#wheelchair talk

[zebulontheplanet]

My wheelchair has arrived and it fits perfectly for me! I love it!

For anyone wondering and considering getting a wheelchair, I got the drive blue streak 16 inch. It fits me very well personally and I’m 5’3.

#zebrambles #wheelchair #wheelchair talk #mobility aids

[bellqmione]

wheelchairs and canes and glasses and hearing aids and every single other disability aid should be free btw and if you disagree i hate you

#disability #wheelchair #cane #hearing aids #disability pride #🕸️ #elbow/knee/etc. braces included #contact lenses #and i'm not talking cheap shit #i'm talking FITTED WHEELCHAIRS and HIGH QUALITY HEARING AIDS #and glasses with the perfect prescription #HOW is is that we have to PAY to live fairly

[sam-the-pancake]

We've reached a new layer of not respecting mobility aid users/not seeing us as people.

Today in my class I was using my wheelchair and going towards someone to ask a question. They jumped up and grabbed someone else's cane from "in my way" and began to move it. I said no it's ok, and they said something like don't worry I'll put it back. I said no again and they returned it to where it was. I asked my question and went back to my spot. The person who's cane it was was sitting right there. They could have moved it if they thought it was in my way or if I asked them to.

A minute later I heard the cane fall over. It hadn't fallen before that but of course the abled person who moved it didn't know how to balance it properly.

Don't touch people's aids. Both myself and the other disabled person were able to handle the situation if necessary, but it didn't need to be handled because there wasn't a problem.

#host #pancakes talk #people in this class also keep jumping up to move chairs for me #even though theyre the lightest wheely chairs and i can move them just fine on my own #but they dont move when im coming and theyre sitting in the middle of the aisle #cripple punk #cripplepunk #disability #disabled #ambulatory wheelchair user #cane user #dont touch mobility aids

[thedisablednaturalist]

I think some of us ambulatory wheelchair users are getting pretty close to (or already are) throwing full time users and higher support needs disableds under the bus. And that shit needs to be shut down NOW.

It's the problem of: "how dare they treat us like those people!"

The problem with ableists isn't that they assume we can't walk The problem is they assume we don't need our wheelchairs if we can. That we don't need our handicapped placards or transport vehicles. That we are taking advantage of other "actually" disabled people, that the ableists also don't give a shit about unless they're using them as an excuse to be ableist.

The problem with ableists isn't that they assume we are intellectually and/or developmentally disabled. The problem is they assume that every intellectually/developmentally disabled person needs to be treated with baby talk, dismissal, and ignorance. That they don't see them as people and refuse to listen to intellectually and developmentally disabled voices without making fun of them.

Stop throwing people with higher support needs under the bus. Stop doing what the abled neurodivergent community did to all physically disabled people. Us cripples gotta stick together and fight for one another, not push one down to make ourselves somehow look better to ableist fucks.

#wrenfea.exe #i wont call the people out but seriously you guys need to think about how you phrase things #and how you talk about full time users #they arent lucky or privileged #and i see the way some of yall get more offended about being seen as developmentally/intellectually disabled #instead of how these ableists think it's okay to treat people like that #chronic disability #chronic pain #spoonie #fibromyalgia #disability #wheelchair #ambulatory wheelchair user #cripplepunk #developmental disabilities #intellectual disability #cpunk #degenerative disc disease

[i-know-how-my-story-ends]

Intellectually, before I had trouble walking, I knew that there were widespread accessibility issues for disabled folks basically everywhere.

However, living with mobility issues myself has brought me so much more awareness of the multitude of difficulties disabled folks face. There's little things everywhere-- the lack of space between tables in restaurants, the items on store shelves that are hard to reach, the long walk between elevators-- that I would never have noticed on my own if I hadn't been forced to navigate them.

If someone pointed it out, I would have noticed that these were accessibility issues. On my own, without experiencing those problems myself, I probably wouldn't have.

I don't think that's a bad thing, necessarily. I think it's a human thing. If something is outside the scope of your experience, it's not something you instinctively pay attention to.

I don't expect my friends to instinctively avoid stairs, for instance. I just expect them to listen to me when I tell them I need to take the elevator.

So, in summary: you won't always understand or notice systemic accessibility problems if you aren't affected by them. That's okay! Just listen to those who do experience/notice them and try to adjust your behavior appropriately.

