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zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 3
Page 14 and 15: The same stamp of a boy waving with sun rays behind them, on yellow zig zag bordered paper, is in blue and purple. Below on the next page is written “I love my cat Hime more than I could ever put in words and she needs me to be as happy as possible. I wanna see her feel less separation anxiety and anger. She deserves stability and happiness as a senior kitty cat!” Page 16: Just the stamped waving boy in red and purple ink on the yellow paper with the zigzag border and the phrases “@zanyzines” and. “Zanyzines.com”
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
part 2
Page 6 and 7: In pale and dark green is the stamp of the waving face with sunshine. On yellow paper with zigzag edges. Below on page 7 is written “my diet for Gastroparesis has been incredibly dehumanizing taking my right to choose safe foods away and right when I was making progress I have a new set of guidelines for a different condition. It’s hard but the diets do work.” Page 8 and 9: There is two shades of greenish blue stamp on yellow paper with zigzag edges for the top page Below is written “I do have to do a lot of frustrating things for my health. I have to beg for money from the *systems in place* and now home supports. I get stabbed and examined and pushed to my limits and just have to push through but I see progress with these treatments. Page 10 and 11: There is green and purple inked stamps of the waving boy in front of sunshine on yellow paper with zigzag edges. Below it is some bleed through ink from the purple and red ink so it looks like an inverted version of the stamp is on page 11. On page 11 is written “ I love art and wanna learn more about music while learning about languages and I can’t do that if I’m dead or hurting myself. The arts make me so happy I wanna see all of it the world has to offer and make more than I can keep track of!” Page 12 and 13: There is the same stamp of a waving boy on this page but one is right side up and red and the other is upside down and dark blue this is all on the yellow paper with zigzag edges. In tiny letters is written “oops!!!” Below on the next page is written: “I wanna live to resolve my main fears traumas and issues holding me back. I am making progress in my many therapy sessions. My therapists actually seem to have my best interests in mind which is different than before.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 2/2
Page 7: “My friends don’t want me around and the fact that they take some time to respond is proof they resent me.” Page 8: Blue and red overlayed stamped faces. Page 9: “I’m only harming everyone around me by existing. I shouldn’t exist anymore so I stop harming people… and my cat.” Page 10: Red and green overlayed stamped faces. Page 11: “I’m never gonna get better. Progress is always linear and I’m headed downward. Might as well end it now. Page 12: Blue and green overlayed stamped faces. Page 13: “One truth my brain tells me: -I’m probably having these thoughts because of that recent med change. I should contact my doctor. Page 14: Green and yellow overlayed stamped faces.
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 7 is the last one heck yeah!!!
This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding!
September 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 6 of many
This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding!
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 5 of many
This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding!
September 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 4 of many
This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding!
September 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 3 of many
This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding!
September 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 2 of many it’s a long one folks
This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding! This zine’s audio visual descriptions can be found on the ZANYZINES YouTube channel or with this link: https://youtu.be/PebVdxYtxmE?feature=shared not trying to just plug my YouTube honestly needed to do this because there are word limits to alt image text. Thanks for understanding!
September 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 2
Page 8: the last sticker is a sticker that says “T4T” and has two blue and white portraits of people one of which has pink eyes. One has a blue Mohawk and the other white and blue long curls and a mustache. Below this larger sticker there is random letters saying “@ZanyZines” and purple ink saying “07-15-2025” This is still on a beige homemade paper background.
July 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 3
“I’m so sorry I’ll never get to apologize” is written in yellow with yellow stars around a blue self portrait of myself crying. The shrinky dink is cut out in a ripple pattern and the scan I outlined in grayish green. There is text below it clarifying what is in quotes written messily. “-your old buddy @ZANYZINES” is written in purple and silver on a green background with silver stars. The shrinky dink is cut out in a ripple pattern and the scan I outlined in grayish green. There is text below it clarifying what is in quotes written messily. The backsides of the shrinky dinks are shown with the keychain in the last photo. The shrinky dinks are cut out in a ripple pattern and the scans I outlined in grayish green. All the shrinky dinks described are shown in their original shiny glory.
