aquilacalvitium:

thatgirlwithadhd:

parachutingpanda:

imagine someone without allergies injecting themselves with an epipen and saying “I find that this did not help me therefor epipens are not helpful to people with allergies”

this is basically the argument neurotypicals are making when they say fidgets don’t actually help neurodivergent people or people with mental illness bc theyre “distracting” or “don’t relieve stress” or whatever they’re argument may be.

Person with 20/20 vision: *puts on my glasses* wHoA! How do you even SEEEEE with these?!?!?!”

Me: I’m…nearsighted?

Them: yeah but if I already have good vision shouldn’t these just make me see even better?

Me: …

Me: that’s not how this works

Me: that’s not how any of this works

Thing to help disabled people: *exists*

Ableists: Um YeA bUt It DoEsN’t HeLp ME!!1111!1!1!!!!!1!1

this is why it irks me when people make fun of infomercial products like the snuggy or that thing that helps you put on socks which were clearly designed with disabled people in mind