Idk What To Put Here- I Post About AAC A Lot :D

nimble, a border collie-papillon mix, wins the 12” class in the 2024 masters agility championship. the first time a mixed breed has won at westminster ever.

context explaining why the announcer is screaming, this is supposed to take a high level competitive agility dog 40 seconds

hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

just a kind reminder to please be kind to the people you know with gastrointestinal disorders/conditions! they're embarassing, often very painful - sometimes debilitating - and very hard to talk about without oversharing a lot more than most are comfortable with.

if someone you know:

- spends a lot/long time in the restroom

- has a colostomy bag

- requires diapers or similar implements

- experiences a lot of gas and/or bloating

- requires tube feeding or other alternative methods of nutrition

- has food restrictions (e.g. cannot handle a lot of spices, certain proteins, etc.)

- eats a lot, or only a little

or other similar factors of their life...

please be patient and understanding, it's hard having guts that really like disagreeing with you!

when people w intellectual or cognitive or language disabilities ask “what does that mean” please like. actually explain what it mean to us.

even when it like. most ridiculous wild thing conservative say, for example. when we genuine ask what it mean please not respond with “oh it just some ridiculous stuff don’t worry abt it”

that not help. that leave us out of information.

you able read it, understand it, n then make up own decision about it. we struggle with first thing, so we ask for help, but by respond that way you take away our chance do the next two things.

we deserve same right as you we deserve have access to same information and make our own mind n opinion about it.

I get a little tired of the whole thing where people are like "if you don't know this thing you clearly weren't paying attention in class you lazy, ignorant dumbass! maybe you should have stopped drawing eyes on your work and listened for once" I'll be honest.

I'm really not sure what it's achieving other than making highschool dropouts and people with cognitive disabilities, intellectual disability, and learning disabilities feel small

society makes sure we know that we're worthless idiots plenty. you, random Tumblr user, don't need to contribute

If you haven't heard the term, here it is... "Central Coherance".

But what IS central coherance? Basically... It's our ability to take a whole bunch of information or details and be able to form and see the "big picture" from it.

Central Coherance is in fact something many autistics do struggle with. We would have what's classed as weak central coherance.

But why do I mention this? Because it is often brought up about how good autistic pattern recognition is. And sure, some of us may be good at that, but even if we are good, we may not have the ability to tie it all together for a "big picture".

The most we may be able to do is see a bunch of trees. "There's a tree", and "oh look! Another tree! And another!". We don't always have the ability to put it together to see "the forest".

Or another analogy, we struggle to "connect the dots". We see the dots but we don't know what to do with them.

This means we often need extra help to piece together all of the information we have gathered. We struggle to come to those conclusions on our own.

This can flow into every aspect of our lives. From general daily tasks to social communication to relationships and more.

If an autistic "doesn't get it", that's not a failing on their part. Sometimes we just need more help to get there and that's okay. It's also okay if we have to be told bcus sometimes it's just not gonna click.

"I wish i could be nonverbal it would be so peaceful"

I promise you it wont feel peaceful when you need to call an ambulance

when your in a situation with police

when there's a fire, when you need help, when you are stuck,

when you need to call literally anyone to do basic life things

when you need to answer the door

when you need to buy something from a shop

when you need to have a conversation

when you need to get a job

when you need to participate in school

when you need to do basic life things that involve speech but that never crosses your mind because you have the privilege of speech

Stop saying you wish you could be nonverbal, you dont know what you are wishing for

[THIS IS ABOUT BEING NONVERBAL, NOT ABOUT VERBAL SHUTDOWNS. "Going nonverbal" does not exist. You are having a verbal shutdown. Which is fundamentally a different experience than being nonverbal.]

A.J’s Brain

she-ra and the princesses of power is actually a show about wanting something so incredibly bad and then discovering you don't even know what that something is and honestly same

Not all people can make image descriptions

Not all people can use tone tags

Not all people can simplify their text or edit it to make it easy read

Pretty please remember this when making rules for your "disability accessible" online spaces and please remember sometimes access needs can overlap eachother:)

While dyspraxia affects my balance it also affects my fine motor skills as well.

It's only due to 35 years of practice that I can draw as well as I can. I see absolutely stunning art done by people 2 decades younger than me and wonder if I could've been that good if I just didn't have dyspraxia.

wanna! be! adult!! want actual be adult! want do adult things! want have life! want do annoying adult things want do soul draining adult things want do ugly adult things want do risky adult things want do adult things am would hate!!! want supported independence so can do all these things instead be trapped like eternal not grow up child 24/7 want be able be independent so can do these things alone instead of rely on others 24/7!!!!!!!!!!