#MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS

[angelathome]

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#Healthy Diet #Medical Appointments #Mobility Impairments

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

#ambulatory wheelchair user #wheelchair user #mobilityaids #mobility impairment #wheelchair

[worms-in-my-brain]

Shoutout to people with bad work histories due to disability.

People who can’t stay at one job.

People who can’t get a job or work.

People who can only work part-time or need a lot of sick days.

Our value is not determined by our ability to work.

#actually disabled #disability #disabled #mobility impaired #chronic pain #autism #actually autistic #actually adhd #actually antisocial #actually dissociative

[phireads]

Please reblog if you can so I can get a larger sample size

Feel free to put any clarifications in the tags (I’d be very grateful) <3

#mine #polls #not books #disability #disabled #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #physical disability #physically disabled #spoonie #spoon theory #cerebral palsy #mobility issues #physically impaired #christine miserandino #spoons #out of spoons

[gayaest]

Some sketches of Gali, Rawiya, and Yaretzi. 🩷🌈🎧

#ID in alt text #my art #art #original character #ocs #disabled artist #disabled art #sketch #wheelchair user #spina bifida #lupus #sle #white cane #visually impaired #disabled #babe with a mobility aid #disabled and cute

[thedisablednaturalist]

God the saddest thing about all the unmasking stuff is that people are probably secretly (and some openly) happy to not see any of us cripples in public now. Lots of us have to stay at home bc we can't risk getting covid (again). And the ones that go out get harassed for wearing a mask. Like I've had people come up to me and ask why I'm wearing that or say loudly that they don't think masks work. It's scary.

And even probably people at pride think this too. That they are happy not to have any cripples in wheelchairs or canes/crutches slowing them down or getting grossed out by people with feeding tubes, diapers, or colostomy bags. We "ruin the fun" by just existing apparently.

If you are abled and read this, check your biases. You probably feel this way too deep down. Wear your mask.

#chronic disability #chronic pain #fibromyalgia #spoonie #disability #cripplepunk #immunocompromised #mobility impaired #covid #wrenfea.txt

[fallenstarcat]

i think people underestimate the power of sitting. sitting down has saved my life. i sit in the shower, i sit to cook, i sit to get dressed, i sit and now i can do those things more and enjoy doing them now because i’m not in unbearable pain from standing!

#seriously #i recommend sitting down to all my friends #disability #disabled #actually disabled #physically disabled #fibromyalgia #fibro #chronically ill #mobility impaired #disabled life #spoonie #spoonie things #cripplepunk #chronic pain

[perplexingluciddreams]

I did EIGHT (8) times walking upstairs with braces!!!

Upstairs my walk route is from bed to toilet, with bedroom and bathroom doors open to make a path. It goes: touch bed, high five Dad, walk, wave hello to toilet, turn and walk back, cycle start over. It is slightly shorter distance than downstairs, but more slight turns and obstacles so more effort for balance and coordination.

It is a hard day today with very anxious and brain overfull and loud and mean and body "glitchy" and slow. (More of that "slowness" and "get stuck" happen more recently, gradual increase... different post about that later because this one post is positive.)

So with that I am extra proud that I manage this. And to cope with braces tiny better as well!

I am so hopeful to gain more and more mobility.

#words from my head #autism #autistic #physical disability #physically disabled #physical therapy #mobility impaired

[skelswritingcorner]

I feel like Transformers would probably be more accommodating of disabled people that they encounter (especially if their disabilities are visible) which probably says a lot about my experiences as a disabled person.

Imagine telling someone like Ultra Magnus about how some places are very inaccessible to those that use mobility aids because there's no ramps that can be easily seen despite the ADA (and similar laws in other countries) existing and he just... has to take a minute to process that.

#the author's ramblings #transformers #maccadam #transformers ultra magnus #ultra magnus #I'm not even mobility impaired (excluding my dyspraxia) but even THAT annoys me #JUST LET THERE BE NOTICEABLE RAMP #mention this to the constructicons and they guerrilla make a ramp where the stairs were if they decide to do that

[planetbass]

im making a new bathroom knocking poll since some of you are so fucking complicated (& i wanted a longer duration)

one experience is not universal (for example red/green indicators on the door are Not common where i live) so i am giving you a specific scenario.

you are faced with a public restroom that looks like this:

it is one room. you open the door and it has the toilet and sink in a single room directly from the hall/whatever public area you're in.

the door handle looks like this:

there is no outward indication if the door is locked or not (no red/green or in use/available sign connected to the lock mechanism)

the door is completely shut when you arrive (not partially open, like in the images) and there are no gaps underneath the door to see if a light is on.

