Why does disability make people so uncomfortable?

I work for a pretty large national nonprofit, and I've been doing some disability advocacy through it and have been in my personal life prior. I've noticed though that people just go silent, or sort of discourage me from talking about it? My responsibilities in my position is to ensure our organization branches out and that our programs are inclusive, so it's very relevant to my position. The person responsible for hiring me said she had specifically hired me because I am disabled and have a history in disability advocacy. She no longer works here, but since she left I noticed it just seems to be a sore topic for my team? They either get quiet and have no response, or they just write it off or say we don't have the means to address that right now. Disability is really tied in with our cause, but our organization has done so little to address it or...really much lately. I think my position here seems sort of absolute, because it feels more like I'm filling a space than expected to do the work I was hired to do. The team doesn't really even seem like they expect me to stick around, which makes me think my position was the idea of the girl who hired me. Not the actual organization. Anyway. Outside of my job, people just do NOT like hearing me discuss disability. I get that people may not know what to say, or it's "taboo" for them, but I would hope we're past this point. I'm also fairly wary to discuss my own disability, unless someone specifically asks or I need too. So it just feels strange to me? I know I'm not challenging anyone or dumping private information onto them. It feels like either I've said something that I don't realize is controversial, or they're not addressing something too me. Does anyone else experience this? It feels so strange and it makes me feel like I'm being judged or I'm just really tone deaf. It's not like this when I interact with other disability organizations though, I've got a pretty good connection with other nonprofits and grassroots organizations that focus on Disability which reassures me a bit. I've been told recently during a conference that if I'm coming into this issue so often, that I'm not in disability-friendly enviorments. But I have a really hard time accepting that I guess.

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u/Conscious_Nobody7591 — 11 days ago
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Coloring Room Orange & Pink! Need advice!

Hi! I'm coloring my room from a dark grey, to sizzling sunset and hot gossip from Behr. My roommate is doing the same, to a bright green color (idk the exact shade). We just did a white coat, which obviously still has some left over streaks. Should we go over that with another coat of white then our chosen colors, OR should we just skip the second layer of white and do two layers of our colors instead?

We're in a bit of a time crunch so if we can save the time I'd much rather do that.

If it helps at all, he has a gallon of green, and I have a quart each of sizzling sunset and hot gossip. I don't know the exact square foot but we have tiny rooms, so one gallon of white paint was enough for a single coat for both of us.

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u/Conscious_Nobody7591 — 2 months ago
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How to use the "IF" command with importrange for an entire column

I am currently in charge of the mailing system at my job. They've been doing it manually for years but it's incredibly backed up. I have some basic knowledge of sheets/excel but moving between two sheets is brand new to me. I'm trying to code information from the original sheet, into our masterlist. I want the information from the original sheet (The one that says "type of request") into the new sheet where it will show up as an "X" along with their information which will be in the same row for each person. The original sheet shows what mailing systems our members have signed up for, so for example, if they sign up for the penpal system I want it to say "X" on the masterlist.

So far I have this -

=IF(IMPORTRANGE("URL","Sheet!U:U""Newsletter Subscription","X","")

But it only transfers a single cell of information. I want to do the entire column. How should I go about doing that?

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u/Conscious_Nobody7591 — 3 months ago

Is hosting a wellness/hygiene pantry in a storage space a bad look?

I'm creating a small organization that provides mutual aid and support for people with disabilities in my city. I want to start a wellness/hygiene pantry but I know that even with fundraising I wouldn't be able to afford an office space. I'm not planning on going big until/if the movement gains enough traction, I'm doing this with a very small team. This is just a grassroots organization run by members of the community.

I was thinking of renting out an indoor storage space, that people could schedule visits too and get what they need. I find it's the most accessible (depending on location), and I can securely store any items with easy access if on a lower level or if the storage facility has an elevator.

On a local organizing scale, is that a bad look for an organization? Has anyone else done something similar, or how did you navigate finding a space to hold your pantry until you could afford to have your own office or center?

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u/Conscious_Nobody7591 — 4 months ago

Buying a Domain - What should I use for the business address?

