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I feel like I’m getting somewhere medically. My GP reckons my symptoms are mostly because my current borrowed wheelchair isn’t (and to a lesser extent my old wheelchair wasn’t) meeting my postural needs and my breathing has been more restricted which is causing more issues (because oxygen is important). We’re running some tests to check there’s nothing more sinister going on but it’s a pretty good explanation I probably should have thought of myself.
Which means that hopefully my new wheelchair will make things easier when it eventually gets here. I was initially told that it would be around May time, but I still haven’t had the letter with the appointment date so I’m suspecting that it might be a longer wait than anticipated.
And also fuck the tories for taking funding away from the nhs and wheelchair services causing horrendous waiting times with people trapped in bed or inadequate wheelchairs for months or years at a time and all the health problems that causes.
So I am finally writing a canonverse fic where Raistlin uses a wheelchair.
I headcanon that, like me (and I do think it's really canonically likely from what I know of canon...), Raistlin cannot use a manual wheelchair, so I suppose his chair has to work on magic.
The thing is I know nothing about dnd. And I'd like to find a way for the chair to move without him actively having to move it with magic himself, because it would probably strain him?
Only found manual chairs by tumblr searches "dnd wheelchair" and "dnd magic wheelchair".
I don't know who needs to hear this, but two layers of minwax polycrylic topcoat seems to keeping my chair from scratching up doorways. Makes them look glossy and nice too. Put it on the doorway, not the chair.
nothing more frustrating and embarrassing than almost soiling yourself in public because you’re have a restroom emergency and someone (seemingly able-bodied) is taking their sweet time in the “big stall” talking on the phone
PSA AS IF IT WASN’T OBVIOUS:
THE “BIG STALL” IS THE ONLY PLACE I CAN RELIEVE MYSELF IN PUBLIC
IF YOU USE THE ACCESSIBLE STALL WHEN YOU DON’T ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO, YOU ARE TAKING AWAY ACCESS FROM SOMEONE ELSE
I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR COMFORT, YOU CAN USE ANY OTHER STALL, THERE IS ONLY ONE I CAN USE
putting this out there because I'm kind of at a loss and the research has been exhausting.
Does anyone have a wheelchair ramp for their van that's not permanent and less than $300? If so, where did you get it?
My parents don't want to do anything permanent to our van because installation is expensive and the van is kind of on its last leg. I'm supposed to start school again in like August and the idea of hauling my chair in and out of the car manually every time is bothering me, I feel like it's going to inhibit my ability to go to class.
silly concept i came up with while out for a walk today. i would love to turn this isnt a simple browser-based game one day, if i have the time.
[ID: a sketchy, digital drawing with text annotations. Handwritten letters read “Hostile Environment: The game” at the top. The game involves: the best powerchair you could afford (plus one pissed off disabled passenger) versus: bad parking, people not paying attention, shit pavements, ridiculously steep driveways, poorly placed wheelie bins, and no curb cuts. Each obstacle/ “enemy” is shown as text with an associated quick sketch representation, and the powerchair/ “player” is shown as a folding powerchair. end ID]
Alright, question for mobility device users (and people with low grip strength)- what makes a door easier for you to use?
I've got a hinge door that takes a lot of strength to open, and it closes quickly. Meaning it's an inconvenience to abled people and a hazard to disabled people. I know about door dampers but I was wondering if there were other solutions that didn't require busting out the toolbox.
Tldr, if anyone has jerry-rigged a door to be accessible to them, please give me tips!
shout out people who need speciality wheelchair/wheelchair parts/ways propel not often talk about or even other wheelchair users not even know exist!!
manual wheelchair people who can only use one arm propel!! (upper limb difference, other hand hold white cane, etc)
manual wheelchair people who use leg propel!
powerchair people who cannot use typical hand joystick! who need alternative access!
mini joysticks! or who use parts that not hand, like head chin tongue knee legs etc! who use sip & puff, touch pads, switch trays, multi switch access, single switch access, eye gaze! whose control not proportional (only on/off & not like, more stronger press equal faster)!
& other types of chair like adaptive stroller, activity chairs, non powered chairs w tilt in space, etc!
and to all types & all users who use stuff not listed here!
never going to stop being mad at how difficult it is to have wheelchairs covered. even if there's reports and paperwork proving need, it has to be a carefully planned strike of a ton of documents all at once timed right with the exact right phrasing. so many of us can't wait that long for a wheelchair. some don't have an option otherwise. I don't know what the systems expect us to do.
Able bodied people cannot spot a small step to save their life I swear.
That “threshold” that’s two and a half inches high — that’s a step!
That “curb cut” on the granite pavement that’s three inches off the road— that’s a step!
I’m getting really fed up of being told that places are totally accessible just to find my only options are mild whiplash injuries or not getting in at all.
I wonder what some of my coworkers would think if they knew I'm not able to live alone. Not in a "I have 5 kids and they're too much to handle on my own" way, but in a "I'm not capable of doing laundry or washing the dishes or cooking most meals for myself way".
What would they think if they knew that when they compliment my curls and ask if I cut my hair cause it looks shorter, that my hair is curling again because I haven't been able to wash it in the past month. That I probably haven't showered at all in just as long.
Would they treat me differently of they knew that, yes I mask because I'm disabled, but also because it means I don't have to worry about my breath. That I struggle to brush my teeth as much as I struggle to shower.
When they ask what my plans after work are and I say "nothing" do they realize I literally mean I'm going to eat (a microwave meal I wasn't able to cook myself) and then go to sleep because I'm exhausted from the day?
When I mention that my partner and I have been together since highschool and they comment on how cute that is, I hold myself back from telling them that even if we didn't love each other anymore we don't have another option. We do love each other but we'd be dead without the other. It doesn't fit their abled highschool sweetheart daydream.
When you see an 80 year old pushing their partner's wheelchair it's romantic, but when we're in our 20s and grocery shopping suddenly people look away.
Every time I'm out in my chair I can't help but think about that post talking about how many more wheelchair users there are in your community who can't leave their house. I notice that I'm the only one I see. I'm uncomfortably aware that without my partner to carry my wheelchair up the stairs that I would also be housebound on those days. And I wonder if the abled people in my life are aware of that. If they know that I'm not the only one. Just the only one they can see.
I can't stress how weird (in a good way) it is to have a wheelchair that makes me feel able-bodied again for like several hours at a time. I can look at things, talk to people, make decisions, and not have the creeping feeling that it's going to ruin my life for the next 2 days. My old wheelchair just kind of felt like it was delaying the inevitable, this one actually feels like it's preventing me from getting sick. If you have the chance to be referred to an occupational therapist to get a mobility aid evaluation I highly recommend it, even if you're ambulatory or otherwise think you won't qualify. I had no idea I needed this level of support but I so incredibly did.