Wolfydoc
@spoonydoc.bsky.social
Love video and board games, sci fi books, my powerchair and my dog. Ex mathematician, still hopelessly a nerd. Mostly housebound due illness. Will probably talk a lot about disability.
Many are arguing this highlights the need for better diagnosis and treatment of #autism.
While true it also highlights the horrendous and dehumanising treatment of people in some #MentalHealth hospitals.
This urgently needs investigating. #Disability
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
While true it also highlights the horrendous and dehumanising treatment of people in some #MentalHealth hospitals.
This urgently needs investigating. #Disability
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Autistic woman wrongly locked up in mental health hospital for 45 years
“Kasibba”, who is non-verbal and had no family to speak for her, was one of hundreds wrongly detained.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Many are arguing this highlights the need for better diagnosis and treatment of #autism.
While true it also highlights the horrendous and dehumanising treatment of people in some #MentalHealth hospitals.
This urgently needs investigating. #Disability
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
While true it also highlights the horrendous and dehumanising treatment of people in some #MentalHealth hospitals.
This urgently needs investigating. #Disability
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I must have made a terrible mistake.
My "discover" feed is full of cat photos but not a single dog photo.
Going to lie down to recover.
My "discover" feed is full of cat photos but not a single dog photo.
Going to lie down to recover.
January 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I must have made a terrible mistake.
My "discover" feed is full of cat photos but not a single dog photo.
Going to lie down to recover.
My "discover" feed is full of cat photos but not a single dog photo.
Going to lie down to recover.
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🎁 Accessible Wrapping Hack for the Holidays!
Gift-opening joy is for everyone! 💚
Make presents easier to open for loved ones with disabilities:
1️⃣ Add a ribbon handle.
2️⃣ Wrap lightly with minimal tape.
🎥 Watch the video for the full hack!
#AccessibleWrapping #HolidayHack #CerebralPalsy #yeg
Gift-opening joy is for everyone! 💚
Make presents easier to open for loved ones with disabilities:
1️⃣ Add a ribbon handle.
2️⃣ Wrap lightly with minimal tape.
🎥 Watch the video for the full hack!
#AccessibleWrapping #HolidayHack #CerebralPalsy #yeg
December 14, 2024 at 10:12 PM
🎁 Accessible Wrapping Hack for the Holidays!
Gift-opening joy is for everyone! 💚
Make presents easier to open for loved ones with disabilities:
1️⃣ Add a ribbon handle.
2️⃣ Wrap lightly with minimal tape.
🎥 Watch the video for the full hack!
#AccessibleWrapping #HolidayHack #CerebralPalsy #yeg
Gift-opening joy is for everyone! 💚
Make presents easier to open for loved ones with disabilities:
1️⃣ Add a ribbon handle.
2️⃣ Wrap lightly with minimal tape.
🎥 Watch the video for the full hack!
#AccessibleWrapping #HolidayHack #CerebralPalsy #yeg
Happily replaying the Outer Worlds, having upgraded to the new edition.
Looking forward to a bunch of new games after that.
New Year is always a difficult time for me and I am already starting to feel the effects.
Video games and my dog are a lifeline.
Looking forward to a bunch of new games after that.
New Year is always a difficult time for me and I am already starting to feel the effects.
Video games and my dog are a lifeline.
December 15, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Happily replaying the Outer Worlds, having upgraded to the new edition.
Looking forward to a bunch of new games after that.
New Year is always a difficult time for me and I am already starting to feel the effects.
Video games and my dog are a lifeline.
Looking forward to a bunch of new games after that.
New Year is always a difficult time for me and I am already starting to feel the effects.
Video games and my dog are a lifeline.
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Doctor: How are you?
Me: I'm good.
Doctor: What brings you here today?
Me: I'm doing bad.
Me: I'm good.
Doctor: What brings you here today?
Me: I'm doing bad.
December 13, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Doctor: How are you?
Me: I'm good.
Doctor: What brings you here today?
Me: I'm doing bad.
Me: I'm good.
