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auteacher.bsky.social
Former teacher you might know from the bird site. #ActuallyAutistic, #Disabled, #Queer. Bedbound and in legislated poverty. #Leftist, #AntiRacist, #TransRights, #FreePalestine. Friends, please find me!
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Hey there, abled Dems and Libs!! Can y’all maybe STOP pretending that the only people that would be affected by the loss of Medicaid are those that voted for Trump, and thus “deserve it?” You’re all LOUDLY using this as a shitty, false excuse not to care about ANY disabled lives. #Disability

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Ironically, note how the A was left out. The right has been very open about attacking accessibility (DEIA), too. And FYI, GETTING RID OF MEDICAID = A MASS DISABLED GENOCIDE. If you conveniently leave this point out, ask yourself if you value disabled lives less…bc your silence CAN & WILL kill us.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Oh great, another super-triggering Gabby Petito doc plastered all over Netflix Just a really bad time to see this when I’m in megaflare from the stress over Medicaid cuts, & bc I’m still in PEM from going out to try to get glasses & bloodwork in, I’m too sick to earn even tiny $ The hardest part…

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

After all that was done to erase COVID, eliminating data tracking to “return to normal,” & supporting anti-mask propaganda so much that many maskers have dealt with open hostility, I’ll never trust the CDC. Bc at this point, what it would take for them to *actually* say “high risk, mask required?”

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

How many of my disabled kin in one-party consent states record their appointments, because there’s times you’ve previously felt unsafe or gaslit? I know I can’t be the only one that does this. Also guessing it’s probably more common with those that are alone, & perceived as female. #disability

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Trying hard to work towards goals I had years before the need was so urgent. In one of the rougher physical states I’ve been in, but finally mentally ready. I’m 98% bedbound, & can’t declutter enough to access the aide I need. But I need to act in the ways I can, and fight while I’m still here.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Just because someone doesn't communicate in the same way you would, it doesn't mean they're not communicating at all. Some people will try harder to understand a dog's nonverbal communication than for an autistic person. Dogs even get the benefit of Presumed Competence before autistic people do.

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

Hi moots, Looking for advice for fundraising for someone at risk…how to get enough attention to raise the $ to be safe, without putting them in more danger if the wrong person sees it Time is of the essence, DM with any tips. Weaponized isolation = lack of irl networks, so this is VERY hard

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Survival instinct had finally kicked in, was seeking help, wanted to do community work once the holes in my own ship were plugged. Worked SO hard to be brave & keep fighting. But with the news of all that’s being destroyed, somehow even worse than I imagined, I’m worrying if I’ll survive the year 😭

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Idek if I can type this straight but 🎁 an electric blanket & had strength to put it on with a new mattress cover literally JUST in the nick of time 🥶 Feeling so blessed for this win and hoping for the others I need, and for the ones y’all need too 💜

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Schrodingers's autism: A wealthy white man in power is only autistic whenever he does something horrifically unethical but can apparently be passed off as not understanding social norms

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

Couldn’t get my body moving in time to pick up meds two days in a row, and now there’s snow Most worried about the topical for the sores I get on my back, which are open. Wish me luck with that & trying to get some help in general! I have such big dreams if I can just access the supports I need!!

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Yesterday I wrote that disabled people are canaries in the coal mine for pandemics & climate change. Today legendary director David Lynch has died after spending the last year in isolation trying to avoid Covid AND being evacuated from his home due to LA wildfires. 🧵

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

THIS. I’m sick of being forced into fawning behaviors or silence because of HCWs that have disdain for patients. Lack of knowledge, compassion, or respect for disabled patients is also common. I’ve worked my ass off to unlearn fawning behaviors. I shouldn’t need to be fearful at medical appts.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Feel like crying after appt -No…I’m not a pain for noticing tests 👨‍⚕️ said were “normal” had no data, said NO SPECIMEN RECEIVED, & need to be rerun -Asking for temp+BP to be taken (with major hypertension/fam ❤️ attack history) isn’t a huge ask…it was never done, & I was mocked in the hallway over it

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

So apparently the government decided disabled people aren’t dying fast enough for their liking, and are throttling even more medications. As one of the nicer pharmacists I called said, “yeah, I don’t know why the DEA is doing this.” Unspoken to him was “well, I know…it’s eugenics.” #Disability

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Just saw some spammy commercial on YouTube talking about how “flexibility is the embodiment of youthfulness” I’d have cackled in hEDS, but my jaw has been slipping all day, and I’m sick of fixing that shit

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

This comment period closes on 17 January! 14(c) certificates allow employers to pay pennies on the dollar on the grounds that disabled workers are less productive, and contribute to segregated employment in 'sheltered workshops' that isolate workers from their communities.

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

ERMAGHERD a kind soul gifted me a Bibipins gift card, and I’ll soon have my second pair of thigh high compression socks on the way! Y’all I’m so excited I might cry fr 🥹😭🥳 This and finding out about alt text assistance on here have me over the moon…I love the #disability community so much 💜

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

Funny…Dems are TOTALLY capable of rage and fight when it comes to bullying disabled people about needing food delivery, cars, plastic straws, continued masking & clean air, etc. Y’all are also SUPER loud when using “but what if the fetus is disabled” as your MAIN reason for supporting abortion 🤔

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

That thing where there is so little research on X that the first page of Google Scholar has your own paper that mentions X in passing and at the bottom of the page is your single POST about X on a PATIENT FORUM in 2016. Goodness GRACIOUS. Fund ME/CFS research!

submitted 52 days ago • 4 comments

So a few days ago I learned that mods can tag people that are using hateful language right in their bios, and today I learned there’s a way to summon assistance with alt text…?! I wish it was easier to find people here…this is so much better 😭🥹 #Disability #DisCo

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments