ableism

Flags again

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It wasn’t just my Pride flag that got torn down. (Course, I say torn down but I didn’t actually see that. It could have been that the wind just blew it away. I kind of doubt it given the area I’m in, though.) They’re being torn down elsewhere in Leicester in direct acts of intimidation towards LGBT people.

Someone posted about it on r/leicester. I joined in. It wasn’t fun. There was the “clearly a hoax, no LGBT person has ever been abused” person:


The people who insist they’re not allowed to fly the English flag despite one flying in virtually every town for as far back as people can remember:


Guys who just really, really want to be allowed to say the r-word:


And same old tiresome , tiresome storybook monsters who think I’m a fool and a hypocrite for caring about other people.

Meanwhile, people have been killed for flying Pride flags.

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cutecipher:

cutecipher:

People do not take ableism seriously at all as an oppressive force, most times ableism gets brought up on here its to make fun of people calling it out. Its actually so bad that I recently learned that someone who was defending me for calling out ableism lost tons of followers for it, you cant even defend someone against ableist harassment without getting attacked for it

I’ll transcribe this when I can but yeah

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maimysantiago99:

misantherapy:

US people with disabilities in the supplemental security income (SSI) program can’t have a penny over $2K in their bank account at any time in order to keep their benefits.

You know this economy. That amount is completely unlivable & makes it hard for people with disability to save for the future or have a safety net for emergencies.

A new bill would raise the max to $10K (or $20K for married couples). It would make a world of difference.

Show support, sign this petition.

The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act is in the Senate RIGHT NOW. Contact your elected officials and tell them they must support it!

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chroniccoolness:

chroniccoolness:

ocd is not fucking destigmatized

“intrusive thought” gets thrown around by assholes talking about putting strainers on their heads or stepping on a leaf who in the next sentence will say “if your thoughts are about actually hurting people they should put you in a psych ward”. compulsions and rituals get seen as proof you’re “crazy”. ocd insight CAN be delusional, even. pocd and sexual ocd is especially demonized, though even something as “harmless” (to others. not *us*) as contamination OCD is still mocked, belittled, and seen as a sign something is fundamentally wrong with you. I have seen people twice my age advocate for violence against anyone who thinks the way I’ve been forced by my mental illness to think since i was 6, maybe 7 years old.

OCD is not destigmatized.

This very day I saw the phrase “you OCD freaks” in an article. It was incredibly disheartening.

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witharsenicsauce:

firebendinglemur:

Me: -so after it became apparent that ‘retarded’ had become a term of abuse, educators and psychiatrists switched to other terms like ‘handicapped’ or ‘special needs’ in an attempt to –

George Orwell, whom I’ve dragged forward in time with my arcane powers because I’m lonely and want someone to talk to: You have a telephone in your pocket?  It listens to you all the time?

Me: Never mind about that, the point is, young people now mock each other by sending the wheelchair emoji – that’s a type of electronic heiroglyph – to suggest mental deficiency and shout SPESHUL!!!! while doing offensive imitations of disabled facial expressions and posture.  So any attempt to lexographically make crimethink impossible is pretty much doomed because the meaning of words in everyday conversation can’t be controlled by a dictionary entry, no matter how many Ministry of Truth employees-

Orwell: It reports your location to the telephone company at all times?

There’s a lot to unpack here, but why is ableism described as “crimethink”, a word that invokes fascism? Why is it indicated that people trying to eradicate it are comparible to “Ministry of Truth employees?” Why is ableism always the punchline and the exception when it comes to freedom of speech issues? 

As if the entire idea of disability=lesser, whether represented by the r-word or a wheelchair emoji, wasn’t in itself fascism?

Casual ableism

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J.K. Rowling and Julie Bindel dropped this yesterday:

Julie Bindel: I am on a train, and have just diagnosed myself with Complex PTSD because a fella has just opened a packet of Cheesy Wotsits. I should be cured by the time I reach Darlington (unless some homophobe reviews this tweet & says it's crap in which case I will be on a Section by York) J.K. Rowling: Thoughts and prayers, Julie.

