love & spoons are in the air!

My Heating Pad and Me: A Love Story

weatherboy (derogatory)

op what does this mean

wouldn't you like to know weatherboy

friendly reminder that if you have a hard time eating due to nausea or other chronic illness ickies, just eat what you can eat. even if it’s not particularly “healthy,” getting calories in your body to help it function is more important.

not to be a bitch but it shouldn’t take someone literally telling you to not call people with facial d*formities ugly for you to think twice about it. people on this website really have never considered the possibility that we ACTUALLY exist and arent just a tiny minority of a minority

actually reblog this listen to me when i say ive spent my whole life being told im ugly by doctors and adults lmfao. im sick of always being talked over or ignored about this- listen to actual disabled people when they tell you to shut the fuck up and consider the impact of what you say

kind of a banger of a post but i know ppl are reblogging this and not actually internalizing it. just treat people w/ respect & maybe consider the impact of your words on OTHER people when you say them. like consider you’re making fun of someone you hate for valid reasons and you call one of their features ugly. think about why you’re saying that and who it might effect. criticize things that are actually important instead of throwing people like me under the bus 

spoonie culture is not even making it 3 full days into the school year before having to send out The Email of Shame where you have to inevitably explain your disability and say, yeah, this will probably happen again

this is so important to realize! people in my life were telling me not to give up on nursing as a career— but i cannot walk unsupported, and definitely couldn’t deal with the long shifts. sometimes acknowledging that something is beyond you is more important than forcing yourself to believe you can.

Ableds' disrespect for the bodily autonomy of people with disabilities has really been highlighted for me during this pandemic. I had four (4!) people come right up and touch my wheelchair to "help" me today. I was out for a beach day and on my way back to the car. They decided that I could not possibly do so on my own, that I clearly needed many strangers to come up and attempt to push my wheelchair. Now, this is never ok. You can not just go up and try to push someone's wheelchair. It is less ok during a global pandemic when you go right into a stranger's space with no mask and then touch their mobility device. This is not helpful. It is endangering the person that you are trying to help, and yourself. Don't push people's wheelchairs without explicit consent. Do follow social distancing guidelines.