Kellie Godridge

I love reading, neuroscience, linguistics, sharing longreads and making friends. Happily married. One of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Totally blind with chronic illness

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@jadesharp1992 It works, but there aren't many people around here anymore

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@matt02392 Are they not going to do anything about this? This is basically discrimination against disabled and low income people as it is very common here not to have a credit card and a high percentage of people don't drive.

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@slooterman I'd love to hear more of your thinking on this topic, though this probably isn't the easiest platform to discuss it from. I wonder if the autism spectrum is even the right way to frame neurodivergence, but it's what we've got for the moment I guess.

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@BirdOfFlower Some anxiety and other mental health medications have pretty drastic side effects to abruptly stopping them,, so doctors should try harder to prevent people from going through this. Can you taper your supply for the next couple of days so you won't run out sharply?

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@BirdOfFlower So sorry this is happening and nothing works – I've been there and it's so devastating! If you can get hold of your clinician next time maybe discuss it with them? They might be willing to put a small number of repeats on or do something to prevent gaps

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@RNIB I have an iPhone and the alert worked for me except that I had to wait until the sirens stopped to read and clear the message because I couldn't hear my speech over the siren. My husband uses a Blindshell phone and he got a notification but no siren.

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@AngieBeatDown Uh-oh, your guide dog has a second career – as a thief! (I've heard of cat burglars, but so far not dog ones. (Lol)

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@matt02392 It took me a long time to adapt to that. Eventually I started to do it for the sake of communicating with others, but for years I just used like to keep a sort of favorite tweets list

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@brianhartgen Welcome back! Most of the people I followed on here have left, and I miss the Twitter community experience.

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@MichiganPal Same here. I read for pleasure, and the last thing I need is for my reading enjoyment to be polluted by stress about reaching goals. (Lol))

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@GShang I'm glad to hear that you and Naama are safe. These must be really terrifying times for people in Israel.

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@bmoore123 I can definitely believe that! I'm married, but even so I've chosen not to have kids because I don't think I could deal with it. It's hard enough managing my disabled life without adding the needs of a child.

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@bmoore123 But ultimately, we each need to evaluate our skills and needs and do what works best for us as individuals. If you were in your old building, you wouldn't even be thinking about asking for this accommodation. The circumstances have changed

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@bmoore123 For me, the fact that you were the only disabled one is the defining factor. They don't need this accommodation, you do! The amount of energy we disabled people spend exhausting ourselves proving that were invincible and don't need any help usually just comes back to Harm us

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@bmoore123 I say stop worrying about so-called messages that are being sent and request the accommodations you need. You are a confident traveler. If you have trouble with this intersection with your guide dog, it would probably be one that was outright impossible for manu others.

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@MeanderingPark there is a common view that cars are a luxury, and people should walk and cycle because it's better for them anyway. This may be true for many, but some disabled people will become more and more isolated Because there are so few places they can access

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@MeanderingPark Yes, this! I am constantly dismayed to hear that new areas around me are pedestrianized. As a totally blind person, cycling is not an option for me. Because of fibromyalgia and other issues, I can't walk very far and because I'm blind I can't drive a mobility scooter. 1/2

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@ChanceyFleet Absolutely! Otherwise, the performative allies of screens might become offended and create an online storm. (ROFL)