"Intellectually Disabled People Can Be Smart In Other Ways :D"

Flipping the narrative here i love small talk and i’m very good at it. I love saying “thank god we had that rain!” And “the construction downtown is CRAZY” it gives me a rush

creature in fiction: *is portrayed as bad and mean*

8 year old me: but what if there was a good and nice one :0

hehehehe moth

thank you for the tag<3. get tagged @apollosgiftofprophecy @heresronnie21 @newobsessioneveryweek @plastikstarz @anyone else who wants to be a moth >:D

Psssst

Moth yourself!

Did you see any sea creatures

I diiddddddd. Saw turtles and little clams I guess. I swam around in the sea. was great 10/10. come with me next time and we'll collect pretty rocks together >:D

Thank you for the taggg. This was fun. We have the same team <3

@apollosothertwin @apollosgiftofprophecy @xxzephyrbreezexx + anyone else

Tumblrina Quiz: what is your super power?

thanks @not-with-you-but-of-you for tagging me in this game!! i had sm fun doing it

guess it's the aries in me LMAO

tagging @chaoss-incarnate @artemishuntress8 @liesmultixxx and anyone else who wants to do it! :)

I think we as a collective need to stop telling young marginalized people without friends that their isolation is self-made and will end if they start to be more outgoing when this is actually more often than not a result of being raised in small bigoted communities and poverty.

People younger than me from liberal metropolises have advised me that if I want to find other LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodivergent folks I should join a local queer space, mental health group, book club or tabletop group and then I had to explain to them how I have to work until my mid-twenties to afford moving to a place where those things exist. I live in a conservative small-town and my options for meeting new people irl are "school / work" and "parties". Which is where the bigots are.

But simultaneously we're told that isolation is inherently detrimental to our happiness, that every year spent in that state is wasted, that even when we don't feel miserable, we secretly are without realizing it. That a life without a certain amount of irl friends and social activities isn't worth living. That we must spend every waking minute trying to exit isolation. That we're wasting away. Which is bullshit.

Stop treating social isolation of marginalized teens and young adults as a sign of personal failure to be outgoing as well as a state of inevitable and constant suffering. Start treating it like the structural problem it is. Stop demonizing being alone. Start normalizing online friends as real, valuable friendships. Start normalizing the idea that times spent alone are worth living as well. Because some of us are going to be here for a while, whether we like it or not. Hand out hope, not pressure.

Tboy swag

Quest 1

Difficulty level: Easy

Draw your favorite flower

Forget me nots are my favorite flowers!