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In 2026, it'd be nice if we could scrap euphemistic terms like 'special needs' 'Additional needs' 'different abilities' 'very special kids' or anything 'inspo-p0rnish such as 'Autism is a superpower!'. Instead, use the words 'Disabled' 'Disability' ... it's not an offensive term. In fact, many disabled people find these sugarcoated terms actually offensive. And let Autistic and other neurodivergent people decide if they have exceptional powers, or are disabled by societal structures. Or both at once.
Thanks :) 🙏💪 ❤ #disability #neurodivergence #ableism


I just wanted to say thank you to all the #blind folk who responded last night to give me so many fantastic responses.

It's given me a clear direction of travel, and been quite affirming in terms of my future plans.

I don't have as much money as I'd like, but I can certainly do some things.

I think I'm going to go back to the table and ask the charity to put some of our own money in so that I can do something for Deafblind people.

They may say no.

#accessibility #disability #disabled


The measles outbreak in South Carolina is the largest in the country and has spread to three other states.

It’s growing at an alarming speed.

Over 500 people in quarantine and 200 are actively infected.

This was completely preventable.

These people didn’t need to get sick.

Measles can kill. It can disable. It can leave you deaf and blind.

It’s a vaccine preventable illness.

Shame on everyone creating distrust in the vaccine and refusing to do their part for public health.

nbcnews.com/health/health-news…

#uspol #measles #publichealth #disability #ableism


I just discovered (and tried) this wonderful piece of software

github.com/houmain/keymapper

It allows remapping your keyboard in many ways, and it's controlled from a simple configuration file (so, you can prepare one for your disabled friend).

You can, for example, remap the keyboard to only use its right half, if the left hand is dysfunctional (similar to the mirrored keyboard I made, github.com/clackups/qmk_firmwa… ).

Also, it should be useful for #disabledgamers , to map, for example, AWSD to different keys.

#disability #keyboard #accessibility




URGENT #MUTUALAID UPDATE - 2 weeks left to get disabled friend back into assisted living!!

$2,030 needed by Jan 16 to get a blind wheelchair user back into assisted living after insurance nightmare kicked her out. She's lost out on 2 past opportunities bc she didn't have the money. Please donate what you can & boost often!!

383/2413

PayPal.me/melissarainbow
AuroraEloise on Venmo
$AuroraEloise on CashApp

#disabled #disability #mutualaidrequest #disabilitycrowdfund #disabilitycommunity




We have been remarkably blessed this year, so all I want for hexmas is to get my friend Aurora back into (desperately needed!) assisted living. Aurora is a survivor of cancer, many forms of abuse, and a car accident that broke both legs. She's also blind. And she is far more resilient than any human should ever have to be.

If you have a little extra to share today, can you send it her way? I'd love to help her reach her goal today!!

#disabled #disability #mutualaid

kind.social/@nat/1156534872123…


#MUTUALAID - urgent housing need for blind wheelchair user

Aurora has been going thru a LOT and she didn't want to bother me to ask me to post here. She was kicked out of assisted living and needs $2,413 by Jan 16 to get safe housing again.

0/2413

PayPal.me/melissarainbow
AuroraEloise on Venmo
$AuroraEloise on CashApp

#disabled #disability #disabilitymutualaid #disabilitycrowdfund #helpfolkslive2025 #helpfolkslive2026 #begpost #disabilityjustice #housing




bump: $75/$250. so I hate, to have to do this, again. I thought this month was actually not going to suck, but when you have to unexpectedly spend $250 on transportation and that throws you in the whole, needs must. Also, when people don't follow through in this house with funds i was expecting, this has become even more urgent. Boosts would help to hopefully find others that can help me out. I can accept paypal at paypal.me/stickbear2016 or zelle for US residence can be provided upon private request. #MutualAid #Disability #DisabilityMutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund #MutualAidRequest #HelpFolksLive2025 #crowdfunding #crowdfund


My coworkers were surprised when a client was irritated that we asked him to check if an interface is accessible, but I thought it was entirely justifiable since the burden of #accessibility testing shouldn't be placed on folks with a #disability.


Accessibility, The Origin of Innovation: In this article, I will discuss the details of 10 innovations throughout history that were only possible through unlocking the power of accessibility and including the voices of people with disabilities. In the #disability community, it is a deeply believed and often repeated fact that improving #accessibility leads to innovations that improve the world for everyone. Necessity is the mother of invention is, after all, a proverb so frequently quoted that it has become a cliché. And yet, people with disabilities still find ourselves left out of research and design, and all too often we don’t get a seat at the product development table. This leaves our inventions overlooked, unrecognized, and sometimes unrealized. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/12/16/origins-of-accessibility.html#a11y#InclusiveDesign#pwd#blind


People think disability is something you can “try harder” your way out of.

They think it’ll never happen to them, or if it does they will overcome.

They refuse to listen to disabled voices.

They refuse to help build better safety nets.

They refuse to care.

