Such A Beautiful Thing And No I Didn't Just Ball My Eyes Out Lol (I Cried Hard Because I Needed That)

I love this so much, they are all so pretty 🩷

All the Historical Mermay’s together!

I had a lot of fun with this mermay prompt list by chloe.z.arts and they turned into a pretty cool collection of illustrations!

Prompt list by chloe.z.arts on instagram.

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I hate that chronic illnesses come with other chronic illnesses it’s like a buy one get one deal from hell

Benefits of being chronically ill, it's normal to carry so many different prescriptions that you'll need throughout the day if anything happens to your body. 🫠

Anyways, I'm so tired...

Early Diagnosed Autistic peeps and Loss of Autonomy

I honestly get depressed reading my reports when I got diagnosed with autism when I was 5. Development delay, underachiever in language skills, reasoning skills, fine motor impairment, lack of speech fluency and lack of self esteem (no really I was terribly anxious).

I had interventions to improve my skills I can’t deny that. but at the cost of pathologizing me and making my mom dreadful of my prognosis. My childhood was me being aware of my pathological nature and that is traumatizing enough.

Bc I have this constant need to prove I’m able enough and I’m not too disabled that is costing too much of my mental health. I’m concerned about many today early diagnosed autistic kids. They come from a age where there is a lot of misinformation that their parents follow either to “treat their symptoms” or just to reinforce their ableist bias.

Besides that early diagnosed kids tend to have way less autonomy than their NT peers. We lose our position to speak so that our parents and institutions can speak over us in their own limited lenses. That is traumatizing. That is why you don’t hear a lot of early diagnosed kids’ perspectives. Not because they tend to be the ones with more limitations to speak as people want us to believe and there is AAC for a reason. Not just because it’s more difficult to have a ealy diagnosis. it’s ableism.

A chronic loss of autonomy and infantilization. Always being spoke over because they just keep assume that you can’t. You can’t speak for yourself. Well here is a thing. WE CAN SPEAK FOR OURSELVES.

I can. I always could given the proper accommodations. I knew what I needed to say. But after spending too much time unable to speak for myself took me a toll and now I become angry when I feel like people know better about my needs than me. Therefore, I’m perpetually mad.

Whether you are disabled/chronically ill or not. You are NOT going to consider getting something to help you that you don’t need. Get that kitchen aid. Get that mobility aid. Get. It.

Still not sold? Let me ask you this: WHY would you consider something to help you, if you didn’t need it? Even if it’s for a short period? You wouldn’t. If you answered “laziness” to that. Consider this: Laziness is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT. Why? So that you will do less of the things you enjoy and work more.

Even if it’s just a soap dispenser with a sensor. Do. It. There is a reason! Even if you have not worked it out yet!

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