Like, John Oliver helped to explain how banning trans people in sports is a slippery slope more than 4 months ago. I wish more people would see it. Here it is: youtu.be/flSS1tjoxf0?...
best example I've heard of the social model was a Blind speaker pointing out that indoor lighting is an accommodation for sighted people.
Nobody wants to come to US & get arrested and harassed by Trump’s fascist cronies. Elbows up Canada! I wish I was Canadian…
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Oh. Ok. Thanks. I can measure that and use the equivalent of cornmeal and see how it goes.
How much corn, or can you use cornmeal, so it's more like cornbread and less like bread with bits of corn?
Reminder: autism is a disability. If that bothers you and you want to argue, take a moment to consider why you find it upsetting. What accommodations do you have that allow you that privilege? What's so bad about being disabled? Why would you deny the difficulties so many autistic people face?
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WOW, CANADA HAS THEIR OWN VERSION OF TRUMP
And historical costuming, skills and weaponry.
I'm not able to see where they have added a Cdn. symbol or term to mislead people. We all know Campbell's is a U.S. company anyway, but I'm just not seeing the thing you're trying to point out. Could you maybe take a still of just the part of the label you're trying to make us see? Thanks.
If we want to support alternative transportation, then we need people who use alternatives on the boards that guide decision making. If we want to support renters, they need to be on boards. Bikers, bus riders, and renters unite! Hey, @ahym666.bsky.social you will find this interesting.
SO gross! It looks cheap. Might as well go with brass. Looks the same and at least brass is antibacterial, so there is some redeeming virtue. Gold is just so "hairy-chested, gold-enchained, gold-beringed, shirt-open, pot-bellied random guy in an 80's nightclub trying to pick up anything in a skirt".
So now the voluntary pay-extra, money-grab has become mandatory. Reservations are to the benefit of the service provider to let them know how many patrons to expect so they can staff accordingly. It's a FAVOUR to them. Them making you PAY EXTRA to do them a favour is absolutely GROSS!
"Negative school experiences generate twice the emotional burden in autistic and ADHD adolescents compared to their neurotypical classmates, and this is significantly correlated with depression and anxiety according to a new study involving a UCL researcher." www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
As the US gets faces losses of $29 billion from the travel boycott, Canada is doing just fine. Keep it up my fellow Canucks. Thanks to all those who are crossing the border to come north to visit their neighbours.
#BRC remember, this isn’t your parents’ Conservative Party. This party has become extreme, populist & manufactures hate, disinformation & lies. Loyalty to this party equals a steep plummet backward for you & our country. Vote for the person who will actually be accountable to you. That’s not PP.
Canadian media failed
@charlieangus104.bsky.social you are my new Canadian hero! Keep fighting for us! Can't wait until your segment on MTN gets going!
Ok. I missed that bit. My apologies. You're right. They apologized for having a trans employee. So never mind the support. Boycott instead. My mistake.
Ok. I think you may have misunderstood my intention. I wanted to support the store that HAS a trans employee. If they fire that employee, then of course there's no reason to support them.
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Where was this? All allies should purposely go and shop there, especially if the trans saleswoman is on duty. Love the ugliness out of this garbage.
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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Just went to one yesterday and there was a very nice poem read out about the deceased. It was "written" by a person, but then it was "AI'd" so to me, that just ruined it. Words were the same, but knowing it was written/edited/changed by a robot makes it suddenly empty, meaningless and plastic.
In one house I lived in, I had a Dutch door from the kitch. to the D/R. I left the top open & the bottom closed to keep littles from getting near the hot cooking process. If the doorway works for it, & you're allowed, try a Dutch door. If you can open a regular knob or lever, this is the same.
Darn! I can't edit my post and I noticed I have a typo. Well THAT'S mortifyingly embarrassing!
Ok. I guess teh wording was alternative enough that I have no idea what you were talking about. Thanks for the definition though. Never heard of a "skeet", so I've learned something today.
Is this in response to something? Could you link to that? What is a "skeet"? What does the rest of that sentence mean? What does "Less not women" mean? You are speaking a dialect that is incomprehensible to me. Do you mind clarifying please?
Americans: “We need healthcare.” Trump: “Best I can offer is a golden ballroom.” youtube.com/shorts/CXZvw...
This is a BIG deal and people need to be following this - If it goes to the Supreme Court, it could allow states to go over the FDA and ban whatever medication they want to ban. (including hormones/surgeries for trans people)
Yes it is. That's its entire point. The bible literally talks about God or Jesus being a shepherd and "we" (being the believers) are the sheep. So this is exactly opposite of truth. Religion IS supposed to make you sheep.
