Ableism Is Real

I made a few AAC userboxes based on symbol based AAC. I would prefer credit to this blog if you use them, feel free to use them anywhere :)

ID: Two userboxes with the same UI as the programs they refer to, and an icon of an AAC device with their standard home page. They say This user communicates using TD Snap AAC, and This user communicates using WeaveChat AAC. End ID.

ID: Two userboxes with the same UI as the programs they refer to, and an icon of an AAC device with their standard home page. They say This user communicates using Proloquo2Go AAC, and This user communicates using Proloquo AAC. End ID.

ID: Two userboxes with the same UI as the programs they refer to, and an icon of an AAC device with their standard home page. They say This user communicates using LAMP AAC, and This user communicates using TouchChat AAC. End ID.

ID: Two userboxes with the same UI as the programs they refer to, and an icon of an AAC device with their standard home page. They say This user communicates using Avaz AAC, and This user communicates using TalkSuitePro AAC. End ID.

people use AAC for from intellectual & developmental disorders to neurocognitive disorders to neurological to physical disorders. people use AAC for disorders from birth & acquired disorders. progressive & non progressive disorders.

some AAC users have mouth speech, motor, and/or sound clarity related difficulties, others use for language and/or cogntive difficulties, some for combo of reasons.

those with…

intellectual disability

genetic & chromosomal disorders like down syndrome, rett syndrome, angelman syndrome, williams syndrome, etc.

cerebral palsy

speech language disorders like aphasia & dysarthria

schizophrenia & schizoaffective & schizo-spec

brain injury

dementia

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS), huntington’s, frederick’s ataxia, etc.

tracheotomy

locked in syndrome

your device pronounces a word wrong. laughter. its fine, just go with it. but thats not what you meant. the meaning is changed. you type it differently, hoping to trick the program into saying it right. it doesnt.

your device bugs. you have to use a voice that does not match how you feel inside. you feel dysphoric like you did before you went on t. laughter from others. its fine because it has to be.

someone makes a bigoted remark to another person. you are typing as fast as you can - "that's not okay, you need to apologize" - your hands are shaking with the effort to be fast. the conversation moves on before you can hit "play". harm has been done and you have no control over it.

you navigate through a few folders. you want the word "sun". you keep hitting the button next to it, cloud. you hit delete. try again. you hit cloud. delete. try again. you hit cloud. over and over again. your body seems to have a mind of its own. it is frustrating. it is so so easy for everyone else.

your tablet is in the other room and you are trying to fingerspell. you want to sign "d". you see the shape your hand needs to be in in your mind. you keep signing "f". your hand will not make the correct finger go up and the rest go down.

the other person is trying to be patient. but theyre not. theyre frustrated. theyre trying not to show it. theyre frustrated. theyre frustrated. it radiates out from their body and makes your blood run cold. you're nauseous. you are always waiting for someone to lose their patience. it has happened before. it will happen again.

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Just like I said. Illegal adoption.

https://twitter.com/evanchill/status/1010399759088193536

Completely unfit parents can get their children back like it’s nothing and this poor woman who loves her child and just wants him with her again cannot? How is this not human trafficking/kidnapping? 

Also:

The judge said the biological mother had no rights to even see her child, according to the mother’s lawyer.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdqQuEGw/

here's any easy way to avoid alienating those with mobility issues: rent an accessible venue. it eliminates problems for you to fix, because they're already handled. obviously that might not be the most easy option, but it makes it easier on you.

maybe hand out earplugs if youre gonna have loud music. because. wow it is loud. or make a clarification that the music will be loud so people can bring their own.

for the love of god turn off the fog machines. leave them at home. my friend had to leave pride early bcuz of an asthma attack from both fog machines and people smoking. if you HAVE to have fog machines, keep it to a specific area where nobody would miss anything by not going there.

^ same with smoking. again with the friend with asthma. and the me with asthma. have a specific area where people can smoke, dont just let them do it anywhere and everywhere. i get it sounds ridiculous to limit smoking but god. there was smoke everywhere and it killed me.

PUT SEATS AT REGULAR INTERVALS AROUND THE EVENT DEAR LORD.

this isn't even an accessibility thing really but more pride events should hand out free water. thats important. people dehydrate easily and sometimes you forget to bring water or run out. it'd be nice.

sign. language. interpreters. puh-lease. if you're gonna have public speaking or some music sets, hire some interpreters.

if you’re staring down that looming heat wave and you don’t have ac, or your ac can’t keep up:

put your feet in a tub of water.

just regular tapwater. if you don’t have a bucket or washtub you can use, run a few inches in the bathtub and pull up a chair to the side of it.

this got me through a summer in a sunbaked attic apartment with no AC, in minneapolis, where highs in the 90s are pretty much guaranteed for at least a couple weeks every summer. it was at LEAST 110 in that apartment every day of that hot stretch. i cannot overstate how much soaking your feet helps.