SaltPeanuts
@saltpeanuts9
They/Them. Black Trans/Queer Disabled person interested in building communities rooted in Transformative Justice and Black Liberation.
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05-02-2023 23:59:44
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Autistic people may immediately say “no” or become distressed when a change of plan is suggested, regardless of whether it’s objectively better/necessary. We aren’t tying to be difficult; our brain has perceived a threat and gone into survival mode. This is the “fight” response.
white people are incapable of understanding what it’s like to experience antiblackness. a lot of them genuinely feel like we are exhilarated and excited by the opportunity to call out antiblackness as a “gotcha”. they don’t understand that we are responding to legitimate harm.
We claim “children are the future,” but how the U.S. fails to fund & support initiatives that could protect access to resources for children and their families displays the opposite. These are the same ideals that underpin ableism, writes Vilissa Thompson. prismreports.org/2023/03/01/hos…