I hate how often some (typically abled) people will go “well, if you can’t [get a specific support], then what?” when it comes to disabilities. As if it’s a “gotcha” moment. And then act like you’re exaggerating when you answer that question honestly.
Disabled people often die from a lack of support. A lot of disability aids are not a luxury, but a basic need in order to live.
“Well what happens if—” people die. People hurt themselves. People hurt others. Disabled people don’t magically become abled if our needs aren’t met.
If a bedbound quadriplegic is caught in a housefire, and there’s nobody there to save them, they’ll probably die. They won’t magically become able-bodied out of sheer will.
If a nonspeaking/nonverbal autistic is denied access to alternative methods of communication, they’ll suffer in silence. They won’t spontaneously become capable of speech.
Disabled people are disabled all the time. Our disabilities don’t go away just because they’re inconvenient, or if we’re in danger.
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"Through veils of snow and iron fence,
From here westward and miles hence,
These lands exert a tyrant's will, from deep within yet colder still,
The stain of red fears to behoove the dead,
Lest the deceased be remembered, lest we recall the bloodshed,
The iron curtain will stay unto the end, and maintain this wanton dread."
Theme - USSR and the Iron Curtain
There IS better autism research they could be doing, like trying to discover other medications that help with sensory issues and quality of life problems and trying to get better childhood diagnosis rates for autistic girls. But no, the decades long useless search to find out what causes autism and how to eliminate it continues. The push for “autism research” is never really about how to make things better for autistic people, it’s about how to make autistic people stop existing and that is nottttt possible. But they’ll continue to fixate on it.
Penny and her eeveelutions
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Custom Build #2, Ka-Ri amphibious heavy tank.
"An anxiety inducing, cult-like monolith to easily accesible gasoline and food."
-Me after walking out of my first buc-ees.