#ds.general asks

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This is an ask blog meant for physically disabled systems to have a safe space to collect and talk! This blog is also meant to start and uplift a conversation about the exclusion of physically disabled systems!

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DNI if... normal dni + proship, (pro)endo, radqueer, transid, antimogai, anti mspec (including anti mspec gay/lesbian), zoophiles, syscourse blogs. people trying to start fights will be blocked!

Further DNI if... you think "crippled" or "cripplepunk" can be reclaimed by phys-abled ment-disabled people, and if you believe a single alter can be disabled when the rest of the system is not.

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Dynamic blindness has been documented in DID multiples for decades. Way less severe but I'm friends with a system who has one redblind alter. I see no reason that certain disabilities.

Can't find the dynamically blind case at this instant but here's another dynamically colorblind system from I think the New York Times

> “a problem that ended with the successful treatment of her… condition”

it is not a physical disability at that point! it would be considered a delusion or a hallucination since color blindness is not something that can just “go away”

also, from what i understand, ADA does not generally consider color blindness a disability (this can change with severity). /info

> “multiple personality condition”

proof that this us a very outdated article as that term is no longer applicable!

a single alter in a system cannot be disordered or disabled individually. alters can present with different severity, however, the whole body and brain is still disordered!

hope this helped :) /g

once again you people are going out of your way to interact with us when all we have asked is that you dont interact. we arent making hate campaigns, we arent making long posts about it on this account, hell, we dont even talk about endos that often on our SYSCOURSE account, and yet here you are still.

im not explaining myself to someone who wont listen and wasting my energy on someone who i dont want to fucking interact with. all you want to do is argue and break boundaries and be a pain in my ass. go fuck yourself.

ps… you can be traumagenic and still pro endo.

i never claimed they werent disabled. if this was a blog for JUST phys disabled people your argument would be valid, but its not. its for disabled SYSTEMS.

i am not even saying endo systems arent systems. i have no place to say that. all i asked was for them to not interact. if you are so gung-ho about your viewpoints then go and make your own blog and manage it and moderate it yourself.

at the end of the day this is MY blog and you WILL NOT tell me how to run it. please leave.

and yes. i know. but i dont agree with that viewpoint and this is MY blog for people I CHOOSE to uplift so i choose who gets to be here.

oh god?? we know what sunflower lanyards are but not any scheme? whats up?

But pro endo systems often have dissociative disorders themselves. They can have histories of complex trauma. They can have alters who feel one way while the rest of the system feels differently. And they can be physically disabled. It’s weird to have a culture blog for systems that cuts off such a huge swath of systems who could be in need of such a space.

It might be worth considering for you to take the (pro) out of your dni if you actually care about physically disabled systems. Please understand that syscourse is a really touchy and complicated topic for lots of systems, and not everyone will be able to fit neatly into that black and white view of “anti endos good, pro endos bad.”

i genuinely understand where youre coming from here and i really appreciate where your heart is, but i dont agree with you.

the problem with even a pro endo traumagenic system interacting and sending asks is that those system experience could be heavily formed by misinfo and other things like that. while their experience still could be valid, theres nuances that i worry about. the actual symptoms may be real, but the way that they connect them together or talk about them could be entirely wrong or even upsetting to us personally. another issue is, i could be unknowingly promoting misinfo with non-anon asks for people who could go to their blog because i platformed it.

a good analogy is: would you want a pro-transID but fully, validly transgender person interacting with you? a transgender person who agrees witht transracism, transageism, trans-ect, but isnt themself. their ideology is still JUST AS HARMFUL. would you want that community coming into contact with a space you made so that YOU could share your OWN safe space? no. you probably would not.

our goal isnt and never has been exclusion. if you want to be pro endo, or hell, even endo and follow and like our posts, we dont stalk our follower and like tags. go for it. we dont care. where i draw the line is that we have been being sent MULTIPLE asks a DAY when this blog is only near a week old about how we are a terrible person for not allowing pro-endos in OUR OWN SPACE.

no hate to you anon, but please consider our position from someone who just genuinely wanted a space to be safe from every-day ableism.

there isnt a very solid answer on this one because everyone’s experience is different, and thats okay.

the best advice i can give you is this:

1. dont jump too much into things, but iself dx is valid

2. being wrong is okay

3. not everyone’s alters are very separated. dont force separation!

our journey was a very rough one and we still dont know everything about ourself. we discovered, repressed for two years, rediscovered and then discovered we were polyfrag. it was hard, it was a lot of change, and it was scary, but we are okay and we are making it, so dont be scared. youll be okay.

this isnt all my advice but its the biggest things imo :]

canes can also be used for weakness and pain if its only on one side, but you are correct, theyre mostly for balance!

a rollater would be a good option if you find yourself needing to sit frequently and IMO is a good alternative to a walker which, to me, are moreso for balance and stability + can be a bit cumbersome compared to a rollater which you can (surprise! roll)

i would also look into forearm crutches if i were you! they take up both arms (so does a rollator, but you can get those with storage) however they can completely or mostly take the pressure off of one leg. like their name, they function like normal crutches.

to me if you have back pain AND leg pain a rollator may be your best option, but obviously im not you and im not an expert, so look out for other options and get more opinions! best of luck :)