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Loz ☆ (they/them)

3 months

Hello! Very excited to announce my stream schedule! Stardew Valley: Tuesdays @ 6pm Baldur's Gate 3: Fridays @ 6pm (Starting this week!) Please drop by and say hi!

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

My dad put LED light strips on my wheelchair and now I'm gonna look like the disabled version of those lads that take a perfectly good corsa, wrap it matte black, lower the suspension and fit it with an obnoxiously loud engine and tyres that probably aren't even road legal

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

Why are people defending this? Disabled people aren't a learning opportunity for you. Stop asking what happened to me, or why I need a wheelchair/stick, or what condition I have. No one wants to be asked in depth questions about their medical history

Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer

@tricyclemayor

2 months

Today in a cafe, the man serving asked "What's that?" pointing at my face and then "What's wrong with you?" It's not even the first time this week that this has happened. Having your body very loudly and publicly labelled as 'wrong' is intensely painful & embarrassing.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

3 months

You're welcome DWP

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

@chr0nicallycute I don't think I've ever heard a medical professional take accountability of their actions

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

8 months

Lol this was why I was happy she crosses her legs, bcos these fuckers are upset disability doesn't look how they imagined and thus it must be a directorial mistake. Fun fact, some wheelchair users can move our legs and we don't owe an explanation why or how

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

Happy #InternationalWheelchairDay fellas

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

11 months

BREAKING NEWS: Disabled people can't have nice things like getting your nails and hair done. Bonus breaking news: sitting in a chair for a haircut or getting your nails done is comparable to working a job

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

I went to Yo Sushi last year and one of the chefs kept asking me 'what I'd done to myself' because I was using my stick. Can't even eat sushi without having strangers want to know my medical info

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

This blew up ridiculously omg! 1. The lights also change colour! 2. Yes my dad is the best and is very cool and he's happy everyone likes it! Finally 3. I'm a disabled writer/content creator and you can follow me everywhere @LozzaGilbert or email hello @lozzagilbert .co.uk

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

@NMalone8 That's what I'm aiming for

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

Baffles me the amount of people who accidentally say 'Prince' Charles and correct themselves to say 'King' with no issue at all. But if a trans person uses a new preferred name or pronouns, all of a sudden its 'selfish' and 'difficult' and you can't possibly correct yourselves

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

I've been very quiet this #LongCovidAwarenessDay but all I want to say is THANK YOU to #pwME and the entire #ME community for everything you've done to educate those of us with long covid and look after us.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 month

God forbid disabled people have lives. Can't do these things and you're lazy and scrounging, do these things and you're faking it for the money. You can't win.

Rachel Charlton-Dailey 💖💜💙

@RachelCDailey

1 month

Are disabled people not allowed to go shopping or on holiday now? It’s not a coincidence these stories are coming out when the DWPs own figures show there was almost 0% pip fraud last year

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

3 months

This PIP consultation is a load of shite. You can tell the questions have been cherry-picked to try and demonise benefit claimants as much as possible. Nothing about improving things for us (of course) all about making out we're getting free money far too easily and don't need it

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

10 months

I would absolutely love to know which aspect of ADHD she thinks is fashionable. Is it the inability to concentrate on anything for longer than 2 minutes, not being able to do the things you enjoy because of executive dysfunction or constantly losing and forgetting things

ellie middleton 🌻

@elliemidds

10 months

i am honestly all out of words for the pain, anger and disappointment i feel at the media’s need to constantly invalidate and shit all over ADHDers. @thetimes @Philippa_Perry we are a group of disabled people that have been repeatedly let down and we deserve better!!!!!!

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@ItsEmilyKaty I only use 'special interest' when I'm in a group of autistic people because I know they understand what I mean. If I'm public speaking etc or in a group with non-autistic people I use 'focused interests' as people tend to associate special with special needs and not understand

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

10 months

Breaking news: Woman who doesn't have ADHD has wrong opinions about ADHD. More later

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

I've officially dropped out of Disability Expo. After realising I would be underpaid for my time, and after hearing that extremely talented disabled people weren't going to be paid to speak at the event, I decided I didn't want to represent them anymore.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

Hi Rishi, I went to Uni to do Astrophysics. Instead I got: chronic illness due to your party's shitty covid policies, mistreatment because I'm disabled, and student debt. I'm now working in a creative industry and it's far better. But which degrees are you classing as a rip-off?

