CuriousMagpie, to actuallyautistic
@CuriousMagpie@mastodon.social avatar

As someone who's had lifelong digestive issues, I really appreciated this piece.
@actuallyautistic https://stone-soup.ghost.io/grains-of-truth/?ref=stone-soup-newsletter

OutOfExile_IDR_Voice, to disability
@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice@kolektiva.social avatar

Stigmatude: The attitude personified by lack of understanding and acceptance of people living with invisible disabilities and mental illness, that ableists and many others perpetuate. –OutOfExile_IDR

Disabled people are real... Real cool.

"Mr. Cool" – David Pate-150 on tik-tok is living proof.
Dude's a rockstar!!
Let's remove the stigmatude for all.

Check out David's moves:
https://www.tiktok.com/

David's page:
https://www.tiktok.com/@davidpate150

Link to the video below:
https://www.tiktok.com/

Thanks to @Yak for posting this video and for his support of the disability community. Thanks to all of you as well.

& is
@disability

Video of "Mr. cool" aka David Pate 150 rockin' tiktok.

DarkMatterZine, to bookstodon
@DarkMatterZine@mastodon.social avatar

Steffanie Holmes is a blind author writing blind characters and I am in love. Here her talk about her books, her research and more. Free podcast.
Note: podcast host is a seeing eye dog handler, vision impaired from birth, talking to a legally blind author.
https://darkmatterzine.com/steffanie-holmes/
@bookstodon

ucaccessnow, to academicchatter
@ucaccessnow@sfba.social avatar

Did you know you can also follow UC Access Now toots using your RSS reader? Keep up on news about University of California's systemic ableism and the disabled UC community's fight to dismantle it.

Just use: https://sfba.social/@ucaccessnow.rss

@disability @academicchatter #UCAccessNow #Ableism #Disability

sarahmatthews, to disability
@sarahmatthews@tweesecake.social avatar

This project looks great! One of the artist involved is Aaron McPeake, whose work I enjoyed interacting with at an exhibition back in December @disability | Beyond the Visual: Blindness and Expanded Sculpture: ‘This three year project will feature a research season and public engagement events.
It will culminate with a landmark 2025 exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute, foregrounding work by blind and partially blind artists.
Working with Shape Arts, the project will generate the first international database of blind and partially blind sculptural artists.’
https://www.shapearts.org.uk/blog/btv-press-release

OutOfExile_IDR_Voice, to disability
@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice@kolektiva.social avatar

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eighth leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide to include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. If you see them being victimized or bullied, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury. Between 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.
There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017. Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

@disability

ucaccessnow, to academicchatter
@ucaccessnow@sfba.social avatar

Recent blog entry by disability activist Alice Wong.

"This was the first time a host asked me to consider modifying my response. It felt like censorship to me, a way to dampen my valid frustration and disappointment in certain public figures and reshape my remarks in the name of civility, respectability, and palatability." @academicchatter @disability

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/09/14/adventures-in-public-speaking/

OutOfExile_IDR, to disability
@OutOfExile_IDR@neurodifferent.me avatar

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eight leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide and include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. if you see them being victimized or believed, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury.

From 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.

There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017.

Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

@disability

marzours, to disabilityjustice
@marzours@kolektiva.social avatar

Sanism is normalized in relationships with institutions.
It’s not talked about.
It’s woven tightly into unquestioned assumptions (common sense knowledge)
It’s a tool for power and control.


The Wildflower Alliance

Grassroots Peer Support, Advocacy, and Training organization with a focus on harm reduction and human rights.
https://wildfloweralliance.org/

Thank you @leftvu 😍

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emfoxwell, to bookstodon
@emfoxwell@hcommons.social avatar

New for Clues: A Journal of Detection: " & " (proposal deadline: 15 Mar 2024) @bookstodon

OutOfExile_IDR, to disabilityjustice
@OutOfExile_IDR@neurodifferent.me avatar

Apparently, I'm that Karen, however, omissions often lead to misinformation, such as in this post. They can also be very damaging. So, I felt it necessary to respond.

