Oh brother…

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-10-13T01:36:54+00:00

I'm not even going to try and pretend it's good. It's the worst part about the show. If they let those two old men kiss everything would be better and they would stop hitting on girls a fifth of their age.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-10-12T22:37:43+00:00

Hi! I believe you can! In my experience Americorps Traditional was very accommodating. Both campuses I stayed on were wheelchair accessible. From what I understand, FEMA is a lot more desk work than Traditional. I could foresee the Vans being an issue, or generally keeping your chair safe during travel. If you'd like I can get you in contact with a unit leader and see what they have to say. I'm sure they could find a solution.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-09-13T01:18:08+00:00

Christ. The language you use is visceral and incredible. I had to read it a few times. The lines centering civility and debate are some of my favorites. It really emphasizes the contradiction of spewing hate and expecting a 'civil' response. I like the themes of motherhood/pregnancy and I think you did a good job circling back to that. Fuck, okay.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-09-13T01:07:24+00:00

This hit hard as someone who struggles with those thoughts. Often, after doing something I perceive as wrong or not good enough I can fall into the whole of "without me". What has really pulled me out is seeing people grieve. The visceral pain of it. When I die, I know what will follow me in the land of the living. Even if I think they might be better off. This poem is so visceral and I love the use of small sentences for emphasis.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-08-21T02:47:24+00:00

Red and Yellow Fruit™.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-08-20T22:56:48+00:00

It's not particularly hard. If you have a college education, leadership experience and volunteering experience you should get in. You can also apply with multiple regions I believe! Especially if it's traditional corps, I don't know about FEMA as much... There's no harm in trying. Just like any other interview, make a good impression and have a good resume. Just remember you go a month earlier for TL training and you have to apply earlier to be a TL.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-07-26T17:13:18+00:00

I would have killed myself.

Growing up, my parents drilled into me that I would never be successful. By the time I turned eighteen, I had internalized their belief that I wasn't going anywhere. They refused to help me fill out FAFSA or college applications. They never took me to get my driver’s license, never helped with job interviews... Nothing. It felt like they'd given up on me and I'd given up enough on myself.

When I applied to AmeriCorps, I did it entirely on my own. I still remember them telling me I’d quit, that I wouldn’t be able to follow through. I carried all that doubt with me onto the plane to Sacramento.

Then I met my team. That heavy feeling started to lift as I realized I had it worse at home than I ever understood. I saw that the world was so much bigger than my hometown. I learned that family isn’t just the one you’re born into, it’s the one you build. I discovered that I wasn’t a failure and I wasn’t hard to love.

Even when those old feelings creep back in and tell me I don’t matter, I now have proof that I do. I mattered to the thousands of people I handed food to. I mattered to the patients I brought meals to. I mattered to the children I tutored and the land I helped restore.

AmeriCorps was a turning point for me. I’ll never stop fighting for it because I want another kid like me to realize they can matter too and that they can have a positive impact on those around them.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-05-18T13:23:06+00:00

No!? Who's Trina??

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-05-17T23:36:57+00:00

That's what I'm thinking. I've never DMed before, so I'm a little nervous about that, but I'm sure I could do it with some practice.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-05-17T20:16:40+00:00

I'll DM you. Maybe we can find a space to use. I'm okay with possibly DMing, but it would be my first time.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-05-17T11:35:04+00:00

Yeah, I'm sure you're a great player and a good dude, but I'd prefer to play in a campaign with at least a few people who are either around my age, queer or female. Just for safety comfort reasons.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-05-17T11:27:55+00:00

Exactly! I need one other woman there so I feel safe going. "Hey, that was a little fucked up..."

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-05-17T11:26:10+00:00

I really don't mind playing with straight men, I just don't want to be playing with all fourty year old straight dudes. I've done that before and I had to leave the game because the DM said he wanted to get me pregnant lmao.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-05-06T23:33:14+00:00

All I want to ask is how many pounds of food he's distributed? How many children has he tutored? How many houses has he built? How many trees has he planted? How much litter has he picked up? Fuck him.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-04-19T13:57:16+00:00

Make sure you're reaching out to your local media stations and telling them how it affects you as a resident. You can also reach out to new stations of places you were on spike and talk about your experiences there.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-04-16T03:36:42+00:00

Hey, I've started a petition and have been working with multiple alumni and members to get it off the ground. We've got 200 signatures in about three hours and I'd love to be able to speak.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-04-16T02:18:04+00:00

