That ‘Deaf Child in Area’ Is Now a Deaf Adult — and He’s Hot!!!

August 30, 2022 12:04 PM

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posted by MetaFilter World Peace (12 comments total)

oh my god, that inspiration porn piece is inspired.

I also recommend This Disabled Woman Used Yoga and Positive Affirmations to Transform her Crippled Body Riddled with Pain into a Mythical Creature with the Head of a Chicken and Wings of a Falcon (But Still Riddled with Pain):

“When I first started practicing yoga, I was on disability and barely able to work due to the pain I was experiencing. But thanks to the changes yoga has made to my body, it’s transformed the way I see everything. I don’t need housing anymore, because my feathered body keeps me warm in all climates. I can hunt with my sharp talons, so I don’t need money for groceries. I’m still in crippling pain, but my new body provides for me in ways the government never did.”

Many people in the disabled community have been skeptical of trying yoga, but McNally proves that it really can change a disabled person’s life. For example, her instructors taught her to breathe in a way that is healthy for her lungs and allows her to exhale fire at her enemies. “It’s been a great tool for family members who ask me if I want to try a healthier diet,” she says.
posted by sciatrix at 12:18 PM on August 30, 2022 [12 favorites]

Disabled Monopoly Player Panics As Assets Approach $2000

oh my god, it's the Onion I never knew I wanted.
posted by The demon that lives in the air at 12:35 PM on August 30, 2022 [22 favorites]

Doctor Strange Struggles to Find Universe Where He’s Actually Played by a Disabled Actor

See also: Daredevil, Professor X. (At least there's Echo.)
posted by Halloween Jack at 2:02 PM on August 30, 2022 [5 favorites]

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing.
posted by hydra77 at 2:49 PM on August 30, 2022

This grim and surreal humor we usually keep among ourselves -- and gee whiz it's great to see it in the wider world!

‘CODA’ Aims to Showcase Authentic Disability Representation at the Oscars, but Once Again an Octopus Is Scheming to Stop It
posted by Jesse the K at 3:17 PM on August 30, 2022 [2 favorites]

‘Disabled Actors Too Difficult to Work With,’ Claims Studio that Cast the Notoriously Compliant Jared Leto
posted by jenfullmoon at 3:59 PM on August 30, 2022 [7 favorites]

My wife just came barreling in to show me this, saying, "YOU NEED TO SEE THIS YOU WILL LIKE IT." She was correct.
posted by BlueNorther at 4:07 PM on August 30, 2022 [3 favorites]

‘Disabled Actors Too Difficult to Work With,’ Claims Studio that Cast the Notoriously Compliant Jared Leto

Brb, e-mailing this to the people who denied my application to a disability advocacy training program because they couldn't accommodate someone who needed to be virtual due to COVID risk.
posted by brook horse at 7:28 PM on August 30, 2022 [17 favorites]

Anyway, I'm crying laughing. I can only dream of being this funny.
posted by brook horse at 7:36 PM on August 30, 2022 [3 favorites]

Area Mom Is Prepared with Laser Pointer and PowerPoint Presentation for Annual IEP Meeting

OMFG this hits close to home
posted by medusa at 8:46 AM on August 31, 2022 [2 favorites]

‘Getting Struck by Lightning More Likely than Finding a Therapist in Insurance Plan,’ Says Depressed Man who Keeps Getting Struck by Lightning
posted by medusa at 9:00 AM on August 31, 2022 [8 favorites]

This is too funny!

Many, many headlines and quotations that remind me of the humour of The Beaverton.

I am currently laughing at the desire to be pandered to, just like abled people, in the Disabled Community Disappointed that Corporations Don’t Pander to Them During Disability Pride Month article.
posted by narcissus_and_ambrosia at 1:34 PM on August 31, 2022 [2 favorites]