Cassie Winter (she/they)

Productivity Expert & Life Coach for Neurospicy Spoonies
POTS, hEDS, C-PTSD, ASD, Ace (Asexual) 🌈

[Cassie Winter (she/they) @CEOWinter]

So someone you care about is a Spoonie. They have a chronic illness, disability, mental health issue, and/or are neurodivergent…And you have no idea what to get them for the holidays. Have no fear! I’ve got you covered. https://t.co/Qx1DjLDeOE

[elle is trying so hard @scretladyspider]

Asexuality is little to no sexual attraction.

There is a spectrum of how we each feel about having sex, from repulsed to favorable. But it’s really not about if we do or not. It’s an orientation, not a choice.

Attraction, not action.

[lisa chapman; @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @CommonSenseSLT]

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT): in other words, changing someone's behaviour by changing faulty thought processes. Well, what if my thought processes are fine, & it's my environment that needs fixing🤔? Then CBT is not going to work, & could make things much, much worse.

[Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈🍉 @theBrianaMills]

Disabled/high risk people have been completely left for dead. We are abandoned, discarded, and pushed aside. Our mental health is almost nonexistent now. Please be easy on us. We’re doing our best in a society that doesn’t care about our wellbeing. It’s so exhausting. 😔

[what can't she do? @jericrustia]

i didn't know you can convert ebook texts into bionic text. jesus christ i shouldn't have sold my kindle. and i just bought two books. ive been reading them but it's been a struggle.

https://t.co/wk99QB6Ols

[René Brooks | Black Girl, Lost Keys @blkgirllostkeys]

How many of your previously abled friends have reached out to you in the past two years, telling you how hard being disabled is with the paperwork and frustration on top of everything?

Every time I’m like: remember in 2013 when *I* became disabled and you thought I was overreacting?

Gets really quiet on the phone. Of course I help anyway, but I want them to know the effects their words had on ANOTHER disabled person. And I want them to think more about the way they address people when they’re in crisis.

[Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @sensorystories_]

Them: Autism is way overdiagnosed today. Also, lots of people are saying they're autistic because it's "in."

Me: No. People are finally discovering their very real MISSED diagnoses from childhood because better information about autism is being shared in accessible ways. \1

[Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 @BeingCharisBlog]

I was not prepared for the inevitable fracture among the most vocal disability advocates around pandemic ableism as some of us continue shielding as we have been for the last 3 years, and as others openly end shielding without a word and just... move on.

It's a gut punch.

[Cassie Winter (she/they) @CEOWinter]

My Notion Weekly Planner is a streamlined weekly task list complete with recurring tasks. It’s a favorite of my students, and I’ve finally made a tutorial and template! 🥳 https://t.co/ddyFv52DVP

#NotionWeeklyPlanner #NotionRecurringTasks #NotionTutorial #NotionBeginner

[Candace D. @DiaryofaSickGrl]

5 ways you can support a chronically ill loved one:

1-Learn about our condition(s) by research/asking questions
2-Don’t give unsolicited advice, just listen.
3-Accept our limitations
4-Avoid toxic positivity when speaking with us
5-Don’t minimize anything we’re going through

[collagen machine broke @chronicallybeee]

everyone’s so surprised that people don’t care about their friends or acquaintances enough to pick them up at the airport.. i hope y’all never become immunocompromised during a pandemic

[that one nurse epi 🐀🏳️‍🌈 @SobsInEpi]

3+ years into a pandemic, the general public is still generally confused about what to do when they test positive for COVID19.

So let me walk you through what I, an infectious disease epidemiologist public health nurse, am doing since I tested positive on a rapid antigen today.

[Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD @Nicole_Lee_Sch]

Lol at the CDCs recommendations that high risk people avoid crowded areas. So I'm supposed to lose access to healthcare, education, and work? If we're going to bar high risk people from public spaces then at LEAST pay us universal basic income and grant quality home health care.

[Autistic Self Advocacy Network @autselfadvocacy]

On May 11th, 2023, the Biden administration will end the national emergency and public health emergency related to COVID-19. This change will harm people with disabilities and worsen the pandemic.

https://t.co/7vVhLaCZC1

[Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 @BeingCharisBlog]

Hi.

Disabled (including immunocompromised) people don't feel left behind by your pandemic ableism.

We. Have. Been. Removed. From. Public. Life.

That's not a feeling. That's a fact.

And we have feelings about the fact.