seeing as I've been sorta interacting with people from different parts of tumblr and this is my main blog, here are some sideblogs that i may have interacted with you for!
-our agere blog
-our hyperfixation blog
-general disability blog + where rb emojis to put on AAC
-Michael's selfship/objectum/auto- blog
thats kind of it. We have other side blogs but these are the main ones that we sort of interact with on our main for (other than mogai stuff)
Wish I could add my boopster badge to my own blog (@michael-shelley-self-ship ) but alas I cannot
I promise you that lgbt people calling queer a slur are not victims of terf propaganda. is it terf propaganda when I've literally heard right wing dipshits in a small town in indiana yelling queer as a slur? go ahead. I'm waiting for your excuse as to how it's still terf propaganda.
except that wasn't what i was talking about
being aspec exclusionist (or any type of queer exclusionist) IS terf rhetoric
also i was screamed gay and trans at so many times yet you dont see me harassing fellow gays and trans people for calling them and their community the gay community or the trans community
if you dont want to be called queer then okay fine whatever. but dont go into the queer community tags and harass people for calling themselves that or by using the term queer community bc if you aren't queer/dont want to be called queer, then you're not a part of the queer community? Just like nonbinary people who dont consider themselves trans aren't a part of the trans community... because they dont consider themselves to be.
fuck off and maybe after blocking me after calling you out dont send hate anon bc i know for a fact that its you. thanks :)
yeah no the MERDs/MERFs thing really pissed me off like. are we actually comparing physically disabled people wanting a community of other physically disabled people to TERFs? like for real? like their whole post is just wrong but that part really stood out to me
comparing a community created by a dead disabled trans person to a far-right hate group because they focus specifically on physical disability and not on your neurodivergence is like… pure fucking evil. there’s no words for how disgusting it is. I hope phoenixonwheels eventually realizes how fucking deranged their “im a victim of a dead person I’ve never met” mentality is and deletes their blog out of shame
multipleaestheticsdontask and @tumblrbot? a match made in heaven
going to sob
BRO?????? HSHDHRJRJ - @caeliangel
Im sorry!! I did not realize i spammed liked you that much o.O i rlly like your terms
hello mate! you recently commented on a post of mine saying that you used to be low support needs and regressed to mid-high during your freshman year. can you elaborate more on that? if you want to, of course
sure! what exactly do you want to know?
think talked a little bit on @nonverbal-emojis-for-aac but dont remember
it’s time
ITS NOT TIME ITS FUCKING MARCH I DONT WANT TO SEE THIS
it’s time
237 more days till halloween! ITS LIKE NEXT MONTH GUYS
I have a feeling someone had this queued for an entire year just so they could post this in march
I T S T I M E
IT’S MARCH YOU ANIMALS
IT’S LITERALLY MARCH 8TH 2017 THE FUCK IS THIS DOING ON MY DASH
I swear tumblr has a thing about March. What’s going on? I thought I knew all of tumblr’s secrets.
Well I guess I haven’t even been here for a full year yet, so…
it’s time.
Time
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CREPPY
It’s MARCH!!!
MARCH 2020 BOISSSS
ITS 2020 FOR ME YOU BET YOUR ASS IM QUEUING THIS FOR TWO YEARS
MARCH 2023 BABY
This is for a friend of mine who's asking for some good resources to start learning ASL!
ASL, which stands for American Sign Language, is a beautiful and complex visual language used primarily by Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HOH) people.
As a HOH person myself, I was never given the opportunity to learn ASL and I think it would have been very useful to me growing up if it had been offered to me. The last year and a half, I've been learning it to change that! Here's a series of resources I've used that I've found very helpful in learning ASL!
Alphabet (Slow): YouTube Video that goes through the Alphabet slowly multiple times. I found this video very useful to easily memorize the full alphabet (with practice for a week or so afterwards)! Even though it's catered for kids, I still find it very useful!
ASL Numbers 1-100: A YouTube playlist of multiple videos that teaches you ASL numbers 1-100. If you want a single video that goes through the entire 1-100 numbering, click here. Even though it's catered for kids, I still find it very useful!
The ASL App: A learning app for ASL that you can download on your phone or other electronic device. It has 387 free short videos for beginners in ASL, and 1,633 more short videos with their $10 membership (1 time buy, not monthly). It's a great beginner app, with or without the membership!
