As I sit here looking through disability posts and thinking about the things and people I currently have in life, I realize that in the end my disability is the one thing that will never leave, and when everything else fails or disappears I will still have an important part of me to love and protect - nothing can stop me from doing so until my time comes.
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“Urban Dictionary is a site, that, in their own words, lets users “define their world”. However, the term “CEREBRAL…
Image Description: “Cripple Problem #28: When loud noises trigger your CP reflex.”
-Professors refuse accommodations
-The Persons with Disabilities Evacuation plan is summed up as ‘students with disabilities are responsible for creating their own evacuation plan with each of their individual professors’.
-Out of order elevators (Constant)
-Construction vehicles that block…
“Sometimes I envy those who go on wheelchairs, being able to go places without standing up :/ Why must it be limited to those with walking problems? D:”
Oh, for fuck’s sakes…Yes, because people, who are disabled - LIKE ME - obviously, enjoy using their equipment that the majority…
That reminds me of the phrase “Laziness isn’t a disability”.
(TW: ableism, reproductive rights) Disabled couple fights for right to care for newborn son
(TW: ableism, reproductive rights)
A new mom and dad in Mississauga, Ont. who both have cerebral palsy are fighting to keep their newborn son at home, after social workers threatened to take the boy away over concerns about their ability to care for him.
Maricyl Palisoc and Charles Wilton became parents to a healthy baby boy named William last month. But before the child was even born, the social worker at the hospital had called in the Peel Children’s Aid Society.
CAS workers told the couple they were not convinced they could care for William and threatened to remove him from their home unless they found an “able-bodied person” to offer 24-hour care.
It makes me so angry when the non-disabled assume authorities over the disabled.
Since we’re doing this… let’s wish for something better:
Drawing by Kaibusu
(Source: justchillininmychucktaylors)
How could “cheer up” even work with sadness?
Let me tell you a story:
non-disabled people: I've never met you before; can you have sex?
non-disabled people: But how do you have sex? Will you draw me a diagram?
non-disabled people: Wow you're so gross and unusual, I think I'll post your picture on facebook without your permission, and people will admire me for being a Good Person
non-disabled people: Here, let me touch you and violate your personal space without permission.
non-disabled people: Do you need help? No? Ok let me help you.
non-disabled people: Differently Abled
non-disabled people: "The only disability in life is a bad attitude"
non-disabled people: I'm taking disability studies this year. Let me tell you all about disability, and how you should feel about it.
non-disabled people: Disabled people should not want to have sex, because it offends me on a personal level and I believe that I have the right to dictate what other people do with their lives.
non-disabled people: But I have a disabled friend
non-disabled people: But I have a disabled child (...that I'm probably abusing)
non-disabled people: Disabled people are not productive members of society; they don't have a right to live.
non-disabled people: I broke my foot once, I understand.
non-disabled people: If I were you, I would want to be dead. You're so inspiring.
non-disabled people: Why are you so angry all the time?
non-disabled people: Why do you have a crowbar?
Takes you so long to realize your life’s all about the one thing everyone but you can deny.
Haven’t you heard someone say, “Oh, I don’t consider myself disabled”? How many times have you said it yourself about someone? It’s meant as a compliment. What does that mean? It means that saying someone is disabled is in a way an insult.
Disability advocates have known this, at least on an…
Disabled and Proud.
(Source: makethemgoaway.com)
It’s been nearly 21 years and my mother still can’t understand/accept that I’m disabled and like it that way. She seems to think it’s either a bad thing or I should be milking it for all it’s worth. No. I’m a normal, functioning human being, I might be disabled, but I don’t want to walk around making a huge deal out of it. In many ways I’m smarter and more capable than able bodied people.
The years don’t make me a better listener to others’ ignorance towards my disabilities… or a better lecturer.