That is exactly what it is for. That is exactly why it was created. Well that and to take away women’s power, which is who had it during pagan times.
So stop asking “Why did I melt down?” And start asking - “How long have my needs gone unmet?”
Not on public lands Not on unceded territory Make Hate Private Again
Legal advocates suggest any trans person who may need to obtain a passport with their accurate gender marker do so now, while the State Department is being forced to comply with a court order blocking Trump's anti-trans passport policies.
Listen to Texas Paul!
I was on the waiting list for two years for my NHS autism diagnosis. Young people in the UK are now waiting up to seven years. Which is funny, because every time I changed schools the other kids seemed to work it out in about five minutes.
I'm the same with faces. In the testing she showed a sheet with photographed faces & I had lots of trouble with that, but they also showed me a sheet with drawn faces & I got those no problem. So that's such a subjective aspect to the test, it's really hard to answer the quiz other than "sometimes".
Sorry to be a pain, but if I understand your sentence with the missing word "tissue". I believe you're referring to connective tissue. Is that correct?
if you are not autistic, studies suggest that I am more than nine times more likely to die by suicide than you on avg 😔 if you are autistic, I am glad that you are here 🫶🏻 if you are not autistic, please consider telling an autistic friend that you are glad they are here, too 🌈
He might be right, but he just keeps babbling 100 miles an hour right over people, not even giving them a chance to get a word in edgewise. I love it when MAGAs get owned, but do it with some respect for your debate opponent. Not like a bully.
Ok. I have investigated further and discovered that it can be used in that way, even though it's so awkward to the ear. I guess I'm just lucky and will never have to speak the term. Have a good day.
You can be bendy and stretchy and wobbly, and sublux constantly or occasionally or not at all and still have hEDS.
False!
Wondering which one this action falls under. Serving? Or Protecting? I'm having some trouble.
But is 16 old enough to join the army? I thought you had to be a legal adult. Or are they now changing legal adulthood to 16? Drinking, voting, home purchasing, marriage, medical privacy from parents, etc?
Too bad you can't actually see any performance. It would be cool, but you have to be a member of the newspaper to see it.
Especially since the word is NOT a noun. It should be Connection. Collective. Connector, but Connective is not a noun. Why are some groups suddenly using it as one. It's annoying to say because it's so wrong to the ear.
Wonderful to hear! Use the good towels. Move the way you feel good. Paint your nails, dye your hair, go for a proud walk to show it all off. Do that every day. Walk tall, stride with confidence. You will evolve your mind, your body and your world all at the same time. Never wait to start living.
BC PWD is embarassingly low. Not even enough to cover basic rent for a tiny apartment, let alone food, clothing, meds, transport, and heaven forbid someone needs a new mattress. I'd like to see any politician try to live on southern Vancouver Island or the lower mainland on this paltry sum.
Thank you. Sorry, I didn't see it spelled out in a connected-to-the-abbreviation way, so I was just thinking maybe gin and tonic? But then thought, likely not.
Well, as it's not something you "catch" you don't actually "have it". You "are it". You are autistic. It's what you're made of. It's the cake, not the icing.
I’ll repeat it as many times as I have to Self-identification is VALID if you need the ICD-10 code to get something you need, then I hope you can access the eval you deserve But if you don’t have use for the dx code please don’t waste your resources You don’t need our permission to believe it.
G & T???
And yet it's been clear for YEARS now that he's a pedophile. What's changed all of a sudden? They accepted pedophilia from him all this time, but suddenly it's different? Pedophilia is ok for 5,000 scenarios but not "this one"? What's going on?
Please stop reducing Autistic People to “behaviors” & ignoring that our “behaviors” happen for a reason/mean something #ActuallyAutistic
“If we truly want to support dysregulated students, especially neurodivergent ones, we need to stop putting the burden of managing big emotions solely on them and instead take a hard look at the environments we create.” From @againstrestraint.com: endseclusion.org/2025/07/10/n... #neurodiversity
An ND Co-op housing complex would work well. As much support as needed and NO more. Full independence with "spot support" and a community of people who know how to socialize with each other.
Surely they would flush the toilet first. These sorts of toilets are not uncommon space-saving units, particularly in parts of Asia. They're not inherently any dirtier than any toilet and sink standing separately along the same wall. There is much to complain out. This point is not one of them.
We should never stop talking about this… youtube.com/shorts/saT4K...
