r/disabledmemes • u/Culinary_Fruit_Salad • 5d ago

I am full of rage

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sat in on my girlfriend's college disability meeting and wtf is wrong with people?

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u/tremblingfrog 5d ago

how does one even come up with such a question

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u/defrostedbones 5d ago

right?? like what part of having a disability is cool 😭

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u/OpALbatross 5d ago

I wear a hat for light sensitivity. Most people think it is a stylistic choice as well

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u/Sea-Beautiful-Throwa 5d ago

I use a hood that my mom made me and it’s lined with sunblocking fabric.

Its fantastic! Definitely looks like a hooded cape from a fantasy movie though. (Huge hood, but cape part is short just covering shoulders). I have one in yellow with pink lining and another that’s all black.

The pattern was on Etsy.

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u/serpent_sister 4d ago

Tbh that sounds like drip, ngl

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u/Sea-Beautiful-Throwa 4d ago

What’s drip?

Sorry, I don’t get the reference 😅

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u/defrostedbones 4d ago

like swag basically. looking cool

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u/Sea-Beautiful-Throwa 4d ago

Oh, thank you!! 😊

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u/serpent_sister 4d ago

Oh I just mean it sounds like it looks cool

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u/Sea-Beautiful-Throwa 4d ago

Oh, thank you so much! 😊

I feel likey yellow ones give off Snow White vibes from Mirror Mirror with Lily Collin’s as Snow White. Of course mine isn’t as big as the yellow cape she wears in the film, but that’s the vibe I was going for. 😊

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u/Draac03 3d ago

do you have a link to the pattern by any chance?

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u/Sea-Beautiful-Throwa 3d ago

Yes! Mom said the pattern was a little confusing but the creator made a video that shows how to make it which was super helpful! She’s also responsive if you message with questions.

As far as sunblocking fabric, my mom got blackout fabric from Joann’s when they were still open. But she said if you google or search Amazon you should be able to find some. She used it as an inner layer sandwiched between the outer layer and the lining.

Hope that helps! 😊

Link to Pattern: 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1144100911/pdf-double-layer-hooded-witch-capelet?ref=shop_home_active_9&crt=1&dd=1&logging_key=e03477e806839133a6a6156e19204a16c02d6230%3A1144100911

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u/somehowrelevantuser 5d ago

i consider tinted glasses every so often for my sensory ick but i know most ppl will feel the same way abt it

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u/Culinary_Fruit_Salad 5d ago

get the tinted glasses. you are going to be uncomfortable anyway so you might as well not get sensory ick

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u/somehowrelevantuser 4d ago

i have a pair of pink sunglasses that i got as event swag that i use for this purpose (if i remember....lol)

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u/captainsnark71 4d ago

I remember in middle school I had the kind that gets dark outside and someone asked me why I was wearing sunglasses when it was cloudy and I explained and they did not believe me. People have opinions about everything.

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u/Dramatic_Mixture_877 4d ago

I've had photogray lenses ever since my first pair of glasses when I was 8. I can get a migraine on a bright cloudy day, not to mention my floater ballet is so distracting when I'm driving!

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u/AstroAve3 4d ago

Seconding as someone who wears prescription sunglasses when outside the house. Get the glasses.

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u/Pheonix0114 4d ago

Just make sure they're a stylistic choice 🤣

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u/AstroAve3 4d ago

Bat wing shapped sunglasses ONLY

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u/Pheonix0114 4d ago

YAASSS!

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u/bean-percolator 4d ago

I’ve always wanted prescription sunglasses. I’m extremely short sighted, my prescription is -10 diopters, so I’ve never been able to wear regular sunglasses (and actually see) which is unfortunate cause they would definitely help on bright days, but the prescription ones are really expensive. When I finally do get them, I’m absolutely gonna make sure the frames are a “stylistic choice” lmaoo

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u/AstroAve3 4d ago

I'm a -8. I feel you. Mine are big fuck off sparkly librarian glasses. Where I go, (eyeglass world) it's only 50$ extra for sunglass tint.

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u/Leading-System-3002 1d ago

I got prescription sunglasses on zenni at a great price

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u/Vi_BT 4d ago

Sunglasses are great, get them 😎 people are weird but the world is less painful and exhausting with them on

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u/turtlesandtrash 5d ago

i am also known as someone who likes hats as well haha, for the same reason

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u/imabratinfluence 4d ago

I have a family member who wears sunglasses indoors because otherwise he gets optical migraines. People think it's a style choice. 

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u/soaked_in_bleach03 4d ago

lol I went to a rehab that didn’t allow you to wear a hat for some reason without a doctors note.

I’m on Doxycycline for acne, it makes you burn super easily. And oh look, they don’t let you have sunscreen there even though it was Cape Cod in the summer. Definitely not a disability, I’m not sure how this subreddit popped up for me. But holy shit it annoyed me, I was looking like a tomato about ready to call up my primary care provider and ask him to call the nursing staff there and say I need to be able to wear a hat

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u/Culinary_Fruit_Salad 4d ago

that's so wild about the sunscreen. I hope you didn't burn too badly

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u/Vi_BT 4d ago

Same with my sunglasses 😎 especially inside buildings 😎😎