If you feel the need to tell someone that they "dont look ill" or "dont look disabled" please remember that this may be the first time in days, weeks or months that they have felt well enough to be out the house and they dont need your shit. Happy Disability Pride Month

Some disabilities and chronic illnesses are not immediately visible to others. To help with this, the Hidden Disability Sunflower was introduced in 2016. It is a discreet way to indicate to others that a person may need additional time and support while out and about. claredoodles.etsy.com

How hard is it for people to understand why the numbers of people with disabilites has gone up in the past 5 or 6 years. Hmmm maybe it has something to do with a FUCKING PANDEMIC! Peoples desire to forget this is insulting.

If you feel like you have done nothing today but you have rested, taken medications, eaten or stayed hydrated then you have in fact not done nothing.

Oh no! I had a craft idea

The stripes on this Disability Pride Flag represent: Red: physical disabilities Gold: cognitive and intellectual disabilities White: nonvisible and undiagnosed disabilities Blue: psychiatric disabilities Green: sensory disabilities Get your own at: claredoodles.etsy.com

If you, as a disabled or elderly person, have booked passenger assistance for a train journey and that support did not happen, this government consultation may be for you. www.orr.gov.uk/search-consu...

Happy Disability Pride Month! To celebrate, I am having a sale with 20% off store-wide. Personalised items, keyrings, badges, bags, bookmarks and more, all hand-painted, all with a disability/chronic illness flair. Available now: claredoodles.etsy.com

I have just seen a study looking at Long Covid in very young children. The idea of a baby getting Long Covid makes me feel physically sick

At what point does it stop being dinner and start being breakfast?

In case you need a smile, remember this exists youtu.be/QuQbus0xfhk?...

How many new crafts can I try before the end of August?

With Disability Pride Month coming up fast I am working on some new items for claredoodles.etsy.com What symbols/sayings/disabilities would you like to see represented more? Please let me know.

Pride flag and Hidden Disability Sunflower keyrings are back in stock at claredoodles.etsy.com

Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!

There are so many misconceptions around PIP at the moment; posts like this don't help. Just so you know. A diagnosis is not enough to qualify; you must prove how it impacts your life. It may seem easy to get money, but the process is complicated, inaccessible and will emotionally destroy you.

Happy Pride Month! Can't find your flag anywhere. Try personalised badges. (These do include the Disability Pride flag, but if there is something specific you are after, message me through Etsy and I will try to help) claredoodles.etsy.com

Its always nice to get good reviews. I have personalised items in store but if there is something you see that you want customising message me. If I can do it I am happy to. claredoodles.etsy.com

This is not new news. Early years education has been underfunded for decades.

Never forget the importance of resting. It's not lazy, it is looking after yourself. "Remember to rest!" hand-painted badge available now: claredoodles.etsy.com

41 sales and 5 stars. I am not great at recognising achievements, but that feels nice

The crapness of accessories for mobility aids fills me with so much rage. Designs so dull even the retirement homes dont want them. No colour anywhere. Plus they are made of materials that look like they could both fall appart at any time and outlive the death of the universe. Fucking why?

Whether it's your disability, chronic illness, work, the world in general or maybe you just like lollipops, this badge is for you. Pink "This Sucks" hand-painted badge available at: claredoodles.etsy.com

I am a grown ass adult which means that if I want to build myself a blanket fort so I can watch Lord of the Rings while embroidering Narsil onto a tshirt then I bloody well will

For many, sitting down on public transport is a necessity, not a luxury, but communicating this need can be tricky. A range of Hidden Disability Sunflower and "I need to sit down" badges and keyrings are available in my Etsy store. claredoodles.etsy.com

This has been so much fun to watch. Bring on the moon 🚀👨‍🚀🌕

A number of my special interests are all vying for attention today

So cool to watch people head towards the moon 👨‍🚀🚀

New personalised items available now: claredoodles.etsy.com Pick your pride badges. Half disability pride and half the pride flag of your choice. All badges are hand-painted to order and coated in resin.

All the badges and keyrings in my Etsy shop (claredoodles.etsy.com) are now not only hand-painted but coated in UV resin. If you look at the picture, you may find a sneak peek of upcoming listings as well as one-offs and old favourites, all with a disability and chronic illness theme.

Call for public views to improve disability benefit for millions - GOV.UK share.google/Y8hIsWL99pig... A chance to tell the government how completely inaccessable the system is and to stop blaming those using it on the state of the nation? Would be rude not to really.

As flawed as the Long Covid clinics can be, there is no way they should be being closed

Where can you find me on this Long Covid Awareness Day? I am adding uv resin to items in my etsy shop including the "covid is NOT over for me" keyrings. claredoodles.etsy.com (Listings for keyrings and badges are the old versions but any ordered will come with resin on)

Having the ability to sit down makes the world a whole lot more accessible but it can be hard to communicate that need for those with hidden disabilities and chronic illnesses. Hand-painted "I need to sit down" badge available now at: claredoodles.etsy.com

What am I doing for fun today? I am going to be reading a 132 page government white paper on SEND reform. Oh and I am going to try do this without losing my mind (I don't hold out much hope)

There is something about the Olympics asking people to stand "if you are able" during the national anthems that brings be so much joy

Brain fog is evil particually when you forget what it is and call it brain frog instead. Brain frog badge available at: claredoodles.etsy.com #brainfog #longcovid #disability #brainfrog

So hear me out, the best place to go in a zombie situation is a garden centre. They have weapons (spades, etc.), food from the café and veg plants to grow your own, reasonable security with additional fence panels to add more, hammocks to sleep in, toilets and even pet fish.

New items. Pouches ideal for medications, flare kits, stim toys or anything else for that matter. All hand-painted and ready to ship. Available at: claredoodles.etsy.com #Etsy #disability #chronicillness #sunflower #tablets

Words/phrases I am learning have different meanings thanks to the Winter Olympics: icing, nose butter, goofy, hammer and pretzel

Now for the long LONG wait for training for those working with autistic peeps to reflect this

At what point will publishers realise that permanent stickers on books telling you its now a tv series are the quickest way of pissing off book people?

Why is it that not a single set of warm white string lights that i own are the same colour as any of the others?

What? No way? You mean they were wrong? Oh no! (Please read this will all the sarcasm you can muster)

What the actual fuck! Why? What gives them the right? Do they not realise the damage this does to people? Or worse, do they realise and just not care?

In case anyone is unsure of a new years resolution may I suggest STOP PARKING OVER DROPPED CURBS!!

Much like water, bread and lego, there is no S in vinyl

Hang on, 2026 is the national year of reading? Hell yeah thats my year sorted 📖📚

My jam doughnut tried to kill me