First, one should have a look at the screenshot of the actual post (below). Second, I did not "come at" this person, I messaged him privately wondering if he realized how that statement may alienate an entire community and offend others with invisible disabilities. I was actually shocked at the reaction I received. To avoid confusion, the original post was by someone else and this individual boosted it into my timeline. It seems like they subscribe to the notion that "mentally ill" (as opposed below puts it) are like criminals and abusers.

This is the problem within the disabled community and seemingly the reason why there's been no progress in disability rights for everyone – lack of solidarity and cross disability support along with the willingness to slam someone secretly with half-truths and misinformation. Then comes the name-calling and profanity as the "right" likes to do.

While I was being slammed secretly online, I quietly reached out to others with invisible disabilities and mental health challenges to see what they though of the original post, not this user. The consensus is that this statement is extremely insulting and ablest. Now, I'm called a Karen and told "fuck off" by someone I once enjoyed interactions with regularly. Just another example of inequality and within the disabled community affecting people with ID and MH challenges. This is exactly why I focus on IDR.

The statement from the post in question:
"The second amendment right wing wants every criminal, MENTALLY ILL, drug addict, wife abuser to have access to AR 15s except Hunter Biden".

Sounds more like a blue vs. red post, rather then an anti-gun post. So apparently this poster feels that humans that live with mental illness are the same as criminals, wife abuser's, and drug addicts. Sounds like a right-wing ideology to me. The person calling me "Karen" in this thread, doesn't seem to see there's an issue with that which, is his prerogative but, lashes out in public with incomplete inaccurate information, like a right-winger.

I'm still curious to have my question answered by the original poster: "Mentally ill" what, or is that accepted terminology for "those people" with mental health challenges. The consensus among that community is that, this is offensive and ablest. Unfortunately when it comes to invisible disability, many within the disability community are the worst offenders. Insert any other health condition or marginalized group in the space where it says "mentally ill". See what kind of reaction you get from all the "Karen police" out there.

If you're going to come at someone and post about what they have to say, provide all the facts in the future. I will not stoop to your level and call you names or use profanity to refer to you. Apparently it depends on which health condition one lives with if they are accepted and defended by the disabled community. I would suggest revisiting your definition of Ableism.

There's a big difference between advocacy and "ablest police Karens". Advocates fight for inequality for EVERYONE in the disabled community where Karens complain for the sake of complaining. Giving half of the story while spreading misinformation about others, not giving them an opportunity to defend themselves. After the initial conversation I reached out and thanked this person and told him I appreciated him. The response was name-calling and profanity. That's class.

@disability @disabilityjustice @MadMovementMastodon

My public response while being slammed👇
https://kolektiva.social/

OutOfExile_IDR, to disabilityjustice
@OutOfExile_IDR@neurodifferent.me avatar

Apparently, I'm that Karen, however, omissions often lead to misinformation, such as in this post. They can also be very damaging. So, I felt it necessary to respond.

First, one should have a look at the screenshot of the actual post (below). Second, I did not "come at" this person, I messaged him privately wondering if he realized how that statement may alienate an entire community and offend others with invisible disabilities. I was actually shocked at the reaction I received. To avoid confusion, the original post was by someone else and this individual boosted it into my timeline. It seems like they subscribe to the notion that "mentally ill" (as opposed below puts it) are like criminals and abusers.

This is the problem within the disabled community and seemingly the reason why there's been no progress in disability rights for everyone – lack of solidarity and cross disability support along with the willingness to slam someone secretly with half-truths and misinformation. Then comes the name-calling and profanity as the "right" likes to do.