David K Smith

@professor_dave

2 months

UK university courses are funded solely by student fees. Scrapping 'rip off degrees' does not save government any money at all, so I have no idea how it enables them to fund more apprenticeships.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@FerniWrites @vanellopeb Curiosity is a normal human trait, but if someone wouldn't ask anyone else for their medical information, why is it ok to ask disabled people? Encourage people educating themselves, but not expecting disabled people to do the educating. I just wanna leave the house.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

Disclose disabilities online > Internet doesn't believe you and wants proof. Don't disclose disabilities > you're not doing enough to educate people. Truly can't win can you.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

@elsalwilliams I wish to emerge from the mist, cloaked, hidden and mysterious, produce a group of frogs from within my cloak, set them down on the table, refuse to elaborate and vanish in a poof of smoke. There will be no aws here, only confusion and a sense of impending doom.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

Friendly reminder that you can't reclaim the r-slur if you don't have learning/intellectual disability. Even then, the vast majority of people I know never want to use such a disgusting word.

Kate Stanforth

@KateStanforth

1 year

Disabled community, we got you 💪🏻 Always (I am only using the hashtag to get this on the thread. There’ll be a significant rise in people using the R word on all social media. Even though we managed to get them to * it, it doesn’t show up on hashtags) #RosieJones #AmIARetard

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

10 months

Don't ask me why I'm on the Muppet wiki at 3am but I just found out Fozzie bear has a younger brother called Freddie FREDDIE FOZ BEAR?!?!?!

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@katenotkathleen Literally omg. No I will not be trying yoga, your strange supplements or whatever else you recommend to me in the street 😂

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

If I found out that my parents had written a TV programme about some of the hardest times in my life, cast a non-disabled kid as me, and then made the programme about how awful it is that I exist and am disabled, I would be disowning them

Cathy Reay

@cathyreaywrites

2 years

This programme is written by two non-disabled parents who want to tell the story of their disabled kid for profit. The kid cast as the disabled character isn’t disabled either. 🤮

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

11 months

Imagine being so hateful that not only do you smirk at being told disabled people died after wrongly being found fit for work, but then you interrupt a disability campaigner and take to Twitter to spread vitriol about said campaigner + people with fluctuating conditions.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@mudlarklives @maryepworth Yup, when they say 'just curious' they mean they think they're entitled to our information because how dare a disabled person exist in public without it being some kind of lesson or source of inspiration

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

9 months

Hi people quote tweeting this. It's not infantilising or offensive for one neurodivergent person to suggest gifts that might be useful or can help other neurodivergent people. Have a great day and touch grass

Neurodivergent_lou

@neuro_lou

9 months

Autism and ADHD Gift Guide

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

@Pixie_vannucci They're just some of those led light strips that plug in via usb! They're taped along the frame of my chair and then there's a powerbank in the pouch under my seat to power them

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

My first mobility aid came today. I've been excited about it but I'm really nervous about using it in public and don't have the support of friends to make it easier. Does anyone have any advice for starting out

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

No matter how many terms you coin and papers you publish. You cannot be an advocate for autistic rights if you don't also advocate for trans rights. To be anti-trans is to be anti-disabled, anti-black and anti- every other marginalised group. We expected better Judy.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

Except you don't know who is and isn't disabled and the amount of times I've had people huff at me or barge me out the way because I walk slower (whether I use my stick or not) is ridiculous. 'Not talking about disabled people', just people who walk like disabled people

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@FerniWrites @vanellopeb Asking someone who's hurt and crying what's wrong or if they need help on a one-off occasion is not the same as being interrogated whenever I leave the house because people want to know why I'm using a wheelchair or what happened to me. I know you're disabled, you said. I am too.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

@blue_schizo Not schizophrenic, but autistic with adhd and chronic illness and really related to this. Thought I would comment to let you know that similar people are out there, it's just hard to find us sometimes

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

I'm obsessed with gaming and the lord of the rings and mainly write about those things and disability and autism. Website is currently under construction but there will soon be a portfolio on there of all my best blog posts I've written on Instagram

Home - Lozza Gilbert

I’m Lozza! An award-winning queer, disabled content creator and streamer passionate about representation in media and games. FIND ME ON TWITCH Content Creation Through my online platforms, I hope to...

lozzagilbert.co.uk

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

7 months

@hannaweeny That whole last bit about 'no one deserves to be harassed' they're purely doing it to look good. They know they have no actual points because everything they've been called out on is correct, they're going for you as a last ditch attempt and it won't work

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@hassaan97 There are at least 19 of us (all fem presenting) who have been harassed or made to feel severely uncomfortable by Hassaan in many shapes and forms. He used a 3rd party tool to search Twitter bios for terms like 'autistic' to find us and was speaking to all of us at the same time

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

8 months

@RachelCDailey Ah yes thank you for complimenting me by insinuating I am not actually disabled/ shouldn't be using a mobility aid because I'm not old

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

3 months

Are we all stood outside in our pyjamas taking photos of the sky then?

