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Me: Made a thread about how people don't understand hyperacusis and give advice that obviously I've already tried.
This person only a few tweets into the thread:
This person only a few tweets into the thread:
I only tweeted this because, like it or not, this is the general population's reaction to me talking about hyperacusis.
Similar replies happened when there was the whole "not clapping" article regarding Cambridge.
They're so quick to label disabilities as not real disabilities.
Similar replies happened when there was the whole "not clapping" article regarding Cambridge.
They're so quick to label disabilities as not real disabilities.
It's important to remember this when people may ask why we've never talked about this before, or why it's not talked about a lot.
Most people don't talk about their hyperacusis because if they do, people respond like this. So most of the time, honestly it's easier to say nothing
Most people don't talk about their hyperacusis because if they do, people respond like this. So most of the time, honestly it's easier to say nothing
Yes I am petty enough to add screenshots of this toxicity to this thread:
Asking for accessibility is "pathetic." /s : )
This isn't in the same tier as the others but I've gotten this multiple times & it's NOT true that there's a common feature in headsets that provides a max volume limiter. If they do exist, they're not common and they are very expensive ($150 or more). I have a "good headset."
1. Hyperacusis is -sorely- underdiagnosed for sure, especially among autistic people.
2. Having this feature helps many more people - people with PTSD, misophonia, HoH, etc.
3. Abled people would use this to reduce awful sounds.
3. People with "rare" disabilities still matter.
2. Having this feature helps many more people - people with PTSD, misophonia, HoH, etc.
3. Abled people would use this to reduce awful sounds.
3. People with "rare" disabilities still matter.
[alt-text: Your condition affects 1 in every 50,000 people. With a hit game of 1 million players, the lack of volume sliders will affect 20 people. I can understand why the developers had not considered your condition when making the game, and the fix may never be priority sadly]
Lol 
I think maybe I should start a counter of how many times I'm going to get this one? I've already gotten it at least twice.
I think maybe I should start a counter of how many times I'm going to get this one? I've already gotten it at least twice.
got another one -
I'm getting a lot of the "1 out of 50,000" stat now even though hyperacusis is absurdly underdiagnosed especially in the US.
Also talking about how everything devs do must solely be based on money and I'm the only person who could need this -
Also talking about how everything devs do must solely be based on money and I'm the only person who could need this -
Oh I got another "turn down the volume" one but this time with cat emojis -
I think this is becoming a meme
cw ablesim akin to "don't be disabled" apparently, great advice -
This person got 6 tweets in before suggesting magical headsets that mute individual players in a game -
Okay, this one, I just.. don't have words for. Of course adding volume sliders for individual players helps more people than just people with auditory sensitivity? Of course?
This is a new take on the same thing, though I've never heard the words "rare pseudo-disability" before.
TW ableism
This one is particularly awful, just to warn you.
This is what happens when disability is treated as asking for privilege, when actually, we're just asking for something everyone else has access to. That's not privilege.
This one is particularly awful, just to warn you.
This is what happens when disability is treated as asking for privilege, when actually, we're just asking for something everyone else has access to. That's not privilege.
Apparently the word "everyone" doesn't include disabled people?
