disability

i really need a mobility device/assistive technology for my brain. like thinking sticks. wouldn’t that be lovely? we could do so much more.

I just called adult protective services and had a really terrible experience. I know that people are understaffed, and fed up, but it felt really dehumanizing. It feels like I took a risk to try to protect myself and improve my wellbeing, and they were just irritated with me for calling and asking for services at all....

Ahead of World Blind Awareness Month this October and in response to global demand, the LEGO Group announces LEGO® braille bricks are available to purchase for the first time through LEGO.com.

This week in things that made me feel good, and less alone.

Via @nick:...

I really wish all the people who decided to pretend that the pandemic is over would read this and finally understand what is at stake

There is a heatwave over here, I hope everyone is surviving somehow?...

New study offers clues as to how exhaustion could arise in people with ME/CFS—and potentially related conditions such as Long Covid

A decade after a Virginia woman with Down syndrome fought for her right to make her own decisions, people are still losing that right too easily...

Diagnoses: Autism, TR-Depression w/ suicidal ideation, chronic insomnia with delayed sleep phase, GAD w/ multiple sub anxiety disorders (including agoraphobia), IBS C & D, Fibromyalgia, BPD, C-PTSD & PTSD, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Overactive Bladder, MALS, Hypertension, Gastroparesis, GERD, parasomnia, RLS, Hypoglycemia,...

I’ve got a wedding to prepare for in a few months, and, let’s not gild any lilies, I’ve gotten pretty fat since I injured my right knee and hip and lost a lot of mobility. I get around with a cane most days, and running/jogging (which I used to do a lot of) is now no longer possible (although I can use an eliptical)....

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Someone told me they’re sure I’ll spontaneously recover anytime now, since my body is “resilient and naturally strong”. It encoded a fascistic form of ableism, which divides people between strong and weak, where the former are invulnerable and the latter are disposable...

Meta’s new social media network, Threads, launches without taking into account how users with various disabilities access software....

As regular readers of Rethinking Schools publications, we have benefited from many strategies for addressing the prejudices of racism, classism, and sexism. We wondered, however, about a parallel prejudice that rarely gets attention: ableism, or discrimination against people with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities....

“There is currently no mutual recognition of disability status between the EU Member States. It can cause difficulties for persons with disabilities travelling in the EU....

Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu began doing disability doula work long before they ever heard the term. From the time they were in middle school, they remember “being responsible for big, intense crisis situations” with their friends....

Alexis Misko’s health has improved enough that, once a month, she can leave her house for a few hours. First, she needs to build up her energy by lying in a dark room for the better part of two days, doing little more than listening to audiobooks. Then she needs a driver, a quiet destination where she can lie down, and days of...

The weight of living with chronic illness is getting to me again. Could use some empathy from others who understand and won’t pressure me to explain what’s going on (a dozen small triggers maybe), turn it into their problems, or tell me it will get better or the worst, “Stay strong.”...

Via the Focus State newsletter:...