Chad

@kitation

They/he. Queer (nonbinary/pan), autistic, disabled. User researcher, accessibility advocate. Talks about disability, gender, gaming.

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Chad@kitation· Jun 25

I am also concerned that this text could be used to go after gender affirmative care

• (b) causing the individual—
• (i) to have or not to have,
• (ii) to believe that they have or do not have,
a transgender identity or a particular transgender identity.

Chad@kitation· May 22

Have had a lovely week in Scotland, on our way home today via the Settle-Carlisle line. I spent too much money on books as usual. I think Lighthouse books in Edinburgh is my favourite bookshop.

A small pile of books:

A Very Capitalist Condition
2024 edition Roddy Slorach

JODIE HARE AUTISM IS NOT A DISEASE

Notes from a QUEER CRIPPLE Andrew Gurza

OLIVER L. HAIMSON
TRANS TECHNOLOGIES
I HEART POLITICS
PHOENIX ANDREWS

Chad@kitation· Apr 21

My collection of remixed/arranged versions of the Nier soundtracks is looking good

A pile of CDs: Nier tribute album echo, 15 nightmares arrange tracks, three orchestral arrangements, Nier automata arranged and unreleased tracks.

Chad@kitation· Apr 20

Game soundtrack day in the @kitation.co.uk/ @katiefenn.bsky.social household as my Paranormasight CD and her Symphony of the Night both came today.

Chad@kitation· Apr 4

This is conversion ”therapy”.

Medical intervention is not the standard approach. The primary intervention for
children and young people who are assessed as suitable for The Service is
biopsychosocial and psychological support and intervention; the main objective is to
alleviate distress associated with gender incongruence and promote the individual’s
global functioning and wellbeing. This includes psychoeducation, which in a
paediatric health care setting involves providing families and children with
information and skills to manage health conditions and improve overall well-being.
This intervention utilises psychological approaches to achieve effectiveness and
impact

Chad@kitation· Mar 6

This was so hard to pick but still feels kinda basic. No lies on here though #my9games

Grid on 9 games: left to right, top to bottom:

Ico, Rez, Final Fantasy 7, Shadow Hearts, Grandia 2, Shin Megami Tensei 4, Dark Souls 2, Gitaroo Man, 1000xRESIST

Chad@kitation· Feb 28

I’m going to be very easy to spot if folks want to say hello!

Hotel mirror selfie! I have short hair, black on the sides and blue spikes on top. Wearing a black T-shirt that says disabled people deserve joy with a red plaid long sleeve shirt.

Chad@kitation· Feb 10

Age verification? This was my Mario

Box art of Horace Goes Skiing for the ZX Spectrum. Horace is a blue blob man with two legs, one tiny arm and only facial features are two big blank spaces for eyes.

Chad@kitation· Feb 5

Fuck yeah more paranormasight let‘s go!

Photo of minifigures from the first Paranormasight game on a shelf in a Japanese museum.

Chad@kitation· Jan 26

Van with “Flowers By Irene” written on the side with two FBI looking men inside - from the Simpsons

Chad@kitation· Jan 13

1. Final Fantasy VII

2. Dark Souls

3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

4. Hades

5. Bloodborne

6. Papers, Please

7. Final Fantasy VIII

8. Dragon Age: Origins

9. Fallout: New Vegas

10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

11. Stardew Valley

12. Pentiment

13. Balatro

14. Inscryption

15. Baldur's Gate 3

16. Disco Elysium

17. Final Fantasy X

18. Mass Effect

19. Metroid Prime

20. Deus Ex

21. Super Mario 64

22. Half-Life 2

23. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

24. Resident Evil 4

25. Dishonored

26. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

27. The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild

28. It Takes Two

29. Red Dead Redemption I|

30. Grand Theft Auto IV

31. Wolfenstein: The New Order

Chad@kitation· Dec 16

Our heat pump is great but Octopus tariff for it has been a massive pain in the arse. There are so many different time periods with different prices meaning things are changed around like eating time. I’m hoping I get used to it over time but it’s making my autistic “I need routine“ brain unhappy

Time
Price per kWh
00:00 - 04:00
27.60p
04:00 - 07:00
13.53p
07:00 - 13:00
27.60p
13:00 - 16:00
13.53p
16:00 - 19:00
41.39p
19:00 - 22:00
27.60p
22:00 - 00:00
13.53p