I'm creating a grassroots organization in my city. It's nothing big, but I want to make sure I'm being professional because I'm hoping someday it can become a set nonprofit that provides programming. Right now it's mostly just community organizing, I have no office, center, or place of business. I'm looking to buy a domain via google but it's asking for an address. Should I use just my personal address for now, or will that get me in trouble some how? If that's fine, can I change it in the future once I actually have a physical space?

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u/Conscious_Nobody7591 — 4 months ago
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AITAH For wanting my partner to see me as one of his priorities

Edit: Title meant to say "AITAH For expecting my partner to see me as one of his priorities while he grieves"

My Partner and I have been struggling recently and getting in a lot of fights. We've been trying to handle our relationship together and recently started therapy. His father passed away during this time and our fights got worse. He started dismissing my concerns and at one point I asked "do you even see me as a priority" and he said he doesn't. When I asked him what this meant, he said " I don't care about our problems. I only care about my Dad. I don't care if we're together or not.". He said this repeatedly over the course of weeks. He still says it sometimes when we're in fights. He says he hates me. He only just stopped because I genuinely had a breakdown from hearing him telling me that all the time. I just feel like a partner, especially one you're engaged too, should always be a priority. Not in an obsessing way, just in the way that we are both living life together and going through things together. I even told him I understood if we needed to stop focusing on our issue, but that I wanted to know that he still cared about being with me. He said he did not. After he says these things he'll always turn around and will tell me he loves me and I'm incredibly important to him. It confuses me why during his rough times, I don't matter to him. I understand he's grieving, but I also just lost my Dad two months before this. We had been fighting during, before, and after I lost my Dad but I never stopped seeing our relationship as a priority. It hurts me that he doesn't have the same feelings that I do and doesn't feel the same connection. I've always known love to be that you both are in it together and supporting each other. It's been a month now and I told him that this hurt me, thinking we had healed enough to have that conversation. He said he stands by it and will not change his mind. I don't think I'm being unreasonable. I didn't ask that he try to fix all our issues, I just wanted to know if fixing our issues was something he even cared about.

Am I the asshole for wanting him to take our relationship seriously while he grieved?

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u/Conscious_Nobody7591 — 5 months ago
▲ 4 r/nudism

My partner and I are celebrating our 2 year anniversary this summer, and we've really wanted a place to just be able to be nude and experience nature without worrying about getting in trouble with hosts or making non-consenting guests uncomfortable. We were looking at some off-grid stuff because that was the only option we could think of, but just remembered that there are whole communities for this! Does anyone have any recommendations for resorts, rentals, or camping spaces? Preferably with more of a glamping style and no children.

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u/Conscious_Nobody7591 — 6 months ago

(cw: SIB)

I just got a new job that I deeply care about, and fought really really hard to get. I really enjoy it so far and I'm very excited. But every day I go home now I have echolalia ("I'm stupid", "I die", "need to die", etc), and hit my head over and over. I start to overthink everything throughout the day, and I can't process all the new information I'm taking in. I really want to make it through this job. It's part time. Barely any physical labor. It's perfect for the accommodations I need and my bosses know and are very understanding. I haven't been able to maintain a job for nearly 2 years since I started having more meltdowns and struggling to live independently. The last job I cared about left me with the same issues, which inevitably led to extreme burnout. I would hit my head multiple times a day and have meltdowns, but at the time I lived alone. I assumed living alone was the issue, not my job. Now I live with my boyfriend, and he helps but it makes me feel even more upset that he's seeing it because I feel embarrassed. I've quit so many jobs because I keep having breakdowns, either at work or at home. I can't keep doing this. I want to be able to have this job. I've wanted this job my whole life. I want to feel proud and confident when I get home, instead of having meltdowns as soon as I do. I don't know what I'm missing that's leaving me like this. I know I have low self confidence but I'm not like this when I meet new people. It's only when I'm having to do new or longer tasks. The same happens when doing things like taxes, bills etc. but at least my boyfriend can help me when it's too much. He can't help me at work, and It makes me sad that I struggle to do it on my own because I try so hard. Has anyone here had this experience? I thought I was lv 1 but recently found out I have lv 2. It's been difficult to figure out my limits and how I can work around them. This is the biggest one right now.

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u/Conscious_Nobody7591 — 6 months ago