Hi! I wanted to pop in; it is possible to be both ADHD and autistic. At the same time, it is possible to be one or the other and have similar features. It’s why ADHD is a cousin.

Also, when I was first diagnosed as autistic, back in 2002, I had some people try to convince me that the diagnosis was wrong. That somehow my ADHD made me "only look like [I'm] autistic". I have heard countless stories of people, at various ages, being denied/mis- and partially diagnosed by professionals, for any number of stereotypes. I know that a chunk of the autistic community doesn't put much stock in a paper diagnosis; it's sometimes too inaccessible to get. So we're very accepting of self-diagnosis. If it turns out you're wrong about being autistic, that's fine! You're a cousin, so you're welcome to know what neurodiversity is all about.

Hi! I wanted to pop in; it is possible to be both ADHD and autistic. At the same time, it is possible to be one or the other and have similar features. It's why ADHD is a cousin.

Disabled people who drool are not scary or gross.

Disabled people who yell, grunt, or moan are not scary or gross

Disabled people who jerk, rock, flap, and squirm are not scary or gross.

We are deserving of respect like any other human being. Feel free to add on.

Getting a new mobility device is not akin to giving up

You’re not letting your disability “win”

You’re doing what’s best for your health & safety and there’s nothing wrong with that

cripple (glam) punk the future is accessible @annieelainey

Installation by Jordyn Taylor

“Bound”

“Often the language used to describe a person and their wheelchair is a reflection of ableist views that comes with negative connotations, like the term “wheelchair bound”. This suggests the person is being tied down in some way. As if using a wheelchair is limiting a person and their experiences. The idea that a person is confined to a wheelchair is seeded in this idea that it is something that holds us back. It’s not the stairs to get into the school that prevents us from accessing an education, it’s the wheelchair. It’s not the stairs to get into the subway station that prevents us from reaching our destination of choice, it’s the wheelchair. The wheelchair is always what’s viewed as being at fault for our limitations when the fact of the matter is, our environment and the lack of thought that goes into creating space for a person using a wheelchair, is what limits our freedom. The wheelchair itself is the opposite of a limitation because when you take it away what then? Using a wheelchair is nothing short of liberating. It gives a person the power to move yet it does not overpower the person using it. By no means does it hold them down, it does not bind them. The power lies in the hands of its user. It’s the wheelchair user that ultimately dominates and takes control of the wheelchair”

If anyone ever tells you that you’re an inspiration for being disabled…you are. You are an inspiration. You’re the most inspirational person in the world. And if I was you, I’d put that endless inspiration to good use. Form a small cult. Turn it into a religion with you at the center. Have people worship the ground that you walk/wheel on. Have them build statues in your honor. Run for presidency. Work your way up. Become the supreme dictator of the world. Because you are so inspirational.

#Disabled Women belong in Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month and I see support for women everywhere but yet very few posts adressing DISABLED WOMEN. 

Let’s fix this. Let’s flood the internet with selfies, if they somehow portray your physical or mental illness/disability, better. 

P.S. I don’t know if there´s a preexistent hashtag for this, if there is please lmk and let’s join.

Note: I just changed the gif for Frida Kahlo’s. There are no gifs featuring disabled women. And OF COURSE TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN. 

Why didn’t I think of that asshole

when people try to tell you to get over your metal illness

But also when people try to tell you to get over your disability.

The Future is Accessible!!

End the segregation between non-disabled & disabled folx #EndAbleism #EndDisabilityErasure

Include disabled women, disabled PoC, disabled LGBT+, disabled people of diverse faiths, disabled immigrants, and disabled chronically & terminally ill!

The revolution must be accessible and it must protect those whose lives are at stake! For some their survival is their activism! Accessibility now!

[Photo: black and white full body portrait of Annie in her wheelchair wearing an all black ensemble and reflective sunglasses, wearing fingerless black pleather gloves as she adjusts them. Text reads, “The Future is Accessible”]

Accommodating someone’s disability isn’t special treatment

FEM THE FUTURE ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #StateofWomen #FeministToDoList #WomensMarch @womensmarch (à Washington, District of Columbia)