#kimsunho

" Two pairs of shoes by the door,

Two toothbrushes in the bathroom,

And two aprons in the kitchen.

Everything will be in pairs.

In a house where we keep those,

Will you enjoy today, tomorrow,

And all of your time with me?

haha she's kind of both actually! she studied agricultural engineering but now she's an activist in the field of perinatality. she works both directly with pregnant women and couples to simply advise them or reassure them whenever they have a question about pregnancy or giving birth or explain to them all the things that doctors don't take the time to explain especially tests results - to spot trisomy of malformations for example (so she spends a lot of time on the phone or on online forums being very patient with distressed people); in france whenever a public health decision/law/new practice is decided or studied, users of the health system have to be represented so she works for a lot of national/regional institutions training, research programs, roundtable meetings etc to convey women's testimonies - especially on the subject of prenatal tests and now mostly obstetrical violences and how to better treat women when they are giving birth, she also goes to school to give workshop to midwives students on their relationship with their patients etc or she goes with parents to be a mediator in meetings with the hospital if a delivery didn't go right (usually in the case of violence -often psychological- against the mother) to give them support and convey their testimony to the hospital staff etc so that's why she has a lot of knowledge on babies and i've just grown up hearing about it in the house and talking about it with her

your field of research sound super interesting wow i know that ethical "debate" is very present in prenatal care especially with prenatal tests (because how far do we go into spotting "flaws" in a baby? or in selecting which ones we abort and which one we keep? how deep do we go into the details of the genes to see if they have a "problem"? how do we guide parents into taking their decision? how do we welcome disabled babies and then kids and adults? is there such a thing as a perfect baby?) at the very least i think it's always important to know how certain things occur in our bodies and what causes them so we can spot them and better accomodate the lives of people with such disorders. also it's kind of insane to think that we're kind of just a big electric circuit .

literally this image is what popped into my head lmaooo

omg moon lolololol 😊 

i blame my height which apparently i share with others, not just @lavenderbyun lmao

put “top 5 anything in my ask” and i will answer ok go  

Thanks for the belated birthday wish (you missed the window by 2 hours 😏)

I spent my birthday mostly sleeping in during the day, and reblogging and putting posts on More than Friends to my queue after iftar.

I guess you forgot that I'm fasting today so there's no way I'm eating lots of food! And there's not enough room in my tiny stomach to eat cake after iftar lol. My mum cooked my favourite dish and favourite veggie for iftar so that counts I guess? I also went out to get myself a nice cup of Hot Chocolate from Costa Coffee after iftar so 🤷‍♂️

But yeah, I had a quiet day of celebration with myself which I truly enjoyed.

hi moon!!

yeah i just answered that here

and yeaaahhh the idea of what defines 'normal' is such a huge debate and it always comes up in my psych classes which is why a lot of our training goes into neuroinclusive terminology like we try to not call neurodiverse people 'patients' or that they're 'suffering' from a disorder bc for a lot of us our experiences might be different but that doesn't necessarily mean those experiences are wrong. maybe it's not about changing people to fit the ideals of society, maybe it's trying to change society so it can adapt to differing needs. and the autistic community here on tumblr is fantastic everyone's so supportive of one another and it really helps me learn so much! hopefully if all goes well i complete my master's by the end of this year and then i can work on a more holistic level. dealing with people is the goal but if i could eventually work with entire communities to get the right interventions to the people who need it then that would be the dream

also 'its kinda insane to think we're all just a big electric circuit' that took me out 😂😂 pretty shocking isn't it

haha yeah she's very cool and impressive and i'm very proud of her and inspired by her! and that leaped happened based on her own experiences actually, she first started by participating in the creation of a local association for parents to help each other prepare for welcoming a child, share info, etc then she did more and more and started working on a regional and national level (and her organisation also has connections in europe - i once did an internship in rome and she asked me to contact a local association there that she had discovered after being part of a documentary they were also part of and then when my family visited me, we set up a meeting and i translated for her!) and there are many many ways to be an activist, some people are more on social medias, some organise marches, some work with professionals directly, some only work with individuals or victims, some organise research etc my mother does a bit of everything and work with all kinds of people since she serves as a link between women and health practitioners , it's super interesting (btw my mother does this all for free, and full time but a lot of people do it on the side of their jobs)

oh it's great that you actually work on the terminology! especially with neurodiverse people there are so many disrespectful or reducing words being thrown around and that have been used for decades (a lot of the times without even knowing what they mean or what they represent or what makes people what they are) and we definitely should move towards a more adaptative society rather than trying to fit everyone in one mold - i feel like that idea is gaining traction on a lot of level but it's pretty slow especially when it comes to our brains (i don't know how it is in your country but here for example dyslexic people can have some additional time for their exams or some help but the school cursus in general isn't really made to accomodate people who can't learn in the set way and they're often discouraged to pursue their studies - and that's just in regard to people who can't register letters and spelling the way most people do and we're still so behind on making sure they have access to everything...) and it's so cool that your dream is to work with communities - that's the level where you can really have an impact to make sure the solutions put in place can last and aren't just bandaids on a broken bone (and in the future you'll probably get to meet people like my mother either individuals or organisations who represent neurodiverse people to make sure their interests are respected) i'm glad blogging on this wonderful mess of a website has been helpful for you in parallel to your more theoritical studies, people on here have opened my eyes to a lot of things that i'd never heard of before honestly