The world may sometimes outpace our ability to keep up with it, but we are still here, and we are all catching up on the things we need to. Wishing you all another two weeks of the ability to rest, and - if possible - to catch up on the things that are important to you. Love you all <3
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As always, we ask that in order to participate in the weekly megathread, one self-identifies as some form of disabled, which is broadly defined in the community sidebar:
“Disability” is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.
Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.
Saying someone with a wheelchair is faking their disability because they can walk unassisted for brief distances is like sayng Mo Farrah is faking his athleticism by not running everywhere.
It’s one thing if you are surprised to see someone get out of their wheelchair and walk a few steps, but it’s another to claim they’re not disabled because of it. I don’t get people sometimes, and I’m honestly glad about it