Doctor: What brings you here today?
Me: I'm doing bad.
The use of #AI in government bureaucracy is problematic.
You only need look at the Horizon scandal to see the dangers when computers get it wrong.
Now it is being deployed against welfare claimants in the UK despite knowing it is biased. #disability
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-...
You only need look at the Horizon scandal to see the dangers when computers get it wrong.
Now it is being deployed against welfare claimants in the UK despite knowing it is biased. #disability
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-...
AI has brought bias and hunger to the DWP benefits system
AI should be ensuring the benefits system is supporting claimants from the start – but leaves them fighting for support they deserve.
www.bigissue.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:21 AM
The use of #AI in government bureaucracy is problematic.
You only need look at the Horizon scandal to see the dangers when computers get it wrong.
Now it is being deployed against welfare claimants in the UK despite knowing it is biased. #disability
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-...
You only need look at the Horizon scandal to see the dangers when computers get it wrong.
Now it is being deployed against welfare claimants in the UK despite knowing it is biased. #disability
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-...
Have logged on to discover that playing video games and having chronic pain will apparently turn me into an assassin.
Will now go away and reflect on my life.
Nah. Just kidding. Will now go away and play some more video games.
#disability #ChronicIllness
Will now go away and reflect on my life.
Nah. Just kidding. Will now go away and play some more video games.
#disability #ChronicIllness
December 10, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Have logged on to discover that playing video games and having chronic pain will apparently turn me into an assassin.
Will now go away and reflect on my life.
Nah. Just kidding. Will now go away and play some more video games.
#disability #ChronicIllness
Will now go away and reflect on my life.
Nah. Just kidding. Will now go away and play some more video games.
#disability #ChronicIllness
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"Video games cause violence"
Meanwhile, me reloading my save because I accidentally made one of the characters sad
Meanwhile, me reloading my save because I accidentally made one of the characters sad
December 10, 2024 at 2:40 PM
"Video games cause violence"
Meanwhile, me reloading my save because I accidentally made one of the characters sad
Meanwhile, me reloading my save because I accidentally made one of the characters sad
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Many people do not understand game design. Let me explain: game design is when attacking with your primary attack builds stacks of zorp, and your secondary consumes zorp stacks to add additional slow and lifesteal when you plurk
December 10, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Many people do not understand game design. Let me explain: game design is when attacking with your primary attack builds stacks of zorp, and your secondary consumes zorp stacks to add additional slow and lifesteal when you plurk
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I wanted to check again, but altometer.atdev.pro is down right now. From what I'm seeing right now, however, the ratio can't be all that great.
I'd like to again ask people to use alt text:
👇 1/4
I'd like to again ask people to use alt text:
👇 1/4
"I should check up on this, it's been 2 weeks..."
altometer.atdev.pro
"Huh, I honestly didn't expect that!"
The ratio has improved, despite all the new arrivals! Keep it up folks, still far from ideal.
altometer.atdev.pro
"Huh, I honestly didn't expect that!"
The ratio has improved, despite all the new arrivals! Keep it up folks, still far from ideal.
December 5, 2024 at 12:38 PM
I wanted to check again, but altometer.atdev.pro is down right now. From what I'm seeing right now, however, the ratio can't be all that great.
I'd like to again ask people to use alt text:
👇 1/4
I'd like to again ask people to use alt text:
👇 1/4
Drat. I forgot to buy an advent calendar again.
On that note, shout out to all those people who weren't allowed a chocolate advent calendar when they were kids.
Double shout out to those who had to reuse the same advent calendar each year with the same pictures.
On that note, shout out to all those people who weren't allowed a chocolate advent calendar when they were kids.
Double shout out to those who had to reuse the same advent calendar each year with the same pictures.
December 3, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Drat. I forgot to buy an advent calendar again.
On that note, shout out to all those people who weren't allowed a chocolate advent calendar when they were kids.
Double shout out to those who had to reuse the same advent calendar each year with the same pictures.
On that note, shout out to all those people who weren't allowed a chocolate advent calendar when they were kids.
