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[fatmisia]In my attempts to get a reliable way to check my blood pressure at home, I'm increasingly convinced that maybe medicine just...does not actually know how to check our blood

I'm really glad I have finally figured out a lot of the self care that actually helps my bodyBut I'm still perpetually wrestling with the part of my brain that

[covid vaccine]I know that the character limit is annoying, but I really wish that when people tweet about the rare chance of vaccine complications or catching the virus after being

If anyone is interested, I thought maybe we could do a thread of your favorite shower access hacksWhether it's hard to shower because of pain, dysautonomia, depression, ADHD, whateverFeel free

Ah yes, I see we are doing Shower Discourse yet againDisabled folks who have trouble with showering regularly (whether due to Dysautonomia or depression or something else): please be gentle

[covid vaccine]I know people are concerned about "vaccine hesitancy" and the pandemicBut let me just say this: if I found out scientists knew someone died as a result of the

me: oh yeah, I can teach you how to do that, let me just find the thing I read that helped me*finds the link I think I learned the thing

if you're an abled person, I would really appreciate it if you could juststop trying to decide if someone is "really disabled" or "a faker"it is so harmful. please do

Definitely. I have a thing where...I don't know how to describe it except "words are hard"And like, technically I can usually force myself to speak in those situations? But I

Today I'm thinking about how getting disability benefits is so much harder if you don't have access to financial resources and/or good insurance. I'm currently filling out a short questionnaire

A thing that happens when someone asks a vague question to my Autistic self is that my brain tries to figure out what the question means and all the possible

I see we are having the "X is a basic life skill" discourse againSo once again, I would like to remind any disabled people that you're not a ["failure", "burden,"