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

It would be nice if we were told what the food is rather than playing e.coli roulette

Sky News

@SkyNews

2 months

BREAKING: An urgent health warning has been issued after an E.coli outbreak was linked to a "nationally distributed food item"

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

Also this one actually. Just makes you want to hide away more

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

Disability activism on social media is being exposed to trolls constantly but keeping their comments up in the hope it boosts the algorithm and gets your message to more people #DisabilityRights

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

TW of a sexual nature for the quoted thread. I've been talking to Hassaan for about a year now. At first I thought he was a little forward, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt and we've probably messaged everyday since. I thought he was kind and supportive (1/?)

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@moominmarxist Convinced dick and dom raised a generation of kids with adhd because the speed and chaos of this programme was perfect for my brain

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

Hi Twitter pals! My sister is doing her MSc thesis on autistic people's experiences of mental health support. There's a short survey to fill out and an optional follow-up online interview to gain more understanding of individual experiences!

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

(Hopefully will be making more video content on Instagram soon! And hoping to start a career in media, journalism or some secret third thing that involves gaming)

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

@awesomebrandi Your son is a perfect example of why I hate functioning labels. I feel like a lot of people see a non-speaking autistic person and assume they're incapable of everything, but look at all the amazing skills and talents he has that you've said

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@FerniWrites @vanellopeb Conversation is great for education but in the right setting. If I'm giving a talk about disability and my experiences? Great opportunity! When I'm just trying to enjoy a day out with my family, I don't want people repeatedly asking what happened to me.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@FerniWrites @vanellopeb There's an expectation that a disabled person existing in public is an invitation to ask whatever question you want. I wouldn't approach a stranger and ask them what they discussed at their last doctors appointment, so why is it ok to ask me?

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

11 months

@elliemidds She's also made her own services inaccessible because what disabled person is gonna see how she's acted today and immediately think she's a safe person to contact

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

For anyone wanting to go to @YorkPride this afternoon, heads up it's an inaccessible shit fest with none of the accessible pathways they promised

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

SAM RYDER'S DANCERS ARE DISABLED AND ROGER TAYLOR IS ON THE DRUMS #Eurovision2023

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

Another note to this. We've now all figured out that a lot of us are also chronically ill or disabled in other ways. We were most likely targeted (through the use of the 3rd party tool) and he took advantage of our vulnerability

Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@hassaan97 There are at least 19 of us (all fem presenting) who have been harassed or made to feel severely uncomfortable by Hassaan in many shapes and forms. He used a 3rd party tool to search Twitter bios for terms like 'autistic' to find us and was speaking to all of us at the same time

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@fear_cape6798 Prepare to lose a couple toes then

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@craftedinchaos It makes me so sad that so many of us look for colourful mobility aids to express ourselves and feel more 'us', but now we know they support jk and have views like this, which stops a massive chunk of the community from doing that

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@SuzCryM @tricyclemayor Google is free. They can Google things. I would imagine you would be rather taken aback and not want to be polite if someone asked what you talked about at your last doctors appointment, or if you can still have sex (have been asked this).

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@elliemidds It's the same with all disability in general, non-disabled people always think they know best! I could be completely bedbound with dizziness and headaches, unable to get up for food or water and they would still say "well I think you can do it" and dismiss it

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

4 months

After a couple weeks of horrific disability news, online discourse and clips of men on podcasts, I made a video about how disabled people belong in fantasy worlds and ALL the comments are nice. Every single one. People agreeing and sharing their fav disabled characters.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

Does anyone know of any web designers who can help me out? I currently have a website on WordPress but it doesn't look good at all and also isn't accessible. Would be very grateful if you can point me towards someone who can help!

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

Today the Government released their Buckland Review of Autism Employment: Report and Recommendations. Here's what I've found whilst reading it: (And yes, it's once again performative) (thread)

The Buckland Review of Autism Employment: report and recommendations

www.gov.uk

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

Hello people in my replies. Why the fuck is it so hard for you to understand that it's inappropriate to ask anyone for their personal medical information or trauma out of 'curiosity'?

Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

Why are people defending this? Disabled people aren't a learning opportunity for you. Stop asking what happened to me, or why I need a wheelchair/stick, or what condition I have. No one wants to be asked in depth questions about their medical history

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@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@TheExaltedWolfe Google

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

Seriously though can we stop giving disabled celebs standing ovations for daring to exist while disabled?? Do it again and I'm running over all the toes

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

4 months

PLEASE read this!! This is the next step in this government painting disabled people as fraudsters and the enemy of the taxpayer. Disabled people should not have to fear their lives being scrutinised and their benefits taken away

Rachel Charlton-Dailey 💖💜💙

@RachelCDailey

4 months

The DWP are recruiting 25 covert surveillance officers as part of their “effort to tackle fraud in the welfare system” Aka to snoop on people on benefits. An anon DWP employee told me they “fear for the future” Dwp refused to comment On @BigIssue

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

@BlondeHistorian @GuideDogAva I don't see why some people have to be so difficult. Regardless of what you know about the law or guide dogs, surely if you're a security guard and you see a dog clearly vested as a guide dog and the dog is well behaved you would just leave the person be?

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

7 months

I hate the 'autistic people have a natural strong sense of justice' thing that is so popular to say. Autistic people don't have a natural strong sense of justice, because otherwise we wouldn't have a community that is wildly racist and often pushes aspie supremacy.

Chaos Wants Palestine To Be Free

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Every white autistic influencer out there: Autistic people have a deep sense of justice and can't stand when things are unfair. We have remarkable pattern recognition. We're drawn to activism. Me, an unemployed biracial autistic: Elon Musk is autistic.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

3 years

@ludawinthesky @SimplyBeUK I always note that whenever it's a disabled man they're told they're an inspiration and a role model (not all the time) but when it's a woman she's told she's just looking for attention or faking it

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@hassaan97 Every single one of us was pressured into calling with him or meeting up with him. I was sometimes pressured into this at least 7 times per week, and was ignored when I said I can't be independent to travel due to my disabilities

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

This is beyond heartbreaking and awful, but sadly I am not surprised. Disabled and neurodivergent patients in the NHS are frequently labelled as rude, over-anxious fakers, aggressive or uncooperative whether we are seeking help for physical or mental health issues.

Erin Ekins (she/her)

@QueerlyAutistic

5 months

An autistic 11-yr-old died after being labelled 'uncooperative' because he struggled with medical examinations, and observations about his condition was dismissed because he was nonverbal and couldn't articulate his distress. This story has devastated me.

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@LozzaGilbert

3 months

You can just say you don't want disabled people to play games and you don't understand accessible design. Aside from accessibility consultants knowing more than you, disabled people deserve to have the same joy from playing games

BlackSageD : The Titanfall Evangelist 🤖

@Black_D_Gamer1

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Video games are a visual medium. Half of the fun, is literally LOOKING at the game! I'm tired of these accessibility consultants using emotional manipulation, to continue grifting onto developers, so they can stay employed. Not every game can implement "Accessibility options"

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@LozzaGilbert

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You mean Ed Davey's the MP for Chessington and Chessington World of Adventures HAVEN'T given him a lifetime gold pass or put him in an advert yet??

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@LozzaGilbert

2 years

@ludawinthesky When they say 'milk an illness' what they really mean is that they're jealous people love you for being honest about how your disability affects every aspect of your life. It ain't milking it's being honest

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@LozzaGilbert

3 years

@ludawinthesky Its so bad that a doctors first response is to just give you antidepressants and problem solved. That's all Its ever been in my experience. 4 medications later, turns out I'm autistic so no wonder none of it worked

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

6 months

The disabled community INCLUDES disabled Palestinians and those newly disabled by the genocide in Palestine. If your disability activism doesn't include Palestinians, it ain't disability activism

EActNowUK #fightpovertynotpoorpeople

@eactnowuk

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@FaatiTheStreet Over 50% of Palestinians were Disabled by mobility issues due to missing limbs BEFOREE Oct 7th. Palestine has the HIFHEST rate of Disabled people per 100,000 population IN THR WORLD. If your Disability advocacy DOESN'T include Palestinians, you ain't really a Disability activist!

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@LozzaGilbert

1 year

Because of the stress of this entire situation, most of us are now having flare ups in our chronic illnesses including fatigue and pain because stress is a massive trigger. He's not just hurt us emotionally and violated us, he's now hurt us physically too

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

8 months

Even just the subtle detail of Shirley crossing her legs was massive for me. Can't count the amount of times I've been invalidated/harassed/insulted as a wheelchair user because I can move my legs and walk

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your gorgeous comments & messages. We knew how important Shirley would be to the disabled community & I really hope we did you proud. Stay tuned, gang... #DoctorWho

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

New profile pic because I graduated 🎓

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

Decided that one of the worst things about being chronically ill for me is that I can't even get upset about things that are distressing. You go through ableism, medical gaslighting, lose friends and family and yet if I cry it will set me back for at least the next day.

