Observation of the day: #OHC #Covid19 tests are not very accessible either for #blind or #dyspraxic users. All those tiny parts, so the dyspraxic me was struggling to hold the extractor steady while doing all the other stuff, and the test takes 15 minutes, so unless you have a bunch of minutes for Aira or something, you're using up a bunch of time figuring out how the thing works. I certainly wouldn't recommend them for #NeurodivergentBlind people. @neurodivergentblind
[#]Accessibility #Neurodivergent #Dyspraxia
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From Jan. 13 to Jan. 16, 2025, I had the misfortune to experience first-hand the way some mental health facilities work (or don't) with disabled patients. And let me tell you, it's not pretty, especially since I have learned that other places are not nearly this bad.
On the night of Jan. 13, , I became so overwhelmed from autistic burnout that I was ready to give up on life entirely. It got so bad that I called 911 to get picked up for admission to our local psych ward. So from Tue. Jan. 14 at around 1 AM to Jan. 16 at around noon, I was a patient of MercyOne Genesis Behavioral Health. And the staff at the eastern campus where I went to the ER did not bother to tell me there were any other places I could go that would be better. So During my hospitalization, , I was subjected to several violations of my basic human rights. I was denied accessibility tools that I needed for my independence, leaving me with no way of getting around the ward beyond the phone and the nearest TV room, no way of telling the time of day, and no way to read information that was posted on the wall, easily available to everyone else, such that I was dependent on staff to inform me of everything. I could not learn, on my own, when visiting hours even were–my partner had to find this out so that she knew when she could see me. As a result of all this, I actually felt less safe and supported than I should have, and while I did get put on a medication that does seem to be helping, I was actually more on edge, more distraught, and more anxious than at home. While I reported on site that I was still hopeful, it was only because I knew that if I could make it through to Thursday, I would get out of there and would be going home to my beloved partner, Jo. It is only now, 2 weeks later, that I am able to properly put this all in writing.
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I haven't talked much about what happened to me a few weeks ago, when I was admitted to the local #MentalHealth facility, but I've finally been able to get it all in writing. I'm posting this both as a link and a thread so that people have the choice of reading it in the way that works best for them.
Here's the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTdQSmGK_nuw4DMVq1C-j2Qjy4AXoxmFVY8IkI1bdrW84j69AlOqaLxrKgQ6UTOme_wtWK7oJ9IlTNC/pub
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[#]ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #disabled #Disability #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights #Neurodivergent #Blind #ActuallyAuDHD
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Just started with our local #JusticeChoir tonight, and wow, some powerful stuff here. This is another choir's version of one of the pieces we're working on for our #MigrantJustice #Concert on March 23. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2b7BAa29zVs&si=uJ3a2JKHF9zavZ3g
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Thank you, @allstartrek, for giving me a way to tell time in a place where I was denied access to a timepiece, and the assurance that I could at least watch #StarTrek at a time when I desperately needed something familiar. Knowing about #AllStarTrek on H&I helped me immensely to get through this maddening week! I actually learned this week that the phrase isn't just a Mastodon phenomenon, seeing as I usually stream it on Paramount Plus since we don't have cable.
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Will I ever get anything right? I let my main account go overdrawn because no one had the spoons to cook and we wanted Arby's--and my stupid #ActuallyAutistic brain misprocessed things when looking at our order, and now I've gone and failed to get my partner's dinner and she doesn't want mine. I wish I could find a way to get it for her--I just wish i could get ONE thing right that actually mattered.
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Does anyone know if there's a way to move the Windows key in #Windows11? The Windows button on my favorite #keyboard won't press anymore, and I have other keys I don't use like, ever. I'd love to be able to make one of those take the place of the Windows key. Failing that, is there a way to re-assign the keyboard shortcut used to minimize everything to the desktop?
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Question for #VideoGamers: are there commonly available game controlers with motion-sensing capability that are shaped similarly to a TV remote and can connect to an iPad/iPhone/Android, or am I remembering/picturing wrong?
[#]Music #HandChimes #inventing #DesignIdea
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Today's discovery: our little #GermanShepherd mix gal likes to destuff things. Oh yeah and she was sent to us with a toy that had at least one, possibly two other toys in it. @TheZooLady
[#]MastoDogs #DogsOfMastodon #ServiceDog #DogTraining #Dogs
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I wish I could actually feel like I had energy for once--I feel like what I really need is a day to not exist outside of me space, but I don't see that coming any time soon, because the minute I think I'm gonna MAYBE be able to get it, I'm suddenly needed for something. I wish it weren't so hard to get ONE DAY of not being needed. @actuallyautistic
[#]ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence #InvisibleDisability
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@allstartrek Oh no… Data is so damn gullible… #AllStarTrek #TNG #TheGame #StarTrekTNG
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I wish my employer wouldn't send vague emails saying, "Let's talk," and then giving exactly zero context of what they need to talk about. Not sure if it's just an #ActuallyAutistic frustration, but seriously, is it really too much to ask for some idea of just what we're supposed to be discussing? And I would read this request within an hour of having a session to teach…
[#]AuDHD #Alexythemia #ND #Neurodivergent
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I have been asked to try my hand at #GMing for a group I play with. Does anyone have good ideas for easy-to-run #TTRPGs that are #Blind #Accessible and #AuDHD / #ActuallyAutistic / #ADHD / #Neurodivergent - friendly?
Boosts appreciated for further reach.
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Wow! #ChatGPT now admits it can be wrong sometimes! Who'd have thought? LOL And with that bit of random, time for me to call it a night.
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Help! Curiosity is driving me crazy as this song plays every day on a medical device that @TheZooLady uses! Anyone recognize it? (CC @pianomarian) #Music #audio #NameThatSong #Classical
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-7PB5B4xLcLXzzEh7BVj_nw5BeWaeitb/view?usp=drivesdk
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Anyone else remember the #VersaBraille that was a thing back in the '80s? It was this big, clunky sort of hybrid Braille word processor/tape recorder hybrid that used cassette tapes, as I recall, for both audio and Braille storage, and there was a Braille dictionary you could get for it that consisted of a bunch of tapes, each marked with the range of the alphabet they covered. I remember I used to record random stuff on the thing just because I could, and I liked watching the time scroll past on the little Braille display the thing had. And other times I'd just scroll through the dictionary to see what interesting words I could find if I got bored. I got to use it because no one else in the school district could figure out how the hell to use the thing, and my mom happened to be a TVI, so I was kinda known as the district nerd kid. LOL @pianomarian @TheZooLady
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Test tooting for a friend.
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@actuallyautistic Struggling with my current work--I love helping folks work on their English, but 13 students is feeling like more than I can handle, like I’m kinda drowning in it all, but I feel like there’s not much I can do about it. I don’t want to fail at this because at least it's income coming in, and I don’t want to let down the students I have, but I’m kinda feeling trapped by it all.
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When I was still on X, there was an account that tweeted postings for #VoiceOver #auditions. Does anyone know if there’s something like that on Mastodon? Now that I have some better gear, I’d like to try and do some voice-over stuff.
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Disappointed in myself today as I had to cancel all my students today due to a damn #migraine impairing my focus and energy. Thankful that today would have been my last day of lessons for a few days, but I wish I hadn’t had to do that.
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