somebody not too bright but sweet and kind

Olafur Eliasson (Icelandic-Danish, born 1967) 

Nothing special, 2011

im damone dami mona dj whatever you know me as. im a disabled blak bi woman from rural victoria and i just got my ass ejected from an abusive home i was already trying to leave. i could take basically nothing with me but my laptop, cats, documents, and some very basic clothes.

ive talked a little about what i experienced in that house on my blog but basically the long and short of it was the cops knew me by name, id been choked out, i was allowed to shower like twice a month, i was extorted, my medication was taken and withheld, and i was verbally and physically abused often, including getting mocked for my sa regularly. there is more. so much more. but venting isnt the purpose of this post

ive made a gofundme here for getting out and staying out, and i also have a ko-fi that takes both paypal and stripe.

you have absolutely no idea how much its meant to have people care so much and do what they can to help, thank you all from the bottom of my fucking heart.

when i asked whether their autistic classmate's meltdown was dangerous or merely uncomfortable, they said, "i felt like i was in danger!"

yes you should, actually. that's life. upsetting things happen. no one should have to experience any discomfort. but we do. we get stung by bees and sunburns and headaches. we live in bodies in the world.

autistic people are human beings who have the right to exist in society, including during meltdowns. having one class of your entire semester interrupted by a singular meltdown is not anymore of an infringement upon your entitlement to education than having your class interrupted by a fire alarm or cancelled for a snow storm.

one of my peers once experienced a cardiac event 10 minutes into class. it was terrifying. it was desperately upsetting. i was contacted by the school and offered counseling because i happened to be the one who managed the situation until paramedics arrived. everyone was worried about my classmate first and foremost, and then about me. no one blamed anyone, and certainly when my classmate happily recovered and returned to school, no one thought they should be removed from the program.