hi i think im shadowbanned can you please rb this or like this if you have SEEN this please <3 thank you
Guys I found the only good thing on Facebook.
Update:
Oh fuck they’re inclusive ants, too?!?
Image Descriptions
[Image 1: A Screenshot of an invitation to a Facebook group named: “A group where we all pretend to be ants in an ant colony.” Under that is a post in the group that reads: “We reached the center of the Earth. Now what?” Four people commented saying one word each in this order: scurry, dig, work, melt. These words are in capital letters and have spaces between each letter.]
[Image 2: Another Screenshot of a post in the group that reads: “It has come to my attention that when we put the spaces in-between letters it makes it difficult for visually impaired ants to know what we’re saying and so I was wondering if we could try to make this group more accessible for them. (The text to voice can’t figure out what we are saying with the spaces) (Picture of an ant for attention)” This text is then followed by a close up picture of an ant.]
[Image 3: A screenshot of some
comments on the post in Image 2. Five people commented: adapt, adapt,
inclusion, love adapt, adapt. These words are in capital letters and
have no spaces between the letters.]
End of IDs.
Please do not reblog this post without image descriptions! The irony of sharing undescribed images that talk about inclusivity for the visually impaired is… Painful.
I’m in this group!! It’s great!
Omg it’s been ages since I last checked on The Colony
The countries that got tea via China
through the Silk Road (land) referred to it in various forms of the word
“cha”. On the other hand, the countries that traded with China via sea -
through the Min Tan port called it in different forms of “te”.
I liked this so much I became curious… and it checks out! The explanation lies, unsurprisingly, in who was interacting with whom in early modern long-distance trade.
Pick a wild thing that happened in Oz
A man bites the tip of another dude’s penis off
A man bullies another prisoner into joining their production of Macbeth
They sealed Luke Perry in a wall Cask of Amontillado style (twice)
Boxing tournament arc inside the prison
A man seduces the nun to try and win back his ex (it works)
Pills that make you age faster
Musical episode
“Men of Death Row” photoshoot for a magazine
A guy claims to be possessed by Satan himself
The priest prays for that guy to die
@indigopersei is the french language just always on the verge of getting someone accused of assault or..?
my friend,
if only you knew
It’s a very dangerous language to learn
Here’s an interesting thing about French! Everything needs to have an article in front of it. That’s why it’s “la chat” as opposed to just “chat”. So, for instance, you could say la fille for the girl, or jeune fille for young girl, but you can’t just say fille, because that means you are calling her a sex worker in a derogatory way.
The moral of the story is, if you want to make something rude in French, just take out the article in front of it. Yes, this works for nearly. every. word.
Every year. Every year there’s that kid who forgets that you can’t translate “I am excited” to “Je suis excitée”. And every year Monsieur Jordan has to slam the brakes before that kid can finish his sentence and then tactfully ask him not to announce to the class that he is horny.
“is the french language always on the verge” oh buddy, oh pal, i am so happy to break this news to you:
truly the language of love
Have been thinking about Rugo. By the way, to block a tag, you go into the languages section in settings, and you’ll be able to find section to block tags. I tag every kitc things i say with the #kitc tag.
I will infect you with more rugo thoughts. <3
“rap is the worst music genre” “no actually it’s soul” “no actually it’s jazz” “no actually it’s ska” “no actually it’s r&b” hey guys do you notice a common denominator in the genres you hate or is it just me
the-best-pj asked:
Hey, love the post you make about obscure disabilities. Could you make/ have you made about dysgraphia?
metalheadsforblacklivesmatter answered:
Sure. This will be my post for disability pride month tomorrow. Which I’m posting now because I don’t have the spoons to schedule it for tomorrow.
I hope you don’t mind I turn this into a combo one because I have a hard time mentally processing one of these conditions without understanding all three.
(Obligatory I do not have any of these conditions. This is not meant to be a diagnostic tool. Please do your own research. I’m only answering a question that was asked of me and it’s really hard for me to explain one of these without explaining all of the similar conditions to differentiate them.)
