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goldenheartedrose:

neuroatypically-speaking:

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charleypollard:

jonpertwee:

sophaldred:

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krispythinkings:

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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.

this is what ableism looks like

Real laziness is not even considering that effort is needed to put the sock on the device, which therefore solely exists for people who have trouble reaching their foot with their hands, eg people without flexibility in their spine.

would be a great gift for my grandma

Seriously tho i would kill for this bc it is physically painful for me to do socks sometimes and so i just never wear socks

There are times when my legs are so tired and/or sore from my multiple pain syndromes that I have grab my pant legs and physically pull my feet up to my lap to get my socks on. It’s hell. 

Fuck you and your “ha ha lazy white people” bullshit. 

I am right there with you. I have no problem with my right foot/leg but I sustained an injury in October 2013 to my left knee and like putting on socks and shoes for work is really horrible. I wear sandals and ballet slipper type shoes a lot when I’m not working because of this.

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swamp-spirit:

thatscorpionbitch:

Like, 90% of infomercial style products were designed by/for disabled people, but you wouldn’t know that, because there is no viable market for them. THey have to be marketted and sold to abled people just so that any money can be made of off them and so the people who actually need them will have access.

I think snuggies are the one example almost everyone knows. They were invented for wheelchair users (Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a coat on and off of someone in a wheelchair? Cause it’s PRETTY FUCKIN HARD.) But now everyone just acts like they’re some ~quirky, white people thing~ and not A PRODUCT DESIGNED TO MAKE PEOPLES DAY TO DAY LIVES 10000X EASIER.

But if at any point you were to take your head out of your own ass and go “Hey, who would a product like this benefit,” that would be really cool.

This makes informational make so much sense now.

Like… of course there’s no reason for that guy to knock over that bowl of chips. However, the person it was actually designed for has constant hand tremors that would make this pretty rad, but since we don’t want to show that in a commercial, here’s an able bodied guy who can’t remember how gravity works.

Shit. Those commercials suddenly get a lot less funny when you realize it’s pretty much just people ineptly trying to mimic disability.

Defying Doomsday is on Pozible!

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alexheberling:

tsanasreads:

imageRegular readers of my blog will hopefully remember me announcing Defying Doomsday, the anthology I’m editing. Here’s a quick reminder:

Apocalypse fiction rarely includes characters with disability, chronic illness and other impairments. When these characters do appear, they usually die early on, or are secondary characters undeveloped into anything more than a burden to the protagonist. Defying Doomsday will be an anthology showing that disabled characters have far more interesting stories to tell in post-apocalyptic/dystopian fiction.

The anthology will be varied, with characters experiencing all kinds of disability from physical impairments, chronic illnesses, mental illnesses and/or neurodiverse characters. There will also be a variety of stories, including those that are fun, sad, adventurous and horrific.

The stories in Defying Doomsday will look at periods of upheaval from new and interesting perspectives. The anthology will share narratives about characters with disability, characters with chronic illnesses and other impairments, surviving the apocalypse and contending with the collapse of life as they know it.

If that sounds exciting, you will hopefully want to check out our Pozible campaign where you can pre-order the book (due out in 2016) or choose some other goodies. To check it out visit: http://ift.tt/1F1LoS7.

And if you missed our other social media links, here they are:

Twitter: http://ift.tt/1H402ez
Website: http://ift.tt/1EStDrW
Facebook: http://ift.tt/1H402eD
Tumblr: http://ift.tt/1EStBk6

Content imported from Blogger http://ift.tt/1DsBTyN. If you would like to leave a comment, please do so at the aforementioned link.

I just heard about this anthology on the Twitters and backed it! THIS IS VERY RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS. Y’all should take a look and become a supporter, too! :D

Hey folks, this project has 8 days left and about $3k to reach its funding goal!  Check it out and become a backer.  I really want to read this anthology!

Defying Doomsday is on Pozible!

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tsanasreads:

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Regular readers of my blog will hopefully remember me announcing
Defying Doomsday, the anthology I’m editing. Here’s a quick reminder:

Apocalypse fiction rarely includes characters with disability, chronic illness and other impairments. When these characters do appear, they usually die early on, or are secondary characters undeveloped into anything more than a burden to the protagonist. Defying Doomsday will be an anthology showing that disabled characters have far more interesting stories to tell in post-apocalyptic/dystopian fiction.

