Rebellum

requested by: @m-eowdy

This means:

If you draw a hard line between "drug" and "medicine" based on current legality where you live (or any other criteria) you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think legality and/or prescription status tells you all you need about a substance's capacity to do massive harm to someone's body, mind or well-being you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think legality and/or prescription status tells you all you need about a substance's capacity to contribute meaningfully to someone's healing, function or happiness you've gone wrong somewhere,

indian residential school survivors society (BC)

toronto indigenous harm reduction (ON)

native women's resource centre of toronto (ON)

water first (nationwide)

indspire (nationwide)

miskanawah (AB)

ma mawi wi chi itata centre (MB)

manitoba indigenous cultural education centre (MB)

native women's shelter of montreal (QC)

native friendship centre of montreal (QC)

first light (NL)

it still speak over & saviorism. n in some cases even gaslighting, n not using that word lightly.

have had verbal speaking people (plural!! many occasions!) so desperately think they doing me favor when they tell me “no actually you not struggling with communication 🥺you great with it” when am saying hey being nonverbal naturally mean am struggle w communication, n have many other language cognitive struggles that make communication even harder.

some they keep insist even when tell them no, assume am say it because am just… unconfident n low self esteem n falling for deficit language n also assume have never heard of well, autism advocacy for past decade (bc context of convo be abt autism).

n have had some actually argue with me about… my own experience? n when naturally as person who struggle with communication (that they conveniently deny, while said struggle actively helping them), cannot argue back as easy as they (person w communication privilege) do, try get other people help explain, they then call me… deploying other people n dogpiling them.

People do same same same thing about Pixie having cognitive disability , will really really argue hard that Pixie is “ actually smart “ and again assume insist Pixie just have “ low self confidence “ .

People will forcefully insist Pixie is “ actually really good with communicating “ or “ actually smart “ and no matter what Pixie say , they really seem to believe they ( usually a stranger or someone not knowing Pixie for long ) know Pixie and Pixies experience better than Pixie self do .