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If you say "but I would NEVER bully an autistic person", but then you make fun of people that don't get jokes, get easily upset, have "cringe" interests, are "weird", don't understand social cues/expectations, etc. ...
Sorry to say it, but you would bully an autistic person.
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Devastating news from my psychologist, who has just told me that acknowledging your feelings with the express purpose of trying to get rid of them so you can get stuff done is not, in fact, acknowledging your feelings.
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I am SO TIRED of this. I am so tired of hearing "mental health" as the reason we shouldn't have tighter restrictions. What about the mental health of those of us who are clinically vulnerable? Will you think for even a second what it's like?
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No one tells you this, but when you're disabled, so much of your energy goes on making sure that professionals are doing their jobs.
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I've said it before, but I'll keep saying it - the fact that accessible bathrooms are often locked, and you have to ask to gain access to them, or otherwise buy a piece of equipment (like a radar key) makes them inaccessible!
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Lesbians have always had a very complex relationship with gender identity and expression, so not only are comments like "lesbians using he/him pronouns aren't valid" and "you can't be a nonbinary lesbian" just wrong, they're also blatantly ahistorical.
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All I'm gonna say about MH Awareness Week is that, on the topic of "movement"; last time I was in my local swimming pool I overheard the only other person in the pool having a conversation with the lifeguard about how my scars made him feel uncomfortable :)
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Pushing "independence" on disabled children and adults instead of giving us the support that we need in order to live the lives that we want is capitalism in action, send tweet.
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Please can everyone just remove "calm down" from their vocabulary when talking to someone who's incredibly distressed? No one likes being in that state. If they could calm down then they would.
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@seafoamghost
I get so confused when I read sustainability blogs or whatever and people are like "we need to get out of the habit of only wearing clothes a handful of times" like. who's in that habit... definitely not me lmao i'm poor
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@ladidaix
@madisontayt_
Not in the same way as the US, no, but if there's one things Parisians will do it's exploit American tourists lmao
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The teenager with mental illness to psychology or mental health nursing student pipeline
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If you'd openly make fun of people for basically not fitting your preconceived notion of what is "normal", you would bully an autistic person. Maybe unknowingly, but it doesn't really matter. None of my bullies pointed at me and went "haha, you're autistic!".
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I'm starting to come to terms with the reality that a good chunk of what I, and others, have considered mental illness in me is really just a stress response to being autistic and living in a world that's built by and for NTs. And that's a freeing realisation but also scary.
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They made fun of me for being "weird", for crying when there was a fire drill, for not understanding their jokes, for not understanding that they were bullying me, for not talking about Pokémon too much, for tapping my feet, for having no friends, all autistic traits.
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Believe it or not, the constant ever-present anxiety that you could potentially die? Not good for the mental health. The fear of being asymptomatic and passing it on to a family member or friend and they die? Not good for mental health.
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It infuriates me that there's constantly articles suggesting that the rise of autism diagnoses (especially among adult women) somehow renders the concept of autism meaningless, but there's never articles suggesting that autistic people are being misdiagnosed with mental illnesses
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It's not as if we're loving the idea of potential restrictions and/or lockdown. It's not like we love being stuck at home. These last three years have been SO hard for vulnerable people but no one is talking about our mental health.
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Apparently they're planning for all GP surgeries to have a mental health nurse soon. Which is cool. But mine just told me to eat more vegetables and said "if you cook good, homemade food then that'll help your mental health" so my expectations are low.
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My social work notes from when I was SIX YEARS OLD describe me as trying to "monopolise" my mother's attention and say that I was "attention seeking".
I was a six year old, traumatised autistic child?
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I already believed that mental health services should do routine neurodevelopmental screenings, but now, after two weeks on ADHD meds, I'm just... baffled that they don't.
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I didn't say anything because I didn't want to jinx it, but now it's officially 2021 and I can say that 2020 was my first year since I was 14 without a suicide attempt, and was the longest time I went without self harming since I started over 10 years ago.
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I'm just exhausted with it. I feel like a burden, because it's people like me that are stopping healthy people from moving on with their lives. The media coverage from the beginning has been very clear that we are just necessary sacrifices.
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(*talking about Pokémon too much. twas my special interest until I was 12!)
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There's a lot of critique about how we're focusing on self-management and general mental well-being while people with mental illness are dying from a lack of care. But also, we can't even do basic shit like exercise without being harassed or ostracised.
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I'm tired of being scared to leave my home. I am beyond upset that I've been cautious to the max and still potentially may have picked up covid. I am angry that if I did, I didn't even pick it up doing something exciting and fun. If I have, it was ON THE BUS.