Double shout out to those who had to reuse the same advent calendar each year with the same pictures.
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Happy International Day of Disabled People. Let’s keep fighting for a society where disabled people’s lives are valued. #Disability
This International Day of Disabled People, DR UK's Mikey Erhardt wrote for @bigissue.com about life for Disabled people in the UK over the last year, as well as the successes of Disabled activism and our demands for the upcoming year.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/disa...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/disa...
The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live lives we deserve
This year saw further decline of living standards for disabled people and a repeated government focus on cutting social security spending.
www.bigissue.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Happy International Day of Disabled People. Let’s keep fighting for a society where disabled people’s lives are valued. #Disability
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What a great example of sharing #research accessibly - and of research with #autistic people that involves researchers from the community. #AutRes #QualitativeHealthResearch #trans #nonbinary
December 1, 2024 at 12:04 PM
What a great example of sharing #research accessibly - and of research with #autistic people that involves researchers from the community. #AutRes #QualitativeHealthResearch #trans #nonbinary
That Sunday morning feeling. #DogsOfTwitter
December 1, 2024 at 9:53 AM
That Sunday morning feeling. #DogsOfTwitter
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I came across this website about eczema/atopic dermatitis in people with darker skin. Hopefully someone will find it useful.
eczemainskinofcolor.org
eczemainskinofcolor.org
Atopic Dermatitis (AD) in Brown Skin | Eczema in Skin of Color
Learn how to recognize, manage and treat eczema in skin of color and to differentiate eczema from other skin diseases in skin of color.
eczemainskinofcolor.org
November 30, 2024 at 5:53 PM
I came across this website about eczema/atopic dermatitis in people with darker skin. Hopefully someone will find it useful.
eczemainskinofcolor.org
eczemainskinofcolor.org
Spoon Theory:
Tasks cost spoons (energy).
Healthy people have infinite spoons.
Sick people only have a few, so must carefully choose basic daily tasks, or get sicker.
Why spoons? The author was in a cafe when they invented the metaphor.
It's useful but never meant to be deep. #disability #spoonies
Tasks cost spoons (energy).
Healthy people have infinite spoons.
Sick people only have a few, so must carefully choose basic daily tasks, or get sicker.
Why spoons? The author was in a cafe when they invented the metaphor.
It's useful but never meant to be deep. #disability #spoonies
November 30, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Spoon Theory:
Tasks cost spoons (energy).
Healthy people have infinite spoons.
Sick people only have a few, so must carefully choose basic daily tasks, or get sicker.
Why spoons? The author was in a cafe when they invented the metaphor.
It's useful but never meant to be deep. #disability #spoonies
Tasks cost spoons (energy).
Healthy people have infinite spoons.
Sick people only have a few, so must carefully choose basic daily tasks, or get sicker.
Why spoons? The author was in a cafe when they invented the metaphor.
It's useful but never meant to be deep. #disability #spoonies
As an aside, I am now suffering from wheelchair envy. #disability
Image shows Marissa Bode sitting in a manual wheelchair, which although looks fairly uncomfortable, being very upright and mostly made of wood, has fantastic clockwork like decorations on the wheels.
Image shows Marissa Bode sitting in a manual wheelchair, which although looks fairly uncomfortable, being very upright and mostly made of wood, has fantastic clockwork like decorations on the wheels.
November 30, 2024 at 9:58 AM
As an aside, I am now suffering from wheelchair envy. #disability
Image shows Marissa Bode sitting in a manual wheelchair, which although looks fairly uncomfortable, being very upright and mostly made of wood, has fantastic clockwork like decorations on the wheels.
Image shows Marissa Bode sitting in a manual wheelchair, which although looks fairly uncomfortable, being very upright and mostly made of wood, has fantastic clockwork like decorations on the wheels.