While I was being slammed secretly online, I quietly reached out to others with invisible disabilities and mental health challenges to see what they though of the original post, not this user. The consensus is that this statement is extremely insulting and ablest. Now, I'm called a Karen and told "fuck off" by someone I once enjoyed interactions with regularly. Just another example of inequality and within the disabled community affecting people with ID and MH challenges. This is exactly why I focus on IDR.

The statement from the post in question:
"The second amendment right wing wants every criminal, MENTALLY ILL, drug addict, wife abuser to have access to AR 15s except Hunter Biden".

Sounds more like a blue vs. red post, rather then an anti-gun post. So apparently this poster feels that humans that live with mental illness are the same as criminals, wife abuser's, and drug addicts. Sounds like a right-wing ideology to me. The person calling me "Karen" in this thread, doesn't seem to see there's an issue with that which, is his prerogative but, lashes out in public with incomplete inaccurate information, like a right-winger.

I'm still curious to have my question answered by the original poster: "Mentally ill" what, or is that accepted terminology for "those people" with mental health challenges. The consensus among that community is that, this is offensive and ablest. Unfortunately when it comes to invisible disability, many within the disability community are the worst offenders. Insert any other health condition or marginalized group in the space where it says "mentally ill". See what kind of reaction you get from all the "Karen police" out there.

If you're going to come at someone and post about what they have to say, provide all the facts in the future. I will not stoop to your level and call you names or use profanity to refer to you. Apparently it depends on which health condition one lives with if they are accepted and defended by the disabled community. I would suggest revisiting your definition of Ableism.

There's a big difference between advocacy and "ablest police Karens". Advocates fight for inequality for EVERYONE in the disabled community where Karens complain for the sake of complaining. Giving half of the story while spreading misinformation about others, not giving them an opportunity to defend themselves. After the initial conversation I reached out and thanked this person and told him I appreciated him. The response was name-calling and profanity. That's class.

@disability @disabilityjustice @MadMovementMastodon

My public response while being slammed👇
https://oldfriends.live/@paul/111068436827492006

sarahmatthews, to bookstodon
@sarahmatthews@tweesecake.social avatar

Another great list from @fivebooks I read Sanatorium by Abi Palmer when it was published as an e-book but it’s now also available on audio through Spiracle Audiobooks. And Sea Bean is already on my reading list | ‘Living with a long-term condition or is difficult, says Polly Atkin, the author of Some of Us Just Fall. Those affected often feel isolated, misunderstood, or frustrated by their interactions with the medical establishment. But books about will remind you that you are not alone; here, she recommends five memoirs that offer insight into the "kingdom of the unwell."

@disability @bookstodon
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/chronic-illness-polly-atkin/

EU_Commission, (edited ) to random
@EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu avatar

Unlocking a more inclusive EU.

We're making this vision a reality.

Today’s proposal introduces:

♿ The European Card: Issued by national authorities, it will complement existing certificates and ensure that disabled people get the treatment they are entitled to.

🚗 The Enhanced European Parking Card: Replacing national parking cards, it will guarantee parking rights in all countries, enabling independent .

More: https://europa.eu/!g7RdtB

essie_is_okay, to actuallyautistic
@essie_is_okay@aus.social avatar

Update to my request for non minty remineralizing toothpaste! Thank you a for your help.

After doing some research it seems I can pretty safely use kids toothpaste that's for 6+ years old. Baby toothpaste has 500ppm fluoride, while kids has the same as adults, 1450ppm. My dentist okayed this.

For anyone looking for your own use, look for kids toothpaste with 1450ppm F, and preferably no SLS (sodium laureth sulfate) which gives the foaming effect.

You can buy unflavoured toothpaste but it's hard to come buy. After researching I've found I can use 2 or 3 different supermarket products, which is so much more convenient than ordering online.

I looked into fluoride tablets, and they are not used or recommended anymore (at least in Australia).

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. Here is the original post for anyone curious. Check the comments for the suggestions I got. https://aus.social/

@actuallyautistic

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