Thank U Discord

Hey guys, I know it sucks to hear but I mean it in the most relatable and non-aggressive way possible.

And before you get mad, I do have a chronic illness, some mental diagnoses I’m being treated for, and I’m also LGBT+.

I need you to imagine I’m sitting down with you and not attacking our own community when I say this. For our own mental health, we gotta stop getting mad at every little slip up, or mistake that someone who doesn’t understand our struggles make.

We can’t assume everyone is going to understand us, or know what we need for accommodations right off the bat.

Now I’m not saying you can’t get frustrated or vent to friends about how annoying it is. But we can’t be making a community based off immidiate hatred for people asking questions and genuinely trying to understand our struggles.

If they genuinely are making fun of us for no reason, or don’t want to change their ways to understand,

We have a right to be pissed off and lash out.

But if someone is genuinely and respectfully taking the time to listen to us, and then they ask a silly or offensive question on accident,

We need to let them know in a just as respectful way. We don’t want them to be scared of us right off the bat. If we make that our brand, then they’ll never want to hear us out. They’re people just like us, and they do have a chance to understand and change. We just need to give them that chance.

Give them time to apologize and change into a less threatening person to minorities. Because if we want a community that understands us, we need to help them understand us. We can’t expect every person in the world to do research into every disability, mental illness, or identity. Sometimes we need to be their source.

Only if they’re being respectful about it though - jot that down. If they’re taking away our accommodations for their own needs, or mocking us, then that’s when we need to draw the line.

look at this photo of my stepdad

Here’s something else I made, Reblog if you are anti maps

not all heroes wear capes

hii my friend shamika is pregnant and her and her husband are currently homeless living in their car. she asked me to send her friend’s cash app so please help if you can, reblogs are appreciated. this will help them get a hotel room for the night.

cash app: $alex0942

a 15 year old black girl with ADHD was incarcerated by a judge in michigan because she didn’t complete her homework.

grace was put on probation because of charges of assault and theft for “biting her mother’s finger and pulling her hair” and stealing another student’s mobile phone which she later returned. she expressed remorse at her actions multiple times afterwards and participated in therapy sessions and completely stayed out of trouble, her mother and teacher said that she was doing well at school despite the switch to online classes which caused her to become distracted due to her ADHD. she couldn’t keep up with her homework and her caseworker filed a violation of probabtion against her without bothering to learn about her disabilty or academic performance. the judge ellen brennan called her a “threat to the community”. all because she didn’t complete her fucking homework. she’s been in the juvenile detention centre for over a month now.

There is a petition to free her, please sign it and if anyone can find any other resources to help her please add them here