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Homeless, disabled cat of Autistic, bedbound @ethyricalartist who’s been locked out of that account since Jan😿 #pwME
We need your help! ⬇️

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Update: Theo came home all on his own!

URGENT MISSING FERRET!
If seen, please message @thefabricatorsferrets
Some time last night my ferret Theo escaped through a screen on my window. Please keep an eye out for him in the Bryn Mawr-Skyway area of South Seattle.
Ferrets are natural hiders and may be hiding in a shed or under a deck.
He is sweet and DOES NOT bite.
He is timid around new people and sounds, freezing or hiding when startled.
He knows his name and his favorite word is "breakfast".
Approach slowly and he'll come sniff you out of curiosity.
#brynmawr #skyway #renton #escapeartist #missingpet

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NO AI USED. Canva has been used but none of the AI features have been used.

There has been a lot of online debate about ME, so I wanted to make an infographic to help educate people. In Australia, about 1% of the population live with ME (AIHW). About 25% of people with ME are severe, very or profoundly severe. Which means there are approximately 54,750 Australians living with severe, very severe or profoundly severe ME.

The quality of life experienced by those with very or profoundly severe ME is worse than the quality of life of cancer patients. I am sure someone will be upset about that, but as someone who has lived experience of cancer I can say it is 100% true.

Interact with mutual aid posts. People are barely surviving. Many deaths from ME can be prevented by adequate care and support, but adequate support for ME just does not exist without mutual aid. Link in my bi0 with direct mutual aid links for those with ME.

In the comments, tell me what a perfect Saturday looks like for you. A perfect Saturday for me would include a sleep in, cuddles with my cats, making some jewellery while watching Criminal Minds or horror films. There is a light purple background. There are blue doodles of leaves at the top. Blue text reads: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis TW: Death. What is it? How does it happen? What are the symptoms? Why are so many people dying? There is a photograph at the bottom of a bush with purple and white flowers zoomed in.

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NO AI USED IN CREATING THIS POST. Using Canva because I have not found a good alternative.

This is part one of my ME posts. This part is my contribution to mutual aid and supporting our community with ME, especially those with severe, very severe or profoundly severe types of ME.

The ME community keeps suffering, losing friends and loved ones due to death from ME. Support those living with ME before they die. Many people with ME do not have adequate supports. Most people with ME live in poverty due to medical expenses and being unable to work. Many governments do not consider ME a disability, although ME is severely disabling. Many people living with severe ME go without food, water and adequate care.

Please share, add to your story, copy link, repost, comment your favourite thing about October, check out and follow all of the people tagged. All of the links needed to support these lovely people are in my mutual aid link in bio.

@michelobandcoke @saveliznevraofficial @support.momo.luna @reakiro @alchemy.ecosystem @help_bring_back_issys_joy @monkeymyblackcat @ethunderwood
@mutualaidforme @mequeermutualaid There is a light purple background with purple leaves boarding the top of the post. There are drawings of purple and blue flowers at the bottom of the post. Blue text reads: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Mutual Aid. Black text reads: ME is severely disabling and people with ME often rely on supports to live, but many do not have access to it.

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Donia has been locked out of her account @ethyricalartist and has been too sick to share updates and asks for help. Donia is currently homeless and living in a motel with her cat @monkeymyblackcat

This living situation is causing drastic declines in both Donia & Monkey's health. Urgent assistance is needed to cover Monkey's medical bills and rising motel costs.

Please give and share as you are able. Answer some questions in the comments and hit the "copy link" button to help Donia be seen 💙

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Can anyone in the Seattle area please help my friend find a safe place to go for herself, her sweet kitty and a caregiver? Please please please. People do not deserve to be this stressed. Housing should be a right not a privilege. Please share, please help however you can. Go to her stories @monkeymyblackcat and there are many ways to help. Have you seen her beautiful artwork? She is creative and kind and she should have a safe peaceful home. Thank you.

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Pls donate! We haven’t been able to see a vet in 5 years for our cat. Due to our becoming further disabled from COVID and having to rely on my ssi income alone, for a family of 3! He’s been healthy the past 10 years but this year has lost a lot of weight unexpectedly and has bad breathe, chin acne that won’t go away. We are worried & want to take him to the vet to see what’s wrong. How to help: Venmo me @ three-years-18 or Pay Pal me @ zamp66. If you can’t donate, pls comment or share! #cat #catloversworld #mainecoon #maincoonlovers #cats_of_instagram

