM PRACTICALLY BEGGING HERE. PLEASE HELP US.

[notabled-noodle]

it’s okay to have needs. it’s okay to be “loud” or “bossy” in the process of getting those needs met. it’s okay to be needy and dependent and disabled. you shouldn’t have to be nice in order to earn the right to have your needs met. end of.

[handmadehazefromtheheart]

The time draws nearer and nearer when I'll be once again flying off from the US to be with my partner, this time on a more permanent basis.

I brought this baby back TO the US with me in the hopes that I'd find it a home while I'm here. I'd like that hope to come true if it could!

I've used the v1 of this snake design as a stim toy to carry around on my neck and a pillow to cuddle and sleep with for ages. I'm so so so excited to give someone else that same enjoyment. (A smaller rainbow version is also on there.)

Not for you? Tell a friend who likes snakes!!

[elliotisafrog]

it’s been said before but

disabled people who caused their disability still deserve support

disabled people who make their disabilities worse still deserve support

for some reason a lot of people seem to think that if you have any way to cure your disability, even if it would suck the life out of you, then it’s your fault and you don’t deserve sympathy

even if you can’t walk because your legs hurt because you’re fat because you eat too much, you still deserve support and sympathy

even if you can’t breathe because you smoked cigarettes, you still deserve support and sympathy

[maraeffect]

if any of y'all have friends that you're even relatively close to: if this friend receives a scary health diagnosis, PLEASE. don't let yourself fade out of their life. i cannot stress enough how important even casual friendships are to people with chronic or debilitating illnesses.

i know it can be hard when a lot of times, this friend can't hang out, or struggles to stay awake, or can't answer texts often, etc. but please. don't quit checking in on them. don't stop asking them to do things, even if it's only to watch TV with them for a couple hours. you don't even need to see each other face to face if that's not possible. you can send/drop off letters, snacks, flowers, something at the dollar store that reminds you of them. those little things matter so much to us.

both myself and some other friends of mine with cancer diagnoses have lost a LOT of our friends since being diagnosed. a lot of them simply stop talking to us and move on. same with other friends of mine with other illnesses (autoimmune, gastro, limb differences, etc). not everyone is able to accommodate a friend in this situation. but i promise you. if you are one of those special people, that stays by their side when things get rough??

they will never forget you. they will never forget any good deed, no matter how small it may be. it's stuff like this that makes us want to wake up the next day. your friend will be eternally grateful for you.

[evisxerate]

Some shit camp up and we just lost like $60 unexpectedly, we have less than $10 left to get us by and I have no idea when we're getting more. Shit just keeps fucking happening and idk what to do. We're just trying to make it by until my husbands work comp and my first paycheck at my new job come in, but neither will be coming for at least a week.

I don't wanna put anybody out bc I know we're all struggling, I just don't know where else to turn rn

Trying for at least $20 if that's possible

C*shapp - $corpze05

P*ypal - @anarchorot

[keigostorm]

https://www.mercari.com/u/591448848?sv=0

Wanna help a physically disabled artist pay for medical bills this disability pride month? then pls consider shopping from my mercari! i make crocheted items and i’m constantly adding new things

[noneofthatfuck]

Hey, if you use Doordash at all, please give your driver a review, ratings are SO important, especially if that person has just started working. One bad review can really tank things and a lot of people give bad reviews about things the driver cannot prevent (missing items, getting stuck in traffic, wrong items, etc) or hell even if they don't like how the person looks!

A lot of people who work doordash are queer or disabled in some way and that's the only job they can work! Doordash's flexible hours and instant pay make it a really good job for someone who struggles to maintain a typical 9-5. So it really helps when you give them a positive rating.

These people take a lot of time to deliver your food, please take a couple minutes out of your day to give them a review.

[virtualmosshroom]

Unfortunately, as much as I hate asking, I could really use any financial assistance I can get right now. I’m currently $50 overdrawn and owe hundreds in bills. Some of the electric bill shown above is my housemates but most of it is mine. I’m a disabled, queer, swer, currently physically unable to continue working in retail and hospo, and am struggling to get by each week. I desperately need to start seeing my psych again but cannot afford to do so, especially when I still owe so much money in overdue bills. I have ns/fw content available if you’re interested, or can offer some drawings in exchange for any donations. Please reblog, and please only donate if you can comfortably spare it. Thank you so much 💚

paypal.me/svdavies96 / beem and ko-fi @ mosshroom (no underscore) / payID is listed below / or you can directly pay my electricity bill using the billing code: 168930 and ref: 102 731 489 93

[lifeonkylesfarm]

I think most of us have heard a comment about certain disabilities making someone's life not worth living. While this is not true, I also just find it extremely pretentious and arrogant of abled people to think that they are allowed to decide that for someone else. Every person's life has value, just right off the bat. But when it comes to disabled people, why do abled people think they are even allowed to consider that in first place? If anyone was to ever consider these things, it would be us, disabled people, not abled people who have no idea.

