Chewy Necklace

A chewy necklace is made for chewing. They’re usually for people with sensory-related needs, but people with anxiety disorders find them useful too. 

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trans capo says happy pride month 

happy pride month!! i love being a trans man and i love my fellow trans men!!!

Hey! I’m one of the volunteers on Pencils in the Margin, which you can find here. Just put sleepy-headphones in the search bar, it’s under “Ness”.

I’m doing doodles for donations of 3$ and up, and the higher the donation, the more detail will be put into the requested drawing. Please consider donating if you’re able to, or spread the word to anyone who would like to help a good cause and get a drawing!

amazon boycott is in effect don’t use amazon or amazon products today: monday july 15th 2019

and tomorrow - the strikes are happening on the 16th as well

i know we can all go two days without worshipping jeff bezos so please don’t cross the picket line.

If you need it from Amazon and still want to support them, believe me, it will still be there next week, next month, probably even next year. Help the workers - we would want them to help us if we were striking.

please just wait the two days. do it for your fellow workers. do it as an act of class solidarity. show amazon workers they’re important to you. show amazon workers you stand with them.

in regards to the confusion surrounding this, workers at amazon are striking. amazon workers have organized this event. we who do not work for amazon are standing in solidarity with the striking workers by not using amazons products while they strike. 

it’s one of the few things you can actually do to show your support so please, do this one trivial thing. just avoid amazon products in the name of supporting our fellow workers.

the unstoppable force vs. immovable object duality of having ADHD that is the inherent embarrassment of having interests and simultaneous urge to express every single thought you’ve ever had on whatever subject you’re currently hyperfixating on at once before it’s lost forever

me immediately after acquiring a new hyperfixation:

Wow it’s me

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“Why can you do it now and not earlier? Why can you draw all day but not even eat?” This happened the other day, so I had to try and draw down my attempt at explaining Executive Dysfunction and why it sometimes just suddenly…  disappears..

As a trans person there comes a point where u have to radically accept ur situation. Living in an “i wish i was cis” mindset is not only living in denial but is also damaging your self esteem. At some point in a trans lifetime u need to look at yourself and realize “I am trans. I have a female/male/nonbinary body. (Meaning the gender you ARE, not your assigned sex). Cis opinions of me, my body, my presentation, my pronouns, etc, don’t matter.” And u have to accept YOURSELF as trans.

getting 1 video in your recommended that sends u down a long road of nostalgic vocaloid songs

“But what if they regret it :(” is a huge argument used by transphobes to keep ALL trans people from accessing transition. If you’re trans and you use it against any of us, you’re shooting yourself in the foot - Cis people will run with it and use it against us all.

Regret is a part of life. 

Managing the potential risks vs the potential rewards is an everyday part of life for us humans. Making mistakes, misjudging, and having to regret choices we made are a part of that life.

We do not bar anyone from doing things just because “they might regret it”. Even permanent things, even risky things. 

Sports, for example, are very dangerous and while it was very enriching at the time I regret not getting out when I first wanted to and instead am living with a spinal cord injury as a result.

No one stopped me from playing hockey because “I might get hurt and regret it”. And GOSH how I regret it. I wasn’t even an adult at the time and folks didn’t stop me from doing the risky sport because I might regret it.

So stop telling people, especially adults, that they don’t know what they are doing with their own bodies and own choices. 

If they regret it, guess what, that’s a part of life we all have to deal with. You can’t protect others from regret by taking away their informed choices.

Not to mention pushing the “you’ll regret it” angle can make people more likely to regret it in the future. I didn’t regret my tattoo, but when a friend kept talking about how most people regret it or he bet I’ll regret it in a few weeks or whatever I had some doubts and regrets creep in to my brain because of the things he said. But I love the design, I love everything about it. But for awhile I wondered if I did regret it, if I would, if I should. It confused me and hurt me.

So let people manage their own expectations, their own regrets. 

