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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.
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?
I like the disabeld character's in warrior cat's series but the way the writer's treat the characters isn't okay,most of the disabeld cats just retire to the elder's den and that's kinda unfair like image being disabeld and someone tell's you that you have to retire and stop following your dream's,i really wish they could treat the character's better and give them a spotlight.Starclan gave Cinderpelt a 2nd chance to live and what did they did to Snowkit after he died?Nothing,they didn't gave him a 2nd chance to live a life and how disapointing that is.
(Why can't the Erin's hire a fan?At least a fan can write a disabeld character better)
Mobility assistance
So, recently I’ve decided that I’m ready to be in a relationship.
Good news: I’m mentally stable enough to allow someone else to be all up on this.
Bad news: I’m disabled and fucking bed-bound! Where am I supposed to find a person to be in a relationship with!!!
My Personal Hc on what disability on which some of the group members has.
Sebek: Level 2 Autism and mild OCD
Kalim: ADHD
Ace: Level 1 Autism
Idia: Level 3 Autism
Floyd: ADHD and/or Bipolar disorder
If you want to learn more about these disabilities to under stand better, check out these links:
Resources For Writing Deaf, Mute, or Blind Characters
Despite the fact that I am not deaf, mute, or blind myself, one of the most common questions I receive is how to portray characters with these disabilities in fiction.
As such, I’ve compiled the resources I’ve accumulated (from real life deaf, mute, or blind people) into a handy masterlist.
Deaf Characters:
Deaf characters masterpost
Deaf dialogue thread
Dialogue with signing characters (also applies to mute characters.)
A deaf author’s advice on deaf characters
Dialogue between deaf characters
Mute Characters
Life as a Mute
My Silent Summer: Life as a Mute
What It’s Like Being Mute
21 People Reveal What It’s Really Like To Be Mute
I am a 20 year old Mute, ask me anything at all!
Blind Characters:
The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Blind Characters.
@referenceforwriters masterpost of resources for writing/playing blind characters.
The youtube channel of the wonderful Tommy Edison, a man blind from birth with great insight into the depiction of blind people and their lives.
An Absolute Write thread on the depiction of blind characters, with lots of different viewpoints and some great tips.
And finally, this short, handy masterpost of resources for writing blind characters.
Characters Who Are Blind in One Eye
4 Ways Life Looks Shockingly Different With One Eye
Learning to Live With One Eye
Adapting to the Loss of an Eye
Adapting to Eye Loss and Monocular Vision
Monocular Depth Perception
Deaf-Blind Characters
What Is It Like To Be Deafblind?
Going Deaf and Blind in a City of Noise and Lights
Deaf and Blind by 30
Sarita is Blind, Deaf, and Employed (video)
Born Deaf and Blind, This Eritrean American Graduated Harvard Law School (video)
A Day of a Deaf Blind Person
Lesser Known Things About Being Deafblind
How the Deaf-Blind Communicate
Early Interactions With Children Who Are Deaf-Blind
Raising a DeafBlind Baby
If you have any more resources to add, let me know! I’ll be adding to this post as I find more resources.
I hope this helps, and happy writing! <3
disabled people are worth whatever cost or resources is needed to keep them alive. disabled people are worth it even if they don't live long. they're worth it even if they will need extra support and resources for every day of their life. they're worth it even if they spend all they life indoors. none of it is wasted. none of it is in vain. time, effort, money, resources spent on a life are not wasted. these things have served their purpose. the joy of someone's existence is not undermined by not lasting forever. there's no meaningful point, some threshold where you can say "okay this is enough. after that it's not worth it." it's always worth it.