[thedisablednaturalist]

In case the esim process confuses you or you aren't able to buy them yourself for any other reason, crips for esims for Gaza is collecting donations, they've almost met their goal of $150,000 raised. Donating allows them to buy esims in bulk which allows them to obtain more than individuals would be able to. I just donated and it was super easy as you can use paypal.

[sayruq]

[chronicbitchsyndrome]

so: masking: good, unequivocally. please mask and please educate others on why they should mask to make the world safer for immune compromised people to participate in.

however: masking is not my policy focus and it shouldn't be yours, either. masking is a very good mitigation against droplet-born illnesses and a slightly less effective (but still very good) mitigation against airborne illnesses, but its place in the pyramid of mitigation demands is pretty low, for several reasons:

it's an individual mitigation, not a systemic one. the best mitigations to make public life more accessible affect everyone without distributing the majority of the effort among individuals (who may not be able to comply, may not have access to education on how to comply, or may be actively malicious).

it's a post-hoc mitigation, or to put it another way, it's a band-aid over the underlying problem. even if it was possible to enforce, universal masking still wouldn't address the underlying problem that it is dangerous for sick people and immune compromised people to be in the same public locations to begin with. this is a solvable problem! we have created the societal conditions for this problem!

here are my policy focuses:

upgraded air filtration and ventilation systems for all public buildings. appropriate ventilation should be just as bog-standard as appropriately clean running water. an indoor venue without a ventilation system capable of performing 5 complete air changes per hour should be like encountering a public restroom without any sinks or hand sanitizer stations whatsoever.

enforced paid sick leave for all employees until 3-5 days without symptoms. the vast majority of respiratory and food-borne illnesses circulate through industry sectors where employees come into work while experiencing symptoms. a taco bell worker should never be making food while experiencing strep throat symptoms, even without a strep diagnosis.

enforced virtual schooling options for sick students. the other vast majority of respiratory and food-borne illnesses circulate through schools. the proximity of so many kids and teenagers together indoors (with little to no proper ventilation and high levels of physical activity) means that if even one person comes to school sick, hundreds will be infected in the following few days. those students will most likely infect their parents as well. allowing students to complete all readings and coursework through sites like blackboard or compass while sick will cut down massively on disease transmission.

accessible testing for everyone. not just for COVID; if there's a test for any contagious illness capable of being performed outside of lab conditions, there should be a regulated option for performing that test at home (similar to COVID rapid tests). if a test can only be performed under lab conditions, there should be a government-subsidized program to provide free of charge testing to anyone who needs it, through urgent cares and pharmacies.

the last thing to note is that these things stack; upgraded ventilation systems in all public buildings mean that students and employees get sick less often to begin with, making it less burdensome for students and employees to be absent due to sickness, and making it more likely that sick individuals will choose to stay home themselves (since it's not so costly for them).

masking is great! keep masking! please use masking as a rhetorical "this is what we can do as individuals to make public life safer while we're pushing for drastic policy changes," and don't get complacent in either direction--don't assume that masking is all you need to do or an acceptable forever-solution, and equally, don't fall prey to thinking that pushing for policy change "makes up" for not masking in public. it's not a game with scores and sides; masking is a material thing you can do to help the individual people you interact with one by one, and policy changes are what's going to make the entirety of public life safer for all immune compromised people.

[primusincorporated]

It’s an evolving society, and the focus on inclusivity and empowerment for all is ever-present. For individuals with mental disabilities, empowerment is not just a goal but a necessity.

[lightning-system]

As a medium/lower support needs autistic who works with young higher support needs autistic:

We all matter. We all have the same diagnosis. We all deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

But we are not the same.

I can mask and might be seen as 'odd' or 'weird' in public. The students I work with are seen as 'dangerous' and 'practically little kids'.

I can go to university and work with accommodations. The students I work with likely will never live independently and a few might find jobs that support them but still pay them less than an abled worker.

I have full control of my finances. The students I work with aren't allowed to make independent financial decisions, even if capable.

If I say 'no,' I'm making a choice. The students I work with can't say 'no' without being labeled as defiant and difficult.

I can feed myself, bathe myself, and take care of myself with extreme challenges. The students I work with are unable to take care of themselves without high levels of support/one on one support.

I had an IEP in high school but was mainstreamed in classes. The students I work with take separate classes and some rarely get to interact with their abled peers.

Our experiences are fundamentally different. Higher support needs autistics will experience a specific type of ableism I never will, and can never fully understand.

Lower support needs autistics need to stop saying we understand what higher support needs autistics are going through and then present autism as only being disabling because of society/lack of acceptance because that is dangerous. We need to stop saying every autistic person is capable of everything if given the right support because that leaves out huge parts of our community who will never be able to do certain things, regardless of support.

We are worthy of existence regardless of our abilities.

Autism is a spectrum. It is not the same for every autistic person. Autism acceptance and advocacy has to come with accepting, acknowledging, and listening to our higher support needs peers.