Chad@kitation· Dec 15

With alt text

Cis people will never know what it's like to have a regular chat with a medical professional and have it written up like this

Re: Shon Faye - D.O.B: 27/03/1988
NHS No:
I met with this open, thoughtful and intelligent male-to-female transgender author of political nonfiction on 17/11/25 for an assessment via
Zoom.
Ms Faye is 37 years old, was assigned male at birth, and appears to have made a successful social and medical transition. She is accepted by
all around her as female. She presented today in, what was to my eyes, an unmistakably feminine fashion. She has met several of my colleagues
previously who have documented a full history,

Chad@kitation· Dec 12

Verdict: mostly just normal irn bru but with a warming ginger note at the end - not enough cinnamon for me but still nicer than expected

Tin of Winter Bru - an Irn Bru that has “spiced ginger and cinnamon flavour”

Chad@kitation· Dec 8

Going back to the 90s with my birthday gifts from @katiefenn.bsky.social this year!

A portable CD player with CDs of the Hades soundtrack and the Grandia 2 soundtrack

Chad@kitation· Dec 3

This is a great way to make sure I don’t fill out your survey actually

Please note, by taking this survey you are giving consent for us to link your responses to your Three account so that we can identify you. This will help us to further pinpoint service improvements by enabling us to run additional analysis using your feedback with our own internal records. We may also contact you regarding your responses to see if we can help. All your personal data is handled in accordance with our privacy. policy.

Chad@kitation· Oct 21

Got through 6 books on my week off 💪 2 are YA so were relatively quick to get through to be fair. The Black Hunger was my favourite of the 6 but way too scary to read while on a plane.

NINSHUBAR - EMILY H. WILSON
THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE US - ELIOT SCHREFER
THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH - Andrew Joseph White

Recently Read
Rich in histocical Setail and visceral seen
Tlr
Black Hunger - NICHOLAS PULLEN BURY YOUR GAYS - Chuck Tingle
UNMASKING AUTISM - Dr Devon Price

Chad@kitation· Oct 9

Don’t forget to change your name, disability, race and employer every 90 days for extra security! 🤦🏻‍♂️

Our investigation has now identified that personal information relating to you was impacted during this incident. This is data that we hold as part of your membership with Prospect and includes the following information:
• Name and contact details
• Other personal identifiers i.e., date of birth, information about ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith and disability (if provided)
• Membership number
• Details of your employer and your job title (if provided)
• Bank account details (account number and sort code)

Chad@kitation· Oct 4

I’m sure this carpet looks lovely in other settings, but for stairs it’s a bit of a death trap. I’m somewhat stereoblind so I struggle with judging distance on stairs at the best of times.

Photo taken looking down at some stairs; the carpet is black and covered in multicoloured dots randomly placed. You cannot tell where one step ends and the next begins.

Chad@kitation· Sep 12

drakensberg:
The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor.
poupon:
how dare you say we piss on the poor

Chad@kitation· Sep 9

I’ve always loved the one person saying “the train we on don’t go no stops” from FF7 while everyone else is saying the correct phrase

Screenshot from final fantasy 7. Lots of characters are stood around a meeting table; there are multiple speech bubbles of people simultaneously saying “there ain’t no gettin’ offa this train we on!” But one bubble reads “the train we on don’t make no stops!”

Chad@kitation· Aug 7

Doing the jury service feedback survey and I’ve never seen age asked like this before, I wonder what the reasoning is

Screenshot of a form with question “What was your age last birthday?”

Chad@kitation· Jul 21

So I asked this as a poll on mastodon and the clear result seems to be “it depends” - the classic answer to any accessibility question (folks could pick multiple options so won’t add up to 100%)

Getting generally better 34%
Getting generally worse 34%
No real change 17%
Some specific things are getting worse (pls reply) 14%
35 Votes

Chad@kitation· Jul 17

Wearing it out for a meetup this evening so I’ve popped some pins on it

Pins in a row on a purple outer bag pocket

1. Wooden black cat dressed as pirate
2. Badge with half bi flag and half pan flag with the word “solidarity” written on the top
3. Blue badge with text “maybe I’m trans?
4. Enamel pin shaped like a black game boy advance with a moogle (white cat like creature with yellow bobble on its head)

Chad@kitation· Jul 16

Made this roll top backpack in a sewing workshop yesterday, very proud of it. In a world determined to break us down it’s good to create, even if it’s something small and just for you.