June 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 2
“I’m sorry I couldn’t keep talking you off a ledge every night” a broken shrinky dink scanned very fuzzily. The pieces show a phone with an active call happening if you could make that out. The words are illegible. The phone is on a red background. The shrinky dink is cut out in a ripple pattern and the scan I outlined in grayish green. There is text below it clarifying what is in quotes. “I’m sorry I’ll never see your guinea pig doodle again” I written in cursive in purple ink. There is a green doodle of a guinea pig on a yellow background. The shrinky dink is cut out in a ripple pattern and the scan I outlined in grayish green. There is text below it clarifying what is in quotes written messily. “I’m sorry I can’t hear Mario and not think about our little concert” in blue writing over a brown bass is drawn over a green background. The shrinky dink is cut out in a ripple pattern and the scan I outlined in grayish green. There is text below it clarifying what is in quotes written messily. “I’m sorry we can’t play DND again” in green writing over a red D20 and a blue background. The shrinky dink is cut out in a ripple pattern and the scan I outlined in grayish green. There is text below it clarifying what is in quotes written messily.
June 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 2
Page 5: “I’m much happier as a trans person then a “cis” one!” With a drawing of my current face smiling and giving a thumbs up. This is drawn over a Roman statue of a woman reclining some darker textured backgrounds background, and blue sky. There is a pink border. This is a text document detailing what is written throughout the zine so anyone who can’t read cursive can read along too.
May 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 3
Text reads: Routines are difficult, make it easier on your patient by learning how they prefer to do routines and meet them where they’re at. And keep in mind it is easier to add to a routine that is already established than start a new one entirely. I combine my daily routines in a way that makes sense to me. My speech therapist showed me an app called “first then visual schedule hd” on iOS. It was hella expensive (excuse my language but like it was like 15 bucks so the language is very justified) but truly was a lifesaver I got to make simple visual schedules with videos and audio memos attached to each exercise and it helps me with my ADHD so much! You can easily mimic this without the video and audio parts by using a document with images and descriptions of activities next to them. Try your best to keep any annoyance you may feel for fulfilling accommodation needs to yourself. I’ve never felt like my speech therapist was annoyed with me but I’ve felt that way with other providers and honestly it sucks. A lot of us neurodivergent folks have something called RSD (Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria) which basically means we feel rejection really intensely and feel it with super small things like even just a misplaced sigh. Just keep in mind we can be really sensitive and easy to hurt at times. On a colorful background with a line drawing of a clock surrounded by the words “routine time”. Text reads: Don’t rush! Rephrase! We have neurodivergence for a reason we sometimes are going to need you to explain things a bunch of different ways until we understand or we’re gonna not immediately catch on to what you mean by certain phrasing. Just remember we think differently than most people and typical solutions may not work for us. I’d think if you’re reading this zine you’re a patient person! Most people who care about neurodiversity are. When in doubt explain everything. We are naturally curious and wanna know what’s going on! Don’t assume because we have problems learning we don’t want to know the ins and out of what we’re doing. If you’re doing anything with machines or tools explain what they are and what they do. Tell us what sensations to prepare for. When my speech therapist did that throat scope thing (whatever y’all call it) she explained every step and why she was doing it. And then with the results she didn’t just assume I’d understand what the results meant so she described it more in detail. She also explained the touch and pressure I’d feel and let me wear a face mask with a small hole in it to prevent her hand from making contact with my face. That to me is the ideal way to do it. On a colorful background is a line drawing of myself speech therapist showing me the letters “XYZ” on a computer. Text reads: Thanks you for picking up this zine about being a better speech provider for neurodiverse patients and thank you to my speech therapist Alex for being so awesome and helping reinforce that not all people in hospitals have to be rude or scary! There a small but growing amount of providers educating themselves on all different kinds of diversity and I think that’s the best thing you can do for your patients! On a colorful background is my speech therapist and I’s heads with me saying “Alex is dope!”
