Inspiration porn like the oft used quote, “The only disability in life is a bad attitude” only contributes to the stigma both internalized and external that disabled people deal with on a daily basis.
I’ll elaborate; by saying that the only disability is a bad attitude, you are essentially saying that disabled people who don’t “overcome” their disability to society’s standards are not trying hard enough or worse, that they’re lazy.
We can internalize this toxic message and feel bad when our symptoms or limitations prevent us from achieving goals in the same manner as the abled person. It can lead us to work ourselves to the point of exhaustion in a non assessable way.
In short: if you give a damn about disabled people, stop spreading this highly toxic message and instead, acknowledge that the disabled person faces unique challenges that require accommodations and support to “overcome” and that there are some things that are not possible for a disabled person to do and that’s ok. We all have limitations and we have to learn to work within them.
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude!”
“Yeah, your bad attitude about my disability is preventing me from getting the help I need.”
This is actually a Flying fox species. A Northern Blossom bat. Pixie is a subadult and 8g. Currently raised by our volunteers, she still needs a bit time before she will start to fly but getting more active now.
The owners of Britain’s largest socialist bookshop, Bookmarks, have said
the store was attacked by far-right protesters wearing masks who
wrecked displays and ripped up books and magazines. Staff were closing the shop on Bloomsbury Street in central London on Saturday evening when about a dozen people descended on it.
Some of the attackers carried placards reading “British
Bolshevik Cult” and one of those involved wore a Donald Trump mask. A far-right protest against censorship of the conspiracy theory
website Infowars took place in central London on Saturday at which
protesters were seen with the same placards. Others wore “Make Britain
Great Again” caps.
Michael Bradley, from Stand up to Racism, said: “Luckily no one was
hurt this time, but this is a sinister development that indicates the
growing confidence of the far right who feel they can attack a bookshop
in central London in broad daylight.
“Attacking a bookshop also exposes their claims to be defenders of free speech as hollow.”
them: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST MEANS HUMANS MUST BE INDIVIDUALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT AND COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT
biologist:
Like literally the only reason we didn’t go extinct is because we are aggressively social creatures who community organized and helped each other when faced with disasters that drove other species over the brink.
(Like we’re so aggressively social that we looked at APEX PREDATORS and went ‘they look soft! Friend????’)
(The answer was yes because wolves are also aggressively social and they adopted the strange tall not-wolves just as eagerly.)
humans @ wolves: holy shit these things are so cute i wonder if they’ll let us pet them?
wolves @ humans: holy shit these things are so cute i wonder if they’ll pet us?
Humans: Collecting grain in any one area causes pests to follow soon after, and we’re not good enough at hunting them to save our grain. There’s no way this agriculture is sustainable!
Cats: We can take care of that.
Humans: At what price?
Cats: …pet us.
‘fittest’ just means ‘best at filling the particular niche that is helping people survive right now in your particular area’ and it is SUPER WEIRD to me that somehow this gets interpreted as ‘being a selfish jackass’ when cooperation is generally about 1000% more effective in any situation that doesn’t involve tight spaces
When I was at home during the summer, I didn’t do my chores; instead, I read books all day. My parents were deeply frustrated. They tried everything they could think of to deal with my laziness. They explained in great detail that I needed to contribute to the household. They yelled at me. They punished me for not doing chores. They rewarded me for doing chores.
Camouflage is an important and popular defense in the insect world, and this is especially true for moths. As many moths are nocturnal and inactive during the day, it is important that they can remain hidden in broad daylight, even when hiding in plain sight. On this lichen-covered rock sits a prime example, the mottled prominent (Macrurocampa marthesia)
Mottled prominent (Macrurocampa marthesia), Fishers Island NY. July 2018.
As caterpillars, they hide by resting against the vein of leaves that they feed on, trying to mimic the part of the leaf they had just eaten. If this tactic does not work, the caterpillars are capable of spraying a burst of formic acid from a gland just above their prothorax (i.e., the caterpillar’s “neck”). Mottled prominents feed on beech, oak, and maple.
Up to two generations a year, with caterpillars common by late spring onward. Caterpillars overwinter as pupae.
the *only* way this video could be improved, and even SLIGHTLY would be if the dude went back and piloted the tractor as a human hay bale
As someone who has bailed a heck of a lot of hay, DO NOT DO THIS. This could actually kill you. I was more surprised the guy actually lived. What an idiot. ( insert Hermione face)
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