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Last year, when it was sunny, I went out for a walk by the river. A fully grown man with two young children stared at me and said, "Did you escape from the ward?". Like I would LOVE to do more movement but unfortunately mental ILLNESS stigma+discrimination+harassment exists
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Me: Yeah I guess that's sad... that's a lot to deal with
Her: Indeed. It is sad. And we need to sit with that. And I'm going to tell you it is sad, it's a lot to manage, probably even too much.
Me: Yeah... anyway, what do we do about it?
Her: Oh look, the overcompensator is here!
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Currently have so much I need to sort out with the folk who are responsible for providing me "support" while dealing with my own crisis. I do not have the emotional bandwidth for this. Why can't I just trust folk to do their jobs and not harm me?
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Look, I'm not necessarily saying that there's a huge gap between CAMHS and adult mental health services, all I'm saying is that it's a bit like leaving primary school at twelve and immediately going into a PhD.
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I am miserable, and I am facing the very real possibility of having to self isolate over christmas and new year, in my flat by myself. And you think this is something that we want? Something desirable? That it isn't impacting our mental health?
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Even getting on the bus or going to Tesco has turned into some sort of extreme sport. It sucks. It's all awful but no one cares about our mental health.
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- Discharged from a psych ward
- Made 10 months without self harming & 11 months without a suicide attempt (longest since I started when I was 10)
- Did a fair bit of public speaking and didn't die?
- Moved out of homeless accomodation
- Sustained a tenancy for (so far) 7 months!
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I'm not embarrassed or ashamed of my scars but facing harassment because of what my body looks like is still an upsetting experience that makes me want to avoid most fitness spaces. There's maybe one place I feel comfortable and know I won't be stared at or experience abuse.
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Campaigns around "awareness" and "tackling stigma" are a colossal waste of money and time because the people with the most stigmatising attitudes are usually mental health professionals, who also conveniently are the ones with the power to ruin your life.
Thoughts on mental health that would have you like this:
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So apparently if you have a radar key and someone else has a radar key, they can unlock the door to the bathroom you're in.
ASK ME HOW I KNOW.
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Had a meltdown in asda, screamed, the woman went "you don't scare me" and I said "I'm not trying to scare you, I'm just autistic" and she goes "so is my daughter and she doesn't behave like you" ok? Well I'm not your daughter and I do behave like me ❤️
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@katB_29
@_annarebecca
Nah its definitely worth getting him sacked over. When you work for the NHS you sign a code of conduct and it explicitly forbids you from doing stuff like this. If he can't follow very simple data protection guidelines, who knows what else he's not following? Guy's a creep.
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@chr0nicallycute
Disabled people can't walk. We can only levitate, and any appearance of us walking is actually an elaborate optical illusion.
🙃 Ableds gonna abled
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"Mental Health Awareness" is a farce and we know it, no one involved in the campaign wants to think about mental ILLNESS and that's not a new thing but jfc. It's so patronising to be told "exercise is good for your mental health :)" while ignoring the many barriers to exercise.
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Things I love about being Autistic, a non-exhaustive list, by an
#ActuallyAutistic
person because the majority of posts I see like this are by neurotypicals and focus on the way that we, as autistic people, improve the lives of neurotypicals:
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I wish mental health professionals wouldn't say that self harm "doesn't work". It does. That's kind of the whole problem.
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And I'm super thankful for that ONE place, a charity offering a supportive and trauma-informed environment where I can JUST DO EXERCISE. But it's one place and also prone to all the uncertainty that is third-sector funding.
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For once this ISN'T the NHS, but social care services. I love that they take it in turns to periodically ruin my life during my most vulnerable moments where I need help.
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When you live with suicidal thoughts, doing the "right thing" (phoning your mental health team, going to A&E, etc.) is used against you.
"Well, clearly, you don't mean it since you're talking to us"
If you don't do those things, it's also used against you.
"Take responsibility"
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Like when I was in the psych ward and my only form of "exercise" was pacing up and down the corridors, something I got told to stop because it was distressing to other patients. Which is fair enough! But then I asked if I could go for a walk outside and was told no.
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@NHS_SHO
@marinadpol
Yeah but they specified "identifies as asexual". The rest of the information was context enough, without pathologising a specific sexual orientation. I see the same thing crop up with bisexuality = BPD often enough, is that fine too?
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@emilyyy317
@AutisticCallum_
@lizzo
It is still a slur and the disability community has been asking people to stop using it for decades. Just because it's usage is more normalised there doesn't change the fact that its an incredibly harmful word, it just means that abelism is ingrained into the cultural lexicon.