#jay talks #uhhh #disability #personal #you can't know everything about everyone's experiences #just don't disregard them because they're not yours #also I apologize if I worded things weirdly I'm still adapting #and also! i may not notice things a wheelchair user would #everyone's experience is different #cane user

[hell-on-sticks]

Accessible infrastructure is such an afterthought. The simplest of tasks get comically failed consistently because those whose job it is to manage infrastructure just look at it and say, good enough.

I put in a complaint about a curb cut that was dangerously at the wrong angle and nearly threw me into traffic. I was going slow. I was being careful. I was lucky, someone grabbed me. Local government said they'd look at it within a week. They didn't. They never did.

I later hit another curb cut in the same area that threw me onto the road and required repair to my chair. I didn't bother reporting it this time because I know the small number of wheelchair users who hit that curb aren't going to be enough for the local government to bother.

At the risk of being negative, I think that it sucks that even actual danger is ignored. We talk about the curb cut effect, how designing things for accessibility benefits everyone. But somehow infrastructure, including literal curb cuts, continues to be designed carelessly.

I just want to leave my house without being hit by a car. I think a lot of us want that. And there's a long way to go in most places before we can trust that the built environment won't have danger we can't avoid.

#I'm privileged as an ambulatory user #these situations can be deadly for people who cant use their legs to crawl out of the road like I did #disability #disabled #ableism #wheelchair user #ambulatory wheelchair user #cripplepunk #cpunk #cripple punk #stick talk

[flintbian]

There's a disabled angel in good omens 🥺

#listen im only in episode two and i know there's some drama going down but im focusing on this lol #i love that not only do they show the angel using a wheelchair and being ambulatory #but they also visibly show them miracling innaccessibility issues so that they Can still use the chair #instead of just getting rid of the disability #part of my is conflicted bc im like... there's disabilities in heaven? and that makes Me sad bc my disability is hell and painful as fuck #But getting rid of disability in fantasy is eugenist crap and showing that god made a disabled angel is a net good thing #while it personally makes me sad to think if there was a heaven i could still be in pain all the time #not all disabilites are bad and need to be cured we're a wide spectrum and we've been fighting for disabled rep esp in fantasy for ages #it's objectively good my personal feelings about my own disability aside #part of me thinks it's cliche to say 'you were made perfect' bc they're an angel But it's not we literally havent had this type of rep lol #anyways it made me happy to see #and im so glad it's a power chair user that's ambulatory it's important for abled ppl to see that #anyways y'all keep your drama and spoilers off my post im not far in and im only talking about this shoo #oh also!! love the fantasy hover chair they use in heaven specifically too i wish we had that it kicks ass #p

[prehistoric-faggot]

‼️please help me get a wheelchair‼️

hello, my name is leo, or more commonly known as ‘lav’ on here.

i’ve been dealing with debilitating chronic pain for over 10 years and i really need a wheelchair. i haven’t gotten much help from my healthcare system, being fat and afab has really fucked me over while trying to seek medical attention..

i am still fighting to completely figure out what’s wrong with me, but for now i know that i have several bulging discs in my lower back, as well as scoliosis. (as well as medically recognised POTS).

my pain is getting worse and worse, and i barely leave my home since walking and being upright in general hurts so much. a wheelchair would improve my life immensely, both physically and mentally.

i am currently on disability benefits, which pretty much is the lowest income group in sweden, and saving up for a wheelchair myself would take a very long time.. i will of course also be saving up as much as i can and putting into an account meant for wheelchair funds.

so i’m asking you to donate if you want to and if you are financially able to, and if not, please reblog this.

i have found a good chair that is also accessible to a fat person, and i need 7111 SEK (around 650$) to cover the cost of the chair & the shipping. i have started a gofundme that i’ll be sharing in this post, and i welcome all help, donating just a little helps, and reblogging and sharing the gofundme in general helps immensely too.

thank you so much for reading💜

EDIT: GOAL HAD BEEN REACHED. THANK YOU SO MUCH

#lav talks #disabled #disability #actually disabled #physically disabled #physical disability #crowdfunding #wheelchair #wheelchair user #gofundme #disability pride month #cripple punk #c punk #cpunk #cripplepunk #chronic pain #joint pain #POTS #postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome #scoliosis #bulging disc #mutual aid #mobility aid #babe with a mobility aid #actually physically disabled

[r3musmoony]

Question time cuz I’m bored

[id: black text on a purple background reading: “this post is for cripples only”. there are two of the wheelchair disability symbol in black on each side of the image. /end id]

#cripple punk #disability #disabled #cpunk #cane user #chronic pain #cripplepunk #actually disabled #mobility aid #wheelchair user #crutch user #forearm crutches #poll #polls #Moony polls #moony asks #moony talks #moony speaks #moony describes

[tsubaki94]

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#danny phantom #danny fenton #sam manson #tucker foley #phantom comic #fancomic #comic #art #fanart #Casper high #disabled au #wheelchair au #wheelchair #runing #talking

[roman-and-azathoth]

As someone who used to work at a nursing home, I'm getting really tired of nursing staff turning to each other and going, "if I ever end up like THAT, just fucking kill me" like motherfucker the quality of life of these residents is your SOLE responsibility and if they're not living their best lives that is YOUR FAULT.

