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I’m going to say something controversial (surprise, surprise), but what I believe to be an imperative statement, especially for all my disabled Tumblr peers! Whether you have a physical disability or a mental disability, please consider this:

This world doesn’t owe us shit! We are not victims but forever human beings endowed with divine value. We don’t need pity to feel better—we need to maintain and improve ourselves and our local resources.

And while the world may not owe us shit, we owe everything to human beings like us and to those who came before us. And everything we do now for those who will come after us MATTERS. We need to value each other more and live more as a team and realize pain is relative. What might’ve killed someone else, you might have very well survived, yes. Regardless, we need solidarity in our community. Do not gate-keep another’s experiences or their pain.

HOWEVER, this also means we should NOT be co-dependent on the acceptance of either able-bodied people or mentally healthy individuals. Remember: we are not victims; we have just as much a right to be here as anyone! And while “venting” is acceptable for everybody at times, please don’t get trapped by the idea of perpetual victimhood!

In the end, playing the victim doesn’t elicit empathy, but distain. You can’t say you want help, then not provide compromises on helpful solutions. You can’t say your support disabled solitary worldwide, but then not be active in your local community. Truly, the only thing we really can have control over is our local politics. Not to mention, victimhood makes you a dependent forever mentally and emotionally. It hurts YOU in the end too!

I hope this doesn’t come across the wrong way, either. I say this as someone with severe disabilities both physically and mentally. I also say all of this with love fully-intended.

Does anyone get what I’m saying here? Does any one have anything to add?

Hey, listen here. Psst, down here.

Disability isn't a competition. You are not less or more disabled than another disabled individual. No one is "disabled enough." Saying that certain disabilities are not valid is ableism. You are not immune to ableism just because you're disabled.

If it affects your ability to do activities negatively, it's a disability.

Yes, this means chronic pain, yes this means joint pain, this means sensory issues, this means mental issues, this means brain damage, this means deformities, this mean developmental disabilities like ADHD, this means tic disorders and tics themselves, this means all disabilities. All disability is disabled enough.

Friendly reminder to my moots that Inzoi’s build mode uses generative AI for the creation of things like art and wallpaper and it’s not worth melting our planet for a vidya game thank you

Remember, history was awful. Never trust the romantics.