Posted by: EmilyEmilyEmily on: August 31, 2011
It’s not ableist to acknowledge that people have varying ability levels. I mean obviously come on that’s like, one of the most basic points of disability theory. Intelligence is ableist because it isn’t actually a thing. It’s a bunch of things, and often they aren’t correlated at all (See for example specific learning disabilities; like [...]
Posted by: EmilyEmilyEmily on: August 3, 2011
Trigger warning: unpleasant sexual experiences
Posted by: EmilyEmilyEmily on: July 5, 2011
[Trigger warning: autism related self-injury] …you know, with my “Actually guys if I want to peel off my epidermis or bite myself or stab myself with needles or bang my head on things, maybe you can let me decide for myself whether I can cope with the pain, okay?” Yep. I’m the person who actually [...]