It’s a minority group you can join anytime

#disability #chronicillness #ableism


bump: $0/$250. so I hate, to have to do this, again. I thought this month was actually not going to suck, but when you have to take $250 worth of transportation and that throws you in the whole, needs must. Boosts would help to. I can accept paypal at paypal.me/stickbear2016 or zelle for US residence can be provided upon private request. #MutualAid #Disability #DisabilityMutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund #MutualAidRequest #HelpFolksLive2025 #crowdfunding #crowdfund


$0/$250. so I hate, to have to do this, again, I thought this month was actually not going to suck, but when you have to take $250 worth of transportation and that throws you in the whole, welp, it's a thing. If anyone can help to prevent NSF fees, it would be appreciated. Boosts would help to. I can accept paypal at paypal.me/stickbear2016 or zelle for US residence can be provided upon private request. #MutualAid #Disability #DisabilityMutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund #MutualAidRequest #HelpFolksLive2025 #crowdfunding #crowdfund




I have missed the subway twice because of Face ID. I went to swipe my phone to get through the turnstiles, and found it had been awakening itself and searching for my face unsuccessfully in my pocket. The train closed its doors and drove away as I stood there clumsily entering my passcode using Voiceover, with which it is impossible to type anything efficiently. But hey, at least I always know exactly where my phone is at every single second I’m in public now. Because if I don’t, literally anyone could pick it up, point it at my face without me knowing, and walk away with my unlocked phone. I don’t have to be looking at them either because Apple’s only solution to the fact that blind people can’t look directly at the camera is to turn off the requirement to look directly at the camera. Man I miss Touch ID. And the headphone jack. And buttons… #Blind #Apple #iPhone #Disability


Good morning, all. How is everyone?

Well, I’m officially 34 today. I wound up crashing hard for most of the night, but the good news is that this morning I feel pretty good — aside from the usual arthritis pain in my feet and hands and not being able to find one of my slippers, so I’ve had to walk on the hard floor barefoot. Lol. I’ve looked everywhere, so I’ll probably have to ask my mom for help when she gets up.

I ordered both compression gloves and socks, but my socks won’t be here until December 6th, and my gloves won’t come in until the 12th.

#GoodMorning #Birthday #Turning34 #ChronicIllness #Arthritis #Disability #Blind #Accessibility #PainAwareness #CompressionGloves #CompressionSocks


Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities!

This year's #IDPwD theme is: "Fostering #disability #inclusive societies for advancing social progress"

What better way than ensuring everyone has access to, and awareness of #Accessibility of technology.

* #NVDA is FREE for anyone
* Right now, get 10% off certification to show your skills (& cheap training materials to get you to that point)

un.org/en/observances/day-of-p…

#DisabilityAwareness #Inclusion #IDPwD2025 #NVDA #Accessibility


Hey lovelies :FediverseSymbol:

We'd like to ask you all for your thoughts, suggestions, and ideas to help us resolve an ongoing issue.

The issue


At a high-level, we are a neurodivergent (AuDHD) spoonie with a mixture of health issues that are preventing us from being able to get or do a "typical" job and earn an income.

By "typical" job, we mean one where the company and role just aren't well-suited to many folks who are disabled (including being neurodivergent), have support needs, and/or have other health issues.

Most "typical" jobs broadly:

  • Have fixed hours (start/finish times and total working hours required).
  • Require a minimum fixed amount of time in a physical office.
  • Require a lot of interaction with other people (including colleagues).

... and so on, so you can probably understand how difficult it is for us to find any suitable paid employment that we can do 😅

This is made harder by the fact that:

  • We only know how to search for "typical" jobs.
  • There is zero support within the UK for finding suitable employment outside of "typical" jobs.
  • The welfare system within the UK is fundamentally (and intentionally) broken


The request


We have zero idea where to even start, so we are genuinely asking for your input and recommendations here.

We have decent reading comprehension, writing ability, and neurospicy pattern recognition, but we also have an inconsistent level of executive function and energy (physical and mental), so we can't do a job where we have to clock in and out at set times, even on a part-time basis.

Even whilst writing this post, we're already out of spoons and on to knives today, meaning that we're pushing through to ask for help.

Any suggestions will be appreciated, and we'll add additional details to the post based on any questions or thoughts from others 🥺🫶

Thank you in advance for your thoughts, as well as your empathy, understanding, and kindness :MentalHealthFlagHeart:

#AskFedi #GenuinelyAsking #GetFediHired #neurodivergent #neurospicy #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #spoonie #disability #disabled #LateStageCapitalismSucks



It’s incredible how often sighted people offering completely unsolicited help lead me astray. Took my daughter to a ballet lesson this morning and looked up a coffee shop to wait for her in. I’m walking up the block where I know the shop is, and smell coffee, so I turn to see if I can find the door. Right then, a sighted person stops me asking if I need help. I say I’m looking for the coffee shop on this block, and he says I’m close, but a couple doors away. So I think maybe the smell isn’t coming directly from the door and he must see what I’m talking about, right? Right??? He knows better because he can see, of course. He takes me to the door he thinks is what I’m looking for, and we say goodbye. I go inside, and immediately smell food, not coffee, and hear way too much silverware clinking on plates for a coffee shop. A woman greets me, and I say “I’m looking for the coffee shop on this block. I’m not there, am I?” “No, this is a diner,” she says. So I go back outside, walk back to where I was before, smell the coffee again, and walk right through the shop’s door no problem.

