u/RosethornRanger

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A tumblr post and a self-reply by the user crippled-peeper. The person has a sunflower as a profile picture. The text of the first post says "“what’s it like being disabled in the USA?” I once told someone my mom died of Covid and they replied “can we not talk about politics right now?”". The text of the second post says "no “sorry for your loss”, no “wow you’re only 26 and your mom died”, no “wow that’s terrible”

The second post says: "just “stop making me uncomfy by mentioning your mom dying because I don’t believe the disease that killed her actually exists”"."

A tumblr post and two replies. The first tumblr post is by just-shower-thoughts and says ""An electric toothbrush and an escalator are two things that can stop working and still accomplish their original goal."

the next is by "randomSlasher" and says "Ah, wonderful! This post can help me illustrate something I’ve been trying to articulate for awhile: the concept of benign or unintentional abelism.

Escalators and electric toothbrushes are perfect examples of things that many able-bodied people assume exist for their own convenience, and this post is a perfect example of that unconscious assumption.

An escalator that has broken down is still perfectly functional, right?

Well, sure–if you could have used the stairs to begin with.

But for people like me, for whom the escalator was not a convenience but a mobility device, a broken down escalator is not functional.

An electric toothbrush might seem like something that could be just as easily used turned off as turned on, but for someone with Parkinson’s, or any other number of nerve, coordination, or grip issues, the function of the electric toothbrush is a necessary feature, and without it, the task at hand becomes far more arduous (or even impossible).

I’m not angry or trying to point out why this post is “bad” or “wrong”–I’m simply trying to point out that people who assume every time or energy-saving invention was created as a means to help able-bodied people be lazier should consider re-examining those assumptions. It might help you become more compassionate toward your disabled friends and family, or at least more aware of the struggles we face daily.

I’ve had plenty of folks ask for examples of abelism and I am terrible at coming up with them on the spot, so here you go. This is a great one: assuming every modern convenience is only a convenience for everyone, when for some, it is, in fact, a necessity. "

The last is by "adasWordLace" and says "When I heard that this is why all those infomercials show “impossibly clumsy able-bodied people” - that these random convenience devices are really made more for people with troubles like randomSlasher describes, and it’s just able-bodied actors trying to act those mobility issues out - I kinda had to stop making fun of those clips."

Twitter post from the user @sikeemay, dated January 25, 2022, at 10:12 AM. The text reads: 'Land ownership is the original NFT. Oh, you "own" this piece of ground? Because it says so on that piece of paper? Even though I can just walk right on it?'

Alt text: a comic in four panels. The scene is blue on the left, and red on the right, in the middle, there is a white line. In the first panel, there is a white colored human overlayed with the text "LGBT youths", saying "Mom, dad, I'm gay." in a speech bubble above their head. In the second panel, a blue colored human on the blue side of the panel with a text overlay of "Unsupportive Parents" shoves the white human over to the red side. In the third panel, the white colored human is caught by a red colored human with a gay flag overlayed on the head, who says "Don't worry, we support you." The white colored person responds "Thanks." There is another red colored human nearby with a trans flag overlayed on their head. In the fourth panel, the blue colored person is leaning over the white line with a speech bubble that says (all caps) "Stop grooming my child!"

A tumblr post by sudscrub that reads "I need you guys to stop forgetting that neurodivergent people can still be ableist. If someone is autistic and says that all people with NPD are monsters and evil, they are being ableist. If someone with adhd says that someone doesn't really need their cane and is just lazy, they are being ableist. If someone with OCD calls someone else 'psychopathic' and 'psychotic' they are being ableist. You can't hide behind your neurodivergence does not cancel our ableism."

A picture of graffiti on a cable box that reads "OH NO! Your upper class neighbourhood has writing on it" with sad face

A graphic by climate central titled the "climate shift index" saying it is using NOAA GPS forecasts of minimum temperature for july 2 2026. The graphic contains an image of the north eastern US and some of canada and has a color coded bar ranging from -5 to 5. The color representing 5 covers most of the US shown, with some pockets with the colors corresponding to 1 to 3. https://csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index

An image of two tumblr posts by the same person. They have the profile picture of some kind of animal and it appears to have the non-binary flag next to it. The username is Androdragynous.

The first post says "I'm a disability advocate (I think you should be disabled)".