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Disability activist: Do you also have spill-proof cups? Then people with tremors would be able to have a full cup.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Disability activist: Do you also have spill-proof cups? Then people with tremors would be able to have a full cup.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
November 24, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Disability activist: Do you also have spill-proof cups? Then people with tremors would be able to have a full cup.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Disability activist: Do you also have spill-proof cups? Then people with tremors would be able to have a full cup.
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As Sean says:
"I have never understood why, when everyone on the planet is one accident or medical condition away from disability, many people seem to lack any empathy and do not attempt to understand how it must feel to be refused service because of a disability."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"I have never understood why, when everyone on the planet is one accident or medical condition away from disability, many people seem to lack any empathy and do not attempt to understand how it must feel to be refused service because of a disability."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Refused service again with my guide dog, I'm done speaking out'
Sean Dilley is inundated with abuse on social media whenever he posts about discrimination issues.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 12:22 PM
As Sean says:
"I have never understood why, when everyone on the planet is one accident or medical condition away from disability, many people seem to lack any empathy and do not attempt to understand how it must feel to be refused service because of a disability."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"I have never understood why, when everyone on the planet is one accident or medical condition away from disability, many people seem to lack any empathy and do not attempt to understand how it must feel to be refused service because of a disability."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
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To win the argument with Govt. We have to find ways of showing the public what social care truly encompasses. The rich, vibrant, professional, essential life affirming work that goes on every day in the UK. Not the polarised bit that stock photos readily portray www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Adult social care in England needs urgent help from ministers, say bosses
Rising costs and demand are a huge strain on council budgets and services face ‘intolerable pressures’, says Adass
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:35 AM
A carer sends an untrained friend in her place to care for an elderly person with extensive care needs.
But neither police nor the Care Quality Commission will act.
The lack of supervision and repercussions is plain wrong.
#Disabled and elderly people deserve better.
news.sky.com/story/amp/th...
But neither police nor the Care Quality Commission will act.
The lack of supervision and repercussions is plain wrong.
#Disabled and elderly people deserve better.
news.sky.com/story/amp/th...
The bizarre story of a fake carer - and what it says about the UK's care industry
As the government promises NHS reform, there's a drive to get more people treated at home or in the community. But what happens when that falls short? Sky’s Nick Martin uncovers the bizarre story of t...
news.sky.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:24 AM
A carer sends an untrained friend in her place to care for an elderly person with extensive care needs.
But neither police nor the Care Quality Commission will act.
The lack of supervision and repercussions is plain wrong.
#Disabled and elderly people deserve better.
news.sky.com/story/amp/th...
But neither police nor the Care Quality Commission will act.
The lack of supervision and repercussions is plain wrong.
#Disabled and elderly people deserve better.
news.sky.com/story/amp/th...
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Chronic fatigue isn’t just feeling a bit tired and needing to sleep.
It’s chronic, debilitating, exhaustion, that can take over your entire life. You need so much more than a good nights’ sleep to manage. You never feel rested enough.
It’s chronic, debilitating, exhaustion, that can take over your entire life. You need so much more than a good nights’ sleep to manage. You never feel rested enough.
November 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Chronic fatigue isn’t just feeling a bit tired and needing to sleep.
It’s chronic, debilitating, exhaustion, that can take over your entire life. You need so much more than a good nights’ sleep to manage. You never feel rested enough.
It’s chronic, debilitating, exhaustion, that can take over your entire life. You need so much more than a good nights’ sleep to manage. You never feel rested enough.
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#AssistUsToLive
18 days to release of text of the bill to the vote
5 hours to discuss 38 pages 43 clauses The bill is too rushed
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
18 days to release of text of the bill to the vote
5 hours to discuss 38 pages 43 clauses The bill is too rushed
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
UK’s longest-serving MPs issue joint plea for Commons to reject assisted dying bill
Diane Abbott and the Conservative Sir Edward Leigh, mother and father of the House, say law has been rushed
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
#AssistUsToLive
18 days to release of text of the bill to the vote
5 hours to discuss 38 pages 43 clauses The bill is too rushed
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
18 days to release of text of the bill to the vote
5 hours to discuss 38 pages 43 clauses The bill is too rushed
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...