Can anyone point me in the direction of #disabled persons pursuing self-sufficient lifestyles? The #disability could be mental, physical, or other and the self-sufficiency could be from a #Permaculture, #Prepping or #Sustainability perspective.
Looking for social media accounts, books, blogs, youtube or people doing this kind of thing outside of modern socials that would be happy to have a conversation about it.
@bananamangodog@permacultre@mecfs@actuallyautistic Parkrose Permaculture might be a good YouTube channel. She talks a lot about ableism, and some of her children have various disabilities or are neurodivergent.
I'm disabled and pursuing community-based autonomous structures of social ecological sustainability.
I'm about to move into a trailer and do a work exchange on a permaculture site, which reduces my monetary needs a lot. Getting out of renting has been a big struggle, but one I think is way worth it.
I live in a house with 6 people currently and have bounced around communal houses for the past few days, always filled with disabled folks. We get groceries and cook mostly communally, pool money to hire helpers (friends) on cleaning/chore days, and we interface with other comm. houses, disabled friends, and friends struggling w/ housing or who don't live in houses. Try to support each other and our community.
Self-employment is also big in this for me too. My disability goes through flare cycles, so having flexibility is important. Some of my housemates/life partners and I are starting a cooperative apothecary. Helps meet our financial needs while also helping our community and increasing habitat and food for wildlife on our farm.
Regarding farming/permaculture and sustainable lifestyles, it is tricky being disabled. I think the community aspect plays such a central role for me because it allows so much flexibility and accessibility in roles and fluent abilities. Sometimes I can shovel gravel or harvest plants, sometimes I need to be inside processing herbal remedies or working on communications. And for some folks, they'll be in a role more often because they're great at it or it's what they can do (tho we definitely try not to push our mostly able-bodied friends into large amounts of manual labor). There's always a role folks can fill which is nice, and it's more fulfilling since it's for our community, for our survival, for the restoration of the planet.
I appreciate you posting this as now I want to write more/make videos about the intersection of disability and ecology, food, sustainability, community living.
Please, #ablebodied#privileged people think people like me should just 'work harder'. Ya think your fucking spoiled kids could deal with #disabilities without your fucking bloody money??? SAY THAT SHIT TO MY FACE.
We are capable! We are human beings! We deserve human rights! We will fight for ours!
@msquebanh , I'm lucky enough that I was born abled, and have avoided most accidents that limited mobility. My right hand is a bit screwed up, that's all. Back due to being rear ended when I was 17. But I'm OK.
@msquebanh
Some of the reactions to my sitting there taking rests on natures walks have been very interesting. Most are encouraging, but some it's is obvious they are disgusted.
I try to choose mostly flat trails due to my ME/CFS. That isn't always an option. I need a 4WD scooter so I can do longer trails. #MECFS#MillionsMissing
I can’t speak for the #disabled population as a whole, but the reason i’m giving consideration to filing an aDA suit is because I sick and tired of getting the professional version of Go fuck yourself when i ask for assistance. Telling someone you can't verify their identity becvause your tech is inaccessible is as unacceptable in 2024 as being told you can't eat in a restaurant because your physical disability is making customers uncomfortable.
And to those who are #AbleBodied and feeling complaint fatigue from those of us who are #Disabled, we sympathize, and it's your damn fault. if you'd learned your lesson when a bunch of us got together to pass the ADA and started designing things to be accessible as part of the building process, we wouldn't have to keep having these exhausting conversations. Since you collectively haven’t learned, here are the take aways.
We are poor & cannot afford to do long legal battles. We need the public to help by calling & emailing them. Please help us.
Please send at least ONE EMAIL. PLEASE!!!
It helps if emails come from many different areas of the world too. They're worried about PR more than worried about accountability for abuses of power by their senior brass.
Let them know - how far my message got! They think people don't care. Show them, you care about my family!
"1. Most #disabilities and #chronicconditions are invisible. Often, you cannot “see” kidney disease, cognitive disabilities, neurological conditions, cancer, prosthetic limbs, etc. All of these and more qualify as disabilities, and these individuals are allowed access to a disabled placard to make their lives and the world that much easier to navigate."
"Those with #disabilities face hurdles every day the able-bodied cannot fathom. If you are concerned that the #disabled are getting a “privilege” that is somehow “undeserved,” you are entitled to your opinion but please don’t act on it."
Him: so what are you looking for? ;) ;) ;)
Me: to end late stage capitalism and create an economic system that works for #poor and #disabled people and benefits all, and reduces unethical harm to people like what is occuring currently
Him: ……
Him: (thinking) {i thought she was going to say she wants to fucky sucky. Y do i hv to listen to her real thoughts?}
Him: leaves
Many blame the poor for being unable to sustain their lives in the systems of this society - not realizing the fact that there are many #eugenics at play and this is some of what many of the #marginalized call systemic oppression
The #disabled community has been marked and labeled as "dangerous" as have #minorities and those living in #poverty
The truth is our existence stands as proof that "hard work" doesn't save you from death and despair or poverty
It doesn't matter where you land on the bipartisan "democracy" of the US and many other countries - this is a #colonialist and #capitalist mindset and we see proof of it in #Congo and #Palestine
I fear for my life even if I survive today, even if I make rent, even if I get food
I fear for my mother's life if I am too mentally unwell to function this system will execute her, she's old, brown, an immigrant, disabled - marked as useless to society
Rather than being repeatedly frustrated when seeing someone's posts with photos attached that have no #descriptions, I've just decided to unfollow them despite having certain afinities with them.
