#disabilitypridemonth

~ Don't forget to adjust your leg braces, take your meds, and DON'T fuse into the cosmic infinity with your science partner/undying love!

(liquifying your bodies isn't great for your health 👍 And might be an OSHA violation...)

DO NOT BABY HIM!

I always had this headcannon for Dream for a while.

My fav disabled characters; to me Lizzie is neurodivergent very much so even tho it's not explicitly canon according to Google's generation ai anyway because it's such a loser:

I also personally headcannon lily hu from the last night at the telegraph club as dyspraxic , which I'm as well!!

And of course to geek girl's main character Harriet manners too! Who's dyspraxic like me! Which's so cool! BC finally a canon dyspraxic character woohoo! Shout-out to the person playing her( as in Harriet manners)! BC idk what's the gender neutral/ non binary version for / of actor / actress. She's also autistic too! ( As in Harriet manners)

More like we still don't do society's version n only their version- kind of version + kind + version of kind of fitting in.

@imissdranora @weedpoop @floralfemmes @universallydestinytaco @kikarou @7yrannic @absoluteruin @floralfemmes @faewong @ari-doodles-stuff( keep forgetting to tag U hard to remember everyone's usernames btw that too) @greekgoddessofwarandwisdom @sandcheeze13 @ronanreads @absoluteruin @doppelsana @spideytism @eddiewithcat @artcinemas @transgaysian

There's also Shane Hollander and also norma Khan, 2 characters with autism / autistic characters, both poc; and both poc themsleves btw !! fuck Rachel Reid for being absolutely a ableist dickward about it n racist too least i don't forget

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

“My flesh is of the earth, like all bodies. But so is the body of my wheelchair, the titanium extracted from the crust of the earth, an element that happens to be found in Canada. The same crust of ancient rock I crawled across as a kid contains the element needed to build my wheelchair.” – Erin Clark

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ACCESS AND TIMES ARE HARD

You know in your own personal life that if you do not prioritize something it won't get done, and if you do it does.

It's the same with corporations, businesses, organizations, and institutions, including families.

If this church truly wanted to provide access, they would.

Whenever I post a cartoon addressing disability, sometimes able-people come on and try to get us to be reasonable. Some even say we should be focusing on the spiritual rather than the physical.

Meanwhile, my disabled friends all relate to the cartoons and actually claim the church is one of the most ableist institutions and Christians are the most ableist people on the planet.

For all kinds of reasons: 

Jesus is coming back soon, so why bother? You should be healed, and your presence is an admission of failure. God is all powerful, so we don't embrace weakness. We need to prioritize our money to support the ministry and save the nations.

I don't disagree.

I wrote a poem titled “SICK”. I decided to post it here while it’s July (2023), Disability Pride Month.

Image description: A brown paper journal lays open on top of light blue bed sheets. The page holds a poem written with grey and maroon colored pencils. An orange knit beanie lingers in the top right of the photo, creating a soft arched shadow that hesitates right above the poem. The title of the poem “SICK” appears in big letters and has an added effect that could be described as creating a shadow or a 3-Dimensional effect. The drawing of the word “sick” is what led me into writing the poem, which reads:

SICK

see how it rises / the letters of the word duplicate / double / there’s more / abundance here / sunshine and shadows love and / grieve — being / more possibilities / sinking beyond space and time