20 Beginner Phrases: Here's a video that has a lot of good basic phrases to learn! It teaches you things such as: "Hello" "I'm learning Sign Language" "My name is..." And many more!
ASL 1 Lessons by Bill Vicars: A playlist of YouTube video lessons taught through sign! I would recommend checking these out once you have a bit more of a foundation in vocabulary!
DOs and DONTs of interacting with the Deaf Community: A good video explaining some of the ways you should and shouldn't interact with the Deaf Community when learning or using Sign Language
HandSpeak ASL Dictionary: This is a great database where you can look up how to sign various words!
ASL Fingerspelling Receptive Practice: This website provides a series of short videos of fingerspelled words that you then type out to see if you interpreted it correctly. Its great visual practice! Fingerspelling is an important skill in ASL so I highly recommend practicing as much as possible!
American Sign Language (ASL) Masterlist: A useful Tumblr masterlist with an extensive amount of links for multiple different needs, such as resources, linguistics, and ASL/Deaf websites with videos, news, vlogs, etc.
'ASL Basics' Lessons by Chris Gorges: A playlist of YouTube basics and helpful tips. He gives clear explanations for a series of different concepts, and they really help to build your vocabulary and understanding!
I hope some of you find these resources helpful! Don't forget that one of the best ways to learn sign language is by practicing with other people, ESPECIALLY with someone who's deaf! I might add to this as I find more resources and links that I think would be beneficial! Thanks for reading!💜
what is the point of oscar the grouch on sesame street?
It’s okay to not like things and it’s okay to be unhappy. He was created from the idea that “non-destructive deviance” would go over well with kids.
THANK YOU!
Basically, the point of Oscar the Grouch is so that kids know it’s okay to have fucking emotions and moods that aren’t all cheery. That’s the fucking point. And that’s even more important to the kids who are living in harsh realities. Realities where their families are falling apart or they’re not getting food every day or they’re getting abused. Telling them it’s okay to express that they are NOT HAPPY because they are HURTING is so fucking important I cannot even say it.
Big Bird is nice, but goddamn, when you’re a kid who’s hungry and you just got beat by your caretaker and all you wanna do is hole up somewhere and tell everyone else to go away because you don’t even have words for how bad things feel? Big Bird is not your dude. Cheery happy, “well, let’s play a happy game!” Big Bird ain’t cutting it for you. Oscar the Grouch is your dude. Oscar the Grouch is the dude who tells you it’s okay to put the lid on your garbage can and be alone and be upset.
Big Bird tries to talk you out of being upset (and maybe sometimes that’s okay). But Oscar the Grouch teaches you that, no, it’s okay to be upset and you have every right to stay upset and grouchy and unhappy until you’re at a point where that can change. Oscar the Grouch teaches you that you have a right to your emotions, whatever they are.
On a more advanced level, the point of Oscar is to start teaching kids that it’s okay to have boundaries, it’s okay to want to just go into your trash can (home/safe place) and not be bothered, it’s okay to defend those boundaries and say “go away!” when you want people to go the fuck away and that you can still have a place on Sesame Street. That not everyone has to be shiny, happy Big Bird.
That’s the point of Oscar the Grouch.
“what is the point of oscar the grouch” who even made you
Also Oscar the Grouch *likes* things that no one else likes and he’s completely unapologetic about it.
The fact that people tell you things you like are stupid doesn’t make it’s true. He loves trash. He loves it because it’s trash. That’s important too.
As is the fact that *even though everyone thinks his interests are stupid*, people don’t take his trash away and they don’t drag him out of his can.
Also he has *fantastic* body language. Boundary laden but also very emotional. And just the way he likes stuff and expresses interest…
…Oscar the Grouch = awesome.
This is a wonderful series of texts post that needs to be shared with all of you
I’ve always loved Oscar. And don’t forget, he also had a pet, Slimey, who actually went to the Moon. He had a wonderful song in the Christmas Special, “I hate Christmas!” Still easily my favorite song. (Also remember, he was puppeteered by the same person as Big Bird, so they really were two sides of a coin). (Also, Big Bird had Snuffy as a friend, who for many years was “invisible”, I still remember the “reveal” episode on that one)
