I constantly see people on here act like autism and ADHD are the only forms of neurodivergence out there, so here’s a shout out for people who are also neurodivergent but don’t have autism or ADHD. 

Here’s a shout out for people with OCD, phobias, dyslexia, dyscalculia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, Tourette’s syndrome, Down syndrome, epilepsy, dyspraxia, synesthesia, anxiety, depression, and all other neurodivergent identities that don’t even get to be listed as the afterthought after autism and ADHD in articles about neurodivergency.

We are neurodivergent too!

You are included under the term “neurodivergent.” 

Please keep shouting until your voice is heard.

I keep getting told on the internet I'm too angry about disability and ableism.

And I'm like of fucking course I am. How do you expect me not to be angry about people ignoring disabled people's existence at best but more often treating us like shit?

Yeah I'm angry at that and I have every right to be.

People who think that ableism against mentally disabled people either isn't real or is "mild" have never been...

- restrained and yelled at during a meltdown

- denied the ability to transition because people won't let them make choices about their own bodies (and then have that issue get completely ignored by neurotypical trans people)

- abused by their own parents for behaving in ways that look weird or rude even though they can't help it

- sent to an underfunded and often neglectful special ed school so their neurotypical peers don't have to see or deal with them

- forced to constantly focus on acting in a way that feels unnatural and stressful to them in order to mask their disability and avoid further abuse

- physically assaulted for things like "acting crazy," having hallucinations, taking medication that neurotypical people think is scary, etc.

- denied accomodations at school or work because people decided they're so stupid they're not worth the effort

- locked up in a psych ward against their will

- unable to shower, shop for groceries, or other basic care needs because of overstimulation, executive dysfunction, and other mental health issues.

- treated like subhuman because they have an intellectual or developmental disability and need people to take care of them 24/7

... And it shows.

Mental disability is not fucking Disability Lite. If you think that the only ableism we face is occasionally being called a mean word, you're part of the problem. We have every right to be angry about the way we're treated.

And no disabled people, whether mentally or physically disabled, should have to be all smiley and positive just to make the people who constantly abuse us comfortable.

"you should care about disabled people because you might be disabled one day" extremely fucking annoying

actually you should just care about people because they're alive. there are many many many chronic illnesses and disabilities you cannot get thru age or accident or infection. there are truly rare chronic illnesses and disabilities that very few people in the world have

and you should still care

"why should i have to do this when it affects maybe 2 people" because even if it were just 2 people those 2 people are human beings. that's why. human beings deserve respect and inclusion and safety

if you make any "but that's probably only like 2 people" exceptions you are contributing to the belief that people who cannot contribute, people white supremacy and capitalism find undesirable, are not welcome in society and should not be treated like the human beings that they are. that we're better off either staying locked in our houses forever or dying. that we're an acceptable sacrifice so you can continue your fun free life unburdened from the pain of needing to add alt text to an image, caption a video, wear a mask, or host your event in a location that is accessible to wheelchair users. to include us. to bring us in from the cold

you should just care because we're alive.

I love you people with shaky limbs. I love you people with motor tics. I love you people with leg problems. I love you people who use mobility aids. I love you people who have chronic muscle pain. I love you people with chronic muscle spasms. I love you people with foot problems. I love you people who have prosthetic limbs. I love you wheelchair users. I love you people who have more problems walking then what society consider “normal”. I love you people who have mobility issues.

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Since July is Disability Pride Month

(as opposed to every other month when we're all demure about disability rights /gentle sarcasm)

I wanted to highlight one of my favorite artists: Liberal Jane.

now would be the absolute funniest time for tumblr to unban porn

hey netizens! i'm not sure how many people are aware, but youtube's been slowly rolling out a new anti-adblock policy that can't be bypassed with the usual software like uBlock Origin and Pi-Hole out of the gate

BUT, if you're a uBlock Origin user (or use an adblocker with a similar cosmetics modifier), you can add these commands in the uBlock dashboard (under My Filters) to get rid of it!

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false)

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)

youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

reblog to help keep the internet less annoying and to tell corporations that try shit like this to go fuck themselves <3

History repeats itself

ok but you know how miguel has to inject his spider powers at regular intervals? and his resulting spidey features are spider-like but also completely different to the normative spider ability set? and how this leads people to doubt whether he can actually be considered one? and how he gets ragged on for not ‘making an effort’ to present like a spiderman through humour and approachability?

i think gwen’s not the only one with a trans allegory that can be read in this movie

i cannot stop thinking about the scene where peter b turns around like he just realized miguel is genuinely insane it is so funny

like ohhhhh. okay. yeah he’s gonna maim that 15 year old.

Dear autistics and AuDHD peeps,

How many of you have tried Visual Timetables and how are we feeling about it?

Pictures for reference below:

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Here are 9 reasons to use visual if you struggle with time blindness and executige dysfunction:

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Personally, I haven’t tried. But I would love to hear feedbacks and learn about it from you guys.