What good are eyes if you don’t know how to use them? #Blind #Blindness #disability


More people have died in ICE custody in last 9 months than in the entire prior 4 years.

We hear of a few, but most barely make the news.

Cases like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel.

He was in perfect health when ICE detained him.

He disappeared in June & by August was in a vegetative state.

ICE deported him anyways.

They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.

Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.

What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?

He died a few weeks after deportation:

ICE enforcement may be a mass disabling event.

Disease is rampant in the camps.

Disabled people report having their medical needs ignored and their conditions drastically worsened.

The indiscriminate use of chemical weapons and violence causes harm.

Abolish ICE.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/n…

#disability #uspol #fascism #ice #abolishice #eugenics


bump, I'll have to start a knew monthly thing in November, but this is still valid for another three days, because I forgot October had 31 days, whoops. this has become more important than ever due to an emergency that has really caused issues, I'm so greatful to those that have helped so far. I've raised $260USD of the needed $600USD. Due to lack of solid contract work over the past few months, I'm sending out a request for help, to help cover monthly expenses. I've done the math and to cover the monthly bills and other related monthly expenses, is a total of $600USD. I can accept paypal at paypal.me/stickbear2016 or zelle for US residence can be provided upon private request, thanks for any support even if it's a boost to get the word out their to those that might be able to help. #MutualAid #Disability #DisabilityMutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund #MutualAidRequest



URGENT #MUTUALAID

No donations yet this week 💔 DV survivor & toddler in need of help with legal fees (due every 2 weeks), housing, & more—about to hit the SNAP cliff w the shutdown.

Goal is $6k by Nov 14 💕

0/6000

chuffed.org/project/replace-ou…
paypal.me/natoleander
venmo/cashapp natsmith89

#transmutualaid #lgbtq #genderfluid #queer #queermutualaid #disability #disabilitycrowdfund #disabledmutualaid #soloparent #snap #helpfolkslive2025 #help #begpost #transinneed #family #poverty



I forgot that I did eventually edit the first line of the book. It was originally, "I did not want to write this book."

Disabling Intelligences eBook is available now link.springer.com/book/10.1007…

Image text : I’ll be honest. When thinking about what books might live in me, this was never one of them. It was certainly not the book I thought I would write first. I never wanted to become known for artificial intelligence (AI) criticism at all. I want to sit in a lab and tinker with tech, building little gadgets that delight my disabled kin. I want to maintain surreptitious code bases of free little hacks that disrupt our perpetually inaccessible and downright-hostile world. I want to share disabled DIY specs through crumpled little zines posted in libraries and coffee houses. I want to run a free digital manufacturing center just for disabled people to come and build exactly what they want without a doctor, insurance company, or bank account telling them what body they’re allowed to have.
But in order to do that, I have to fight the inadequacies in technology policy and medical care. And in order to do that, I have to fight the AI industrial complex. Because underneath every insurance rejection is a predictive algorithm, behind every assistive technology is a data collection scheme, and now, behind every technology policy is an AI hype man.

#AI #AIhype #Disability #eugenics #metaeugenics


Remember that white house executive order against DEIA, “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility”?

They went out of their way to add the A for accessibility. So this is very sad but not surprising.

"Trump administration cuts funding to Oregon disability programs"

opb.org/article/2025/09/11/tru…

"Organizations across Oregon received notice from the U.S. Department of Education that they’d lose hundreds of thousands of dollars"

#Oregon #Disability #Accessibility #DisabilityJustice #Education




🇨🇦 Canadians prefer the disabled and poverty stricken pushed out of sight-- invisible

Punishing unhoused people for existing doesn’t make them go away

#Canpoli #Canada #Poverty #Housing #MentalHealth #Disability #invisible

policyalternatives.ca/news-res…


From the Disability Visibility Project:

"Immigrant Rights Are Disability Rights"

disabilityvisibilityproject.co…

"… a true commitment to justice for disabled people must recognize that many undocumented immigrants are themselves disabled and deserving of basic rights, not total erasure from the disability rights discourse."

#USPol #Disability #DisabilityRights #Ableism #Immigration #HumanRights


We need urgent community action to stop this incredibly ableist plan from moving forward.

The DOE has ruled that new federal buildings don’t have to meet accessibility standards.

That will mean many disabled people won’t be able to work in or access these places.

They’re literally excluding us from as many facets of life as possible, because they have a eugenics plan.

Call, email, speak out!

Accessibility is not a “nice to have”. It’s a legal right. It’s necessary for our survival.

federalregister.gov/documents/…

#uspol #fascism #disability #chronicillness #ableism #accessibility #doe