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spooksforsammy · 2 days

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Geniuenly like. So many people claim support disability. But then say something completely untrue

Y’all support autism? So what about when the person has intellectual disability or need help walk talk eat bath use bathroom? Does your support end when you see someone with higher needs?? Someone who actually genuinely won’t survive without support from others n that support is sometimes having other people do everything for them.

Y’all support depression? What about when the person can’t bring themself to get out of bed for days on end? What about when that person goes days weeks months without cleaning self because can’t get up even though need to?

Yall support schizo-spec disorders & psychosis? What about what the person get violent because of their delusions n hallucinations? The ones know are fake but still can’t help but believe in? The ones genuinely believe in their delusions/ hallucinations? What about the ones don’t don’t get violent to self n other because of the disorder? Those that just sit scared about the hallucinations n delusions. The ones that won’t leave their room/ house out of fear of their delusions/ hallucinations?

Y’all support those with physical disabilities? What about the housebound bedbound ones? The ones need gait trainers walkers wheelchairs? What about the ones who full time users? Or the ones that need power chairs to independently move around? What about the ones crying screaming throwing up from their pain?

What about the disabled that always have a horrible attitude because tired of yhr disrespect? Tired of having to explain everything about them to everyone even if personal? Tired being told get over it n just educate others?

The disabled ones tired telling people not use certain terms. Tired of being spoken over n for without being thought about or asked. Tired of hearing their communication isn’t valid for ‘xyz’

Y’all support but act very picky about who deserves support and who’s not worthy of it. It’s not support if you pickin n choosing

#speech4amy #actually autistic #disabled poc #disability #autism #medium support needs #physical disability #mental disability #add on if want. know left out a lot but something #just couldn’t talk about because don’t actually experience but added as much as could #aac user #long post

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tontoemojis · 2 days

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I AM E,PLOOOOOOOD€DIIIIIING OHBHHH MY HOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

ITS FINALLY HERE I FINALLY HAVE MY AAC DEVICE IMSSOOOOOOO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYY AAHHHHHHHHH IM EXPLODING IM DYING DYINKNGNGGGGGG DYING DYING AAAAAAHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

I CANT BELUEVE THIS IM SO SILLYYYT SO HAPPYYYYY SO SO HAPPYYYYY I GOT TO SHOW IT TO MY PSDISCHOLOGIST & SHE LOVED IT IM SO HAPPY IM SO HAPPY

I FINALLY HAVE MY AAC DEVICE COMPLETE !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#FINALLY YIPPIEEEEEEE #tonto's aac #aac #aac user #semiverbal #semispeaking #actually autistic

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pixierainbows · 3 days

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#aac user #abuse #aac users #nwacs

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clownrecess · 10 months

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Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with undiagnosed physical disabilities

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with undiagnosed mental disabilities

Happy disabled pride month to mobility aid users

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people who are in constant pain

Happy disabled pride month to AAC users

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with ableist family

Happy disabled pride month to fat disabled people

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with scars

Happy disabled pride month to disabled addicts

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people who's disability is progressing

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people who love their disability

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people who hate their disability

Happy disabled pride month to disabled people with underrepresented and/or uncommonly known disabilities

Happy disabled pride month to all disabled people. I love you. /p

#multiply disabled #disabled pride #actually autistic #physically disabled #autipunk #cripplepunk #aac user #nonspeaking autistic #nonspeaking #disabled #autism #aac users #aac device #neurodivergent #chronic fatigue #hypermobile eds #hypermobile ehlers danlos #undiagnosed ehlers danlos #ehlers danlos syndrome

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alex2xander · 3 months

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Be nice and don't mock tumblr users that communicate differently.

Examples:

1.) Typing quirks

2.) No punctuation

3.) Random Capitalisation

4.) Long run on sentences

5.) Frequently misspelled words

6.) Missing spaces between words

7.) Repeating words and sentences

8.) Posts audios and videos instead of typing

9.) Express themselves through custom emojis

10.) Use an AAC (Augmentative and alternative communication) device

Some users have intellectual disabilities, use speech to text, struggle with grammar, have hand tremmers, have high support needs, etc.

Regardless of how they communicate and their reason why, they still deserve respect. They are trying their best.

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stories-by-starlight · 1 month

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Shout-out this stranger met for while recent, who saw we were AAC user and for whole time:

• made sure we not talked over in conversation

• stopped others from skip over us, and didn’t let them rush us either

• said any words AAC was say wrong verbally for us after we express frustration with that

• didn’t touch our device once or look at screen while using AAC (they were only person who didn’t)

• made sure we comfortable and accommodated whole time was with them

And don’t think any this was even big deal to them. This was first time they even saw AAC, but they still made sure were accommodated for it. Don’t think they realize how much meant to us, and it meant everything to us. To be include and supported so much by total stranger who we would never see again.

Gave us lot hope. Fact that there people like that out there. And wanted put all thoughts that couldn’t put into words when with person here.

Want other AAC users know that there people like that out there, and that there hope.

Edit: Notice this post a lot of people’s first time hear about AAC, want be clear that this person only start say words out loud for us after we made clear that that was something we okay with. Please don’t assume other AAC users want others correct words AAC pronounce different, because many don’t. Every AAC user different person with different preference, please don’t take ours as universal rule.

#warmth #aac #aac user #storybook talks #dont know if others actually interest in this but feel worth say even if it give just one person hope

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cryptid-aac · 6 months

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Love post for ppl who type " weird "

Love you ppl who type " weird " because use AAC to type (hi, sometimes)!!