Those habits WITHOUT CONSENT are crimes. In private, with consent is a completely different situation.
A kiddo is diagnosed as Autistic in young age, gets awesome supports, loving parents, does quite well. Years later parent says, "I don't know if they're REALLY Autistic, they don't have meltdowns or self harm!" Therapist: "That doesn't mean they're not Autistic. It means they feel heard & safe."
So… this is the regime that uplifts people who s*xually abuse othes (and even human traffickers)… who at the same time call Queer and Trans people “predators”… while they support ACTUAL predators??? And people are okay with that??? 😑
And now you understand the reason they are taking away our right to choose whether we procreate.
Blessed be thy endorsement! The Trump Administration's IRS now says tax-exempt churches & non-profits can endorse political candidates. This move will open the door to a disastrous flood of campaign finance issues. youtu.be/6kWw2xGdC1E?...
Cute turnaround there. I caught what you did.
Preparation is never a bad thing. These plans should be reviewed before the start of each camping season and adjusted according to the current climate situation.
Absolutely! If someone needing those things buys the house, they may not be physically able to replace them all. If they're there, THEY'RE a BONUS! Those things are good for many people, not just disabled ones. Kids, elders, someone temporality injured? Disability supports are EVERYBODY supports.
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A Beam of Light. The story of Einstein. Excellent for explaining "different types of brains" to all neurotypes of kids. www.amazon.ca/Beam-Light-S...
I agree. But it has good unique features. Once someone comes up with an apples-to-apples competitor, FB will lose people in droves. Until then, people like the Messenger and Marketplace features and like to see the OP attached to its comments, instead of having to click every comment to see its OP.
Yup! And we can all only do our best. If Bluesky were more user-friendly & more familiar to use, they'd likely be over in a flash. But the product is not robust enough to lure them over. Once it is, I'm sure they'll dump FB quickly. They have to have a viable alternative and this just isn't it YET!
Anyone "anti-woke" IS a racist. It's plain to see. Anyone who bleieves that empathy, kindness and compassion are negatives, is completely delusional and does not deserve to be part of society. Society is MADE by being empathetic, kind and compassionate. Without those we don't have civilization.
It's a Christian nationalist movt to criminalize LGBTQ people, force women out of the workforce, strip them of voting rights, and surveil them with period trackers to make sure they don't terminate a pregnancy. PP and his wife are absolutely in on it. www.vice.com/en/article/p...
All my people are still on FB. I've encouraged them to move over, but Bluesky is still not as user-friendly as FB so most of them would miss Marketplace, Messenger & the ability to see the main post & the comments, not just the random comments & then have to click in to see what it's talking about.
1987. And Trump clearly states that this sort of thing only happens every 100 yrs or so and NO ONE has EVER seen this happen in their lifetime. Lie after lie after lie! I hope the parents of those lost kids sue him for firing the staff members who could have worked together to prevent this loss.
What choice do they have? Their government hates them. They have only themselves to depend on, so singing is the long time human-proven way to get through crises while having to fend for yourselves.
The deep irony of yesterdays wealth transfer bill: While Medicaid — which serves 80 million Americans — was being defunded, pharmaceutical companies were given a $5 billion exemption to maximize profits at the expense of affordable access. Let’s speak clearly and in unison.
Pregnancy tests? They've been threatening those for a while now for people going to places with humane women's health care.
Can’t make this up.
Somebody's going to hell vm.tiktok.com/ZMS4pLYgs/
When a president promotes sadism and abuse you know that the abuses will quickly get worse. In a few short months the US has moved from kidnapping people off the streets to building concentration camps. There will be much darker days ahead. www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum...
No lies detected from Bishop Talbert Swan. #ResistTrump
2/2 Employment is the usual way, so I offered FREE help. I offered what I have available to offer, OUT OF KINDNESS, CARE and COMPASSION! I never once said she was lazy. I never once said to work harder. I offered support and assistance. That was all. Why is everyone reading malice into this?
Nowhere in the original post that I saw, did it state that she was so disabled she could not work at any sort of job at all. She's trying to live on pocket money. Logic is that to get more money you need to do something to get more money. 1/2
Don't forget to include Smith in there. She's just as enthusiastic about destroying Canada as he is.
I absolutely agree. Which is why I did not do any of that.
I sure as hell have noticed. How about you? 🤨
And AGAIN! I NEVER said any of that!
Sorry. This went horribly wrong. I don't know how, but it did. I will stop trying to help. Have a good day.