trans guy and tourettic

next person to tell me my accommodations give me an unfair advantage over other students is getting their shit rocked into next week

sorry i'm currently finishing up my senior thesis in college so tumblr has been my last priority!!! turns out making a 13 minute film about your diagnosis process with tourette's makes it kinda draining to run a blog about it! i will be back soon do not worry

having tics is like having a controller with stick drift or a buggy button

As a tourettic, I am honestly so sick and tired of settling for less than when it comes to my rights and accommodations. And it’s not just libraries, or theatres or whatever where I face discrimination. It’s also grocery stores, restaurants, and fucking inpatient therapy sessions. There is no place where I won’t risk annoying, interrupting, or distracting someone. And if your solution to that is making me leave every single time, you are part of the problem.

Fuck snl for not only producing an ableist skit which is bad enough but also a deeply, deeply unfunny one

Shout out to adults with Tourette's. Shout out to 40 year olds whose tics are just as severe as when they were 14. Shout out to everyone who was told they would grow out of it and never did.

There is so little Tourettes artwork out there, and a concerning amount of ai generated Tourettes "art" too. I can't say it's an easy thing to portray, but, more Tourettes art peeps! 🎨✏️✍️

People with Tourette’s are allowed to exist in ways that make you uncomfortable. We are not obligated to apologize for every tic, and we are allowed to take up space like everyone else. You do not get to take away our right to exist in public spaces just because you feel inconvenienced by our presence.

“I can’t be ableist because-” SHUT UP!!! Yes you can! Everyone can be ableist, even if you know disabled people, even if you’re disabled yourself, even if you’re the kindest, most wonderful person in the universe! You still have the capacity for prejudice! And when someone points that out, it doesn’t mean that you’re a terrible person, but it does mean that you need to learn more about a specific sect of the disabled community instead of riding your moral high horse and pretending that knowing one disabled person makes you a saint.