The next says "really though a lot of people put themselves through a lot of pain or inconvenience because they have decided they aren't Bad Enough to need help with something and it sucks. so I truly do want to encourage identifying as disabled. you can get a cane if you think you'd only use it on the really bad days or if the deciding factor is that it's your favorite color or if you think maybe it would make one single task a little easier. you can use a screen reader if it's more convenient to hear text spoken to you rather than reading it. you can get cut-proof gloves, or a chopping gizmo, or pre-cut ingredients if it would make you feel safer when cooking because you're a little clumsy. you can use a wheelchair if it would just make you less tired.

as someone who struggled (and struggles) with feeling Bad Enough to justify the tools I need: it's okay if you don't think you need them. A want is enough. A passing "oh, that would be useful" is enough, especially if it keeps happening. you're allowed to want things to be easier and you are allowed to make them easier. I love you."

A comic consisting of a title, and two panels of a white person with long brown hair, a grey shirt, a purple jacket, and grey shorts talking. Presenting fem I believe

The title says "Saying you wouldn't date a trans person makes you a transphobe."

The first panel is titled "What it means:" with the person saying "Trans people have all types of bodies and genetalia. It's not a preference, it's stigmatisation and stereotyping."

The second panel is titled: "What it doesn't mean:" with her saying "Date a trans person this instant, bigot!"

There is an atline that says sophie labelle

A 4 panel cartoon of a person with 4 different types of plant growing on their head: 1) if you're not an early bloomer 2) or a later bloomer, 3) you're probably some kind of super cool fern, 4) or an incredibly fascinating species of moss.

A 4 panel meme of kaiba and yugi from the yu-gi-oh anime. The first panel is a closeup of kaiba holding a card saying "social democracy is the moderate wing of fascism". The next is yugi holding the card with its back turned to us, and the third panel is him turning it around. It says "Marxism-Leninism is the radical wing of social democracy". The final panel is kaiba getting blasted with energy.

An image of a news article. The thumbnail is a split image of a person and a phone with the chat gpt website up. the chat gpt website says "Examples explain quantum computing in simple terms". The right side as an image of a White person in round glasses a bowtie and a suit stairing at the camera. The title of the article is "Purdue professor accused of being AI bot for lacking 'wamth' in viral email: 'I'm just autistic'. It is by NY post.

A Tumblr post by juney-blues that says "'A lot of people would much rather imagine doing violence to a category of ontologically evil person than actually do anything to address the systemic issues that lead to harm in the real world' is one of those things you can say and it makes a lot of people angrily eager to prove you right it turns out."

A tweet by jerrycobbs that says "In Galileo's day, Jupiter had four moons. Today it has 95. Actually it has always had 95; we just didn't have the technology to see the other 9. This post is about autism.

A screenshot of a tweet by @Debs_Kropotkin (with the name John Brown) saying "Do you ever get overwhelmed by how our real world is a genuine nightmare but everyone just keeps acting like it's normal?" The timestamp '7:53 AM · 3/27/22

article link:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines

A tumblr post with the text "So stay with me here, but fun ballet fact: part of the reason you're supposed to start ballet young is so you stretch and hold you joint in certain ways regularly enough your body grows differently. You know how men who do ballet look only sort of muscular but then lift a whole ass person? Their muscles are trained to lie flat like that for flexibility, they don't bulk up. Girl in your class who always stands in turnout? It's likely not just habit, her joints probably sit like that now. I started ballet when I was six and stopped after three years. I then took a break for three years, and came back and did jazz ballet (which has movement and some of the same body mods but without turnout) and tap for another couple of years. And every physio who works on my body looks at my feet, hips and calves and goes “oh you danced.” I was never even flexible enough to do splits, but you best believe I stand in turnout. I never went en pointe but I’m 95% sure tap is the reason my feet have random spasms if I don't take them with a tennis ball once a week. When I said I wanted to be a dancer at six years old, adults took that to mean I’d want certain permanent alterations to my body. Unlike with young trans kids, no one was concerned if I fully understood what I was getting into. And unlike with young trans kids, these changes were not reversible when I changed my mind. There wasn’t even a way to delay this process to buy time (like puberty blockers). It was all or nothing. I wanted to be a professional dancer, my normal ass joints were a ticking timebomb. So like -cis opinion-, but I really don’t have a lot of time for complaining about trans kids socially transitioning or going blockers or even (when they're old enough for it to be relevant) hrt. Me "Identifying" as a dancer at six years old was more physically impactful and less informed than if a six year old changed their name and grew their hair, but you don't see any of the adults in my life getting accused of child abuse. " by thatGirlWhoKeepsReading