The anthology will be varied, with characters experiencing all kinds of disability from physical impairments, chronic illnesses, mental illnesses and/or neurodiverse characters. There will also be a variety of stories, including those that are fun, sad, adventurous and horrific.

The stories in Defying Doomsday will look at periods of upheaval from new and interesting perspectives. The anthology will share narratives about characters with disability, characters with chronic illnesses and other impairments, surviving the apocalypse and contending with the collapse of life as they know it.

If that sounds exciting, you will hopefully want to check out our Pozible campaign where you can pre-order the book (due out in 2016) or choose some other goodies. To check it out visit: http://ift.tt/1F1LoS7.

And if you missed our other social media links, here they are:

Twitter: http://ift.tt/1H402ez
Website: http://ift.tt/1EStDrW
Facebook: http://ift.tt/1H402eD
Tumblr: http://ift.tt/1EStBk6

Content imported from Blogger http://ift.tt/1DsBTyN. If you would like to leave a comment, please do so at the aforementioned link.

I just heard about this anthology on the Twitters and backed it! THIS IS VERY RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS. Y’all should take a look and become a supporter, too! :D

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prettysickart:

So, you may or may not know, but I am a HUGE fan of Lego.  Have been since I was a kid, but I recently started amassing lego sets/loose legos again.  I discovered that putting together the creator/expert sets is a really effective pain distraction for me.

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While perusing the Lego Ideas site (where fan-based designs and sets are potentially picked from to create new lego sets), I ran across these 2 accessibility-themed sets.

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So awesome!  But they need your help.  In order to move forward in the process, they have to amass 10,000 votes of support!  The first project is  just over halfway there with 21 days left, and the second is just starting out with 65 days left.

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Supporting accessible themed items/sets in Lego opens a door to visibility in toys that doesn’t really exist yet.  So go support these projects.  You will have to sign up for a lego id in order to vote, but it’s totally worth it if it means getting this kind of visibility and consideration  into a super popular “kids” toy line.

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For the first project: VISIT THIS LINK

For the second projecT: VISIT THIS LINK

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GO! VOTE! ASSEMBLE!

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fixatedonsinister:

So I never do things like this, but I had a horrible week of ableism and fatphobia— a physical therapist working with my leg issues made a bunch of problematic comments, my endocrinologist fat-shamed me for needing a change in diabetes meds, and then a mental health professional suggested i’m only fat because “i’m subconsciously using my size to keep people away and hide from my fear of sexuality.” UGHHH. So I made a fat disabled sexuality photoset to cleanse my life of that toxic shit.

Image description: photo set of a fat light-skinned Latina with long curly brown hair [a wig]. First pic: lying on a bed holding a sign that reads “gorda, discapacitada, y que!” 2nd pic: in a manual wheelchair wearing black lace lingerie/thigh highs, holding a sign that says “my body is not a symptom of my mental illness.” (and it would be ok if my body was, too). 3rd pic: standing with a cane in same outfit, with a sign reading “health disability pride at any size” in graphic design style. 4th pic: standing in red and black lingerie/thigh highs, posing with her cane and medications. 5th pic: kneeling on a bed holding a sign reading “fat disabled dykes do it better | or don’t-do-it better, bc consent is impt. and sexiness is not a requirement 4 anyone.” 6th pic: in her wheelchair with arched back/head (implications of sexual arousal) with a red background/rain coming down filter added to the photo.

I’m so sorry those health care “professionals” said those things to you.  This photoset is phenomenal.

Homestuck…stop.

Alex Heberling

agitatorswaltz:

I like Homestuck.

But now I’m seeing posts for, “Learn to Sign!”, “ASL Tutorial”, “Help for Signing”. I am not okay with this.

People cosplaying as Terezi and being “blind” are troubling enough to me to begin with. As a person who suffers from sight problems, and watching various family members struggle to prove disability for this, it’s hurtful to see people pretend to be blind, and have a “walking stick” that I could actually use, and that the government won’t grant me. Stop that.

As someone who’s been studying sign language since High School, I’m offended people just want to learn it for a cosplay. Learn it because you want to be a part of the deaf community. Learn it because you want to learn a language. Don’t learn it because it’s a trend, or betters your cosplay. Stop. That. Right. Now.