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I struggle to have spoons to post like this. 🫠 I’m in PEM, my period and due to our poverty, and my MCAS, my diet is poor and I’m low levels on Iron, vitamin D, K, B & magnesium. I can only afford vitamin D bc it’s covered by insurance bc I was so low level! An update & asking for help. White Text on blue background reads: “if you can, please donate to my disabled family, we’re going through a lot of problems that we can’t manage alone. Our bathroom is falling apart due to water damage from years of the owner never fixing it. Our toilet is falling into the decaying tiles, it’s filled with mold from the previous tenants, the tub is separated from the wall. Our dryer, which for years has taken 2 days to dry 1 small load of laundry, died a week ago. So now we have hard, itchy clothes from having to hang dry them in our cramped apt. The owner just pretends he doesn’t understand English or says he’ll fix it later & never does. We spend a lot of time trying to clean dishes bc our dishwasher has been broken for years. Every year when the lease expires the owner raises rent $50-100. We need to move by July, but we have no savings & can barely make rent with my tiny income. We get some help from 2 relatives but they’re seniors & disabled too. They struggle to provide us with help, & it’s just to cover our rent! Our cat hasn’t seen a vet in 5 years 😢 bc we can’t afford it. He’s lost a lot of weight recently too.” He’s a Maine Coone & was always healthy prior to his sudden weight loss this year. Our Cat will be 11 years next month, & we don’t want to lose him. Any one who can help find safe cheap housing or help financially you provide is much appreciated!

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🛑✋STOP SCROLLING 🛑✋ PLEASE interact with this post for a disabled person and their cat’s SURVIVAL! 🆘Repost from @monkeymyblackcat A google map of their home area of East King County, Washington, with pink text overlayed. Text reads: “Areas where Donia and Monkey (cat) need to find 2 bedroom or more housing before March 31st !” Second slide reads: “Monkey is an asthmatic and toothless and the sweetest, snuggliest, playful tiny cat. Her disabled human, that’s me Donia, need your help finding us a home. My emergency housing voucher expires March 31st. We haven’t found a place yet. Here’s exactly what I’m looking for in East King County, Washington: Single story, no stairs. Wheelchair accessible. As quiet as possible, no shared walls if possible. ESA cat (monkey), welcome. Accepts housing vouchers —rent is paid directly by the county. 2 or more bedrooms for me and my live-in-aide. Preferably 2 bathrooms but 1 is ok. $2,800 rent a month. ****If you have a lead, know a landlord, or can share this post with someone who might—that is the most helpful thing you can do right now. Dm me here @monkeymyblackcat . The longer goal, I’m fundraising toward a permanent accessible home to put on a friend’s land for the rest of my life. Gofundme is in my bio.” 🆘 #cats_of_instagram #housing #housingforall #homeless #cat

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Received 2 more surprise birthday cards from @chronicmarketplace artists! Thank you so much for making my day brighter, Paula and @jenniferwilkinpenick 🤗

@monkeymyblackcat and I are still homeless and staying in a loud, tiny motel room if anyone wants to share our story / links to help…

#blackcat #catsofinstagram #disabledcat

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I made this Baby Corn Cat ( @whiskstowhiskers ) ornament for @bengalcatnika’s dad for their tree 😹
Black cats are the best! Isn’t that right @monkeymyblackcat? 🥰

Happy Holidays 🎄

#babycorncat #blackcat #handmadeornaments

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“Why doesn’t your family help?” I’m crying after reaching out to an uncle asking him to simply hang up a flyer. This is someone who goes to church regularly.

My mom, who was just diagnosed with a brain tumor & is in & out of the hospital all the time & destitute, & her sister (who also has brain & spinal tumors) is also in & out of the hospital - the two people in my family who are in the *worst* position to help financially - are the only ones who have helped in any way. Why does It alway seem the people with the least give the most? The same goes for the amazing online ME / chronic illness community… if it wasn’t for you all & your kindness & support, no matter how small it seems, I don’t know where I’d be. It truly means so much.

But the level of delusion in this country about what is done for disabled people is so incredibly depressing. Spending the little energy I have reaching out to people asking for minimal help only to get silence in response or interrogations & accusations. Expending emotional energy like crying causes my condition to worsen as well, since *any* energy expenditure causes a crash. I’m so very tired of it all. 💔

(If you’d like a copy of the flyer to print & put up that I cobbled together from some of the slides @its_whitney_witch so generously created for me, please DM me and I’ll send it to you (I used to be a freelance graphic designer & studied it in college for my art degree, so I’m a bit ashamed of this pastiche that my neurological system is now excruciatingly punishing me for making, but I’ve been intending to make one since a month before I became homeless… I just didn’t have the stamina to make one from scratch)

🎶: @nocturnal.lyceum

#disability #homelessness #chronicillnessawareness

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Still time to order handmade holiday gifts! Here are a selection of cozy hats, scarves, mitts, & shawls… Please share these slides to help me & @monkeymyblackcat - we are currently homeless.

🎶: @thefolkner @lesfreemusic

#disabledartist #autisticartist #handmadeisbetter

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