Neurodivergent BC  2d ago
Your reminder: there are still many people with #ADHD that haven’t been diagnosed yet and are falsely being labeled as “lazy”. Don’t call people #lazy, it’s #ableist.
#neurodivergent #AuDHD #ableism
erstwhileJun 2

Hmm ... so this blog article has amplified my suspicion and past experience, that the Wayland project is full of elitist ableist asshats (^) ...

First inkling was trying to drive a KDE Wayland system with nothing but a mouse and onscreen keyboard for a friend. had to revert to an older Debian derived OS, and onboard which while hacky and clunky, at least that worked (mostly).

but those with needs greater than the general population are basically being 'Functionally' ignored and excluded by Wayland development practice.

X11 was far from perfect but it was at least inclusive regards the ways and means for a much wider access scope, than just the able bodied.

Seems the long slow death of X11 will result in deliberate shuttering of those who are not as capable.

See this:

https://nocoffei.com/?p=451

#Wayland #Elitist #Ableist #AssHats #Shame #X11 #WindowManagers #Linux

My Accessibility Stack and the future on Wayland – Insane Rambles About Technology

Show threadJohanMay 31

@nojhan What about the price we've always paid up to now from *not* having #AI? I wouldn't claim there's an easy answer; my issue is with the one-sided reactionary contempt. Whether we embrace or extinguish AI, there is going to be a large #OpportunityCost either way. What I call #ableist is the attitude of refusing to acknowledge what AI can and does do to empower people with #disability, and how hurtful it can feel to be so dismissed and rejected.

[Side note: giggling at "johan vs noj[o]han"]

Show threadMx VerdaMay 31

I don't give a fuck, fuck you.

I'll care about YOUR gd friends and family, you cunts.

Anyway. Go read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.
Get a copy for some kid or teenager or young adults you know (of). JESUS CHRIST MAKE PARENTS AND CARERS READ IT.
Thing's from 2003 and still relevant, ow, my existence hurts.

#book #books #Books2026 #Read #Reading #ReadingList #ToRead #FreedomToRead #story #stories #literature #kid #kids #Child #Children #ChildrensMentalHealth #ChildrensLiterature #Teen #Teens #Teenagers #autistic #AutisticJoy #Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismSpectrumDisorder #AutismSpectrumCondition #Asperger #disability #DisabilityDrivenDevelopment #DisabilityAwareness #Disabled #Ableism #FightAbleism #StopAbleism #Ableist

Neurodivergent BC  May 25
Oh great, @loopearplugs just did a paid sponsorship with #Kaelynn Partlow after all the problematic stuff she has said. Nobody asked for an #accessibility tool company to fund a literal #ableist, especially one that attacked both accessibility pins and communication boards.
#Autistic #Neurodivergent
Show threadJupiter RowlandMay 18
@DopeGhoti @Andrew How many characters would be sufficient for Mastodon to not count as ableist anymore?

If you say, 1,500, who or what says that 1,500 characters are sufficient to describe any and all images, but a lower limit is not?

For comparison, look at my cover photo. The one with the weird building. I have a post with just about the same image in it; here's the link.

In this post, the image has two separate image descriptions. One is in the alt-text. The alt-text is exactly 1,500 characters long, a bit over 1,400 of which are image description. And that's the short description. It doesn't even have room for any text transcripts. It actually isn't much more than an "alibi description". It's only there because many people on Mastodon demand there be a 100% accurate and sufficiently detailed image description in the alt-text of each image in the Fediverse.

Only that "sufficiently detailed" isn't always possible even in 1,500 characters.

That's why there is an additional long description in the post text. It's sufficiently detailed, as in, fully detailed. An image like this requires a fully detailed description. It comes with transcripts of all bits of text within the borders of the image, and it comes with all explanations necessary to understand the image and the description. It's over 60,000 characters long.

Yes, over 60,000 characters in one post. Your character limit is 500. Mine is over 16 million.

Oh, and yes, it's guaranteed to be 100% hand-written. It took me two full days, morning to evening, to research for and write the long description with literally absolutely no help from any AI whatsoever. In fact, I've described details that no AI on the planet will ever be able to see in the image.

So ideally, all Fediverse server platforms should have two image description fields for each profile image, one being the alt-text behind the image, one being a long description next to the image. The latter should not have an arbitrarily-chosen character limit.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits #CharacterLimitMeta #CWCharacterLimitMeta #500Characters #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta #Ableist #Ableism #AbleismMeta #CWAbleismMeta
Universal Campus: The mother of all mega-regions

OpenSim's famous Universal Campus and a picture of its main building; CW: long (62,514 characters, including 1,747 characters of actual post text and 60,553 characters of image description)

Ms. Que BanhMay 11

I can be quite ruthless with actively removing people I've known, been friendly with for many years - when they eventually reveal that they were half-assed about having strong personal ethics/values/moral codes. I'm not someone who cares WTF you say. I'm someone who cares if WTF you say doesn't align with WTF you choose to do/not do. For me non-action is an active personal choice as much as visible action is a personal choice. I'm not someone who takes anyone's #antiableist words seriously, when they're regularly demonstrating #ableist crap.
Same goes for folks who call themselves #antifascist or #anticapitalist but are regularly engaging in fascist & capitalist boosting personal choices.

GTFO with that hypocrisy, with me. It's not tolerated. Not with folks I've known for decades. Certainly not with complete strangers either.
I'm not your shallow, weakass audience for that BS. I'm quite mean towards folks who are hypocrites, like described above. I am not hiding how I treat hypocrites like above described; I've been very public about it. I don't feel bad about being mean to wankerbutternoodles who try to troll me, knowing how public I am with my core values.

Show threadPete OrrallApr 29

@rl_dane Not to delve too far into politics here, but the systems in which we live here in the #US are unquestionably #ableist, #unjust, and functioning as *intended*. Unfortunately.

I say this as someone who has non-apparent #disabilities and is a #disability #advocate. This is a #daily #struggle.

Coach Spore DieselApr 16

Going through my notes and list of lists and found this.

Words to use instead of crazy (or synonyms):

Wild
Irrational
Unreal
Surreal
Bizarre
Uncomprehensible
Incomprehensible
Nonsensical
Foolosh
Drivel
Warped
Twisted
Absurd

#ableist #ableism #MentalIllness #MentalHealth

Show threadColorblind CowboyApr 8
@kimlockhartga We sure damn do. And I think you’re right that a lot of us know people who haven’t mentioned their chronic illnesses. Or we just go on in our #ableist ways pretending not to notice.