September 2012
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Oi. Tumblr autistics.
thenameoftheworms:
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darziel:
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markleberrysundae:
You lot are good at making people apologise for being ableist and stuff. Thus, I have a challenge for you. BBC3 (TV channel over in Britain, but then you all probs know about the Beeb) just decided it would be a good idea to replace ‘r*****ed’ with ‘autistic’ as a form of censoring (how...
August 2012
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There are actual doctors besides myself.
askbashir:
Today I arrived at the Medbay and found myself almost always with a patient. Nothing particularly happened today to cause such an inflex. It appears that some people forget that I while I’m the CMO and almost always to be found in the Medbay, I am not in fact the only physician on DS9.
Also, several of the minor injuries people held off on reporting could have been treated easily...
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“. What popular culture tends to do is to deny that autistic people possess the...”
– http://bitchmagazine.org/post/double-rainbow-erasure-and-asexuality-feminism-autism-ableism
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“So you grow up, you reach the Age of Elephant Acquisition, and… no elephant. You...”
– If You Can See the Invisible Elephant, Please Describe It [x]
Blogging again because I still really like it.
(via cupcakearrow)
Still trying to decide if I’m asexual or not but this reaaaaaally hit home for me.
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“My everyday life in which I do exactly the same things as everyone else should...”
– Author Stella Young eloquently discusses the issues surrounding how able-bodied persons perceive those with disabilities as being inspirational and criticizes the popular phrase, “The only disability is a bad attitude.” You can read the article here. (via shortbusstories)
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“They say that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. If so, we are forged of...”
– “Scarred” - Shannon Des Roches Rosa, at The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism (via goldenheartedrose)
Shannon didn’t write that. Kate (last name unprinted) did. And it’s beautiful.
(via sherlocksflataffect)
Oops, going back and editing
(via littlelionheartedavatar)
Beautiful.
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“I live in pain. Pain that on good days is nearly intolerable and on bad ones...”
– House (via butidontfeelstronger)
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“Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can...”
– Andrea Gibson (via lucyelderflower)
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Let's talk about portrayals of women and...
writingfail:
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innerpalindrome:
This was one of the most disappointing elements to me, because ATLA was a very feminist series that carefuly avoided a lot of common sexist pitfalls while creating a large and varied cast of empowered women who could choose to embrace or reject femininity to any degree without being treated as less for it. It wasn’t perfect, but it did a damn good...
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TW: violence TW: murder TW: ableism
casual-isms:
Casual ableism is people sympathizing with parents who murder their special needs children.
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Ableism
cpmeanscrazyperson:
purpleprison:
[TW: This post talks about ableism, rape, sexual assault]
I’m going to talk about ableism, why it’s a problem and why I want to fight against it. Of course this is a personal thing for me. I’ve experienced it and I won’t pretend to speak for anyone else or their views or experience. Their disability is their experience. This is me talking for me.
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Is there a "Cripples for Obama" tumblr?
wheeliewifee:
wheeliewifee:
I need to find one…
If not we need to start one! I came up with the perfect URL:
“RollingForward”
lol
Get it? His campaign slogan this year is “Forward”.
Okay, maybe I am the only one who finds me hilarious ;-)
DONE!
www.rollingforwardwithobama.tumblr.com
Go follow, submit, promo, etc :-)
If you want to help run the page let me know and I’ll give you the...
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Examples Problems Each Race Face
Black People: Police Brutality.
Latin@ People: Being wrongly deported.
Middle Eastern People: Harassment at the airport.
Asian People: Being reduced to a fetish.
Black, Middle Eastern, Latin@, and Asian people: Slurs & misrepresentation of culture in media.
White People: You know, in the sixth grade I was bullied by this one guy for being white.
White People: And he was Black.
NATIVE PEOPLE: being constantly ignored and erased?
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The day after I buy an itouch
I find my old ipod. Damn you, karma.
But really this was just an excuse to use the tumblr app.
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Dealing with Name Change on Facebook for Trans*...
unheardofsongs:
krisiv:
It has come to my attention that facebook has updated their policy about names and the ability to change your name on facebook. You now need a legal goverment issued photo identification to change your name on Facebook. Facebook now requires you to use your legal name on Facebook and will not allow you to change this without proper documentation.
THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE...
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secretsofthedisabled:
SRS: Silver- ableism
sasha-smithy:
Disability Activists in Wheelchairs Arrested. Over lack of transportation. And then cops have a hard time finding transportation.
I’m sorry, but if I was there, I’d be laughing my ass off. Also, since there is a lack of accessible transportation, I feel safer in letting my evil plans commence.
I had a lot of friends there and...
Disability cultural centers in a college setting →
I will be presenting this webinar tomorrow from 3-4 PM EST!! Please attend and share far and wide!
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“TW: MENTION OF RAPE AND RAPE CULTURE
I am over rape.
I am over rape...”
– Eve Ensler (via aboutmaleprivilege)
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“Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people,...”
– The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Alex Haley (via hil-arrr-y)
This quote is still wholly relevant to everything about US politics.
(via hil-arrr-y)
Malcom X wins all the things.
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“All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else’s...”
– “Handle with Care” by Jodi Picoult (via anditslove)
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“My everyday life in which I do exactly the same things as everyone else should...”
