#ableism cw

probably because back then, neurodivergent folks were dismissed as "insane" or "r-worded" and were thrown into mental asylums. and before that they were straight up just given hard drugs or lobotomies.

it's almost like as time goes on and technology/research evolves, so does our understanding of human beings and the inner workings of the mind.

If you've been following me for a while you may be aware of my current housing issues; if not, here is a thread going into the situation so far in more detail.

The high points:

I am a queer trans disabled person with no current source of reliable income. I am working to get on SNAP and see if I can secure a WFH job and/or freelance work, and maybe eventually get SSI if I can swing it, but for now I am almost entirely reliant on donations to survive.

I recently escaped a years-long stretch of living with abusive caregivers who wrecked my physical and mental health, drained my finances, and isolated me from most of my support system--either by turning them against me, or simply leaving me too traumatized and exhausted to keep in touch with anyone--before they finally attempted to kill me last month by putting me on the street.

I am extremely frail and currently without glasses, though I am trying to get them replaced, and have nerve damage--primarily of the hands and spine--from a severe, heat-sensitive, as-yet-undiagnosed autoimmune disorder; even sitting up causes nerve compression in my spine, and riding in cars is playing russian roulette with further permanent nerve damage. It's happened before, multiple times, and makes leaving the house actively dangerous.

Being even slightly too hot for too long is also a nasty inflammation trigger that makes my entire body go into slow cascading breakdown mode, up to and including having gotten pneumonia more than once during summer months.

It is brutally cold here in the winters and brutally hot in the summer, and I live in a deep red state with very little social safety net.

All this together means that if I am without A/C, heating, or a safe bed to lie down for even a day, I risk--at best--losing partial or full use of my hands, legs, and ability to use the bathroom without surgical intervention. Much more likely is that if I end up on the street I will die, in short order and in agony the whole time.

If you are able and willing to offer a safe, stable place to stay medium-to-longterm, please contact me. In the meantime donations are the next best thing you can do to help, and it means the world. Thank you all so much for your kindness so far; I would not be alive right now without you.

My monthly rent for the place where I'm staying is $950, and I will need to raise at least $650 by February 15th at the very latest to stay housed for another month. Please help me survive and get on my feet; I don't want to leave my best friend alone, and I don't want to die.

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