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A Guide to Trigger Tagging

TW Warning: So, normally I would individually tag each trigger (as you should), but since this is a guide exclusively for triggers let me assure you, if you have a trigger, it’s in here. I don’t care how obscure it is, it is likely in here. So please proceed with caution.

Now, on to the guide.

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pharmaceutical-goddess:

likelyhealthy:

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may have already reblogged this but this is very important

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strongbirdjay:

noodle-dragon:

rambo-psd:

How can you tell the fakes from the real working dogs?

1. If the dog is confined or has restricted body movement due to being in a carrier, stroller or shopping cart, it is unable to physically preform tasks in order to aid their disabled handler.

2. If the dog exhibits poor behavior and the handler isn’t trying to correct it or isn’t removing the dog.

3. If the dog is entirely focused on interacting with its environment, it cannot be focused on aiding it’s handler.

Certification, ID tags and vests don’t make a service dog. A dog is considered a service dog when it is trained to physically do something (performs a task or work) in relation to the handlers disability. The dog must be doing something for you, that you cannot do for yourself.

(The law does NOT recognize ‘emotional support’ or ‘comforting’ to be trained tasks)

Credit:  Assistance Dogs of the Carolinas

Ok I’ve seen the anti-faker movement cause a lot more problems than it aims to solve, so I’m going to try to do some educating here.

Federal ADA law states that a dog need only be task trained to mitigate a handler’s disability, potty trained, and not aggressive. ANYTHING ELSE (including bad manners) does not mean the dog isn’t a service dog in the eyes of the law.

Many dogs can perform tasks while being held or confined (toy diabetic alert dogs can still work while being carried or in a purse, for example). Some tasks actually look like bad manners. Mobility/forward momentum tasks can look like bad walking manners, for example. For that matter, dogs are not robots. You may see a dog that looks like it is completely distracted, when it’s really just having an off moment.

If you don’t know the handler, you likely don’t know the nature of their disability and how the dog has been trained. “Outing” someone who happens to look like a faker (at least based on posts like this) can be hugely triggering. I’m tired of hearing about friends being attacked for this sort of thing, when their dogs actually do fantastic work. You can’t tell just by looking at a SD team what their whole situation is.

To be clear, I don’t condone faking AT ALL. It’s gross behavior. I don’t condone skipping public access training (unless you’re an at-home team), even though it’s not required. Taking a sloppy service dog out in public reflects poorly upon all SD teams. But we don’t need a witch hunt based on posts like this.

Lastly, it is not federally against the law to fake. Some states have laws about it, but I’ve spoken to the Department of Justice on this and they confirmed that it is not a federal crime.

My seizure alert dog is trained to have her eyes on me at all times. When I leave the room without her or she’s taken away from me when we go to the vet, she gets frantic. Not because of separation anxiety but because that’s what she was TRAINED TO DO. When she makes low barely audible growls she’s alerting me that something is wrong. She’s not a biting dog and is trained to vocalize instead of any kind of attack, she’s not vicious, she is trained to alert me. When I go into places that have food, I put her in a carrying bag. She is a very small dog, a ten pound westie. For this reason people assume she’s not performing a task and hassle me about it. Some people have gone as far as hurting my dog and threatening me. I don’t like the stares. I don’t like the questions. I just want to be able to go places safely. Not all service dogs are big labs or shepherds- my tiny white dog is highly trained for specialized tasks and knows over 200 commands. Don’t assume.

Yes it’s bad when people fake having a service dog but it’s worse when assholes assume a dog isn’t needed because of the reasons the op is trying to say. Just don’t assume. Don’t approach us.

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cocainediet:

This is the Miley Cyrus people willingly choose to ignore in order to justify picking apart and tearing down a young woman. Has she made a couple mistakes and said questionable things? Of course. We all have. But Miley Cyrus has a good heart and her intentions aren’t malicious or self serving, she draws controversy to herself in order to have a platform to speak out on numerous issues including homelessness, lgbt rights, animal welfare, climate change, feminism, aids/hiv research, body confidence and individuality. Does this excuse her cultural appropriation? No, but it also doesn’t make her a bad person. There are far worse people in the industry to focus your anger on. I understand it’s trendy to hate on Miley Cyrus after the VMAs debacle, but please don’t fall victim to mob mentality and let people paint someone in a negative light to push their personal vendettas and biases. We all make mistakes, and we should all be given the benefit of the doubt and an opportunity to grow and better ourselves. Miley Cyrus is no exception. 

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kristenwiiggle:

micdotcom:

Watch: Pope Francis urges the U.S. to embrace immigrants in impassioned plea to Congress 

@ donald trump, whats good?

Watch: the pope fucking schools anti-immigrant Republicans in Congress

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ulltron:

PSA: just because i don’t post about an issue on my blog doesn’t mean you can assume my opinion on it

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silverblaze85:

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thehumon:

For a moment I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone.

YOU FOUND A GOOD ONE

HANG ON TO THAT DOCTOR

I found a doctor like this… and I almost cried… my “bad” cholesterol was 2 points above “perfect”, otherwise 100% healthy on the tests, and she said “body size doesn’t indicate health. There are large people that are unhealthy, there are large people who are perfectly healthy. There are small people that are unhealthy, and there are small people who are perfectly healthy. Healthy isn’t a specific body size.” I love her. 

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hottsy-tottsy:

magical-girl-farts:

faking-frowns:

dancinghomestuckforever:

hottsy-tottsy:

Today I learned that a trans man my dad works with was fired after receiving his top surgery.

Several other employees have also been let go after speaking up in his defense via social media.

And this is totally legal because in Michigan, you can be fired for being openly gay or trans.

I’m absolutely fucking furious.

(And since my dad can’t say anything on Facebook without losing his job, I might do it in his stead because we’re both pissed.)

Fuck michigan

Living in Michigan myself, I’ve seen this happen. One of the best teachers in my school district was fired once he came out as openly gay to the students. Michigan legislation really needs to get its act together and stop this.

If I may interject, this isn’t a Michigan issue, this is a national issue. This kind of shit is legal in 21 states. To be honest, I don’t want to just see Michigan legislature do something about this. I want to see goddamn Congress do something about this. Yes, this is a tremendous issue. But don’t limit it. Don’t simply say this is a Michigan problem. Make your voices heard and make it known that this is a national issue. Sometimes issues shouldn’t be blown the fuck up. This one should be. 

Protest the companies, protest the government, protest the shitty nation that allows things like this to happen. 

It’s actually 29 states according to this Huffington Post article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/30/fired-for-being-gay_n_6076492.html

If your state is one where this kind of bullshit is legal, do something about it.

Contact your state representatives, make this their problem.

If you can vote, for god’s sake vote! Make your voice heard, it’s the only way to create change.

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Kesha was being raped by her producer for 10 years straight and when she tried to push charges , her right to make music was taken away from her.now she is not only a victim of a disgusting crime but her career is at risk too, help kesha by joining the hashtag #FreedomForKesha, spread it and let us not just sit and watch , i don’t care if you like her music or not, she is still a human, no one deserves to be treated like this, everybody deserve love and respect .

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