#disabled things

this year, let's shine some light and focus on people with more physical disabilities

people with missing/compromised limbs

people with compromised/absent motor functions

people who experience constant pains

people who are always exhausted/tired

people with nerve disorders

people who are blind (cannot see to the point of it being dangerous / getting in the way of daily ordeals)

people who have autoimmune diseases (like lupus— PLEASE stop making house md jokes. its uncomfortable obnoxious and treats many real struggles like just a joke/reference to a show)

people who have hearing issues (including those who are "fully deaf", or can barely hear anything instead of not hearing at all)

people who have heart related issues that force them to lay or sit down, etc

people who seizures due to epilepsy or other seizure-inducing issues

people who cant and/or do not speak (with nonverbality included)

people who have bone-related issues that affect their day-to-day life (so for example extreme scoliosis or other malformations)

people who are physically disabled and need mobility aids

people who are physically disabled and dont use mobility aids

people who are physically disabled but cannot get any help (including mobility aids, but goes all the way to a proper diagnosis)

people who became disabled later on in their lives (usually due to accidents but theres more reasons)

people who have limps or cannot walk """properly""" (according to the able bodied society)

Disabled friends and tumblrites all: do your best to stay alive. The fight will be very hard for some of us, if certain plans go into action and our cost of living goes up while benefits go down, but we have to try.

there are disabled people who need to be with a caregiver, or need someone to support them with navigation, or communication, and many more supporting needs.

and even when a disabled person doesn't need support like that, it's important that they have the same access to being able to be with family and friends just like anyone else!

when there's an elevator for wheelchair accessible entrances, my partner goes with me. when i sit in designated wheelchair accessible areas, my partner sits with me!

being disabled shouldn't and doesn't mean you are forced to be separated from caregivers, family, or friends!

There I said it.

me: *asks for accommodations*

Please, for the love of any god that exists and the ones that don’t too, don’t tell someone their mobility aid isn’t cute. Don’t tell them it ruins their outfit. Don’t tell them they’d look better without it. Don’t. 

Why? Because chances are, they were very insecure about it before. Maybe they still are. And also because it’s fucking ableist. You’re telling them that using a mobility aid looks bad. I don’t care if you think the outfit would look ten times better without it, keep that shit to yourself. You’re not the one wearing it and if the person has decided that their functionality is more important than their appearance, then that’s their choice to make, not yours. 

Mobility aids are there to help the person using them, not to appease your idea of beauty. 

And, not to mention, mobility aids are fucking cute. 

The braces worn on the outside of pants because that’s more comfortable or they don’t fit underneath or it’s uncomfortable otherwise? Rock on. Canes that are decorated or otherwise but let someone get around easier? Fantastic. Crutches that let someone participate in society? Amazing. Wheelchairs that mean someone doesn’t have to be in unnecessary pain? 10/10. Walkers that give someone the freedom to do things they want to? Spectacular. Freaking prosthetic limbs?? Iconic. Insulin or blood monitoring patches that means someone doesn’t have to be thinking about yet another thing while they go about their day? Beautiful. Feeding tubes that mean someone can fucking get nutrients? Cute as hell. 

If you have something that makes your life easier and you use it, that automatically makes you smart and hot. You have my permission to hit anyone who says otherwise (with your mobility aid if applicable). 

Context (link)

Sources will be at the bottom after disturbing arguments are addressed.

I'm going to respond to this assuming there is a missing "a", as I never said CVI is VPD, I said it's a type. That's probably clear but I'll make it crystal

Could you clarify any particular reason as to why you believe you are the arbiter whose opinion should be regarded above all else? I welcome the opportunity to be educated and proven wrong, but you have yet to support your original claim and still fail to provide any evidence regarding this one.

Saying a disabled individual knows nothing about the condition they literally have? Wow. Just wow.

You previously called someone obsessed and implied they were stupid for reblogging with a response and leaving a comment on your post. If that's considered obsession, what would you call yourself, who has subblogged someone after you left an ask saying you've blocked them?

And then I find this?

Are you actually fucking kidding me? I can't believe I fell for someone's obviously bad faith bullshit as you clearly believe that those who have disabilities understanding senses have sensory disabilities. How is sensory processing disorder NOT a sensory disability when you blatantly include one of the manifestations???

I find it notable you did not respond to stitchieau-the-actual-one or trashiesttrashboy’s points like this, instead, you opted to fabricate a quote as a personal attack to mock Stitch as if they had said “I'm as dumb as rocks”, when one could've easily pointed out how dyspraxia is a form of SPD, not the other way around.

Very interesting, it seems your motivation for blocking could very well stem from the desire for the inherent concealment of concerns about misinformation and bigoted biases, particularly after having sanism and hindrance to disability activism pointed out. Funny how the sanist comments suddenly disappeared after I mentioned them, shame I didn't screenshot it.

You "don't feel like" responding to my (or any respondent, really) reblog because you HAVE nothing to respond with.

SOURCES N SHIT