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Furry convention time

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“Omg I just think it’s soo annoying when dogs are in every grocery sto-”

Literally shut up, SHUT UP. I have heard every variation of anything you are about to say and I just don’t want to hear it. I like it that ppl are more critical of irresponsible dog owners but it feels more out of touch than anything.

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When ppl at my college can’t just get along with their day or have a normal conversation with me. They feel the need to apologize for being around me and my service dog and it is annoying as shit. You’re not being polite. It’s annoying, I’m not here to quell your own social anxiety about disability. I’m just another person so please talk to me like one.

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In his breaking bad era

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School

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Bro went to build a bear

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Hey so American disabled people

I know that a lot of people are looking to leave the country right now for obvious reasons. However, the reality of that is for disabled people that you will not have the same civil protections as you do in the US, there is not as wide spread physical accessibility. and at least in my case for as a service dog handler almost every other country will not recognize my dog as an assistance dog.

I also think that a lot of disabled people on the left need to have the perspective that in the United States disabled people are split 50-50, 50% of disabled people vote republican. The very unique flavor of American individualism, “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality, and lack of universal healthcare (which I’m not saying any of these are good) does allow for more civil protections of disabled people because we’re not seen as bogging down the collective. From a strategical standpoint attacking disability rights as a Republican lawmaker is not a good look and I’m not pretending like they aren’t right now like the 504 lawsuit. But they’re gonna lose voter base.

Also, the reality is if you were to move outside of the US, you are now a disabled immigrant And will most likely have even less protections as natural, born citizens. As well as the fact that even if you escape America, you will still encounter American politics. Europe is currently a mess with an extremely similar ideologies to Elon Musk and why not, (AFD)

I am not saying this to scare anybody or to say that moving out of the US is bad but outside of the US disabled civil protections are significantly less and you need to prepare yourself for that as many significant problems as the ADA has It was passed in 1990 by BUSH and was an incredibly revolutionary document and still is on the world stage.

TLDR: being disabled in the modern world right now it’s significantly more complicated than “oh my God the US is turning into fascist hell and anywhere outside is a socialist utopia”

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I see that Finn has different vests in some of your pictures. How many are there and where did you get them? Are there some vests/patches you notice get more negative attention than others? Just curious because I should be getting my SD prospect in August/September.

He has quite the wardrobe. 😅 in my more recent posts he has been wearing his river dog gear vest and tactical vest with some holo patches.

And I generally don’t see a difference in behavior in the public based on what he’s wearing. Though one thing I think is really important when people are getting fun service dog gear is actually making sure it’s legible. I often see low contrast vests with embroidery on patterns in cursive hard to read fonts, and you just can’t expect the public to be able to read that on the fly. That is why if you’ll notice his galaxy river dog gear vest has patches on it rather than direct embroidery on the fabric. I knew it would be a harder to read if I did direct embroidery. 

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Labradoodle in the lab 🥼 🧪

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He is guy

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Snow

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No thoughts, just eyes.

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Me and my service dog :>

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your disorder is absolutely a reason for why you acted a certain way. but being disordered does not mean you can't accommodate yourself. so stop acting like you can come into a conversation about what's right and say "well i have this disorder so i can't do this" yeah. which is why you need to either find out a way to deal with it or don't try to rationalize what's clearly wrong. you can be struggling and accidentally hurt someone but it still hurts someone. you can acknowledge both at the same time

example: having adhd is a genuine reason for being late. however, if your friend has already told you they can't have you be late, and they won't hang out unless you leave your house earlier than you think you need to so you can be there on time, THEY ARE DOING NOTHING WRONG. and you are setting a bad example by going "well you're being mean by suggesting that i do something about my disability >:( i was just gonna accept defeat and never try to improve because i was BORN with this"

you have the perfect opportunity to learn to navigate your disorder, by maybe leaving earlier or telling your friend that they should give you a fake early time to "be late to". if you refuse to do that for the sake of someone you care about or yourself then do no act surprised when not many people want to hang out with you

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A lot of people in the autistic and disabled community seems to think early diagnosis is privilege.

I was not privileged when i got diagnosed in an abusive psych ward just to get my needs denied because i needed to "be more autonom".

I was not privileged when my mother/carer said horrible things to me because of my autism diagnosis.

I was not privileged every time allistic people used my disability to make me suffer, i was not privileged everytime i was neglected despite officially needing a carer.

All the early diagnosed autistics who were abused, or even literally died because of ableism and abusive carers were not privileged.

Early diagnosis isn't a privilege, many early diagnosed autistics are also HrSN, and that makes them not privileged at all.

Diagnosis isn't a privilege.

What is a privilege :

- having access to good/safe care and support

- having access to good/safe therapy

- having understanding and safe carers or family

And a lot of early diagnosed people do not have all these privileges.

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Zoomie Finny