Twentyonespektors-blog - I Have A

“I couldn’t find this little girl’s parents so I trapped her with dinosaurs so she wouldn’t run off while I find them.”

Today, on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, I would like to remind you not

to forget that King’s family pursued a court case against the US in 1999 for assassinating MLK Jr. and WON. That’s a fact that is always conveniently left out of history books. Don’t let them turn him into their own personal puppet doll that says “I have a dream” when you pull the string, please. 

tyler: tells corny joke

tyler: smiles

tyler: looks to josh to see if he smiled

josh: smiling

tyler: smiles even wider

so here’s an idea

instead of thinking up a 500 word apology for your event being woefully inaccessible to disabled people (or offering “solutions” for the inaccessibility that show you have little understanding of disabled ppl’s realities*), use all that time and energy to either find ways to make your event accessible, or cancel it and publicly inform everyone why.

in our experience the solidarity possibilities of just not holding inaccessible events are hugely ignored and it needs to stop. if your event excludes disabled people, you’re part of the problem. 

refusing to plan or host events that exclude disabled ppl is a way to support & show solidarity with us while highlighting to others that accessibility is important. 

just being aware of how inaccessible something is doesn’t make it okay.

*e.g.: “we’ll be happy to carry you / your chair / walker up the stairs!”, “it’s not scent free but we’ll keep the windows open!”, “there’s no quiet room but you can go outside!” etc.

I hate you, Deadpool. I know you mean love. [insp]

I could probably go back to embarrassing moments ranging from the last hour to my first seconds of birth

*facepalms into oblivion about embarrassing things from 5000 years ago*

Give me a warning if youre going to poke my side so that I have more time to punch your face

me *liking posts when i first started my blog*: oh boy ! i enjoy this content !!! ima like it. cause i like it :) ! me *liking posts now*: oh boy what a good way to let my mutuals know that i don’t hate them