[ID from ALT: A digital drawing of my partner’s (@hunterofthehunters) OC Zach, a knight, with his embodiment Justice sitting on his shoulders. Both have messy blonde hair, pale skin, and grey eyes. Zach is standing firm, holding a halberd decorated with a green Genbu (or XuanWu) emblem. He seems unaware of Justice, a transparent child that is sitting on his shoulders. Justice has one hand cupped at Zach’s neck for balance, the other hand pointing forwards with a excited look. Zach is wearing metal and leather armor with a hexagon theme, the parts that aren’t the light green padding or dark green underarmor are burnt an uneven black. Justice is wearing oversized judge robes, shorts, and socks (one of which is slipping off his foot). End ID]
why is this site trying to become twitter. why must everything i love die
(every CEO in the last 5 years for some reason) hmmm today i will catastrophically mismanage my company to the fullest most embarrassing extent imaginable
Today (July 19th) is Changing Places awareness day!
[Image description: a photo of the changing places toilet with the features listed below /end ID]
What is a changing places toilet?
A changing places toilet is a toilet which can be used by disabled people like me who can’t use a standard accessible toilet. This may be because someone needs extra equipment, and/or room for carers to help them. The main features of the changing places toilet are:
Lots of room! Changing places toilet must be at least 12 square metres. This means that there is plenty of room for a wheelchair user to turn around as well as room for up to 2 carers.
A peninsular toilet! This is a toilet which has enough room on each side were wheelchair to be positioned for transferring. As with standard accessible toilet there are grab rails on each side.
Accessible washbasin! The washbasin must have room underneath for a wheelchair user. An adjustable height washbasin is preferred.
A ceiling hoist! This allows people who cannot transfer independently to be able to safely get out of their wheelchair. A person brings their own sling which is hooked onto the hoist allowing them to be lifted.
An adult size changing table! This allows people need help with undressing to use the toilet, or help changing incontinence pads to have their needs met safely and with dignity. Without a changing table, many people have to resort to lying on the toilet floor to change their pads which is unsafe, undignified and unhygienic.
Why raise awareness?
The lack of changing places toilet means it’s hard for disabled people like me to leave the house. It’s limits our ability to socialise, access work/education, exercise, travel, and even attend hospital appointments. (In the UK there are only 93 hospitals with a registered changing places toilet).
I have to plan my entire life around the few changing places toilet that exist, which massively shrinks my world. It’s incredibly difficult for me to travel (less than 2% of train stations in the UK have a changing places toilet), go days out, visit the hospital, and otherwise experience the world outside my house. Hopefully one day every event like Pride or music festivals will have a mobile changing places toilet, and there will be public changing places toilet with 24/7 access in every town, as well as changing places toilets in public buildings like leisure centres, libraries, museums, cinemas, tourist attractions and shopping centres.
More info including what you can do to help the UK campaigns for more changing places toilets can be found at changing-places.org
i was interested to learn more about changing places outside of the UK, and i found, from what looks like the same organization, this international map + this Florida/Georgia/Alabama project to install more, in case anyone is in the same area and would like to learn! we apparently only have one in my city, seven in my state, which is absolutely not enough to let people go about their days freely.
“intrusive thought” gets thrown around by assholes talking about putting strainers on their heads or stepping on a leaf who in the next sentence will say “if your thoughts are about actually hurting people they should put you in a psych ward”. compulsions and rituals get seen as proof you’re “crazy”. ocd insight CAN be delusional, even. pocd and sexual ocd is especially demonized, though even something as “harmless” (to others. not *us*) as contamination OCD is still mocked, belittled, and seen as a sign something is fundamentally wrong with you. I have seen people twice my age advocate for violence against anyone who thinks the way I’ve been forced by my mental illness to think since i was 6, maybe 7 years old.
ID: a comparison betwen the mobile twitter and new tumblr menu layouts. They look almost exactly the same with the twitter/tumblr logo at the top followed by: home, explore, notifications/activity, and messages. After that the exact menu options are different but still similar. End ID
![[ID: A digital drawing of my partner's (@hunterofthehunters) OC Zach, a knight, with his embodiment Justice sitting on his shoulders. Both have messy blonde hair, pale skin, and grey eyes. Zach is standing firm, holding a halberd decorated with a green Genbu (or XuanWu) emblem. He seems unaware of Justice, a transparent child that is sitting on his shoulders. Justice has one hand cupped at Zach's neck for balance, the other hand pointing forwards with a excited look. Zach is wearing metal and leather armor with a hexagon theme, the parts that aren't the light green padding or dark green underarmor are burnt an uneven black. Justice is wearing oversized judge robes, shorts, and socks (one of which is slipping off his foot). End ID]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/5eb9d08acff3ec3c949803f5be832513/210a0d212e62b7d0-3b/s640x960/7bb1adc4df0b60d265fc095e1e6c0280dfac98f3.png)
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