I don’t speak for every neurodivergent person obviously but for neurodivergent kids trick or treating- if anyone has an experience that has flashing lights or loud noises in like a haunted house- imagine if there was first of all- telling people that there will be loud noises or flashing lights- or anything else like that- and write that people who are neurotypical or are okay with those things knock- but people who aren’t ring a door bell and perhaps have a quick conversation on what they could do to make the experience accessible then DO IT. Like a kid with photosensitivity or epilepsy? Turn off the flashing lights. An autistic person with texture aversions? Maybe move the fake web to the side, so everyone can experience the almost same experience in a healthy way! Someone cannot use their legs? Bring the experience to them or find a way to make them feel involved!
Probably a perfect world situation but I find this idea to be so smart and an excellent way of including people with disabilities who sometimes can’t. I know from experience there have been so many events I couldn’t attend due to over stimulation and I just wanted to put this out here Incase people would use this
this disability pride month, include anosmics and ageusics.
this disability pride month, stop using the s slur, saying "delulu" "delusional" "deluled" ect when you disagree with someone, stop using "sch*zoposting" and just overall treat schizospecs better.
this disability pride month, stop saying "psychopath" "sociopath" and "narcissistic".
this disability pride month, be kinder to people who hallucinate and experience delusions.
this disability pride month, stop stupidifying those who have trouble with "basic skills", people with learning disabilities, ect.
this disability pride month, stop villanising cluster b's.
this disability pride month, stop saying youre such a "pyromaniac" for lighting something on fire or saying youre "a kelpto" because you stole something.
this disability pride month, stop fakeclaiming did/osdd systems.
this disability pride month, stop saying "im so ocd" after cleaning something up.
this disability pride month, stop being rude and impatient with people with intellectual disabilities.
this disability pride month, stop infantilising non verbal people.
this disability pride month, stop treating autism and adhd as the cutesy disorders.
this disability pride month, stop excusing yourself by lying that youhave adhd when youdont. people need those recourses, youdo not get to take them away.
this disability pride month, normalise people with little to no empathy.
this disability pride month, stop using "attention seekers" (especially on your fellow hpds and npds).
this disability pride month, stop reality checking those who dont consent to it.
this disability pride month, stop bullying those who "smell bad" or "look weird" or whatever. (you never know what someones going through)
this disability pride month, stop giving weird looks to those who have bald spots, or cant stop picking their nose, or cracking their knuckles or whatever. (this is mainly focused on bfrbs)
this disability pride month, stop saying "everyone has anxiety" to those with anxiety/panic disorders.
this disability pride month, be normal about zoocanthropes/lycanthropes.
this disability pride month, treat those with personality disorders like youwould any other person.
this disability pride month, just stop bullying little people. just acknowledge people with dwarfism.
this disability pride month, dont stare at that mobility aid user so much. eyes off of them, they dont need to be in the spotlight for a physical disability. (unless they want to xoD /silly)
this disability pride month, stop judging those with facial/body deformities
this disability pride month, be normal about those with physical disabilities, and stop silently judging them.
this disability pride month, stop saying "pride month 2" or "wrath month". we dont even acknowledge disability pride month at all.
this disability pride month, stop differentiating "queer pride month" and "disability pride month" as "pride month" and "disability pride month". they are both pride months so call them by their full names.
this disability pride month, acknowledge not all disabilities are visible.
this disability pride month, give up your seat to someone who needs it.
this disability pride month, actually treat disabled people with rights and respect.
disabled people are people to. you failing to acknowledge that is your abelism. treat us like youd treat any other normal human being. and maybe, just maybe, after this disability pride month, youcan start treating disabled folks like living beings of society and not like your little pity pets/scary monsters/silly cutesy babies.
Something I've noticed about ignorant people that makes it kind of hard to get through to them, their reasoning or "proof" is always "I have this opinion, and I'm me, so I'm right." They've only ever experienced the world from their own point of view, so they see no reason to empathize with anyone or anything "other." The only way I see to help them would be a form of trickery- get them attached to something or someone, get them to empathize- and then suddenly that thing or person is revealed to have a different philosophy, or they make a point that puts a little seed of thought in their mind. The intention is to make them question their own bigotry by realizing they can't enjoy certain things if they hold onto it. Unlearning prejudice and overcoming ignorance is a process, because no one wants to admit they're wrong. Everyone believes their moral code is the correct one. This will take time, but in some cases, it is worth it to try. I'm happy you listened this long.
