When you've got ADHD, an internet connection, and a lot of downtime...

Ask me how many times I went to go put on my shoes before leaving the house for this appointment...

No drug they've given me in hospital has had the same disorienting thrill as some surgical resident barging in at 6 am, ripping off my dressings, and declaring "EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT YOU'RE READY LET'S SEND YOU HOME IT COULD EVEN BE TODAY", and then swanning out of the room.

"Yeah, your pets can visit! I am surprised no one has told you that." -- my favourite nurse

Things are still going great, but if I don't do some proper convalescing, things are not going to *keep* going great, so this is it for today's update. ❤️🦵🏻🦵🏻

Recovery is going really well! Pain is Iow, morale is high, and I have so much support. The nurses are super sweet,and I'm on a relatively quiet ward.

Thanks for the support and well wishes. ❤️

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Next week, I will be having surgery to amputate both legs above the knee due to complications from EDS and erythromelalgia. My sister has kindly put together a GFM. Please share and consider donating if you are in a position to do so! www.gofundme.com/f/corins-sur...

Donate to Corin's Surgery Recovery, organized by Mara Ervin

Our beloved Corin Parsons is having bilateral above-knee amputation surgery due to complications f… Mara Ervin needs your support for Corin's Surgery Recovery

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My paraplegic cat doesn't understand windows. My old place was a basement suite and there wasn't a way for her to safely access the windows; however, my new place has full-length windows -- or what she calls The Devil's Forcefield.

"The weirdest thing about testosterone is--" No but tell me why I suddenly have wavy hair??

Its not that using ableist language is "offensive" alone, it is in that using ableist epithets, we normalize the idea that disability is a state of undesirable, laughable inferiority and otherness, and that disabled people deserve to the butt of the joke for some intrinsic reason--its insidious

I recently moved into social housing in a super wealthy part of town and istg I just saw a man wearing three (3) navy blue quarter zips layered one on top of the other.

The grocery stores are playing "O Canada" in case any US Americans are wondering how things are going up here.

Me, a 40-year-old man, picking up a U-Haul: ok Corin you are a strong, independent woman. You can do this. You can drive this big truck. 💪🏻💅🏻

THEY DETRANSED PLEAKLEY?!

Someone tried to explain "undue hardship" on my post about the absurdity of gatekeeping accommodations, so here's my hot take: undue hardship is manufactured scarcity for the purposes of justifying disability exclusion.

I'm moving this weekend to an actually wheelchair accessible apartment, which is great -- but my cat is furious with me. His space has been upended, I've sold some of his favourite furniture because it won't fit, and there are boxes everywhere but they're all taped shut.

Gatekeeping accommodations is so weird. Most accommodations are a bother unless you need them, so if someone says "wow [x accommodation] would really improve my life", they need it. Meanwhile, if an accommodation could in fact benefit everyone, not just disabled people, then everyone should have it.

Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"

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Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on: “We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“Our message to the university is that now is the time to stand against the new segregationists & stand up for your marginalized faculty, staff and students. If you don’t, you will have reminded us that you have never intended to do right by us” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Colleges must stand up to the new segregationists (opinion)

In rushing to comply with Trump’s executive actions, universities support a segregationist agenda, Subini Annamma and David Stovall write.

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Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today would be yet another good day for university presidents to loudly, collectively, & publicly start defending our institutions & industry. The silence is deafening & frankly, incomprehensible. What exactly are you waiting for? How many Columbias, Maines, & Johns Hopkins will it take?

Hey disabled family, can anyone give me a good recommendation for a website to buy a reliable, affordable cane (ideally in a fun color or pattern?). I am 28 with EDS and have dislocated a kneecap and my knees are losing stability rapidly. I appreciate it immensely!

With an aging population, an ongoing mass-disabling event (COVID), and our belligerent neighbour threatening multiple additional mass-disabling events every day, why is protecting developers' profits the primary concern??

B.C. lowers accessible unit requirement in new buildings to 20% | Urbanized

Following builder feedback and economic uncertainty, the B.C. government has scaled back adaptable-dwelling requirements to cut costs.

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If you’re feeling demoralized, know that psychological warfare is part of the enemy’s tactics and manage your PUBLIC response accordingly

Since the start of COVID, the number of people reporting a disability soared. Yet the majority of the world acts like COVID is over, and Long COVID doesn't exist.

It’s the five year anniversary of the pandemic. Five years that disabled people have been abandoned. Five years where many have excused our deaths as acceptable. Five years that we can’t even access safe healthcare. By you excluding disabled people, you’re aiding in fascism and eugenics.

Many disabled people cannot legally immigrate to other countries. Many countries have disability excluding criteria for legal immigrants. Please keep this in mind as more and more people flee the US.

For months, I wasn't able to go anywhere in Vancouver without seeing at least one cybertruck, and last night it dawned on me that I haven't seen a single cybertruck in weeks -- which is as it should be.