– Author Stella Young eloquently discusses the issues surrounding how able-bodied persons perceive those with disabilities as being inspirational and criticizes the popular phrase, “The only disability is a bad attitude.” You can read the article here. (via shortbusstories)
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The biggest disappointment for me in Legend of...
purpleprison:
Was no badass disabled characters.
I MEAN TOPH WAS LITERALLY THE BEST THING EVER.
SO I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED.
Teo was pretty cool too.
Even though he’s only in a few episodes.
We still have hope. 3 more seasons.
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Toph is my favourite.
Katara: Toph, there's too many of them. We need an earthbender. WE NEED *YOU*!
Lao Bei Fong: My daughter is blind! She is blind and tiny and helpless and fragile. She cannot help you!
Toph Beifong: Yes. I can!
Toph is the most badass of all badassery.
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For people who don't have the spoons to explain... →
secretsofthedisabled:
SRS: White
liquidiousfleshbag:
These all seem to focus on mental illnesses/disabilities, so it’s not a full-spectrum coverage of ableism, but it’s a really good starting point.
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/blogs/citykat/dont-look-past-my-disabled-body—love-it-20120712-21ycy.html
This talks about ingrained ableism from a personal perspective, and about how...
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pinkmaning:
friendly reminder that asexuality is not a mental deficiency and is a completely valid identity that does not necessarily stem from “traumatic past”
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Just a heads up
If you say “fuck tard” or any variation of the word “retard”, you’re instantly unfollowed.
Just an FYI.
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The Able-Bodied Shuffle
No SRS, ableism
Non-disabled person: Oh you poor, poor disabled person, you must be so miserable! After all, you can't do the same things that WE can. It's so tragic!
Disabled person: Oh no no no, it's okay, really, as long as our needs are accommodated we can do just as much as --
Non-disabled person: ACCOMMODATIONS!? FUCK THOSE
Disabled person: !?
Non-disabled person: WHY SHOULD WE BE EXPECTED TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR YOU
Disabled person: Wait, weren't you just saying --
Non-disabled person: DON'T YOU KNOW THE NEEDS OF THE MANY OUTWEIGH THE NEEDS OF THE FEW
Disabled person:
Non-disabled person:
Disabled person:
Non-disabled person: But it's okay, I totally know how awful your life must be.
Disabled person: Please go hurdle yourself into space.
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If you have cerebral palsy....
And you have a Facebook.
And you’re NOT in the You Know You Have CP When group on Facebook.
What are you waiting for???!!! We’re a bunch of cool people, and you’ll find a whole community of people who “get it”.
Thought I’d share again since I’ve noticed some new CPers under the cerebral palsy tag :)
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“I am a wheelchair user, with a four-year-old autistic son and a...”
– Petition | International Paralympic Committee @London2012: Review ticketing policy for wheelchair users | Change.org
Please sign!
(via fridayfelts)
Oh this is absurd as fuck. And yet not surprising.
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on the reclaiming of the word "crip"
thought-:
Erm. So. This is probably not going to endear me to a lot of people, but.
The reclaiming of the word crip by disabled people within academia and in social justice circles is kind of getting on my nerves. For a couple of reasons.
A: It’s being used as a catch-all for anyone with any sort of disability, and I am really really not sure if it’s everyone’s word to reclaim. Personally, when I...
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“If you step on my foot, you need to get off my foot.
If you step on my foot...”
– Hershele Ostropoler, in a comment on John Scalzi’s blog post, “Readercon, Harassment, Etc.”
The comment is in reference to sexual harassment that occurred at the Readercon convention and the subsequent defense of the situation by some members of fandom and the Readercon Board.
It’s also...
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horrifiedlooksfrom:
Apparently Taylor’s new song ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ beat Lady GaGa’s single ‘Born This Way’ for becoming the Fastest Single to become #1 on iTunes!
Gaga: 1 hour
Swift: 50 minutes
*dies of taylor swift induced happiness*
68 days, 3 hours, 29 minutes and 40 seconds til the new album!
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Able privilege is
Not seeing commercials on TV that constantly push the way you are as the result of a doctor’s mistake.
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“Two or three times in my life — I recall particularly one largely crip, largely...”
– Unspeakable Conversations
(TW: suicide)
I saw a post this morning that said “Talking about the right to die with dignity is premature when we don’t all have the right to live with dignity” and it’s all I can think about.
I support the idea of assisted suicide, but it also terrifies me, because...
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A eugenics wet dream
littlelionheartedavatar:
diversityourstrength:
One cannot support Autism Speaks, while also claiming to support Autistic people. If you have an autistic relative or friend, I would like you to imagine a world in which that friend or relative doesn’t exist. That is the end game for Autism Speaks, they want to make sure that Autistic children will not be born. In their eugenics wet dream, I...
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“Mrs. Rowling,
I read your statement that the wizarding gene is dominant …...”
– In which a Tumblrer named Andrea writes a letter to J.K. Rowling outlining a plausible explanation for wizarding genetics
This is why I love the internet.
Do read the entire thing at the link. There’s even a bibliography. A+!
(via jtotheizzoe)
This is EPIC.
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“(No SRS, racism and how intent doesn’t matter)
Racism is not in your intent....”
– - moniquill (on red face & cultural appropriation)
I’m just going to reblog this again, since some people apparently need reminding.
(via darkjez)
Also applies to ableism and all other -isms.
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