https://open.substack.com/pub/saycheeselouise/p/moral-injury-a-crash-course?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #nzpol #disability #dignity #care #humanity #onetermgovt #FlickThePricksIn26

MUTUAL AID REQUEST

Still haven't been able to find a replacement job and contract work won't make enough to pay the owed rent in time by the 29th.

I really really need help with this, the landlord isn't going to give me any more time after this... Need $1600/$1800 still.

https://ko-fi.com/fernby

#MutualAid #TransMutualAid #Trans #Aid #Money #Poverty #CrowdFund #Disability #DisabilityMutualAid #LGBTQ #Portland #Oregon #USA #Capitalism #KoFi #Christmas

Alice made nachos for dinner tonight. This has become one of her favorite meals. #cooking #food #disability #independence

i recently discovered the field of Mad Studies - the study of "mental illness" from the view point of those labeled as mentally ill, drawing attention to the prejudices that underlie most of the "scientific" study of mental "disorders". I read this article

https://imsj.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/imsj/article/view/7389

last night on the way aphantasia - the inability to "see" visual imagery in one's mind - seems to be on a trajectory to be labeled as a disorder and a disability. Since i am aphantastic myself, this caught my attention. Really eye opening to see how something that i think of as perfectly normal and that has never caused any distress or problems in my life is being pathologized by those who consider that their ability to visualize things makes them superior and "normal". Quite alarming even. This trend really needs to be nipped in the bud before it ends up hurting people.

Just now i was thinking more generally about how disability is often created by a society that refuses to accomodate people who are different, like how using a wheelchair is mostly a disability because architects, civil engineers, and others responsible for designing and building public and private infrastructure have to be dragged kicking and screaming into making their constructions wheelchair friendly. Think about buildings with no entrance ramps, no elevators, and narrow halls and doors, something all too common in my new home state.

While thinking about this i starting thinking about other "disabilities", like being deaf, and it occurred to me to wonder if deaf people ever "hear" music in their heads in any fashion. i've never had an opportunity to ask any deaf people about that, but it occurred to me that if they did not have that ability then it wouldn't exactly be a loss to them, would it? And then i wondered if even all hearing people have this ability. i can hear music in my head very easily, but since i can't visualize images in my head, it stands to reason that it's possible there are people in the world who can't hear music in their heads. Are any of you out there like that? Have i been unjustly assuming that everyone can hear mental music?

#Aphantasia #MadStudies #Disability

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@ChronicIllnessHumor/115719902249447881

Ha ha..and also yes. Oof😅😂

#chronic #chronicfatigue #disability #chronicillness

Something that makes me sad is how many disabled people, even when with abled orgs that meet some access needs, are surrounded by folks who keep their internalized ableism going.

One of the best things about my disabilities is what they've taught me about kyriarchy. I do not necessarily always have the disabled community I could wish for myself, but I feel like I have become an even more empathetic person as a result of having now spent the majority of my life disabled.

#Ableism #Disability

Able to Play Games lets you set up a profile for yourself based on your needs, covering everything from issues with vision, hearing, mobility, cognition, mental health, and more. #Disability

Read more here: https://twp.ai/NTXdtX

We’re in a full blown war against #AmericansWithDisabilities by our own President. As a #disability advocate on behalf of my son, I’m livid! The regime is slashing: ❌Medicaid ❌early intervention ❌autism studies ❌ASL ❌vaccines ❌… Disability is the one minority group anyone can join at any time‼️

I'm taking Alice to a holiday performance and while I wait for her, I noticed that she set up her white board to get ready. She lives on schedules and gets really upset when they go funny. This is complicated by her not really understanding time. I'm proud of her for laying out her day. #downSyndrome #disability #parenting #planning #organization

"Steps of Faith is a nonprofit public charity dedicated to providing prosthetic care, hope, and comfort to amputees needing financial support. We help uninsured and underinsured amputees get the prosthetic limbs they need. We restore mobility, we restore possibilities."

https://www.stepsoffaithfoundation.org/ #Disability #HealthInsurance #Prosthetics

Steps of Faith: How "Ted Lasso" star Jason Sudeikis and friends brought hope to amputees

One of the stories illustrates one of the many shitty things about systemic ableism. It's often NOT that you can't work, it's that the system will not meet your access needs. This guy could work with the right prosthetic, but worker's comp refused to pay for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KcDNSkUeEc #Disability #HealthInsurance #Prosthetics

#disability From Noel Casler (subscribe to his emails):
"Trump repeatedly called Marlee Matlin ‘retarded’ both behind her back and in front of her face and would mock her speaking voice.
I cannot help thinking NBC/Universal execs, including head honcho Jeff Zucker, were aware of it as well.
Mark Burnett, the militant Christofacist and Russia-linked reality show producer, (and a man without an outsized role influencing the DHS/Pentagon video imagery and content coming out of Trump’s second term; all those helicopter videos are purely Burnett’s influence, having a long obsession with helicopter shots), was certainly aware of Trump’s boorish and despicable behavior."

Can horses travel through time? Dela is about to find out when she starts a new position. This free short story is a prelude to the serial I'm currently writing for my community members.

https://books2read.com/u/bx5v7P

#CozyFantasy #Disability #ServiceHorse 💙📚♿

Blog post by Zachary Weeks, explaining the full, negative impacts of Bill 12 on disabled Albertans, in plain, understandable text. Includes some action items at the end.

https://www.zacharyweeks.ca/blog/bill-12-aish-to-adap

#Alberta #Canada #ABpol #CanPol #disabled #disability #AISH #ADAP #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityJusticeNow

We’re having a picnic on the Donnybrook Road as B likes watching the cars go by

So far we haven’t been asked to move on

#Disability #ProfoundDisability

Motability drivers warned of six 'misuses' that risk losing car and facing bill

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/motability-drivers-warned-six-misuses-36398817

Interesting post with a great video: www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel... #inclusion #disability #awareness #accessibility 💜

Apple's 'I'm Not R...

The reality living in an inaccessible world! 🌎♿️
Australian Disability Minister’s Office is inaccessible and he argues with a wheelchair user who points it out
😢#wheelchair #disability... https://youtube.com/shorts/dJqePQBuRhQ?si=NlfUEqkQkNkrnFtC via @youtube

Nnena Kalu’s triumph for neurodivergent art has rattled a few cages. So let me put those carping critics right | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/14/nnena-kalu-turner-prize-neurodivergent-art #Learningdisability #Turnerprize2025 #Awardsandprizes #Neurodiversity #Artanddesign #Turnerprize #Disability #Culture #Society #Autism #UKnews #Art