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...and you're thinking that it must be something about you or that it's your fault.

but is it really? think about it and if it is then go ahead and apologize. but if it's not - then don't put the blame on yourself.

how someone reacts to a situation is not under your control. what you can control is your own reaction. let yourself feel ✨

One of my fave pokemon, here’s Manaphy in a more ‘realistic way’. Based on it’s real life inspirations, the Sea Angel/Clione and the immortal jellyfish/Turritopsis dohrnii

commissions for @5-headed-goat-wizard !! 🦄🐈

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My part of an Art trade with @maple-and-pie ❤️

Song of sunshine and happiness

Don’t let your insecurities deny people their agency to choose. Even if you think you don’t deserve it, or you don’t understand why, let people decide to love you, to decide to look after you, to decide to help you.

i wish people were kinder to people who speak slowly or stutter. and to people who need time to process what others are saying, or to translate their thoughts and feelings to words. i function at a slower pace than some people have the patience for and im not doing anything wrong. they are by being rude.

would just like to give a reminder that this post is not just about neurodiversity. while about that too, it was mainly written about chronic illness since it has made this a bigger problem for me. i have stuttering, slurring, brain fog. it’s killed my short term memory. please do not forget about chronic illness.

You don’t need to downplay who you are. Stand confidently in your space. You are not an impostor in this space, you are meant to be here. Your knowledge, skills and talent are beyond your comprehension, but others see it. We all see it.

the idea that suffering (usually in silence) is a virtue has wreaked havoc on our culture, and capitalism has been all too happy to co-opt it. fuck the protestant work ethic, being in pain does not make me a better person, fuck you

I don't know how to say this without sounding condescending but if you're physically disabled (or even if you're not!) it is okay to do things however you can do them. Even if you're doing something lying down that you "should" be doing sitting or standing up, even if you're using the "wrong" limbs or motion to do something... just get it done, if you can. I feel like a lot of us have a kind of mental block that disallows us from completing motions that we fear will or would look strange, pitiable, or creepy (thanks, horror movies) to an outside observer, even when alone, and it's just something that has to be gotten through.

I recently saw someone expressing distress because they can barely stand up for long enough to brush their teeth, and as a result do not brush their teeth very often--but why should you need to be standing up to brush your teeth? It can be done sitting on a toilet or the rim of a bathtub, or you can get a bowl at your bedside to spit into if you have someone to help you empty it occasionally. On days when it's easier I may rock my head back and forth instead of moving my hand. There's no shame in using an electric toothbrush if you need to. Sit down in the shower. Carry things by pinning them to your chest with your forearms when your wrists are unreliable. &c. Disability doesn't allow thinking inside of the box

i absolutely hate the idea disability “advocates” have created where you have to be successful and 100% independent to be valid. disabled people are worthy of respect, love, and affordable treatment regardless of if you can profit off of our achievements for inspiration porn.

Morning bath of the Plain-bellied emerald. São Paulo, Brazil.

i get whatever i want bc it’s my world!

You don't have to reach excellency in everything you do and I am so sorry that you were pressured to be perfect.

You can spend lots of time learning and growing and still not know the answers. You are not obligated to find the solutions to every problem. It doesn’t make you any less wise or healed. You don’t need to have every explanation, every remedy or response.

I have to laugh (or I’ll cry) when abled people are like “Wait, disability benefits are that low???? How does the government expect people to survive?” They don’t. They don’t expect us to survive. They want us to die. I am incredibly lucky and privileged enough that I can live with my parents without working. But if I couldn’t, I’d die. I cannot work full time and the application process for the pitiful amount of disability that I could get is incredibly difficult and humiliating. Abled people, if you want to be allies, please don’t chase after the whole “differently abled” or “abled in other ways” bullshit. We are disabled and the government wants us to die for it. Please focus your energy and activism there.

there is nothing wrong with your skin or your scars, the gap in between your teeth, the crooks in your nose, the baby fat under your chin. your body has kept you alive all this time and it deserves every ounce of compassion and nurturing you can give it to. respect is the least you owe to yourself and your body for making it this far.

There are men out there who will woo you. Men who will kiss you senseless on a Tuesday afternoon because they thought your eyes looked extra beautiful. Men who will provide for you and build a future while holding your hand.

Wait for that kind of man. He’s worth it.

good morning, “autism isn’t bad, (notable genius/inventor/etc.) was autistic!” isnot good talk for promote accept autism

intelectual disable autistic exist

autistic with severe issue exist

autistic who never gonna be “that smart” exist

autistic who severe disable in other ways exist

autistic who need help live life exist

& that OK. we OK. we deserve love & accept. we not need be useful genius who save day. is OK if you see self in those ppl, but not all us do, & cannot use them as reason we should be value.

we should be value because each living breathing person. end story

I’ve reblogged this before, but it’s still so important.

disabled people don’t need to be “useful” or “intelligent” in order to have value. any disability activism that bases itself off of the idea that we can bring some kind of “useful addition” to society is leaving behind anyone who can’t. 

disabled people shouldn’t have to try harder at everything than abled people just to prove that we have value and worth as human beings.

we’re humans. 

and that’s all that should matter.