flowercrowncrip
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Echo (He/They). Severely disabled in need of 24/7 care. Non binary trans guy. Disability fetishists aren’t welcome here.
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straws are a disability aid and making them illegal is so hilariously insane and ableist and worthless
#if I forget my straws I can’t drink#if an able bodied person forgets their reusable cup they can just get a disposable one that works fine#paper straws Do Not work… especially in hot drinks
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My kitchen flooded and we had to turn off all the water to my flat.
Now waiting on an emergency plumber to hopefully get it all back up and running again.
I feel like my life has been a bit too eventful recently
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I think the topic of consent is very important, and I think as an intellectually disabled person, it’s even more important to talk about what I was taught, and what my mom did.
My mom, who was a single woman at the time, explicitly taught me about consent. Why? Because she knew that I, as an intellectually disabled person and autistic person, needed to know it. And it needed to be drilled into my head the importance of consent. Not only did she teach me this, but she taught me how to communicate to trusted people if something happened. She knew that if she didn’t, the chances of me not knowing, or not understanding certain aspects of consent and sex in general, would be profoundly higher than my peers.
She noticed, she did the research, she taught and did what she could. And I am forever grateful for that. Intellectually disabled people, who have a higher rate of things happening to them and being abused, NEED to be taught about sex education, consent, and how to communicate if something were to happen. We are at a much higher rate of being sexually abused than our peers. And it is so so important that these things are taught to us so we are aware and able to protect ourselves and know when it’s time to contact a trusted adult.
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Today I got a reminder of why I don’t speak to abled people about the harder parts of my disability
Saying “You know, whenever I start feeling bad about how my (non disabled) body looks, I think of how grateful you would be if you could have a body that works like mine 😇” when I talk about losing abilities is not in any way helpful.
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sometimes your disability actually does stop you from achieving the things you want to do
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Most of the shops in my town have at least one step to get in (and no ramp). The others are exactly like the ones described above. I can count the number of shops that are actually accessible on one hand and that’s not okay.
listen i don't care how cozy and cluttered you want your store's atmosphere to be or if you're a seasonal/popup shop. fucking MAKE YOUR AISLES WIDER. if someone using a chair can't navigate without bumping into everything then i hate you for not caring about accessibility. and i doubly hate you for making people feel self conscious or ashamed to be there because they don't fit. it's YOUR FAULT. forgetting or not caring to include us doesn't make us magically disappear.
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ID: a watercolour painting of a colourful nebula with yellow red and green dust against a blue black background with twinkling stars/ end ID
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detransition isn't a mark of failure, it's one that shows you were willing to take a huge step to figure out who you are, and you came out the other side learning something from your experience. it's more important to find that out than to spend the rest of your life wondering, and not knowing
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Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).
When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".
When the boat is still being built, your say "it".
When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".
When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".
When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.
If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").
If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")
If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").
If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.
If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.
I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.
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This month’s millionsmissingflowers is a study of Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei, Bakersfield cactus which is on the US Fish and Wildlife Service endangered list due to urban sprawl and conversion of native habitat into agriculture. About 1/3 of the historical population is now gone.
This month I wanted to focus on some of the numbers and statistics about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.
- The prevalence of ME is estimated at 17-24 million worldwide.
- 75% are unable to work.
- Roughly 25% are mild, 50% are moderate and 25% are severe.
- On average 5% recover.
- In 72% of cases reported the onset follows an acute viral infection
- ME affects more women than men, in an approximate ratio of 4:1
- The average age of onset is 33 but ME has been reported in children younger than 10 and in adults over 70.
- Scientists estimate that up to 2 in 1,000 children suffer from ME.
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I painted this for a relative’s birthday card. The size made it pretty fiddly bit I’m really happy with how it’s turned out!
ID: a postcard sized watercolour painting of two stems of sweet pea flowers in small a blue glass vase / end ID
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shit's rough for trans people in the uk today. offer them support if you've got it in you, or reblog this to show us we're not alone.
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Today is the first properly warm and sunny day here and the community garden is really coming to life!
ID: a photo of a community garden. There is a flowerbed with lots of flowers and plants including primroses, forget me nots and a yellow cornus. Behind the bed is a pergola and a grassy area with a few trees. The sky is bright blue / end ID
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Great – the police are here because my neighbour has been throwing plant pots and spades across the car park, injuring one person and damaging three cars, including my wheelchair van.
My van is only a little damaged luckily – my other neighbour’s back window has been completely smashed all over her mobility scooter.
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Or not. Apparently it was only flagged urgent because it would be concerning if I was healthy but with my conditions it’s probably nothing so they’re not going to be looking into it.
I’ll have a 10 minute “review” over the phone in a couple of weeks time which will probably just be them telling me that I should know that decreases in my physical abilities are to be expected and to do some mindfulness about it.
I’ve been having some new symptoms in the past few months and I’ve finally got round to filling in an online GP consult at 4pm today basically to ask if it’s anything to worry about.
And got an immediate text back saying they’d call me about it this afternoon. So I guess that’s my answer.
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There’s a possibility it’s related to me losing mobility in bed, so I’m hoping that it’s all fixable.
I’ve been having some new symptoms in the past few months and I’ve finally got round to filling in an online GP consult at 4pm today basically to ask if it’s anything to worry about.
And got an immediate text back saying they’d call me about it this afternoon. So I guess that’s my answer.
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