And I hope that you don’t mind my poorer language skills right now I’m recovering from a server sinus headache I’ve had all day.
Dyslexia vs Dyscalculia vs Dysgraphia (bonus round Dyspraxia)
These issues have like, a 30% comorbidity rate. So if you have one there’s a 30% chance you’ll have either of the others. People with conditions may be perceived as “slow” but they are not intellectual disabilities (Not that there’s nothing wrong with intellectual disabilities. I’m just pointing it out because people will say “you can’t have dyslexia. You’re so smart.”)
But the fact that they’re comorbid and often comorbid with autism and adhd causes some misunderstandings around the conditions because people think they have one condition and attribute all of their issues to the one condition with no knowledge that its not just one condition they’re expressing.
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is characterized by the limited processing and comprehension of graphic symbols, particularly those regarding language. People with it have poor reading skills, flipping letter sequences and words, and poor handwriting. Although it is a learning disability, it’s important to note that dyslexia does not impact a person’s intelligence, although they may seem slower due to poor language processing skills. (There’s nothing wrong with disabilities that impact intelligence, I just don’t want people saying “he can’t be dyslexic because he’s so smart”.)
Many representations of dyslexia often exhibit letters tap dancing across the page, shape shifting, and doing backflips. It’s important to note that these are incorrect representations, because it’s really hard to give a visual representation of what people with dyslexia experience. However, it’s really harmful to express dyslexia in this fashion as it leads to people thinking that they don’t have dyslexia when they actually do.
As I understand it, dyslexia is the eyes/ brain being able to flow seamlessly when reading large blocks of text. Ways to combat this is cut out a strip to block off lines when you read them. Use a highlighted strip of paper to highlight lines as you read them.
Fun fact, there’s a few fonts that space the letters well enough and differentiate similar letters enough that make it easier to read. Comic Sans font is the most widely accessible accessibility tool for dyslexic people as it’s one of the easy to read fonts that on every machine. (These accessibility tools have proven to make everyone read faster, dyslexia or no. But people with dyslexia have found them instrumentalin functioning. )
Another fun fact. Rick Riordan wrote Lightning Thief so that his dyslexic son could have representation in a character that had the same disability as him.
Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia is often called “math dyslexia”. People with Dyscalculia have issues with numbers. They have poor math skills, issues interpreting graphs, issues doing basic arithmetic, issues understanding things like place value, issues understanding time especially when it comes to reading an analog clock, and issues seeing patterns. This often causes a high level of anxiety around math. Some reports say these people have issues with directions, remembering locations, and reading maps (though research is inconsistent on that one).
Dysgraphia
Dysgraphia is easy to mix up with dyslexia, which is why I needed to write all these out. Where dyslexia is difficulty reading. Dysgraphia is difficulty writing. Symptoms include difficulty writing words, expressing thoughts in written form, and organizing and processing your thoughts. This can cause issues with social communication for obvious reasons.
These people also may have fine motor perception issues, writing in a straight line, spacing their letters correctly, etc. Especially fine motor skills around writing. They may also have issues with grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.
Bonus Round:
Dyspraxia
This one gets mixed with dyslexia two. Dyspraxia is issues with spacial awareness. They often say they can’t tell where their limbs are in space. They may have issues with coordination, walking in a straight line, and balance. It’s very hard for me to conceptualize, but people that have it may say that they bang their limbs against things due to poor spacial awareness. Which honestly, relatable. I’ve slammed me calf into a door before. And my shoulder blade. How? Good question.
These people have issues in social situations because their entire focus will be on their coordination, not making a mess, and not making a fool of themselves, etc. Their issues actually get better when they drink because the stress of sucked situations makes it worse and alcohol loosens them up. (I’m not advocating for drinking, but saying that the issues resolving when your drink validates your dyspraxia, not invalidates it.)
I think a lot of people that know of the condition may think people with low depth perception have dyspraxia. A lot of people have told me they think I have dyspraxia because my lack of depth perception negatively impacts my spacial awareness.
-fae
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