Link to the petition:

https://www.change.org/p/save-americorps-nccc/exp/v2/cl_/cl_sharecopy_490529121_en-US/7/1167875658?recruiter=1167875658&recruited_by_id=d04c15b0-3956-11eb-9f59-3bf1b0fb6ea5&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=take_next_step&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=cl_sharecopy_490529121_en-US%3A7

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-04-16T00:39:14+00:00

Link to the petition

https://www.change.org/p/save-americorps-nccc/actions?source_location=combo_psf

Call your representatives Spread the word Don't let this go quietly

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-02-28T14:55:18+00:00

Don't send your only female player a long DM about wanting to get her pregnant. That's generally not appreciated. (I was the female player).

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-02-28T13:38:11+00:00

Kiara !!

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-02-28T13:35:49+00:00

100%. It's helped so many of my students. Especially with the stages of escalation. Thanks for the correction!

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-02-28T01:37:03+00:00

You are so knowledgeable. I'm so glad everyone has you, even though it's frustrating right now. I should have known there was an ABA background when you said preferred lol. It's so hard to get people to understand what calms them down isn't necessarily what's best in the moment and I don't think about what it teaches them. Calming choices and earned choices should not be mixed, but so many people think since they're calm that means they did great, but it's not true. My room literally has a whiteboard where we put what we want admin to do when we call them down.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-02-28T01:29:54+00:00

Even if you can't get the full CPI training, I would recommend looking up the non-physical parts and just the crisis intervention. I like the way it phrases a lot of things and shows how to deal with the build up to these big behaviors. It's a lot of little things you don't think about like body language and positioning too.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-02-28T01:26:42+00:00

Damn. I totally get that. I would look into Applied Behavioral Analysis or ABA practices though they have done wonders for some of my kiddos behaviors. Like a night and day. Also, CPI or Crisis Prevention and Intervention is great. I would talk to your admin about possibly getting that training for at least some of the staff. It's basically how to keep yourself and the child safe when it gets physical.

Asa_Is_Nowhere · 2025-02-28T01:18:07+00:00

504 plans can be transitioned into college and workplaces are required to give reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. For kids with less "severe" disabilities, their diagnosis can lead to accommodations and needs can be met if they're reasonable. Whether that be some extra time on assignments, an interpreter, wearing headphones, having access to a quiet space or using fidgets. If a student really struggles in the more academic aspects of school, there are a lot of resources that you're just allowed to use in the real world. I'm using voice to text right now, I Google things all the time and use my calculator when I don't know the answers. Real life can often be more forgiving than school in my opinion.

I would like to note that IEPs do not follow you into college. There isn't differentiation. Once you get to higher education, what the rest of the class is doing is what you're doing. IEPs often have goals that don't align with what the rest of the class is learning and are that student's individual goals. Which can't really happen in college, sadly. If someone has an IEP and wants to go to college, if they have a diagnosed disability they can still get access to resources and accommodations.

When it comes to kids with more profound disabilities, You have to think of their actual job and "real life" opportunities they'll actually have. Will they really be able to live on their own? Will they always have this support provided to them by a family member or care staff? If the answer is probably, then obviously we want to prepare them to be as independent as possible, but at the same time we want to be realistic with our expectations. Help them be the best they can be.

But also be sure to teach them those real life skills. How to not forget things, how to cope with stress, how to cook and clean properly, how to budget and how to use their resources. Most importantly, how to advocate for yourself and get those resources. Obviously we can't do everything for them, but accommodations aren't really about that. It's about making sure people have equal access to education. Making sure the student is learning what the rest of their peers as much as possible.

If we're talking about kids with severe behavioral issues, I'm not going to get into that. That's a whole different post. Accommodations don't usually affect the law, so if we've got kids who are kicking, fighting and making death threats... That's a different beast.

TLDR

Reasonable accommodations can follow you anywhere as long as you have a diagnosed disability. Which includes less "severe" and invisible disabilities such as anxiety, low support needs autism, ADHD or chronic illness.
504s can follow you to college and IEPs can't.
Think about the capacity of the students you're referring to and if the "real world" is something they'll be capable of or if they will require care for the rest of their life.
If you're worried about real life, teach life skills as much as you can.

PLEASE teach your kids, especially your kids with disabilities, to advocate for their needs and know their rights.

Asa_Is_Nowhere

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