Blog where I rant abt stuff I find weird or annoying. #Spoonie #DisabledInSTEM Muslim Feminist Run by @hellozeik
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Sanism in healthcare: silo-ing/hiding away psych patients shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
Tw: “self-harm”, suicide: self-harm & self-destruction are inaccurate & moralizing terms re mental illness shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
“Biospsychosocial” model & #MedicalGaslighting shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
“Idk if this is a STEM workplace thing but lack of “human performance” margins in everyday work is so pervasive”
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“public services that cater to individuals with mobility needs must include those of us whose mobility is impacted by our mental illnesses in their programs.”
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This post is to describe some concepts I’ll be referencing in other posts & which I think are extremely important for the general public to understand. shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
What’s the opposite of conflicting access needs? Tw: suicide shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
#MyDisabledIslam & how abled theology makes no sense to me [Tw: suicidal ideation] shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
My write up of how having ins & other privileges does not equal access to psych healthcare & a bit of a teaser at end abt how this relates to “accountability” discourse blaming ppl for not getting psych health help which I’ll post in more detail abt later
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Ok so I wanna talk abt what I call “options based accessibility” vs “accommodations based accessibility”…
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“it’s a waste of my time & money. I could’ve easily found the handouts online myself & saved myself a trip to an appt & paying some sort of copay.”
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She Smacks Her Forehead retweeted
Been wanting to share this piece w wider audience for while & major impetus leading to making my blog public. So timing isn’t abt recent discussion re military industrial complex (MIC) & disability. However I think it talks to how MIC even impacts content of healthcare we receive
More “subtle” forms of racism in psychiatric treatment – looking beyond POC providers as the solution shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
She Smacks Her Forehead retweeted
Happy #WorldBipolarDay !
Still catching up previous posts. Here’s a meme I made for #WorldBipolarDay on March 30 this year.
#JokeMakingImmunity #EndTheStigma
ALT Light teal background with a white line drawing of a brain in the middle. There are small white squares in each corner. Small white text at the top says #EndTheStigma. Small white text at the bottom says #WorldBipolarDay @SheSmacksHerForehead Black text superimposed on the brain says “Who decided to call it bipolar disorder and not “kabhi khushi kabhi ghum”?”
TSA screenings: where Islamophobia & ableism intersect
“Later I learned about TSA’s “behavioral monitoring” program which looks for signs of “suspicious” behaviour….” shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
“after this incident I sucked up my pride & paid for TSA PreCheck. I also now take off my head covering during security screening any time I fly. Since these changes, I have not gotten harassed again.”
“But to me it feels like I pay protection money to the local gang to avoid harassment. In my case this is also a manifestation of the #CripTax.”
Unusual medication reactions are not “in your head” shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
Here’s the thing. Progressive mental health orgs being completely against “Western” psych practices, especially extreme social model & denying any biological factor in mental illness is untenable & harmful IMO. This one had a page on how to come off psych meds safely but 1/
The “progressive” social model extreme for mental health, erasing sanist practices in nonWestern cultures & the scientific method as nonWestern heritage too shesmacksherforehead.com/202…
I’m not even gonna get into the misrepresentation of epigenetics by this org where everything is trauma causing epigenetic changes & even if that’s accurate [its not] zero evidence presented of how those can be fixed with the practices they focus on.
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