VENT POST:
Sick and tired of the "I can't remember a loved one's face, and therefore I should die" trope, where it makes you automatically suicidal or evil to not know what someone dear to you's meat mask looks like.
I have prosopagnosia, or face blindness, and while I get that this trope is associated with grief, it's often executed and handled extremely poorly
An example of this trope handled poorly is in Centaurworld, which, while I love the show, it has an entire musical number where the main character sings about not remembering her best friend's face, and that's her reason for JUMPING OFF A CLIFF-
Of course, she survives, and the rash decision she makes is frowned upon, but it's merely framed as "dying bad" and not "Hey, that doesn't make you a horrible person." It's not even addressed.
My response to that scene is always "Oh well fuck you, guess I'll just go die then"
I am not a bad person for not knowing what my girlfriend, my best friend, or my mother looks like. It doesn't affect how I feel about them, whatever way that may be. I still love my girlfriend and she is still beautiful to me, even if I can't remember why.
I know my disability is rare, but that doesn't make the message of this trope towards people like me any less hurtful. It shouldn't be seen as the obvious thought process to be suicidally depressed or a cold-hearted monster because you don't know what a face looks like.
This goes for blind people, and people with aphantasia as well. We're not evil or shameful. Please find a different way to convey grief and guilt without demonizing a disability
Bisan brings up an excellent point about disabled Palestinians. Palestinian liberation is a climate, racism all problems. It is everyone’s business.
Video transcription (includes sign language part):
[Text says "People with disabilities in the Bombing"]
Bisan: Hey everyone. Have you ever thought about the people with disabilities in Gaza? I mean those people with disability in the hearing. How can they hear the bombings and just escape? Those who cannot move, those who cannot see the road in front of them, how can they escape? How can they just survive this? Okay, so during the past few days, I've been hearing more and more stories. One of them was on X (Twitter) and a girl was talking about an old woman. She was blind and she was killed during a bombing on the neighbourhood that they're living in. And another friend yesterday --he's deaf-- and he was talking about those people who were killed. Some of his neighbours were killed because they did not hear the soldiers, the Israeli soldiers, warning them. So, yeah. No one is safe in Gaza. You can just see the video of this friend, and I'll be translating his signs.
[Video cuts to a man speaking in sign language.]
Hello everyone. Hope you're doing well. I know people from the deaf community. They were displaced at to Khaleefa school in Jabalia - North of Gaza. They were three - and they were all killed! The Israeli soldiers told them to stop while they were escaping! But they didn't hear, so they shot and killed them! [Man shows his phone with a picture of the three boys in it on the right.
There's arabic text on the left that translates to
"The deaf martyrs, may God have mercy on them,
Lord of Paradise
(translated with Google
Translate) and below the text is a bia
emoii.
Everyone deserves the opportunity to dress their best. That’s why I’m so glad to be able to share Tommy Hilfiger’s innovative #TommyAdaptive collection with you. #TommyPartner
Watch the video of this man giving away his software for free to help people with degenerative diseases communicate
also it helps me walk or whatever
[ID: a digitally drawn two-panel comic. / Image 1: Text reads: “How I expected using a cane would feel:” Panel depicts a miserable person in tattered clothes, hunched over a cane and shaking as she walks. / Image 2: Text reads: “How it actually feels:” Panel depicts the same person, now standing tall and wearing flowing wizard robes and a long white beard. Her cane is at her side, glowing with magic, and she looks confident and powerful. /End ID]
Just watched someone get torn to shreds for being ablest in a disability support server and it’s the most entertaining thing I’ve seen in weeks
Being disabled is so funny because yes I can walk but also no my legs do not work thank you for asking