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7:39am October 29, 2013

➸ Making Room for Other Roots: forestrants: crown-of-weeds: "Okay but what about people who can’t...

forestrants:

crown-of-weeds:

“Okay but what about people who can’t even COOK A MEAL FOR THEMSELVES, don’t THEY need to be in institutions?”

It’s funny you should ask…

no but really, how many able bodied people do you know who can actually cook? like to the standards that disabled…

Yeah.

I can’t cook.  And I can’t eat reliably without someone setting the food in front of me.  (Like I would go days without eating otherwise.)

Both somewhat moot points with tube feeding, but I still need someone to set that up for me most of the time.

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  1. upside-downchristopherrobin reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  2. logicalabsurdity reblogged this from solipsistful
  3. apheline reblogged this from soilrockslove and added:
    I’ve met clients that can cook better than staff and are still considered “unable to cook” because they can only do it...
  4. alanfromrochester reblogged this from alliecat-person and added:
    I thought that meant never being able to do tasks such as cooking for themselves, which seems reasonable. Not feeling...
  5. wolfgirlelizm reblogged this from soilrockslove
  6. lookninjas reblogged this from into-the-weeds and added:
    … I can’t stop myself from picturing an institution full of the people from infomercials now… (For the record: I am not...
  7. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from soilrockslove and added:
    Yeah. I can’t cook. And I can’t eat reliably without someone setting the food in front of me. (Like I would go days...
  8. genderpatrol reblogged this from dendriforming
  9. soilrockslove reblogged this from nicocoer and added:
    (and even if you can’t cook, you don’t deserve to be in an institution - there are other solutions)
  10. keeperofthehens reblogged this from equalseleventhirds and added:
    I’m a disabled person who can cook your fucking socks off. And how many able people I know who can’t cook is shocking to...
  11. chavisory reblogged this from nicocoer and added:
    Like I dunno man…what do non-autistic people who can’t cook for themselves do???
  12. cosmicautist reblogged this from nicocoer and added:
    I can’t use the stove or oven because of sensory problems with heat. I also can’t drive because of nasty driving...
  13. nicocoer reblogged this from autistic-mom
  14. neednothavehappenedtobetrue said: really? really?
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