It’s not up to you to decide what people will regret.

a shoutout

to all my fat and curvy trans boys

whose binders still don’t make them anywhere close to flat

who are self concious because their chub makes them curvier

who can’t bind on a daily/regular basis

who are forced to joke about their chests because they can’t deal with it any other way

who won’t “pass” until top surgery

whose soft cheeks make their faces look more feminine

who consistently only see positive feedback on posts about skinny white trans boys who were able to “pass” a couple of months after starting on T (or before)

society will try to tell you otherwise but your trans-ness is no less valid than theirs. your curvy body is still a boys body, no matter how you wear it.

thank you.

“Best friend” is a weird way to say married, but I did enjoy Captain Marvel a lot.

It was during the 90s during the height of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, okay?

That is…honestly the best explanation Ive had for coding them as a couple but not openly saying it

“This is my Gal Pal who is raising my daughter with me and stays over at my house and who had her entire past erased from her mind and yet somehow I was one of only two people she managed to hang onto any real memories of because her feelings for me are that strong”

They must be super best friends!!

LIVE IN GAL PALS :D

JUST TWO GALS BEING PALS!

ENJOYING THE SINGLE LIFE

TOGETHER!!!

oh yes, they seem to be very good friends :)))

Carol Danvers, at the Avengers compound, thinking DADT is still in effect: Maria was my…roommate.

Peter, Shuri, all other millenials within earshot: Oh my god they were roommates.

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@scratchoffticket im sorry but this is the funniest fucking thing anyone has added to this post thank you addfahdufkgsag

Start using support levels instead of functioning labels!

For the uninformed, functioning labels are terms like high functioning autism, low functioning autism, mild autism, severe autism. Other words like moderate or level 1, level 2, etc may be used too.

Functioning labels are extremely offensive because they’re placed on autistic people based on observation from the outside. This is problematic for three reasons.

Think of spectroscopy and how the elements create their own signature color lines. Now put peoples’ names in place of the elements: Hydrogen/Harold, Helium/Henry, Lithium/Luke, Oxygen/Olga, Carbon/Carol, Nitrogen/Nadine.

Autism is like that. We’re all on the same spectrum and all that is unique is how we display our symptoms, our sensory issues, our splinter abilities and so forth.

In light of that, I want to change the language. Let’s start pushing for support levels instead of functioning labels.

High support: Anyone who isn’t able to live independently and needs help with some or all of their basic daily living skills such as eating, bathing, basic grooming, putting on makeup, getting dressed and completing tasks. Can be abbreviated online or in writing as HSP for High Support Person or HSAP for High Support Autistic Person.

Usage in speech: Clarissa is a high support autistic person and needs assistance with getting dressed and taking a shower. Abbreviated usage online: I’m a HSAP and I’m really into physics, so the poor sucker who signs me on is gonna hear a lot about it when they hand me my iPad! 

Medium support: Anyone may or may not live independently and doesn’t need help with basic living skills, but needs help with other things like cooking, completing some tasks, transportation if unable to drive and assistance for things like grocery shopping. Can be abbreviated online or in writing as MSP for Medium Support Person or MSAP for Medium Support Autistic Person.

Usage in speech: Kevin is a medium support autistic person and needs some assistance to prepare meals and shop for the wood he uses for his carpentry projects. His boyfriend, Max, usually helps him with those. Usage online: I’m a MSAP and I’m looking for info about saws. Any fellow auties know what’s best for cutting oak? 

Low support: Anyone who more often than not lives independently and may only need assistance with minor things like balancing a checkbook, getting started on some tasks like organizing a garage sale or arranging to move from one house to another. Can be abbreviated online or in writing as LSP for Low Support Person or LSAP for Low Support Autistic Person.

Usage in speech: Jesse is a low support autistic person and she only needs help keeping her checkbook balanced. Usage online: I’m a LSAP and I’m thinking about moving to Seattle. What’s the weather and traffic like there? 

Reasons support levels are better:

Ditch functioning labels and start using support levels. These terms can apply to practically every kind of disability, not just autism.

For the record, I’m a MSAP.

Please reblog this whether you’re disabled or not. Make this viral.

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