Tag: care
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Fundraising Campaign: Build a Counterculture of Care
We have a lot of work to do in the USA (and everywhere) to survive what’s coming. Care systems will be attacked. We must build a counterculture of care. Care work makes all other work possible. A lot of disabled people in the USA are going to die in the next four years as our care systems are…
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Next Steps as a Community of Resistance
We have a lot of work to do in the USA (and everywhere) to combat what’s coming. Care systems will be attacked. We must build a counterculture of care. Care work makes all other work possible. Here are some next steps for our community at Stimpunks.
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No one is coming to save us. Engage in collaborative niche construction at human scale.
What should we do to survive the current state of the world? “Engage in collaborative niche construction at human scale.” We have work to do. We will support each other. We will build our own ecologies of care and our own competency networks. We will build communities and network rhizomatically.
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The Free Lil Pantry: Take what you need. Leave what you can.
Stimpunks Board Member Becky Hicks runs a free food pantry in New Orleans. Here’s a charming segment with Becky on local news that works the Mr. Rogers vibes. Algiers Point Free Lil Pantry celebrates 7 years of giving and receiving | WGNO.com The Algiers Point Free Lil Pantry was New Orleans’ first. And it’s been…
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Stiff Person Syndrome, Celine Dion, and Me
CW: pain, agony, suicidal ideation Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare acquired neurological disorder that most often causes progressive muscle stiffness (rigidity) and repeated episodes of painful muscle spasms. Stiff Person Syndrome – Symptoms, Causes, Treatment | NORD Like Céline Dion, I have Stiff Person Syndrome. It’s excruciating and especially affects the muscles in…
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A Letter in Reply to a Kindness from a Care Worker
I often feel like an asshole when advocating for myself in a healthcare system designed against me. I feel like I’m friction in someone’s day, a discordant note in their lives, extra work during chronically busy times. My needs challenge the usual way of things. It is such a relief when I get to say…
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Care is not charity or kindness. Care is the deeply fraught, complex, abolitionist, political work of protecting one another and the planet.
We updated our care vocabulary page with selections from “Are We Teaching Care or Control?” Care is not charity or kindness. Care is the deeply fraught, complex, abolitionist, political work of protecting one another and the planet, meeting everyone’s needs in balance with the collective good, and keeping our communities safe without the use of…
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Three Therapeutic Approaches to Supporting Autistic People in Healthcare Settings
We adore the Resources Library at Neurodiverse Connection. It’s very well curated. Their collection of therapeutic approaches lists three great resources that we’ve recommended often and recommend again here. Three Therapeutic Approaches to Supporting Autistic People in Healthcare Settings: We quote these resources all over our website. Here are some featured quotes from each. Autistic…
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A Credo for Support: Respecting Autonomy in a Society of Interdependence and Care
A CREDO FOR SUPPORT Do Not see my disability as the problem. Recognize that my disability is an attribute. Do Not see my disability as a deficit.It is you who see me as deviant and helpless. Do Not try to fix me because I am not broken.Support me. I can make my contribution to the community…
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Additions to Our Philosophy on Tech Ethics, Algorithmic Oppression, Power, Accommodations, Accessibility, Care, Inclusion, Diagnosis, and Reframing
Our philosophy page collects quotes we steer by. They are compasses and stars that align us on our mission. We recently added quotes on tech ethics, algorithmic oppression, power, accommodations, accessibility, care, inclusion, diagnosis, and reframing. The accommodations for natural human variation should be mutual. Affordability is a part of accessibility. We need a counterculture…
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Accommodations: Individualized Responses to Structural Design Problems
Accommodations are individualized responses to structural design problems. The accommodations for natural human variation should be mutual and universal.
