I'm Issy, I'm 29, and I'm disabled. I have Epilepsy, Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dysautomnia, and I'm Neurodivergent. I'm male, but I try to be as gender non-conforming as I safely can. My inbox is always open.
"You are too young to..."
Cool. Tell my disabilities that.
guys omg the dashboard unfucker actually works 😭😭😭
anyway stan @dragongirlsnout and bonus link vvv only need tampermonkey extension
remember when you used to be able to google something really specific and still have quite a few helpful links pop up?? we didn’t know how good we had it
what if our economy was based on disabled people and the elderly getting their basic needs met and not bald white man getting big big big boat
Can normal people actually fall asleep easily without pain? Sounds fake but okay.
Here's an idea for one if those molecule structure tattoos: instead of something like seratonin, it's my favourite otc painkiller, Ibuprofen.
I think people would armchair diagnose bad people with cluster B disorders much less if psychiatric disorders hadn't all been given names by ableists who of course picked the traits most unberarable to "sane" people to name them rather than, you know, the ways it affects the people that have them. It's like, when doctors are all "this disorder gives you extremely low self esteem. and it's called the Selfish Fucking Asshole Disorder" or "this disorder makes you want to die so bad. and it's called the Hysteric Bitch Disorder" or "this disorder disconnects you from your peers. and it's called the Insane Evil Cunt Disorder" and so on and so forth, so of course you have people going "oh, this person is a selfish fucking asshole, they MUST have Selfish Fucking Asshole Disorder! this further proves that all people with this disorder are like that in the first place!" Do You See It
"Psychiatry is an inherently harmful institution" "ummm source?" ok imagine you had an illness that impairs your day to day life. now imagine it was called the Shitty Bitch Disease.
Disabled people should be allowed to travel in comfort just like everyone else. Idc if their wheelchair "takes up space" or if them using the airport transport service makes you jealous. Idc if you get mad bc they got to be seated first even though you paid a lot for your seat. I don't care if you think they are some TikTok influencer pretending to be disabled. I literally don't give a fuck. That person has a right to be there just as much as you do. Mind your own fucking business.
I miss the person I was but that person would not have survived this
anti homeless shit is also extremely ableist
pt: anti homeless shit is extremely ableist
hi imma rant a bit but as a person with chronic fatigue and pain, if i overwork myself i need to lay the fuck down, but with anti homeless benches, i cannot do that which puts me at risk for heatstroke, fainting, seizures and more.
shit like making shaded places covered in rocks, makes it so i am exposed to the heat, which my body cant handle
making walkways smaller in cities? there goes the chance of someone who uses a wheelchair being able to go out, hell anybody you uses any kind of aid!
and so many more things! and not to mention a lot of homeless people are disabled!
they dont want us in public, they only want people who fit into the perfect suburbia in public places
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The text on screen reads "Chronic illness girlies gaslighting themselves into thinking they're healthy and doing whatever they want and then flaring later on that night begging for sweet mercy"
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friendly reminder that it’s perfectly okay if you can’t fold the laundry rn or if you need to sit down to cook or wash the dishes or if you just go to bed without doing any of that
postimg on chronic pain tumblr is easy all you have to do is say “this shit hurts” and you get one million reblog 😎😎
anyway. my back is KILLING me
People love to talk about whether or not disabled people can work
but if you can work just fine and your disability is destroying your ability to have a life outside of work (because work takes all your energy and more)
Dead silence. Nobody cares.
File this under, oh you can be active for 4 hours? You can work part-time. Um no, I have to get ready for work (30 min) get to work (15 min) get home from work (15 min) feed myself all day (30 min) maintain myself, my home and my life (15 min, yeah right), which leaves 15 min for work and absolutely nothing else.
This is so accurate, back after I’d relapsed I wanted to try and go in for one class at school so I could still stay in contact with the education system. I let slip during a meeting that I managed to drag myself to that I could manage about 4 hours of activity a week, which the teacher sprang on to mean I was being lazy for just trying to get to 1 hour class. Never matter that it was 30 minutes travel, that I would have to get washed and dressed, that I would probably still need to recover for 3 days from it.
Far too often abled people see the things they do easily as “non activities”, they don’t realise that for many disabled people these things have to be carefully planned and measured, and sometimes they simply can’t be done.
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reblog bc the non activities thing seems really important words
I get X number of pain-free steps per day right now, which means that, for large conventions (like SDCC), I need to be in a mobility device. I had someone ask if I used up my steps every day before transferring to the scooter, and look surprised and a little horrified when I said “no, I save them so I can go to the bathroom unassisted.” Like, they had never considered that walking is involved in peeing.
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Reblogging for the important point that the term “activity” may mean something very different and much broader for a disabled person with a chronic pain or fatigue related condition compared to its meaning for a non disabled person. If you’re tired enough, simply sitting up in a chair rather than lying in bed is an activity that drains energy otherwise usable for other things. A thing I knew from other people with pain and fatigue related conditions, but worth reinforcing for followers who didnt know or had forgotten.
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How do any of you earn things?
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We don’t, it’s almost like disability puts us at risk of poverty or something.
ANTI-CAPITALIST AFFIRMATIONS
- i am allowed to spend my time creating things, even if they are not beautiful.
- there is no such thing as a "real job." all forms of work are real and valid.
- there is nothing that i need to accomplish to be worthy. i am already worthy.
- doing nothing is good for my soul.
- i am not defined by what i produce.
- my worth cannot be measured by my paycheck, my job title, or a list of professional or academic achievements.
- i do not need to monetize my hobbies, it is enough to spend time doing something i love.
- i will not let society decide what success looks like. i can define what successful life looks like for me.
"Walkable city" is not "City where to have to walk everywhere."
"Walkable city" is.
- Sidewalks big enough to fit you, your stroller, your wheelchair, your guide dog, or anything else you need when you're getting from one place to another.
- Safe crosswalks frequent enough so you don't need to walk in traffic.
- Bike lanes to keep bikes out of foot traffic and car traffic.
- Accessible and affordable public transit.
- Cities where the essentials are close enough you can travel on foot (or in wheelchair)
- Cities where it's reasonable to be able to get from point a to point b without requiring you, yourself, to drive
People get so caught up in the "Walkable" part of the term and like to spout "Walkable cities are abelist because not everyone can walk".
Bitch. The modern city structure is abelist because not everyone can drive. And classist because not everyone can afford a car and it's pretty damn impossible to get a job if you don't have a car.
Walkable cities are cities where people can reasonably get from pointA to pointB without requiring a motor vehicle.
"But fae. Disabled people have issues using the paths in modern cities." Bitch abled people can barely use the paths in modern cities. That's kind of the fucking problem.
Also walkable cities have fucking benches. Not only for disabled people. But sometimes you just twist your ankle and need to sit for a moment.
"Put fae. If you have benches, homeless people will sleep on them."
Then get fucking housing for the homeless. Problem solved. They'll sleep in their nice warm homes instead of on the benches.
-fae
