People say bizarre things when you're visibly disabled, so I made a video talking about some of my favourite weird things people have said to me throughout the years, accompanied by the full timelapse of my disability Sloth Month Picture

https://youtu.be/dG1vgZY7Vc0

#disability #disabled #furry #dragon #myart #art #amputee #storytime #abledsareweird #disabilityPride #amputeelife #PeopleAreWeird #Youtube

Ohhhhhh! I get it now.

You all think all disabled people have to be on disabled mastodon.

Allow me to disabuse you of that notion.

We are everywhere.

We are Legion.

#Disability #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #AbledsAreWeird

Ok let's state this again:

If a disabled person says "no" when you run up to them to help them with something they are clearly JUST FINE doing on their own?

Don't. Force. Your. Help. On them.

Just don't.

#AbledsAreWeird

“To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.”

#StarTrek
#crossstitch
#abledsareweird
#education
#deaf

#AbledsAreWeird started with a childhood memory from writer and activist Imani Barbarin: when she was swimming at a public pool, a man threw her crutch in to "help her swim."

The hashtag has grown as people with disabilities share similar encounters.
https://n.pr/2UMzk75

https://twitter.com/A_Silent_Child/status/1108166798858469377?s=19

Lilo is very insightful and I'm glad I follow them!

Their Twitter post says:

When you force a child to change a non-harmful behavior because "they might get bullied" for it... Guess what? You're the one bullying them for it.

#AbledsAreWeird

RT @[email protected]

Me: Yes, my right eye is plastic [taps eye with fingernail].
You: So, you can't see through it?
Me:
You:
Me: Can you see through it?

#AbledsAreWeird

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/C_Le_C/status/1107958034276462595