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Alright, next person who replies to this saying "well just stay in then!" owes me money and will be sent a link to my PayPal so that I can afford to. I need someone to pay for my internet, a working laptop, a new fridge, and grocery deliveries. Hopefully that isn't a problem 😇❤
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Being autistic is just *gets misinterpreted* *tries to explain self again* *gets misinterpreted* *tries to explain self again* *gets misinterpreted* *tries to explain self again* *gets misinterpreted* *tries to explain self again* *gets misinterpreted* *tries to explain self agai
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"There's an epidemic of ADHD!!!!"
Yes, weird how the lockdown requiring us to give up our routines, sit in the house and work from home has lead people to realise that they may have the condition famously renowned for causing hyperactivity, restlessness and trouble focusing.
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I'm using BBC Bitesize resources aimed at primary school-aged children to help me learn to code. This is almost embarrassing. Back in my day, computing classes were "how to use Excel", and now it's like "Happy 8th birthday! It's time for you to learn C++"
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@flannelcactus
@notstupidgaycat
@AutumnGarnet
Yes??? But people aren't talking about distressing thoughts, they're talking about silly ones like "tehehe leaf xD".
There's a word for intrusive thoughts that aren't distressing or upsetting - they're called "thoughts", why do we have a desire to pathologise our whole existence?
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@JennyLConstable
Also a frozen pizza or chicken nuggets is way more filling than a bag of spring greens? A bag of spring greens isn't a meal! A plate of chicken nuggets with some beans or half a pizza basically is? I love my vegetables but ffs people need to stop acting like they make a meal.
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Currently I'm self isolating with not enough money to keep my heating on, no WiFi and only a very old phone with a poor signal.
And yet I'm still doing better than half of you who test positive and still go around infecting others because "my mental health!"
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I don't know what my broader point is here really. I actually do like exercise and movement but most exercise spaces aren't accessible to me. How many of us actually have the support we need to engage with exercise in a way that is helpful for us?
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I have a joke about CAMHS, but before I tell you it, can you rate your mood on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being the worst you've ever felt and 10 being the best?
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If you have to ask to go to the bathroom, then it's not accessible. If your access to the bathroom is dependent on owning something that you otherwise wouldn't have to own, it's not accessible.
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I've noticed that when my fatigue gets really bad, all my cognitive functions seem to shut down. Thinking, speaking, listening, processing. They all stop. It's as if my brain is shutting down some processes to preserve energy for more important ones (like walking).
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Why are we SO scared of the idea that some people might grow up to need a lot of support? That's okay! The pursuit of "independence" shouldn't come before autonomy and quality of life.
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Beyond tired of hearing the university talk about "student wellbeing" in their anti-strike rhetoric. The academic staff I have interacted with have shown time and again that they care deeply for the wellbeing of their students in the face of a university system that does not.
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Whenever people say "you shouldn't have to be suicidal to get help" I think that's absolutely true, but also, it'd be good if you got help when you were suicidal.
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LGBT people have had a weird and complicated relationship to gender forever. That's not going to change because you decide it's invalid.
We are still going to have a fantastically diverse relationship to gender identity and expression, which includes using different pronouns.
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Chronic illness is boring and horrible and it's wild people would think I'd fake this for attention. Fake what? Needing 12 hours of sleep? Oh yeah, sounds riveting, love that.
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And then, what, hope they're not a dick about it? Because they may well turn around and go "that bathroom is for DISABLED people and you don't LOOK DISABLED!"
Besides the fact that even just asking someone is a huge barrier when you have a communication disability or anxiety 🤷
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@MentalHeadline
@NoContextFBUK
The kid in question is autistic. This is a common struggle for lots of autistic children and their families. Many autistic kids would sooner starve and end up in hospital critically ill than eat a food that they're unfamiliar with.
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Met
@NicolaSturgeon
again, for the second time in less than a week! I could get used to this.
#GlasgowPride
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(And, no, TERFs - this doesn't mean that trans men aren't men. They are, and you can't change that.)
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I'm begging people to consider why they feel comfortable saying things like "ND culture is being a pleasure to have in class" or "ND culture means being perfectly happy never talking to anyone" but they'd never make a post like "ND culture means getting excluded from school"
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I feel like there has to be some standard of what is acceptable to write in medical records, right? Like I dunno, "oppositional, sarcastic, rude and deliberately evasive" just strikes me as very weird information to put in your notes.
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This is why I want more ND therapists tbh. Because I've tried to explain this to therapists before and they accuse me of "giving up on recovery" or "not trying". It's not giving up to recognise that I have a disability and will always have a disability!
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It's just a bit rubbish realising that even with the best medication and therapy in the world, you will likely always feel some level of distress, which may become crisis, because the way your process everything is just fundamentally different to the majority of society.