…and it’s a joke, of course it’s a joke, and a pathetic one at that, but as someone with a mental illness I find this sort of thing so frustrating. (‘Section’ refers to being sectioned under the Mental Health Act.) I’ve gathered from retweets that these two are making fun of one particular person, who I do not know, but it doesn’t matter because if you’re making fun of someone’s X characteristic you’re also making fun of everyone else who has X characteristic.

I mean, I’m long past the days of expecting better from the British TERF society, but… yeah. Uh, happy international women’s day.

This story made me SO angry

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From the UK:

But arguably the worst part is the pub’s backhanded, victim-blaming “apology”:

Staff expressed that if this had been known beforehand, or an explanation given sooner, the situation could have been avoided.

Ah yes, she should have EXPLAINED THE DEEPLY PERSONAL MATTER to complete strangers before BEING ALLOWED TO USE THE BATHROOM. What does Wetherspoons require of customers who simply have the runs (probably from eating their food)? Do they insist on every shit being declared to them beforehand? She did not owe anyone an explanation for using a bathroom. This is a godawful apology, if you can call it that, and I sincerely hope that before too long they have to issue an apology for the apology.

Fuck Wetherspoons, and fuck the ableist culture which leads to these things happening on a regular basis. That poor girl. I’m so mad.

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sarah531:

Speaking of invisible ableism type things… here’s a picture of one of the disabled parking bays at Cleethorpes beach, where me and my parents were last week.

But can you spot what’s very wrong with it?

Wait… I never actually answered this, damn. The answer is that the actual pavement isn’t accessible for a wheelchair. (Or most wheelchairs, anyway, I would think.) To get onto the pavement my family had to go down the road – where the friggin’ cars were – to the next disabled bay which did have a ramp.

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kaikamahine:

grawlboy:

rambling-serketstan:

krispythinkings:

slaygnstonhughes:

gabrielleamaris:

the-prophet18:

universaldelusion:

cutecurvycoffeebrat:

Lol savage

I no longer believe in the human race.

This is the laziest shit ever

How lazy can humans get?

Have you never met white ppl?

I didn’t realise only white people lost mobility due to age, physical disability or degenerative illnesses.

Because the target market for this product are those people who are disabled or lack mobility. You are literally mocking people who cannot for whatever reason do something you take for granted and then packaging it up as a race issue.

anyways, yall who commented before this last person need to be more careful and remember that uh disabled people exist 🙂

(This is not directed to krispythinkings or rambling-serkstan)
I had to put my grandfather’s socks and shoes on for him for years and sometimes he would get really mad about needing my help.
His legs were paralyzed, so, in order to get his feet into his socks and shoes he would have to use both hands to pull his whole leg up to get his foot off the floor so I could slip the sock on over his foot and then I had to make sure it was on right (I’m autistic and I often put things on backwards, inside out, or sometimes in the case of shoes i put them on the wrong feet).
It was really difficult for him to do this because he was in a ton of pain.

I wish I’d known this existed back then cus he would’ve loved it. It would have helped with our morning struggle so much. He wouldn’t have needed help with his socks at all.
This thing is designed so the weight of your leg will put the sock on for you.
Being able to put your own socks on may seem like a small thing to some people but when you can’t take care of yourself without help; things like these can help you maintain at least a little bit of control over yourself. And it can help you feel a little more independant.

I’m not saying that ppl who need help putting on clothes (or with taking care of themselves in any capacity) are a burden either, (Hint: we aren’t a burden) but I definitely feel like a burden whenever I cannot do something that allistic, neurotypical, or abled people can do by themselves because of this kind of attitude.
Products like this can help with that.

Typically any product that you see in infomercials that looks like its designed for “lazy people” is actually designed for disabled people.
But they market to a wider audiance to make more money.

AND BEYOND THAT; why the fuck do yall care so much about how someone else chooses to put their socks on???
Get a fuckin hobby.

We got this for my mom after she lost her range of motion in an accident. She can’t reach her feet to put her socks on herself, and hates asking me or my brother to do it. It’s a little lightweight, so if you’re having trouble you might consider propping it against something, but otherwise it’s a solid product!

My mum can’t move, well… anything at all really thanks to MS. This would’ve been really handy while she was in the early stages of it though.

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