Yes. It's the same person about whom I subtooted the other day.
Liberals, you need to check your allyship card. If you're not including #disabled people in that group, you're not a true #ally. All you are doing is pretending.
@ZBennoui I certainly know that I'm not going to be able to convince everyone or even a majority of the people. But not saying anything and expecting people to learn on their own is also not a solution. There are quite a few people in our community who do this or believe that someone else would have done something about it, which results in things not changing. Defaulting to a possible tool should not be the first solution.
@ppatel completely agree, and I'm definitely not advocating for shutting up and being grateful or anything like that. Just wanted to point out that these tools exist, and if people refuse to listen at least we have that option but it should definitely not be the first thing we go to.
@thomasfuchs And at a time when Long Covid is steadily raising the number of people who are functionally disabled in ways which are not visually apparent.
@thomasfuchs Quite apparent that many western societies are just going to keep forcing their entire working age populations into unmitigated Russian roulette with this virus and when they are no longer able to work are just going to throw them under a bus.
A wheelchair-user was forced to drag -- literally drag -- himself off an Air Canada flight in Las Vegas when there was no third-party assistance available.
If you think "dragged" is an overstatement, think again: The flight attendant asked him multiple times to disembark; he had to use "the strength of his upper body to pull himself down the airplane aisle, while his wife, held his legs, which cannot move."
@nesi Curious to see if:
1-The mistreated passenger had properly entered his "disabled" info in reservation within required deadline.
2-Air Canada transmitted the request for help to its Las Vegas Contractor in time for it to prepare
3-The contractor got message on time but didn't act on t.
As this appears to be systemic problem, one needs to eliminate all causes in order to be able to focus on areas of problems and get those fixed.
@jfmezei No matter what did or didn't happen, the answer is never "let a wheelchair-bound person drag themselves down an airplane aisle".
Air Canada is tossing the blame at the third party, which is in the article: “We use the services of a third party wheelchair assistance specialist in Las Vegas to provide safe transport on and off aircraft. Following our investigation into how this serious service lapse occurred, we will be evaluating other mobility assistance service partners in Las Vegas.”
I try really hard to remember accessibility tools (ALT Text).
Still learning how this all works. Not great at social media in general. Previously found with the same handle on the birdsite, and several other instances (weirder.earth and mastodon.social specifically).
@jessica I removed the boost because it looks like the bot is down right now (or doesn't work anymore). But what a great concept to make this place even better for all!
@izabelamisiak That's odd, it messaged me just a couple of days ago about a boost without alt text, I hope any downtime it's going through is temporary because it is great indeed! 😊
Sometimes, I wonder if it would serve #disabled and #neurodivergent people well to arrange some protests. Against how rigid and standardised things have become.
People who could contribute are prevented from doing so because of unnecessary requirements.
The average person has some flexibility and can adapt. Considering this fact, it's ironic that society has become so inflexible and rigid, all in the name of marginal improvements to the safety and comfort of people who were already fairly safe and comfortable to begin with.
Us weirdos were always the ones to get in trouble anyway. Making the rules stricter doesn't make the problem go away. It just creates a society that operates like a prison camp.
@thor Generally, when people go through a Nazi phase and depart from it, they tend to appreciate freedom more, therefore vehemently fighting back any attempts at pushing forward authoritarianism.
Although, Germany, Austria and Italy are going down the fascist rabbit hole as we speak. It’s pretty wild out there with all them alt right parties becoming mainstream. They love to shout out the word “freedom” while taking it away at the same time.
@thor I disagree with you on this. I believe the eccentrics to be the ones who can foresee the evil, not to be first hit by it. Those who are affected by violational policies are a distinct group and often perceived as synonymous with eccentrics.
Most people don’t question such policies because they don’t affect them. They only resist them when the shit hits the fan.
Alright. Here's how it is. Once you appoint yourself as gatekeeper, you become part of the problem. We as #disabled people have precious few allies as it is, without actively alienating the ones we have. You can stand up and offer to help, stand up and provide constructive feedback on how to improve, stand up and show appreciation, or just sit your ungrateful self down. Just stop. Thanks @stefan for raising awareness of #AltText. #blind#accessibilityhttps://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112451222240570433
@stefan It occurrs to me that the #AltText hall of fame is not run by a #Blind or #VisionImpaired person because in the decades that alt text has been a thing, nobody from within this community has stopped to think that demonstrating how to do it well might be helpful for our cause. When an ally does it, we treat them like an intruder. Whatever. Enjoy your internet full of suboptimal alt text.