catgirl, fangirl, just vibing~

spend MONTHS crafting a giant sword, learning how to face paint, imitating steel armor that will look good, be comfortable to wear, and hold out for hours of active walking around or performing on stage

or

I hc him as having osteogenesis imperfecta so I completely agree about the hypermobility and the joint pain, that's such a good point about the joystick though, I think you're totally right!

sharing it because it is

very beautiful

sequoyah was the man who created the tsalagi syllabary before it was ever a tree

if i try to look for apparel or crafts to show off my chickasaw pride, i get results for chickasaw plums which is just a specific species of plum before i get results about human beings

others have mentioned if they google their nations name they get boot companies before their nations website!

theres a tweet that still haunts me that was about a Quirky Quasi American Restaurant in europe or somewhere that was being funny by being cowboy themed and their steaks were named after native american nations. even outside the usa we are nothing but literal dead meat for others consumption

"blackhawk" "apache" - fuck theres a whole wikipedia page for the way weve had our names used for weapons used to colonize and kill us and others!

I'm thinking permobil, probably the F5 Corpus VS for his primary chair based on features and reviews I've read, but im not a power chair user myself so I'd love to hear other people's opinions

Things I think his chair should have based on canon:

it wouldn't be foldable or lightweight based on how he uses it in canon

with his difficulty in the corridors of the great hall it's probably got a fairly large footprint, opting for features over compact size, and may not have the tightest turning radius

standing / seat elevation features to parallel the changes to his chair during the silver eve arc

sturdy / decent suspension / and definitely not mid wheel drive, all so he can have the smoothest ride on the widest range of terrains

I just love drawing facial features and hands and curves and ahhh human bodies are so beautiful and fun to draw even though goddamn drawing is hard

DISABILITY ACTIVISM ISN'T TRYING TO BAN STAIRS FOREVER. WE JUST WANT YOU TO ADD AN ELEVATOR.

Accessibility is not a monolith. Okay? There is not some universally accessible way of existence where if you achieve it, you've finally found nirvana or some shit. Maybe the dyslexia-friendly extension that changes it up for some people will cause eyestrain for others. The descriptive audio that makes a movie friendly to blind people might detract from the experience of the Deaf person who's trying to watch the movie.

Disabled people are not immune to infighting and clashing access needs. It happens all the time! And all we can really do about it is try not to take things personally, and create multiple options to try and accommodate as many people as we can.

Being disabled doesn't mean that you want to bring the world down to your level to make things "equal." I can't run, but I'll still cheer for anyone doing marathon training. Frankly, if everyone in the world was magically made as disabled as me, that would be kind of miserable! Like, I'm depressed and tired and my joints don't work. I'm not going to wish that on others.

But what I do want is options for me to be included. I won't run a marathon, but I'd like supportive seating in the crowd so I can watch. And I don't want to be held to the same standards as the racers, either.

So, circling back to the original topic: sometimes, there will be a need for plain language. Yes, this is the official term. To my knowledge, it comes up largely in medical and legal contexts, and is defined as language that is simple and easy to understand. It benefits those with low literacy or cognitive disabilities, and is easier to translate into other languages.

HOWEVER.

Oh my god, for fuck's sake, this is an accessibility option, not an arbitrary limitation we should impose on every single piece of writing ever. Can you have some sympathy for us pedantic autistics whose inner selves are best expressed via pretentious sesquipedalian loquaciousness? Can you sit with me and try to understand neuroplasticity and the idea that improving your literacy will improve your life? Do you have any idea how much benefit public libraries are adding to our society? Can you think about who would benefit from lowering public literacy rates? The artistic destruction as a result of simplifying language?

Maybe I'm biased, but if you read your history, a lot of people don't actually care about disabled populations. Look up the capitol crawl, the ugly laws, the dark side of freak shows. Disabled bodyminds are exploited for perverse fascination and reduced to the margins of society to quietly die. Every inch of ground we have in terms of rights, we have had to fight for tooth and nail. I spend time with my loving extended family and have to explain very basic theory such as "medical abuse is a thing that exists" or "I don't want a cure" while asking myself how many more microaggressions I can endure. I'm not going to lie, it is rough. And I'm on the more privileged side of things, intersectionally speaking.

day 15: haunting ♡