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@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@hassaan97 Another side to all this which makes it worse is that I thought Hassaan respected me as a non-binary person and understood. But now I know he just viewed me as another women he wanted. He never respected me in any way, at all

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

4 months

I remember the collective disappointment when people found that there's a wheelchair item in acnh but you can only sit in it like a chair and it doesn't function like a wheelchair. Let us roll around dammit

Angel 🩷 Youtube Era

@TheCutestPatoot

4 months

I need more wheelchair options in video games! I want to see my wheelchair in every game I play! I wanna put my acnh villager in my wheelchair! I wanna roll around my farm in stardew in my wheelchair! I wanna see it incorporated in every game!

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

11 months

Had a wonderful suggestion on Instagram that I should name my new wheelchair Saraqael after @thelizcarr brill character in @GoodOmensPrime . Loved the disabled rep this season, always here if there's plans for a disabled demon 👀 I think I'd quite enjoy having a frog on my head

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@Chondrichthyes1 Good, we don't want to talk to you

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

@callumwarren115 Yesss they look brill!! I was looking for those kinds of lights at first but couldn't find any for the right wheel size so we went with these. If I ever need a manual chair though they'll probably be the first thing I order

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

11 months

Does anyone know of any paid roles within disability, accessibility, higher education that are fully remote working with less than 10 hours a week? Struggling to find any kind of job as a disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill graduate

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@hassaan97 All of Hassaan's interactions were about separating me from my partner and my family to go and see him. After 1 month of knowing I existed, he tried to make me leave a family day out in London to go and meet him alone and pretend it was coincidence I bumped into him

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

9 months

Always baffles me when events for disabled people aren't accessible for the same disabled people they claim to celebrate. How can the List have sponsors such as Google and not even have an online element? @ShawTrust

Rachel Charlton-Dailey 💖💜💙

@RachelCDailey

9 months

I’m calling on @ShawTrust to make the #DisabilityPower100 event accessible and have an online element as well as in person. To not do this keeps so many disabled people out. I would love if other nominees did the same

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

@chichiclothing Its nice to see you edited the caption of your Instagram post with a sub-par apology before turning off commenting. You do not understand the frustration. You cannot launch a campaign called Celebrate You if you are not willing to celebrate EVERYONE

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

8 months

Some more about me: I'm particularly passionate about disability in the media, TV and film and gaming. If you have any opportunities that might suit me/help me achieve my silly little goals you can DM me or email: lauren @lgilbert .co.uk

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

7 months

Genuine question here, how on Earth, especially as a disabled person do you find people that stick up for you and make you feel included? Like actually genuinely wanted and reciprocate the energy you put in.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

Adjusting to this would've been so much harder if I didn't have the support of the ME community, and the wider disabled community. I love you all so much. We are not disposable and we never have been, despite what people say.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

I can only hope that more research around post-viral illnesses is done, because no one deserves this. Until then, we have each other and we need to stick together. Thank you #pwME and solidarity to others with #LongCovid today. #NEisVoid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@hassaan97 He said 'it would show real commitment' if I did. On another occasion he mentioned if someone brought their friend or partner with him to a meet up it was 'not appropriate' as it was 'robbing him of an opportunity' and 'as his friend I must be glued to him for 3 hours'

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 years

People might reply to this about a non-disabled kid playing a disabled kid and say "It's called acting", but no one can play a disabled kid like a disabled kid. Again, if a non-disabled kid was cast as me I'd just feel like I was being mocked publicly for everything I do

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

@hassaan97 These are just some of the things he's said and done since I started talking to him in June last year. I thought he was my first genuine friend ever, but now I know he never cared, he didn't want to help, it was because he had fantasies about me

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

1 year

I don't want to see ANYONE excusing Hassaan's behaviour because he's autistic. He sent this to me on the 12th of March this year. He is fully aware of his actions, even to the point of condemning other autistic men's identical behaviour. He knew what he was doing for months.

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

7 months

@RachelCDailey HE HAD IT COMING

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@TheExaltedWolfe Well there you go, you've now learnt of 100 reasons instead of just 1 by asking someone! Now you've learnt more, and you didn't have to interrupt someone's day to ask them an invasive question

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

5 months

@djwby My chair is the Quickie Q50R Carbon and we just got it from my local mobility shop. There's more info about it online but it's been ideal for me as an ambulatory wheelchair user and folds up nicely in the back of the car

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Loz ☆ (they/them)

@LozzaGilbert

2 months

@thetalentguru Absolutely all of this. And the last part too. Idk at what age it's considered acceptable to be disabled but for whatever reason I'm apparently not it 😂

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