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@flynnyjf
@chloehenryxxo
@Zoe_dumpleton
lmao when the police attended my home when my mother was being beaten they said she was lucky it was the neighbours that called and not us, otherwise we'd be at more risk. But go ahead, keep talking like you know shit.
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Butches have been going out and using he/him pronouns forever. Women have been going out and dressing as men without actually being men for centuries, for many reasons.
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Whenever I'm at mental health conferences/events, I remember the time a clinical psychologist at a conference stroked my arm and said something about my scars. Makes me feel as though I'm not seen as equal in these spaces tbh.
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"Sectioning is a privilege" must be one of the most galaxy brained terminally online takes I've seen on here
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@flynnyjf
@chloehenryxxo
@Zoe_dumpleton
There were times my mum had to secretly pass the phone to me to get help. We had code words that meant "call the police". I'm so glad you don't know what it's like living in this environment, and I don't mean that snarkily, I'm genuinely glad you've not experienced this.
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Basically - people have always had more complex relationships to gender than the binary male and female, and historically, many people have used pronouns other than the ones you'd associate with their gender.
Deciding that it's not valid doesn't change that.
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I wish my therapist realised that saying "well if we discharge you, you can always get referred back to the mental health team through your GP!" is actually the opposite of reassuring
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@elizavetaka
@Kaitlin_M_Ruiz
@singingsox
I think this is a pretty standard attitude towards children in general. The hatred for teenage girls specifically though is just misogyny.
I can't speak to parenting as I'm not yet a parent, but as a youth worker, I feel able to say the therapists are being malicious and cruel.
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@IrateMaxwell
She never said anything of the sort, don't put words in her mouth. She's stressing the importance of continuing to be cautious even once you're vaccinated.
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@burncatharsis
@notstupidgaycat
No they are, intrusive thoughts are normal, it's just the frequency or the distress caused by them that sets them apart. Like everyone has the odd thought about hurting someone but it's usually quickly dismissed, whereas some people then fixate on it and it disrupts their life.
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@kinomatika
Reminds me of the time a guy I know left the bathroom without washing his hands, I pulled him up on it like "yo pal you not gonna wash your hands?" and he went "nah, obviously not, I'm a man"
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Psychiatrists after treating their patients like shit: How curious, the patient seems to dislike me! This is clearly irrational and evidence of "splitting", which is when you dislike someone because they are horrible to you!
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Sometimes I look at my cat and I lose my mind over the fact that she is small and soft and has little triangle ears
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@johnny_ryan11
@Rachelagain
Sure, but they don't deserve to own the property is the problem.
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@venusbetch
@coffeespoonie
It's the reason Scottish food contains a lot of offal (think haggis), oatmeal and why we traditionally ate herring rather than stuff like haddock or cod - smaller, bonier fish were much cheaper!
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@BluthCoEqLLC
@FixYourEq
@alexxiisj
I'm pretty sure this tweet is more about cheating and abuse than petty arguments
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@SamWalworth
@itsalwayswednes
This. To me, the whole tipping culture in the US is just a way to absolve businesses of the responsibility of paying a fair wage to employees. It's so normalised.
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Really wish the response to "hey I'm struggling at uni because I have a severe untreated mental illness and raging undiagnosed ADHD" wasn't "it's ok, uni isn't for everyone, you don't need a degree!"
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Neurodivergent kids who are loud, impulsive, angry, defiant, have violent meltdowns, etc. are just as worthy of support, compassion, and love as neurodivergent children who are quiet, withdrawn, and people-pleasing. Neither presentation is more or less valid than the other.
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I dislocated my knee last week. I can walk fine (as fine as usual, that is) and don't "look" like anything is wrong, but I can't use stairs. And a lot of public bathrooms are up or down a set of stairs. If I want to pee, I have to go to someone and out myself as disabled.
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Being extremely passionate about everything I do. Every single interest I have, cause I care about, my work, my hobbies, social issues, all of it I'm passionate about and all of it I put my all into. If I care about something, you can guarantee that I care about it A LOT.
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Gotta say, really loving all the people saying they're unfollowing big MH org accounts for posting about the election as "mental health isn't political"
Mental health isn't political? That's news to me. And news to the many dying due to NHS and welfare cuts.
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I'm glad some psychiatrists are as outraged by the PD training thing as we are, but for those who are shocked by it... literally where have you been?
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@alexandraerin
@kerrydawborn
@NikkiSez
@Seasaver
@GroupeCarrefour
@ambienteeuropeo
@GlobalGoodAward
Also disabled people have a right to independence. I agree this is shit for the environment, but imagine how humiliating and degrading it would be to ask someone to peel your fruit whenever you wanted some.
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