That list might say things like “Paint a picture. Go birdwatching. Finish that great novel I started reading. Call my grandma. Learn to bake a cake. Visit my sister. Play piano.”

tell yourself things you do not believe. it feels stupid at first but I've done this for years and now I believe it when I say "I'm good at this" or "I love myself" or "I deserve good shit!"

make a note of every mundane good thing that happens to you. mental or literal notes! could be as little as "the sky is a nice shade of grey, it's calming" or "I ate a piece of fruit today, I'm looking after myself" or "I talked to a friend". again, feels stupid at first, but I genuinely believe this is part of why I have so many "good days". trick your brain into storing things in your long-term memory that you wouldn't otherwise remember.

It's a different experience for different levels of need. Some of us might need only low support, or support with specific tasks. Others need higher support, and there are many disabled people who need assistance with most or all daily tasks.

Dependence is a scary thought for some people, but for many it's a part of everyday life. Some level of dependence is common for disabled people, and needing carers or support workers is not as uncommon as people think.

Disability conversations often don't discuss carers, or don't allow people to bring their carers into the conversation. Some people may need assistance from carers or support workers to be in a physical place for community. Some might need help using online spaces like tumblr. Some might need help communicating. Carers are a part of life for many and talking about carers is important.

Carers can be positive, supportive and good relationships. But can also be stifling or even abusive. Care is complicated, and people should be able to talk about it.

a fundamental principle of disability justice is being able to recognise when someone might be more disabled than you.

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It's easy to point at ableds who will refuse to acknowledge others disabilities, not notice inaccessibility, or cringe away from catheterisation, stomas, hygiene problems and all the troubles that come with disability. It's simple to recognise that that's not okay.

But sometimes within the disabled community people don't do that well. And it's hard because there are of course many people fighting the internalised ableism that demands they downplay their disability. But the answer to that is not saying "nobody is more disabled than anyone else". This is not true. This has never been true.

Disability justice is a framework and movement that builds on the disability rights movement, and has ten core principles. The second is "leadership of those most impacted" - being led by the people of our community who most know the subject and systems at hand. You can't practice leadership of those most impacted if you don't stop to consider who they are. You can't practice it if you aren't always ready to recognise when it may not be you. You can't practice it if you don't work to uplift the disabled people around you so that their voices can be heard.

This principle is what made the disability rights and independent living movements so powerful. We remember names like Judy Heumann and Ed Roberts as figureheads of these movements (with their work not limited to the US), but one look at their work shows they deliberately and always put in the work to uplift others in their community. From community consulting to practical assistance to recognising that we all have different needs that we deserve to have met - as simple as just waiting for someone to finish their sentence if they speak slowly, and not demanding everyone meet arbitrary communication standards - they understood that there is no disability fight without a deliberately built "us" to fight together.

the nazis gassed disabled people first (look up aktion t-4 or watch the documentary disposable humanity.) the left’s deliberate ignorance to our plight in favor of doing molly at the physically inaccessible corporate-sponsored pride parade is not unnoticed and will not save you from meeting the same fate we are headed for. fighting for us before we are gone is your best chance for survival.