These residents are here because this is their best option. They're here because if they weren't, their quality of life would be worse.

These residents make friends with their roommates, the people they eat with, and the people who go to activities with them.

A disabled elder's quality of life is not measured by their ability to walk.

A disabled elder's quality of life is not measured by their ability to breathe without oxygen.

A disabled elder's quality of life is not measured by whether or not they're on a feeding tube.

A disabled elder's quality of life is not measured by level of continence.

A disabled elder's quality of life is not measured by whether or not they can chew their food.

A disabled elder's quality of life is entirely measured on whether or not their needs are met.

If their quality of life is worse at a nursing home than it would be if they had just stayed home, then their needs are not being met. If you are not meeting their needs, that is YOUR FAULT and you have FAILED your residents as a medical professional.

#nursing #stna #nurse aide #nurses #long term care #i understand burnout is a thing #but do NOT fucking talk about your residents like that #they deserve the best life you can provide #and if youre not doing your job then why are you here #family members leave their loved ones on our care for a reason #theyre trusting us to maintain a good quality of life for them #and if we're not doing that then whats the fucking point #like if you genuinely look at somebody in a wheelchair and think “if i ever ended up like that just kill me” thats NOT ok

[zebulontheplanet]

Me slowly figuring out how to navigate my house in a wheelchair:

Doorways: we will take your skin please.

Like ow?!

#zebrambles #wheelchair things #wheelchair #wheelchair talk #physically disabled #hypermobility #funny things

[disabilityhealth]

UNfriendly reminder to look at disabled people when you’re talking to us or asking questions about us.

Don’t look at our caregivers, don’t look at our partners. Look at us.

Even if we need a caregiver’s help to respond, we still deserve the same respect you’d offer anyone else.

#sick of people asking my partner questions about me without even trying to talk to me first #psa #important #disability #disabled #physical disability #visible disability #spoonie #wheelchair user #wheelchair #my text

[sam-the-pancake]

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.

#host #disabled #cripple punk #cripplepunk #disability #ambulatory wheelchair user #pancakes talk #my mother used to complain when there was a powerchair user driving in the road #but now i understand why they do it #they arent an annoyance to me #its a sign that there are more of us here #and more of us are finding a way out of our houses

[sag-dab-sar]

When I say don't touch my wheelchair this includes doctors, nurses, and med techs. It also includes when I'm not sitting in it.

I am so fucking angry about this atm. In hospitals I usually have to transfer to special medical chairs or tables for things. The medical professional will then proceed to move my chair out of the way without asking. And if they don't ask they are annoyingly stupid and don't unlock the breaks when they move it, that fucks with the tires— stop it.

All it takes is a "can I move this to right over here?" that way I can say "yes, please unlock the wheels and move it" or "I need something out of my bag first" or anything of that nature.

I don't care who you are, I don't care if you are medical staff—don't touch a person's mobility aid without permission.

#cpunk #cripple punk #wheelchair #mobility aid #psa #if its like a life or death situation and they need to get to you and its in the way then okay but we are talking in normal life #im emotionally unstable so maybe im more angry than usual but this has always bugged me #and i dont know how to educate medical staff when they do it #epione

[plague-parade]

“this bathroom is accessible!!1!1”

if my chair was one (1) inch longer, the door wouldnt have shut. this stall was also the exact same size as the non-accessible stall next to it. you cant just slap some grab bars on it and call it accessible 🙄

image ID: first image: a shot of someone sitting in their wheelchair in a bathroom stall, the stall is so small that the edge of the toilet hits their knees. the stall is very narrow as well. there are grab bars on the walls around the toilet. second image: a shot from the other view showing how the wheelchair fits in the stall. the back wheels hit the stall door, and there is about an inch between the footplate and toilet. end ID.

#im gonna talk to my school about this #the audacity to put the wheelchair symbol on this bathroom…. #cripplepunk #ableism #accessibility #inaccessibility #actually disabled #cripple punk #cpunk #wheelchair user