(if you have social anxiety (or are just scared of public restrooms in general) and your answer depends on that, do Not pick the last option that's not for u, just say yes/no or don't vote. i feel like that should b self-explanatory)

#rbs for sample size appreciated #tumblr polls #polls #and jic: by physical disability i mean visually impaired or low mobility #if u vote the last one and say 'no bc im scared of knocking :(' ill kill u #dontlistento me

[chicago-geniza]

Contemplating going back to grad school but my farsightedness is so severe that even with reading glasses, I would need some of the accommodations for visually impaired students--large-print books, audio "narration" software for assigned texts in PDF format, that sort of thing. My glasses work less well with computer screens; I'm not sure why, maybe they need a blue light filter or something. The problem is that I'd be reading texts in three or more languages, which use three or more alphabets, and that's a lot of highly specialized software. I'm also dyslexic, which makes reading archival documents EXTREMELY difficult in conjunction with my vision. I would need a LOT of help, and I'm not sure any department would be willing to provide it

#Like I am registered with disability services for autism ADHD and epilepsy #And also being hard of hearing #And if I were also visually impaired they would just go #Girl just consider another career Jesus Christ #To which I reply what job can an autistic epileptic half-deaf person with Specialty Bifocals and a mobility aid do. Pray tell

[trans-cuchulainn]

they should invent a gaeltacht that is easy and convenient for a disabled non-driver to travel to

#contemplating travel to donegal again and wishing i had a goddamn charioteer #also remembering how wildly inaccessible most gaeltacht courses seem to be #bc apparently none of them were set up for people with mobility impairments #let alone dietary restrictions and the inability to drive #:'( #i mean revitalise irish and grow the gaeltachts and support the urban language #and this will fall into place naturally #but in the short term WHOMST will drive me to donegal

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

#spoonie #chronic illness #disabled #mobility impairment #mecfs

[worms-in-my-brain]

Okay who else hates when abled are like. TOO accommodating.

Like for example the other day I was at a party and I was going down some stairs with my cane. Someone at the bottom turns to go up the stairs, sees me, and then loudly goes, “oh shit!!” and like races backwards to squash themselves against the wall to get out of my way. Even though I was like only halfway down the stairs.

Idk it just feels so… infantilising, in a way? Like, come on dude, there is a full foot of space to my left. I would have much rather have just held onto the handrail for a little bit while you slid past me. I’m capable of moving my cane a little bit so that you can get by.

Even when I said, “oh, don’t worry, look, I can just use the railing!” and then switched to leaning on the railing as I went down, they remained plastered to the wall staring at me until I got past them. Like they were almost afraid of me??? So afraid of not being accommodating or of not being ableist that they stopped even seeing me as a person and 180’d right back into ableism.

And I know these people have good intentions, and I know this person was probably drunk ‘cause it was a party, but it’s just so frustrating and humiliating. Idk. They could at least ASK. And it’s not like this only happens at parties where people may be drunk, it happens all the time just out and about, too.

#disability #disabled #actually disabled #ableism #mobility impaired #cane #cane user

[palms-upturned]

Tbh as a cane user it’s a little funny to me that Harry gets shot in the leg (and potentially the shoulder) and then has to just. Continue w his Jamrock shuffle. Sounds like a wheelchair situation to me, but damn, nobody had even a spare cane for the guy? Crutches, perhaps? Couldn’t even like go out and get a particularly large stick? He reopens his wound just by taking a nap and having a nightmare, and then if u try and let him catch his breath you’ll just trigger the idle animation where Cuno makes Harry give him a piggy back ride 😩 and then you can’t even do drugs about it or Jean will bully you. How about I shoot YOU in the shoulder and the thigh and see how well YOU do even trying to MOVE without fourteen different substances in you, hm?? Anyway I think there should be a cane in the game with +2 Pain Threshold (pain management) +1 Volition (soldiering on) -2 Hand/Eye Coordination (hands full) and +1 Half Light (improvised weapon)

#disco elysium #meg talks #many thoughts head full #my hc is that harry’s health and injuries give him a reason to at least consider retiring from the rcm #me every time i think abt the ‘’good’’ endings: here’s how harry can still quit— #anyway it’s interesting how harry has like. A Hole In His Leg #and is described as having mobility issues bc of it Obviously #but it just has to be brushed over in order to continue the game #lena talks abt accessibility issues in martinaise and roy talks abt his own chronic issues from the radiation #even kim is visually impaired and deals w some shame around that bc of ableist bullying from his childhood #but the player character is dealing with some sort of brain trauma AND a weak heart AND chronic pains AND (at least) one bullet wound #and supposedly still has the stamina to run all around martinaise #u could say it would be too difficult/expensive to animate harry walking w a cane #or that it would limit how many things harry can have equipped simultaneously #but well. that’s just sort of ironic in a meta way to me #that the game touches on ableism but still considers it a hassle to put the player in the shoes of a disabled person #even tho… that’s p much what harry is

[its-ticsticstics]

I'm visually impaired and cannot drive a car. Not even with the most intense glasses could I drive. I'm not legally blind, but because of my severely impaired vision, I cannot drive and legally cannot still .

I use a mobility scooter to travel. The closest store to me is 45 minutes away if I walked as a seeing person, which I cannot. I can navigate side walks and crossing signs on my scooter because they have different textures in the road and auditory crossing signal sounds too. And people get mad whenever I get out of the scooter. As if I'm pretending to not be able to walk ...and the reason im using a scooter has NOTHING to do with that.

Not everyone you see using a mobility aid is using it for the reason you're expecting. And we're still allowed to exist without harassment.

#visual impairment #visually impaired #low vision #disable #cripple punk #mobility scooter #physical disability