dyking it away in an aroace way

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)

happy july to autistics who can not listen to the same song more than once or they'll go mad

happy july to autistics who can't be near stimming people. you're not a bad person, you're disabled

happy july to autistics who can't eat the same food more than one or two times in a row. you're not faking it, you have food restrictions

happy july to autistics who panic when there's too much comfort food

happy july to autistics who watch videos on mute

happy july to autistics who have a routine that's good for them but who are lonely, bored or tired. autism sucks sometimes, agrh!

happy july to autistics who are scared to use their comfort items. i hope you can easily repair them/ask for help and replacements aren't hard to find. you deserve using things that bring you joy, that's what they're here for

happy july to autistics who get bouts of energy when they're so active/talkative/excited that they are exhausted and disappointed in the end

happy july to autistics who are so involved in their special interests they don't have the emotional resources to interact with them. i hope there's a way for you to engage with your favorite things slowly and quietly

happy july to every autistic person who has complicated feelings about their autism, who doesn't feel proud and who sometimes wishes they weren't autistic

sharing it because it is

very beautiful

One of the only asexual activists is Yasmin Benoit, a Black woman. She has raised so much awareness for the community. She was the first asexual person to lead Pride in London, she started the #thisiswhatasexuallookslike movement and is THE leading voice for the community.

And you all will celebrate international asexuality day on April 6th but we wouldn't even have that if she hadn't cofounded it.

And was like, uh, are you missing something there, buddy? Like all that red in northern Africa? Because that's a lot of red.

And I was going to give them the benefit of doubt, since I don't know much about the climate in Northern Africa, aside from Morroco and Egypt, which seem like really hot places, so you know, maybe it's normal there?

But nope, that's not the case:

Some selections from the article:

"The region has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them.

“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno Gaye, a research scientist and professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “People think we are used to heat, but we are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used to this.”

And was like, uh, are you missing something there, buddy? Like all that red in northern Africa? Because that's a lot of red.

And I was going to give them the benefit of doubt, since I don't know much about the climate in Northern Africa, aside from Morroco and Egypt, which seem like really hot places, so you know, maybe it's normal there?

But nope, that's not the case:

Some selections from the article:

"The region has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them.

“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno Gaye, a research scientist and professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “People think we are used to heat, but we are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used to this.”