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This land is sacred and alive. We’re blessed to touch, feel, and form a relationship with the land here, the water, the sky, and the spirits.
Disabled people experience hazards and challenges here that abled people do not. This guide is written by and for disabled people, intended as a resource for sharing ideas about how to have good experiences.
Although our disabilities might contribute to our suffering, human beings are fortunate to come in so much variety. Here at the land we’re creating justice by the ways we relate. All bodies belong here with respect and love, including disabled bodies.
Many who come here are disabled regarding mobility, visual impairment, hearing impairment, autism and ADHD, seizure, sleep disorders like narcolepsy, diabetes, congenital differences, mental health differences, heart issues, and countless more.
Because disabilities vary and most are invisible, please communicate about your access needs. These could be needs around
bathrooms
ramps and handrails
visibility
ritual
food
seating
electricity
paths, roads, and surface terrain
smoke
perfumes and scents
where it’s best for you to park
ways that information is shared
Most faeries come here caring and curious. Especially the ones who organize events and choose to live here signed up to listen to you. We care who you are and what you need. If we can’t help, we’ll find someone who will.
Speaking up about what you need is important so you can advocate for yourself, but imagine others who come after you. What you say to advocate for yourself creates change that improves the lives of many. Thank you for helping all of us by stating your access needs.
If you’re at a meeting check-in and folks are flippant about access needs, we apologize. Over time, we’ll become more fluent in disability justice. Thanks for being patient.
If you’re taking risks beyond your usual risks, please have a plan. Drug use, forestry work, cooking for 100 people, ritual, and sex with new people can challenge anyone, but especially us.
Having a plan for before, during, and after risk taking makes a difference. Here are examples of ways to prepare.
Before using a substance, ask someone to assist you on uneven paths.
Know where first aid supplies are kept.
Teach your friends how to test your blood sugar and what to do if it’s too high or too low.
Inform new lovers about muscular/skeletal, heart, or lymph issues that could contribute to your injury.
Know where you’re going to rest after intense socializing.
Tell the people you’re spending time with what it looks like when you’re having a seizure, and what to do.
Label your epi-pen, rescue inhaler, noise-canceling headphones, and medication.
Keep snacks and water nearby.
Research whether any drugs you want to try interact poorly with your prescription meds.
Wear a disability ID bracelet, and keep a paper with you that explains your health.
Your access needs might amplify when you do things outside your everyday life. If you’re not sure what to ask for, event organizers and medics can help you make a plan. Please let them know your disabilities so they can be there for you skillfully.
Some areas are held together by spider webs and spells. Please speak up if disrepair is interfering with your safe use of a space. Those who decide how resources are spent will take your needs into account.
Thank you for building a richer faerie culture by showing up as your gorgeous disabled self. You’re just living your life, but you’re also showing everyone how disabled people matter here and we all belong.
Please contact Disability Justice Circle with questions, ideas for how to improve this guide, and with requests for this guide in another format.
We love you,
Disability Justice Circle disability-justice@nomenus.org
Disability - Any health, mental health, or developmental difference that seriously limits your options.
Disability Justice - All bodies are valid bodies, and we all deserve our needs met– not just abled people whose needs are default and easy. There’s nothing lesser about us, and there’s no reason to be ashamed of who we are.
Access need - Something you need in order to participate when your disability means that you might not be able to participate otherwise.
May 2025 by Wolf Creek Disability Justice Circle including Strawberry