Love you ppl who type " weird" because have language disorder (hi)!!

Love you ppl who type " weird " because have I/DD!!

Love you ppl who type " weird " because have severe autism/higher support needs autism/Level 3 autism/however you identify (hi)!!

Love you ppl who type " weird " because English not your native language!!

Love you ppl who type " weird" because rushing thoughts (hi)!!

Love you ppl who type " weird " because blind!!

Love you ppl who type " weird " because that's how brain thinks!!

Love you ppl who type " weird " just because!!

Love you ppl who type " weird " because semiverbal (hi)!!

Love you ppl who type " weird " because nonverbal!!

Love you ppl who type " weird " for any reason not mentioned or no reason or reason that not know of!!

#actually autistic #high support needs #medium support needs #semiverbal #aac user #level 2 autism #level 3 autism #intellectual disability #language disorder #severe autism #non native english speaker #blind #positivity post #totally not bc of ableist #totally not

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chrome-barkz-aac · 2 months

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Autistic people who use little word because they forget big word I love you.

Autistic people who use big word because they forget little word I love you.

Autistic people who use simple word because is all they can understand I love you.

Autistic people who only use simple word because is what is on theirs aac I love you.

Autistic people who have lot of very specific word about theirs special interest that other not understand I love you.

All this go for autistic non human too, people is what is fastest on aac. Peace and love to y’all

#chrome barkz #aac practice #aac #aac user #part time aac user #coughdrop aac #actually autistic #autism #autistic

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sirenium · 3 months

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For anyone who is semi verbal, nonverbal, or otherwise struggles with speech, please know that there are people who will accept your methods of communication. There are people who won't infantilize you for using AAC, communication cards, making noises instead of words, etc. There are people who won't expect you to pick the mask up again when you stop being so 'talkative'. There are people who don't mind waiting for you to sort your thoughts, and are happy to include you in the conversation.

There are people who accept you as yourself, and I don't just mean toleration.

#autism #actually autistic #semiverbal #nonverbal #choice verbal #selective mutism #unmasking #autism positivity #aac user #aac device

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spectrumgarden · 5 months

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Reminder that languages have tens of thousands of words if you only count common words, and hundreds of thousands if you count more specific / niche words from fields like jobs, sciences, hobbies, etc. There is no AAC board with tons of folders complex enough to hold all of them. If someone cant manually type in /spell their own additional words they can be severely limited in what they can talk about, even with creative work arounds. Be mindful that many AAC users are limited in their words by their communication method, even if they cognitively understand more words and areas than they can talk about.

#aac device #aac user #aac awareness #autistic adult #actually autistic

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teddybearworld · 10 months

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Question for people who use screen readers or text to speech/audio

When a post on here has lots of emojis, special fonts/text or lots of keysmashes, what is a way to tag those posts so that you guys don't have to sit there listening to nonsense for a minute straight?

Thanks!

#disability #actually disabled #screen reader #screen readers #screen reader user #actually blind #blindness #visually impaired #AAC user #visual impairment #actuallyblind

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zebulontheplanet · 11 months

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I’m. Still. An. Adult. I’m still an adult! Even when I’m using aac. Even when I’m stimming. Even when I refuse eye contact. I’m still an adult! Stop treating autistic people like they’re children. We aren’t children! Yes, I may have interests that are “childish”, yes I may need more time with things, yes I may need patience. But I’m still an adult! It annoys me so much when I’m babied by those around me. I’m still a person, I’m still a teenager, I’m still a adult.

#medium support needs #semiverbal #aac device #autism #aac devices #aac users #actually autism #aac user #cw vent #autism vent #Zebplanet

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gwydion-aacblog · 8 months

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text in picture . sometimes nonverbal is without think , without hear , without understand , without feel .

each one come with doodle . empty thought bubble , ear with hearing aid , cracked broken brain , heart shape masks with eye holes and noses but no mouths .

text continue . and still not OK to disrespect . should not fight to say no one is like this . should fight to say respect regardless . end picture .

because . see this type thing again and again and again . that nonverbal not mean these " bad things " like no think or no hear .

and that true in sense nonverbal means only can not speak with voice , but , very much people say these things to say , " that is why deserve respect . " say that deserve respect because can think and can hear , can feel and can understand .

when that is not fair to all people , nonverbal and not , who really have trouble with those things , or can not do at all . any fight for rights and respect that say no one is like this , will leave people out to be hurt still .

that can not be how fight . need fight for rights and respect no matter how present , no matter how struggle .

#nonverbal #actuallyautistic #aac user

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pixierainbows · 5 hours

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🧚‍♂️+🧙‍♂️ 📝 “ I want ice cream please “ ➡️ ♿️👩‍💻 !

#actually nonverbal #nonverbal #nonverbal communication #aac user #full time aac user #autism #severe autism #emoji communication #emoji

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clownrecess · 1 year

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It is not inappropriate for AAC users to have acsess to swear words.

My peers started swearing at around age 10, and if that is what language the speaking people of that age are using, nonspeaking people have the same right.

Not giving us acsess to the same type of language as our peers feels alienating, it doesn't let us communicate with the same language and terms our peers and friends do. We are not babies. We are not stupid. We are the same as our speaking peers. Just because you can sometimes control what language we use, doesnt mean you should.

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calamityquellerei · 5 months

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all AAC should be completely free forever. no there shouldn't be "free versions of paid AAC apps" i mean like every single feature and option should be free forever and ever. we should not have to pay to communicate.

#aac #autistic #autism #disability #disabled #aac user

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