Nerd is my Gender
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People-First Language
People First Language recognizes that individuals with disabilities are - first and foremost - people. It emphasizes each person’s value, individuality, dignity and capabilities.
Click link for spiffy table of examples!
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![I had a car accident when I was six. Now I’m paraplegic. Not too long ago, the doctors lent me a belt to ease my weight within the wheelchair. I used it as a binder. I’m not sure if I still want to live in this body. At first, it was just broken. Now, it’s also wrong.
Trans people’s issues and people with disabilities’ issues can be one and the same. [Sorry if I mangled the possessive grammar.]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li0pb82GYs1qcpj7wo1_250.jpg)
I had a car accident when I was six. Now I’m paraplegic. Not too long ago, the doctors lent me a belt to ease my weight within the wheelchair. I used it as a binder. I’m not sure if I still want to live in this body. At first, it was just broken. Now, it’s also wrong.
Trans people’s issues and people with disabilities’ issues can be one and the same. [Sorry if I mangled the possessive grammar.]
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The reality is that women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently. It’s just easier this way for everyone. You don’t argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn’t eat candy for dinner. You don’t punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don’t argue when a women tells you she’s only making 80 cents to your dollar. It’s the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles.
Scott Adams, Dilbert creator and apparent men’s rights activist, in a (now deleted) blog post.
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sexgenderbody: fourloves: It’s Autism Awareness Month and, as a person with autism, I...
It’s Autism Awareness Month and, as a person with autism, I urge you to remain as unaware as possible. If someone encourages you to watch a movie or read a book about autism, run as fast as you can in the opposite direction. Movies and books about autism suck. They’re almost universally created by people who don’t have autism. On the rare occasions that they actually are created by someone who has autism, they’re usually written in the most zoo-exhibit-y style possible.
When I see someone watching movies or reading books about autism, I feel awkward as hell and avoid the person forever, because I know that they’re going to think they know about autism now. You’re wrong, guys. You don’t know about autism because you don’t have it! And that’s fine. Can we move on?
If an actual for real person with autism—or any other disability—appears in your life, do not run away. Also, do not worry about whether you’re “aware” of the person’s disability. Be aware of the individual person. Treat them as a human and not a tragedy or a museum specimen. This is the only way that anyone learns anything, and it has nothing to do with the kind of “awareness” encouraged by popular autism organizations.
So fucking full of win and awesome that I want to scream!!!
Ditto!
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People are more than their mental illnesses, they are people.
Too bad some of us aren’t willing to see that (warning, link contains neurotypical superiority): http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jHSxYuFVNWk/TaoJD2G9eEI/AAAAAAAAOo8/QlkWMS3HPcU/s400/cage.jpg
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You didn't need to put that stupid ass description below your submission on genderqueer. If there were any blind people looking at that page, they wouldn't feel left out because they couldn't see a photo of you. Blind people have accepted their blindness, it's people like you who feel the need to get way too politically correct and do dumb unnecessary shit like that.
Asked by Anonymous
If blind people can accept their blindness, you can surely find it within yourself acceptance for my descriptive ways. Unless that’s too difficult for your narrow mind to bend around. In which case, perhaps you should close your eyes to the world around you, then only those who use screen readers will have to put up with my writing. :D
(Link to post referenced above: http://genderqueer.tumblr.com/post/5905657059/submitted-by-andythenerd-nerd-is-my-gender-i)
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I don't have autism. I am autistic.
I know that y’all are taught person first language, and many communities prefer it and I support that. But the purpose of person-first language is to respect the person you are describing. Ask them what they prefer. I, and many MANY other autistic people, prefer to be called autistic, not “living with autism” or “having autism” or “an individual who happens to have an intimate neurological understanding from living with autism” or whatever.
I’m an advocate for people-first language, but it is good to remember that using any language to describe a person in a way that is unwanted, is thoughtless and rude.
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At Work
Answer phone call - forget what I’m doing.
Decide to check email.
Realize email is a distraction - turn it off.
Get distracted by fingernails - forget what I’m doing.
Remember what I’m doing - panic because of how much time I lost staring at nails without realizing it.
Go to bathroom to calm down.
Come back refreshed.
Answer phone call - forget what I’m doing.
I wrote this one! Because guess how my day went?
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The proper attitude to be taken toward the perpetuation of poor types is that which has been attributed to Huxley. “We are sorry for you,” he is reported to have said; “we will do our best for you (and in so doing we elevate ourselves, since mercy blesses him that gives and him that takes), but we deny you the right to parentage. You may live, but you must not propagate.
The Early Days of Eugenics: A Scientific American editorial from 1911 praising the new science of eugenics also hints at the darker side of this philosophy.
