khizuo [ze/zir]M to

disabled • 3 days ago

Disabled Community Megathread 1/6/25 — 1/12/25

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Disabled Community Megathread 1/6/25 — 1/12/25

khizuo [ze/zir]M to

disabled • 3 days ago

Hi disabled community! I'm so sorry the megathread is late this week. I hope everyone's new year is going well so far!

As always, we ask that in order to participate in the weekly megathread, one self-identifies as some form of disabled, which is broadly defined in the community sidebar:

"Disability" is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.

Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.

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Beetle [hy/hym]
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1 day ago
The unfortunate combination of abdh and me/cfs: a body that needs me to lie down and rest every hour or it will cry out of pain the next day, and a mind that can’t accept a rigid schedule and will wander and forget about resting and if resting it will forget about getting up again.

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What is disability justice? Disability justice is a framework of activism which centers disabled people of multiple intersections. Before participating in in this community, please read the Ten Principles of Disability Justice.

Do I count as disabled/a person with disability(s)? "Disability" is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.

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