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— freaky / 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂

a flag for individuals who are just freakys / 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 👅 !

lol i love this

You are NOT “transabled”. You are not “transid” or “transx” or whatever. YOU ARE AN ATTENTION SEEKER.

There are REAL people with REAL disabilities that struggle daily with ableism and depression because of their REAL disability, not the fake “UwU I’m so cute and silly! I have transautism transadhd transdepression transosdd transdid transfreckles transthisandthat!”

I get it-you want to feel like part of a group. You want attention, you want friends. But minimizing the struggles of real disabled people, or saying you have whatever when you DON'T is not the way to do it. Essentially, you’re just being ableist.

Tldr: Get off the internet, you’re not disabled.

About a year ago I asked for people with tics/Tourette's to send me things not to say to people with tics. I am so sorry it has taken me so long to post this.

"I'm so sorry" - this could make someone feel bad about being disabled and it feels condescending

"Well you don't look like you have Tourette's" - Tourette's doesn't have a look and not all disabilities are visible

"Just relax" - being relaxed doesn't necessarily make tics go away

"Stop hitting yourself" - don't you think I would if I could.

"Have you tried yoga" - yoga wont magically make someone's tics go away

"But I didn't see you tic" - tics fluctuate so just because you didn't see someone tic doesn't mean they are faking

"You have tics, do you swear?!" - not everyone with tics has coprolalia and its a stereotype that all people with tics swear

"Can you stop that please" - tics are involuntary, someone can't just stop having a tic because you find it annoying

"So you can say whatever you want and not get in trouble" - this is just not true at all, people with Tourette's face a lot of discrimination because they can't control what they say and people think they are faking so they can be rude

"Well if you take medication, why aren't your tics gone?" - medication doesn't make tics go away fully

"Can you tic *insert word/movement here* for me?" - this is just so rude!!

"I wish I had tics" - even if you mean this in a positive way, it is still really disrespectful

M104 - the Sombrero Galaxy