This article may have been written 100 years ago, but make no mistake - there are still people today who would apply such a horrid philosophy to the poor, queers, autistics, trans peeps, people with disabilities, etc.
Pro-choice means the ability to choose parenthood, even when it is looked down upon.
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Truth Wins Out embraces ableism.
My comment to them:
While I agree that equal access to marriage should be available to all people regardless of gender, this is a shockingly bigoted post. I have come to expect more from Truth Wins Out.
For one, there’s nothing wrong with marrying a cousin, from a scientific perspective: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/cousinmarriage/ The rates of birth defects are not significantly different from the rest of the population. In fact, it’s more risky getting pregnant over the age of 40!
Also, “buck-toothed morons”? What, are you 12? Making fun of people with dental issues or developmental disabilities is the opposite of the message we’re trying to spread of love and acceptance. It gets better! Unless it comes to protecting children with disabilities from bullying, then all bets are off, it seems.
(via A Heartfelt Thanks to Our “Pro-Family” Buck-Toothed Overlords for Protecting Marriage)
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It’s not about censorship; it’s about respect.
(via PSA: The R-Word)
You know what else isn’t okay? Helmet jokes. Seriously people, cut that shit out.
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[Picture: Background: 6 piece pie style color split with pink and blue alternating. Foreground: White woman wearing a plain white t-shirt with long brown hair. Her arms are folded over her chest and she has an incredulous expression. Top text: “You choose not to eat dairy and wheat,” Bottom text: “so you can’t complain that my choice of restaurant leaves you out.”]
My mother said this to me, after I tried to explain how frustrating it is that I really can’t eat out with them, which is usually the only time I get the chance to see her. I’m sensitive to lactose and gluten; it’s not a bloody choice! If I eat either I get psoriasis and eventually arthritis. Both of these conditions will get worse the more I eat lactose and/or dairy over my lifetime, so it’s crucial that I eat little or none of them.
But because my mother doesn’t have to live with the effects of food sensitivity (that she’s aware of), she tells me it’s my choice. Yes, I choose to be left out, and to make restaurant choices a pain for her! [Sarcasm.] I’d love to be able to go out to a restaurant every week and eat whatever I want.
It shouldn’t matter even if it is a choice. If you wish to connect with someone on a personal level, you simply must be sensitive to their food choices to make them more comfortable. Otherwise, what’s the point of going out to eat together? If you’re doing it for the enjoyment of the food alone, go out by yourself.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llu10dsogU1qgy0fio1_250.jpg)
[Picture: Background: 6 piece pie style color split with pink and blue alternating. Foreground: White woman wearing a plain white t-shirt with long brown hair. Her arms are folded over her chest and she has an incredulous expression.
Top text: “You choose not to eat dairy and wheat,” Bottom text: “so you can’t complain that my choice of restaurant leaves you out.”]My mother said this to me, after I tried to explain how frustrating it is that I really can’t eat out with them, which is usually the only time I get the chance to see her. I’m sensitive to lactose and gluten; it’s not a bloody choice! If I eat either I get psoriasis and eventually arthritis. Both of these conditions will get worse the more I eat lactose and/or dairy over my lifetime, so it’s crucial that I eat little or none of them.
But because my mother doesn’t have to live with the effects of food sensitivity (that she’s aware of), she tells me it’s my choice. Yes, I choose to be left out, and to make restaurant choices a pain for her! [Sarcasm.] I’d love to be able to go out to a restaurant every week and eat whatever I want.
It shouldn’t matter even if it is a choice. If you wish to connect with someone on a personal level, you simply must be sensitive to their food choices to make them more comfortable. Otherwise, what’s the point of going out to eat together? If you’re doing it for the enjoyment of the food alone, go out by yourself.
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Math Learning Disability As Common As Dyslexia
This is why god created calculators.
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Self-Help for Adult ADD / ADHD: Tips for Managing Symptoms and Getting Focused
I need to laugh at this because if I don’t I’m going to cry.
Allot yourself limited amounts of time for each task.
YA THINK?! Thank you so much, I never thought of that before. Not once in my 20+ years of existence did I think that maybe I should prioritise. It would never have occurred to me that I should stick to a routine. You’ve totally just saved my life with these completely bloody obvious “tips” that I’ve only been told since I was five.
“Listen actively and don’t interrupt.” Really? Don’t interrupt? Well why didn’t I think of that before! I’m so glad the internet told me this, because it’s not like I haven’t had a long list of friends and family treat me like I’m a self-centered jerk because of it, I might never have realized otherwise.
(Source: ndelphinus)
Genderqueer with a touch of happy humanism.
