I'm guy with things wrong with me AAUUGGHHH mainly of the neurodevelopmental and psychological variety, and chronic pain blah blah stuff, generally very tired very often lol. I'm very very passionate about community care, disability rights and advocacy. Care about the people around you I'm so serious.
COVID-19 resources: yes, it's still a problem. I myself was underinformed for a long time and have since educated myself and am back to taking precautions for the safety of myself and those I care about, I believe others should do the same! Wearing a KN95 or N95 mask in public spaces is very easy and very effective (some of these links contain places to buy them or get them free)!
Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative includes videos summarizing current research and information on covid, the damage it causes, and the best ways to mitigate it, as well as a regularly updating heat map and estimated infection risk across US states
COVID info database by aldersonemilygh
covid tips - how to talk to your loved ones about covid
end viral eugenics database by frameweaver
Why is EVERYONE more SICK? an informative video by Lola Germs about how covid affects the immune system
we have the tools (more resources)
maskbloc.org list of active mask blocs where you can get tests and masks for free!
reducing covid transmission printouts by mark dixon and m.c. benner dixon
how to build a mini corsi-rosenthal box (air cleaning system)!
how to improve ventilation written with schools in mind, but applies to any building
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Library's information and resources on long-term health consequences of covid and broad social impacts
yes, it's still worth avoiding covid even if you've already had it
General Disability Resources
How to Have a Great, Disabled Life a guide of resources to make your life easier! including info for cheap housing, community and caregivers, being homebound/bedbound, affordable transportation, medication, doctors, managing finances and social change!
Turning a "No" into a "Yes" For getting approval for social security, medicaid, housing agencies, and many others!
How to be poor in America
Masterlist of accommodation letters for housing in America
How to be homebound
All of the above links are from the same site, there are many more available there! Please do go look if any of them are helpful! They are written by people with ME/CFS, but apply to disabilites overall.
How to pay hospital bills when you're flat broke
ABLE accounts savings/investment for people disabled before age 46
Education, activism, good readings
Disability in the Modern World a database of primary and secondary resources for learning about the community
Disability Studies Quarterly the journal of the Society for Disabilities Studies
A list of actions you can take that are not protesting or voting by niapoetry
project LETS list of disability justice resources!
Normal People Don't Scare Me - a history of ableism in the horror genre
The H Word - mental health, ableism, and the horror genre
Misc
Open Source Wheelchairs guides for the DIY creation of inexpensive wheelchairs and assistive devices (I cannot say anything on the safety of these designs, they appear durable and I believe the idea is cool but use your own judgement of course!
Can I Play That? this site provides accessibility information on video games! it is not comprehensive, but it is a place for people to share their experiences with various games
Self Injury Support resources for harm minimisation, first aid, and urge management
Harm Reduction Fundamentals a training course on supporting the health of people who use drugs
Take Home Naloxone training on how to recognize opioid overdose and how to respond with a naloxone kit
On Antipsychiatry
This is an idea formed from the belief that the current psychiatric system is inherently abusive and must be replaced with one that is respectful of the autonomy of all involved. You have a right to seek whatever treatments you want, set whatever recovery goals you please, seek a diagnosis or define yourself how you want. Just as well, you have a right to do none of these things and live as you are with the same kindness and respect as anyone else. I am also antirecovery in the sense that the "recovery" the psychiatric system pushes for involves the forceful removal of people's autonomy in order to fit into the "normalcy" they deem acceptable. It does not matter how severe or complex it may be seen as, whatever experience you have, you are allowed to respond to it your own way and live in the way that is comfortable for you!
Here is a collection of psych abolition resources!
This is an idea formed from the belief that the current psychiatric system is inherently abusive and must be replaced with one that is respectful of the autonomy of all involved. You have a right to seek whatever treatments you want, set whatever recovery goals you please, seek a diagnosis or define yourself how you want. Just as well, you have a right to do none of these things and live as you are with the same kindness and respect as anyone else. I am also antirecovery in the sense that the "recovery" the psychiatric system pushes for involves the forceful removal of people's autonomy in order to fit into the "normalcy" they deem acceptable. It does not matter how severe or complex it may be seen as, whatever experience you have, you are allowed to respond to it your own way and live in the way that is comfortable for you!
Here is a collection of psych abolition resources!