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
zanyzines.bsky.social
Part 2
Text reads: NO TOUCHING, without prior consent. I’m saying you have to ask before you give anyone an encouraging pat on the back or a supportive hug because a lot of us have trauma including the physical kind from doctors as well as just a natural aversion to touch. I have some pretty serious PTSD from a doctor and now any time anyone touches me I freak out on the inside and try to hide it. PTSD is another neurodivergence (keep that in mind) but lots of neurodivergent people can’t stand touch. Some find touch assuring or necessary to calm down though, we are all so different! Sometimes things like high fives and fist bumps are cool but not so much hugs. Asking the person is the best way to know. (I’m also aware most of your clinics probably have rules against touching but if I had a dime for every time a physician gave me a “reassuring pat” I’d be rich). Be mindful we might just not understand our interceptive signals. I struggle with this a lot in speech therapy where my physician will be like “where do you feel this most” or “what do you feel” and I’m just like “I’m not able to tell right now” because working on my voice is really challenging for my interoceptive skills! But she will slowly guide me by like telling me what she hears or how her voice feels when she does something similar. For so many of us we are taught to ignore or do the opposite of what our body needs (think of a teacher telling a kid with ADHD “a calm body equals a calm mind, stay still” while they are fidgeting to help pay attention, or think of a child having to raise their hand to go to the bathroom and being told no they can’t go) that it can be so hard to actually pay attention to our body’s signals now. On a blue background is a drawing of myself and my speech therapist with her attempting to pat my shoulder. I say “nah I’m good” she says “ok no hard feelings”. On the right page a picture of me saying “I feel weird is above the text also on a blue background. Text reads: Don’t assume we always need a diagnosis to be valid as a neurodivergent person or to justify an accommodation. I can’t tell you how often I get “you don’t seem like you have *XYZ condition*” and I’m diagnosed! Imagine the headache I had getting diagnosed as an adult. The amount of medical gaslighting in the medical community is gross. Don’t add to the bad rep of medical professionals! Everyone including those who are undiagnosed can benefit from these tips. Offer all these accommodations to everyone! And if you suspect someone is undiagnosed, whatever it is, bring it up gently introduce us to neurodiversity gently and just be very assuring that there’s help out there if the person is struggling. Amass a database of references for qualified providers who can treat or diagnose if you’re going to drop this life changing information in someone’s lap. In Chicago for example there’s a great resource of Autism focused clinicians who diagnose treat Autism if you web search the “Rush Autism Directory”. They even have sections for Autism aware barbers and hairdressers too how cool is that! I really hope there are more resources like this out there for alll kinds of neurodivergent conditions. The waitlist for the first Autism test I was supposed to have was 2 years long as an adult trying to get diagnosed. I only got it at the age I did because I was super annoying to the front desk person and they let me have someone’s cancellation! So just be mindful there’s lots of reasons why someone may not have their condition in MyChart. On a light blue sky with clouds and a certificate flying saying “certified neurodivergent” with a gold star. Out of the certificate comes a rainbow. Text reads: Tell us we can audio record your sessions with us! I often record my sessions to remember what we talked about but also to help my neurodivergent learning style. It is especially useful for doing vocal exercises! It’s much easier to repeat after my physician’s recording than read sometimes. Make your room as sensory friendly as possible! One way is to always have the option of a fan or a light blanket in your office. We tend to have a harder time getting comfortable when too hot or too cold. Another way to be sensory friendly is with lighting! Florissant lighting is legit demonic for so many of us. It flickers almost imperceptibly for most but for neurodiverse folks its like a strobe light (for a lot of us). Provide a pair of sunglasses or have a lamp in your room for warmer diffused lighting. Fairy lights are always a lovely option too. Have a few different sizes of ear defenders (like for kids and adults) or disposable earplugs to block out the sounds of the electricity or lighting. (Yes they have a sound, yes it is very annoying). Maybe play some music to distract us or have a little light orb that puts constellations or nebula projections on the ceiling to soothe. White noise machines are lovely as well. Anything to forget we are in a clinical setting Allow for snack breaks and bathroom breaks. It’s not unlike neurodivergent people to not know they need a short break for whatever reason and sometimes we need a reminder that its ok to go to the restroom or eat. Speaking of restrooms please advocate for your clinic to have gender neutral single stall restrooms available for us. Everyone deserves the privacy of using the restroom while alone to unmask (meaning be themselves without acting neurotypical for others sake) safely without judgement of others hearing them have a meltdown. It is also a safer for us trans or gender diverse folk (which indeed is more common in neurodiverse communities fun fact! Many believe it is because we often already quest… Text reads: Be flexible with scheduling! Don’t you find it odd that if a provider is running late or cancels its fine but if the patient is having a rough time they are often penalized for missing the appointment even if it is just a one time thing? Advocate for your patients to not be punished with fines or delays in scheduling a different follow up for missing an appointment here and there. Of course while respecting your needs to have your own schedule run on time and see patients as much as you need to to like get paid and work. Make your office a safe space for being your unmasked self! Tell us we don’t have to make eye contact if we don’t want to. In fact it may bother some of us if you’re trying to make eye contact with us and we’re unable to match it! Some days I don’t wanna be perceived and I’d rather just have us look at each other not in the eyes. We can still pay attention but we’re not pressuring each other to see each other in the eye which for me is uncomfortable. Ask each patient how they would feel most relaxed, everyone is different. But also understand not everyone can relax easily examples would be having conditions like PTSD or OCD or Bipolar. On a green background with a woman with dark skin and black hair in a profile view shooting lasers out of her eyes that read “eye beams of death aka eye contact”.
May 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM