endangered-justice-seeker: It’s easier to think of someone as “lazy” than to face the fact that school costs too much, that better jobs are inaccessible, that childcare is unaffordable, that people are forced to work so hard for so little that there’s no way they could have enough energy to attempt schooling or finding better work, …
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ayellowbirds: usbdongle: cornerof5thandvermouth: Make no mistake. Trans people, especially trans women, are the canary in the coal mine. If the United States government manages to pass legislation making it essentially illegal to be trans again, mark my words it WILL continue on up to sending us right back into McCarthyism and the “kill or imprison …
dollsahoy: bogleech: Many people know that vaccines were linked to autism by a fraud and con artist who just wanted to sell his own alternative vaccines. What a lot of people DON’T know is that he had no reason to choose autism for this scam except that it had JUST started entering mainstream consciousness and …
I was once in a debate with somebody over “Hey, maybe don’t try to make every disabled character ace, and don’t get excited over my disabled characters as ‘oh are they ace representation?’ because as a disabled person, we’re so often dehumanized and our sexualities are erased, as people ‘just can’t think of us that way’.” and the response I got was “oh so u hate aces :(?” like. Hon. Did you not just hear me.
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yourfaveisproblematic: (With help from alltheladiesyouhate and rotationalvelocitydensity) Compared autistic people to Frankenstein’s Monster while talking about his part as the Creature in a production of Frankenstein: “It’s basically being a man child, it’s being a man infant. And then, psychologically, Danny and Nick Dear, who’s adapted the Mary Shelley novel, into a brilliant 2 ½ hour …
Call-In Day to #StopTheShock at the JRC
brownandtrans: questingqueer: autisticadvocacy: If you haven’t already, it’s a great time to join our national Call-In day and ask the FDA to #StopTheShock! We’ve got a script, tips, and additional steps you can take on our event page here: Find out how here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1705681299524875/ I called earlier today and following the script made my phone …
bigfootismyonlyfriend: Getting pretty fucking annoyed at all the ableist reporting on Stephen Hawking’s death so like hey uh just a nice little summary of the core of literally every article about Stephen Hawking’s death and the reason why they fucking suck Stephen Hawking didn’t achieve the things he did ‘despite’ his disability. He didn’t ‘overcome’ them in …
la-plus-heureuse: chrisshemsworth: hussyknee: mysharona1987: “We were never that close” Yeah, I can see why. I pity her daughter for the misfortune of being born to this piece of absolute shit. okay but you should really read the full response to this though: I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around this letter. I …
What the Fidget Spinners Fad Reveals About Disability Discrimination
smallsmallrose: dr-archeville: I’m angry about the sudden popularity of fidget spinners, but probably not for the reasons you think. I’m not mad that they’re disruptive in class, or obnoxiously trendy. I’m furious because of what they reveal about societal power structures, and the pathologizing of disabled people by non-disabled persons. Autistic people (and others with …
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banana-spice: euryale-dreams: lil-mizz-jay: raenboow: beeskeepony: sushinfood: rootbeergoddess: locuas642: marauders4evr: marauders4evr: Abled Person: Hey man, can you hold this wad of $2,000 and this one penny for me while I open my wallet? Disabled Person: YOU COMPLETE AND UTTER FOOL! The United States Government: (Watch how many people don’t get this.) #raises hand #i dont understand #please explain? …
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