For a little over a year now, I have worked with a #HoardingSpecialist. This is someone trained according to the #BestPractises of present medical knowledge regarding #HoardingDisorder and provides me hands-on support to reduce and remove items from my unit.

This has been extraordinarily helpful, with one caveat: From my POV, this specialist perspective is not necessarily one informed by the additional complications of #disability.

Some of the issues I face unique to my (or others with similar) disabilities are able to be mitigated by technologies or devices. Purpose-built--IF they exist--are often extraordinarily expensive due to the relvatively miniscule market needing that item.

Classic example: many gadgets people like to make fun of, perhaps uniquely-specific kitchen gadgets, are only availble cheaply because they CAN be sold as a novelty item to many, yet are critically important for a few.

16/x

#MobilityAids
#mitigations

Apologies for digressing somewhat into the weeds: the point is that all of this figuring-stuff-out on an #AISH (provincial #disability pension) that has not risen since 2016, is expensive, time- and (personal)energy-intensive AND are all genuinely monumental accomplishments given my disabilities and lack of functionality in extreme heat.

My #mitigations don't even necessarily make things comfortable, they just make it less-likely I'll die from preventable consquences of #ExtremeHeat.

And this point is important, because I HAVE been successful in not-dying (yay! 🙂), but the mitigations are NOT SUFFICIENT for me to live a 'normal life' (my normal, under my normal range of restrictions/challenges) during the #FireSeason and #HeatSeason.

IOW, not a lot of extras get done during these extended periods.

10x

#chores
#housekeeping
#management

In my own Quest to Survive, my #kitchen has been the nerve-centre of designing/creating/building/modifying things to help me stay alive through the crisis of the moment, as well as as more obvious ongong crises such as extreme heat, terrible air quality, etc.

In some cases, #OffTheShelf technology to mitigate an issue exists, but (for example) both #poverty and #lease requirements prevent me from acquiring energy-efficient cooling technology.

Even if I pay 100% of the cost of buying and installing a #window #AirConditioner, it means a breach of lease and possible #eviction.

Given that I'm pretty sure I would not survive many days of being #unhoused (due to #MedicalConditions and #disability-management challenges, not due to any fellow unhoused neighbours), I have worked very hard to figure out other ways to mitigate heat in my unit.

8x

#mitigations
#experiements
#SelfHelp
#tenancy

@HyL

Also: thanks for sharing the article. ❤️

I have known about qanats and how they work for many years but some of the other #heat #mitigations discussed were new to me.

I wa surprised they didn't include covered pedestrian arcades but perhaps that is commonplace there already regardless? 🤔 (I don't know … just musing.)

My friend brought the phone over on the weekend to brainstorm ideas. They're very good at solving problems but know that I also frequently alter or modify things to make them work better for my own needs.

Watching the re-enactment of the elder's actions when attempting to make a call was particularly fascinating AND informative.

12/x

#observations
#assessment
#limitations
#planning
#mitigations

@BleepingComputer @cisacyber coincidentally released a #cybersecurity advisory earlier today on RansomHub with TTPs, IOCs, and mitigation steps.

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-242a

#TTP #IOC #Mitigations #RansomHub #Ransomware