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Social Media Accounts Which Discuss Intellectual Disability?

Since becoming physically disabled myself, I've learned a lot about disability and ableism just from people on social media posting and raising awareness about their own disabilities, but I've noticed a distinct lack of accounts talking about intellectual disabilities, although maybe that's just the circles I'm in, and I feel like I know a lot less a result. I'd like to find some account recommendations which do discuss intellectual disability (in any form), preferably from intellectually disabled people themselves, on any platform. Does anyone have any suggestions (big or small accounts)?

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u/Expert-Connection120 — 6 days ago

As the title says, BUT you lose the memory of having accepted and can no longer read the offer. Do you accept? You can try and figure out what the offer was after having accepted, but you'll never know for sure.

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u/Expert-Connection120 — 16 days ago

Hope this is okay to post here! I'm running a 12 part monthly series showcasing objects relating to disability history to provide a unique museum experience for the housebound. The first episode on the Radium Girls is now up!

u/Expert-Connection120 — 17 days ago

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I don't know if anyone has spotted this yet, but I was checking upcoming auctions and went goggle-eyed at the price of this stater up for sale at NAC. Turns out this is the only known example issued in the name of Queen Amastris, who herself was (I believe?) the first woman to ever issue coins in her name (usually on some nice silver staters - slides 2 & 3).

Amastris was the niece of Darius III, and participated in the Susa weddings to marry Craterus, who later reneged on the marriage, then Lysimachus, who did the same, and she went on to become an independent ruler in Paphlagonia. She ruled from 300 BCE to 284 BCE when she was drowned by her sons who wanted to rule independently.

It makes me wish that other women of the Diadochi like Adea Euridike or Olympias had issued coinage in their own name, but I still thought this was a pretty awesome piece of history. I'll copy the NAC information about Amastris in the comments as it's pretty interesting too.

u/Expert-Connection120 — 19 days ago
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I wanted to post an image but it doesn't appear this subreddit allows them, so you may have to do an image search if you don't know what I'm talking about. I came across online listings and posts of antique silver food pushers, porridge pushers, and angled spoons, which were used to feed infants, it seems up to WW1 but likely in the mid-late 19th century too. There is some indication in the listings that these may have been also used for disabled people, although I imagine this is just speculation from their design. It does seem very likely that disabled people would have made use of such tools, however I can't find anything in the way of sources that might verify this - if anything exists - as I know information like this is often hidden away in social history. Is there anyone that might be able to provide more information with regards to use of these utensils as disability aids (perhaps a cutlery historian, I say in feeble hope), or point me somewhere I might be able to find out? Thank you!

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u/Expert-Connection120 — 22 days ago