recovery sensei
God, this. I worked in a highschool during my last semester at college, and taught while using a cane because I needed a mobility aid. I started counting students who would innapropriately ask about my disability. The most common phrase was just "what is wrong with you?" I'm not kidding when I say at least 20 highschoolers, many who are in my classes and I've never met before, asked me this question or something similarly worded. While it's a great oppurtunity for me to educate students on what NOT to say to someone with a disability, the fact of the matter is that its rude and condescending. Teach your kids about disabilities so that we dont have to for you.
Able bodied parents I'm begging you to teach your kids about disabled people. Not just because they could become disabled themselves one day but also because even if they don't, they have a very real chance of being rude to us if you don't teach them.
Yes, kids just say shit. They have no filter. That doesn't make it any less humiliating when your child sits near me on the bus and incessantly grills me on why I have a stick when I'm not old. Or laughs at us for things our disability causes. It doesn't take away the hurt when they bully a disabled classmate. For a large part these things could be avoided if you just taught your kids to respect us. It's really not that hard.
Dennis Fast
what do you mean this isn’t how polnareff and iggy’s first meeting went down
studying is my drug, but i say no to drugs
Does anybody else get legitimately worried when a fanfic author who was updating regularly just suddenly disappears with no warning? Like, is it a serious case of writers block or are they in a coma? Did they just up and quit? Was it me? Were my reviews not good enough?! Did they die 😳?! Were they kidnapped? Do I need to file a missing persons report? Excuse me officer, there’s been 13 weekly updates and now nothing for months! Find them! What’s their name?! Name!? I don’t know their name but they write 3k+ chapters and I need them safe and back in my life!
Interning in a highschool when your 18/19 is fun because
1. I get mistaken for a student alot and got yelled at by a teacher today until they saw my visitor badge
2. Kids are terrifying, last time I was here I saw a student smack the shit out of another student with a notebook
3. I know where 3 things are on this campus and I'm too afraid to ask where anything else is
4. I'm going to get beaten up by a child
The queen's done, Charles is probably next... reblog to remove 1 HP from Andrew
Hits you with a beam that makes you Nonbinary
Matt, 22, history graduate program, they/them. Nonbinary, physically disabled, and autistic. Why am I here
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