Not the “oh Einstein was probably autistic” or the sanitized Helen Keller story. but this history disabled people have made and has been made for us.
Teach them about Carrie Buck, who was sterilized against her will, sued in 1927, and lost because “Three generations of imbeciles [were] enough.” (A decision which still has not been reversed)
Teach them about Judith Heumann and her associates, who in 1977, held the longest sit in a government building for the enactment of 504 protection passed three years earlier.
Teach them about all the Baby Does, newborns in 1980s who were born disabled and who doctors and parents left to die without treatment, who’s deaths lead to the passing of The Baby Doe amendment to the child abuse law in 1984.
Teach them about the deaf students at Gallaudet University, a liberal arts school for the deaf, who in 1988, protested the appointment of yet another hearing president and successfully elected I. King Jordan as their first deaf president.
Teach them about Jim Sinclair, who at the 1993 international Autism Conference stood and said “don’t mourn for us. We are alive. We are real. And we’re here waiting for you.”
Teach about the disability activists who laid down in front of buses for accessible transit in 1978, crawled up the steps of congress in 1990 for the ADA, and fight against police brutality, poverty, restricted access to medical care, and abuse today.
Teach about us.
What an autistic person says: "How long is it going to take?"
What they mean: "I want to know whether to activate my short term waiting mode where I just wait and do nothing else, or activate my long term waiting mode where I occupy my mind with something else. I fully understand that both are possibilities, and I have no problem whatsoever with either one, but I want more information so I can best adapt to the situation."
What neurotypical people hear: "I am impatient and demand that everything I want happen right now. Please scold me and publicly humiliate me for it."
just a lil design for a sugar glider kitty
A 3D Bill Cipher. No seriously this is what I do in college.
Me, not talking: Ah fuck, I am being weird
Me, talking: Ah fuck, I am being weird
We always talk about how wilbur soot or rendog have to do historical roleplay or else they'll die but i think we need to start talking about how if quackity doesnt get to have an election in his rps he shrivels up and perishes
Luna's new bed made with love. :3
one of my least favorite neurotypical customs is how long it takes to leave somewhere. My mom will be like “alright it’s time to leave” but we stay like 10 more minutes because people can’t stop talking. We get two feet before stopping again. We stand in the doorway for 5 minutes. It’s annoying and stressful and puts my brain in constant waiting mood.
Mushroom Ceramics // Woodland Muse Co
tallulah redesign :]
Will Graham is often written in fanfics (i’m unsure if this is canon or not) to be from Lousiana and grew up poor with a single parent. Similar background to Alastor, no?
Alastor is a love child of Hannigram and I will not be taking criticism
English Autistic Transmasc Pansexual - ‘01 - Pronouns: Any - Aries / Year of the Snake - Hobbies: Drawing, Reading, Writing, Daydreaming & Crocheting - “Constantly Distracted” is my middle name - Current Hyper-fixations: COD: MW2, Transformers
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