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If you’re up for it, that would be great. Hope you feel better soon and can catch up on some rest.

This is a great topic to explore, thank you.

I’ve been considering doing an occasional ‘disability spotlight’ kind of thing for future mega topics, with the idea of being able to bring awareness to different disabilities. Problem is, I have but a drop of knowledge in the ocean of disabilities, and limited spoons, so I would need some help from the community to make this happen. Would anyone here like to see something specific featured as an upcoming mega, or even be interested in doing a blurb write-up for a mega and having it pasted in the post? I’d love to hear ya’lls thoughts on it.

They’ve managed to turn medication into a gambling racket that favors the ruling class

That’s good news!! At least you can scratch that off the potentials list

That is interesting, and an interesting read. It’s definitely still portrayed and perpetuated in media in the worst way, which just piles on to how people learn to view disabilities.

Amazing, and of course now you’re left with her mess, so sorry you’re having to deal with that after all that time spent

their body has never betrayed them

This right here is one of the things that feels the hardest to get the able-bodied to understand; personal solutions and standardized metrics will never serve as a blanket answer for the unique experiences of those living with disabilities, and just because they can do it doesn’t mean you can do it too, even with accommodations.

Nearly a decade of records is pretty impressive, it’s wild what we can put our bodies through

Hope the discomfort passes soon

50 is a lot, maybe you could connect with some fellow plant lovers who would have the space and means to take some off your hands?

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8 projects sounds like a nice round number

This very much relates to the quote for this mega, too! Even the concept of triage, as we understand it medically, is biased against those who do not fall under the ideal of “having a high quality of life” by capital’s standards. We are sorted and categorized negatively before anything else.

Sadly, the average person cannot spend the emotional and intellectual brain power to consider the world around them and how it operates. It is a machine oiled by the blood of those unwillingly and meticulously sacrificed, largely ignored by the comfortable masses.

I feel somewhat spoiled by Hexbear, and this comm in particular, precisely because of the experience you’re describing in other parts of the internet. It can turn into a constant battle. I hope you can report and block those users, they’re certainly not worth your energy with those shitty takes.

Incredibly late, but willing if this be the people’s will

Cute even when grainy

People arguing against reality like that usually just end up defending their own ableist viewpoints and beliefs, and they always get real mad about their fragile, imagined world being challenged.