I Love Talking To Kids About Disability Bc

I love talking to kids about disability bc

1. they often just Get It, and

2. they have 0 concept of disability as a tragedy or something pitiable.

I've watched kids get into an argument with a teacher bc they thought wheelchairs were cool. I told a kid that I can't stand for too long sometimes and they replied, "That's okay, I can't do cartwheels sometimes, but I just do other stuff then. You can sit down with me if you want". Today a girl asked me what the headphones on a classmate's desk were for and I told her that headphones are important for some kids because noises bother them, and she said she wished she had headphones at home, because her baby brothers make a lot of noise and it makes it hard to think. The idea that different people could use tools at different times is intuitive and simple and when accessibility aids are explained neutrally, kids don't see them as bad or unfortunate, they're just things that are useful.

Even mental disability!! In Kindergarten the other day one of the kids asked me why his table partner got stickers when nobody else did. I started off by saying, "Well, when you do your work well, it feels good, right? That's your brain giving you a reward," and the kid just right away went, "Oh, and the stickers are like his reward?" YES! You are 5 and have a better grasp on ADHD than most adults! Kids blow me away every day.

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2 months ago

@tired-toutured-barista

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“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”

— Hafiz

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GUYS IDES OF MARCH IS ON THE WAY GET READY

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2 months ago

woah mama give them the Elvis Special (a bullet)

well thats too bad bcs im making a character.ai of this blog. woah mama.

Die in a hole or never show your face on my blog again

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3 months ago

I could be writing but instead I'm watching 30-40 year old try (and fail) to do the cotton eye joe as my drunk grandpa is doing the "hands on your knees" thing with my stepbrother

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2 months ago

Have you seen the official HP website's April Fool's prank where they tried to make the front page all about Draco? The article singing Draco's praises might as well have been written by Harry...

No! When was this?! And lolllll. Bet that's what Voldemort saw the one time he tried to look in Harry's head in book 6.

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2 months ago

HOLY SHIT ITS REAL

here’s the closeted furries “hey man… can u bum me a cig” and “the one uncle nobody invites to the family reunion but SOMEONE keeps telling him where it is anyways”

if you want an idea of what john is like, imagine hau from pokemon sumo

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ft John:

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reneedoesstuff0418

3 months ago

lets make it both

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2 months ago

I am evil.

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1 month ago

Ah, hey, first post here. My english is not soo good and I'm brazilian btw, but, i have something to share with you 🫵

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