sooo sick of ablebodied neurodivergent / mental health advocacy that throws physically disabled people under the bus.

if someone is being ableist to you or shaming you for your mental health and you respond by telling them they wouldn't say that to a physically disabled person, you have 0 idea how ableism works.

"you wouldn't tell wheelchair user to just walk!" yes they would.

"you wouldn't tell someone with a cane to just go gluten free / vegan / etc!" yes they would.

"you wouldn't tell someone with chronic pain to just suck it up!" yes they would.

"you wouldn't say that to someone with dwarfism!" yes they would.

"you wouldn't tell a blind person they're faking!" yes they would.

"you wouldn't-" yes. they. would.

by doing this you are treating physically disabled people like our problems with ableism aren't real or aren't taken seriously. you are using us as a talking point without caring about us. you are making it clear that you don't understand how ableism affects us and that you don't care to learn.

this is not "lateral ableism" you are straight up punching down. you as an ablebodied¹ person have privilege over physically disabled people.

if you feel like saying "but physically disabled people can oppress neurodivergent people too!" true! but that's not an excuse for your behaviour. also, disabled people are 4.6 times more likely to experience frequent mental distress than abled people.² so a lot of the time it's not that they're opressing you. it is that you can't conceive of physically disabled people also being mentally ill.


¹ obviously there are cases where conditions affect both the brain and body (ie. very high support needs autism), and the line is not always clear in these cases, but these people are not the people perpetuating this problem, nor are they the ones i'm talking about in this post.

²Cree, Robyn A, et al. “Frequent Mental Distress among Adults, by Disability Status, Disability Type, and Selected Characteristics - United States, 2018.” MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 11 Sept. 2020, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7499832/

as much as the concept of Jesus being a fairly normal lad has its charms, im personally very intrigued by the idea of him being just… extremely weird. not even in a mystical sense, just…….staggeringly BIZZARRE. 

you go to the well to get some water, and here’s Miriam’s boy, staring at the sky, completely still. his expression is unreadable. you hazard a hello and ask how he’s doing, and he slowly, unblinkingly, lowers his gaze on you (he’s 8 and is missing his frontal teeth, not that this is making you any less uncomfortable) and says “I cannot speak of the state of my being, Nathan son of Saul, my brother, but rejoice for the water you shall take today will be as pure as the soul of the children of Heaven”

…you start sweating

normal person in 1st century Nazareth: making my way downtown, walking fast

*sees J boy, 8 yo, staring at you from across the street*

normal person: walking faster 

even funnier, the only person 100% on board with his Prophetic Kid Talk is his mother Miriam, an otherwise placid, absolutely normal woman around 25 or so


kid JC, coming home at twilight, a single white dove following him and chirping with weirdly human-like precision:

 moth̫́er,̦͌ ̮̉i h͙̉av͔̽e ͓͗b̘̃r̞̓o̮͘u̲̒gh̟͒t̺́ you a do̗͐ṽ͙e̢͘ ͈̾m͒͢a͈̽dē̝ ỏ̘f ͈̓c̆͜l͔̂aỷ͇ aṋ̑d̳̿ g͢͞i̹̾fted̖͡ ̻͐it ͓͂w̖̿it̎͜h t̥̃h͙͒e ̨̒m̧̂i̡̍ŗ͒â̫cḷ̔è̤ ̛̻of̞̅ l̘̈i̛̦fè̳

Miriam: ! that’s my little boy :) now let’s go get ready for dinner :) 

her husband Yosef, a carpenter who only marginally got signed up for this: 

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This post is so Christian, but it’s the spicy kind of Christian that gets you murdered by other Christians for heresy, so I’m torn.

literally biggest form of compliment i’ve ever gotten

that means the angels are babysitters then

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here have more

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You guys really need to read Christopher Moore’s Lamb, if you haven’t.

Always reblog Cryptid Jesus

I made more. cause it’s fun

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I love that you guys used their actual names

I did not consider Eldritch Baby Jesus.

dontread i Hate november

i want to make so much art do so much interesting math map the relationships i see in the world do awesome work with good people make really good connections with the people i’m meeting Now Now Is The Time the pharmacy isn’t open i spend too much time on my phone i’m so exhausted i just want to lay down for a Minute i haven’t put up my posters i don’t have good mechanisms for Staying on Top of things it’s 11:59 it’s 12:01 the pharmacy isn’t open my mail was not delivered I planned to get this done by now I was having a lot of fainting spells i should choose recovery swear this should work i can’t find the bug its 11:59 it’s a zero a lot of time energy i spent so much time is so fast it’s so long until the pharmacy is open i think i’m having seizures it’s just really hard to think i’ve got to focus study if i want to do anything good i want to have time to do zines puzzles make an etsy play with toys learn chinese learn all of math learn i have so much homework it takes all of the time it can take you don’t have a job its the duty of a friend it is never done i promise i’ll turn this in later been feeling really terrible i’m Trying sorry for the delay again i don’t mean to make an excuse i’ll get it done my laptop is broken my papsi died i think i’m having seizures i just need to lie down i promise i’ll get it done i’m hungry probably i should eat i need food to think to work to feel good i don’t know what to eat it takes so much time to find i’ll just work all night again i need to work ahead but when is ahead? nobody will tell me when is ahead? how do i get there? where is ahead? however long i have i expand to fill the space i want to be so clever so focused i was once I want to map the world ALL its interactions I want to see everything i don’t have time to ask for help have you ever seen me be smart? be on the wall of honor don’t fail don’t fail im trying i think i’m having seizures maybe exploding do i have time to get a sweatshirt please don’t fail me i guess i don’t need another appointment I don’t have the energy to think so much right now I have homework i really need to study i don’t have time to stop if i could slow down time if i had my meds the pharmacy isn’t open i’ve already made too many excuses i’ve already not done it i want to be so much where was i? where have i been am i okay? i put my phone down my vision is black moving makes me nauseous i had class today i’m learning to eat let me know if i need anything i didn’t find time to exercise sorry i spent too long on my phone sorry i haven’t been around i just need catch up please tell me i’m trying to get out i know who i’ve been i want to be me i want to be me i’m proud of you for doing hard things i hung up my clothes sorry i was too nauseous to open my eyes what have you done recently that’s difficult it’s 11:59 my jaw is cramping the pharmacy isn’t open i’ll text when i can breathe a minute your 10 year old self would be proud of you i just need to get on top of things, the pharmacy isn’t open