#disabled and proud

[spookietrex]

#disabled and proud #physically disabled #disabled #disability advocacy #disabilities #physical disability #invisible disability #disabilties #out of spoons #spoonies #spoon theory #spoons #spoonie #low spoons #fibro #fibromyalgia #autistic adult #autistic and proud #autistic #autism #actually autistic #autistic things #living with pots #fuck you pots #potsie #pots #pots syndrome #eds zebra #ehlers danlos #ehlers danlos zebra

[daeughterr]

[Gripping the sink with shaking hands]

Needing help from other people is okay

Needing help from other people is okay

Needing help from other people is okay

Needing help from other people is okay

#disability #physical disability #neurodivergent #actually autistic #actually adhd #disabled and proud

[cy-cyborg]

What able bodied authors think I, an amputee and a wheelchair user, would want in a scifi setting:

Tech that can regenerate my old meat legs.

Robot legs that work just like meat legs and are functionally just meat legs but robot

Literally anything that would mean I don't have to use a wheelchair.

If I do need to use a wheelchair, make it fly or able to "walk me" upstairs

What I actually want:

Prosthetic covers that can change colour because I'm too indecisive to pick one colour/pattern for the next 5+ years.

A leg that I can turn off (seriously, my above knee prosthetic has no off switch... just... why?)

A leg that won't have to get refitted every time I gain or loose weight.

A wheelchair that I can teleport to me and legs I can teleport away when I'm too tired to keep walking. And vice versa.

In that same vein, legs I can teleport on instead of having to fiddle around with the sockets for half an hour.

Prosthetic feet that don't require me to wear shoes. F*ck shoes.

Actually accessible architecture, which means when I do want to use my wheelchair, it's not an issue.

Prosthetic legs with dragon-claw feet instead of boring human feet or just digigrade prosthetics that are just as functional as normal human-shaped ones.

A manual wheelchair with the option to lift my seat up like those scissor-lift things so I'm not eye-level with everyone's butt on public transport/so I can reach the top shelf by myself.

A prosthetic foot that lights up when it hits the ground like those children's shoes.

A few additions I remember seeing in the comments on my old account:

holographic prosthetic covers

transformers-style mobility aids that can fold into the shapes of different aids (e.g. a wheelchair that can fold into a cane)

prosthetic covers with pockets/hidden compartments (kind of surprised this isn't a thing already).

find my leg (like find my iphone, but for your legs when you haven't worn them in a while lol)

TLDR: Stop assuming every disabled person would want to be as close to "normal" as possible in your works. Some absolutely would and having options for them if fine, but I rarely see any examples of media showing those of us who don't. start letting amputees in your scifi works have fun with our prosthetics, fix the problems real amputees are already talking about instead of what you think are the issues and make your settings as a whole accessible!

#disability #disabled #disability in scifi #disability in sci fi #amputee #legless #wheelchair user #physically disabled #physical disability #wheelchair #disabled and proud #accessibility #the future is accessible #writing #writeblr #writer #writing disability #disability representation #get disabled sensitivity readers! #authors of tumblr #authors community #id in alt text #alt text

[lifeonkylesfarm]

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

#disabled rights #disabled #actually disabled #disabled pride #disabled liberation #disabled people #disabled and proud #disability #disability pride #disabled is not a dirty word #disabled person #disability advocacy #physical disability #disabled access

[majaurukalo]

The reason non-disabled people tell “you are too young for that/to be disabled” to young disabled people they see going around with mobility aids is not because they don’t believe that you can’t be disabled at a young age. Some maybe do believe that. But I think it’s mostly because they see a mobility aid as giving up to disability and not trying enough. They think that just because someone is young they should push through, even bear with unbearable pain.

Obviously they are wrong and it’s such a narrow view of things, life and health.

Mobility aids are freedom.

#cripple punk #cpunk #disability #crip revolution #cripple #crip punk #disability justice #disability pride #disability rights #disabled and proud #mobility aids #disability advocacy #mobility aids are cool

[rebirthgarments]

Mohammed Hammad increased his goal for evacuation to $25k so that he can bring his 6 younger siblings with him!

I was informed by my comrade Brenda that the first goal was originally $10k to evacuate Mohammed Hammad and his mother because since he is under 18, he can only evacuate with a parent or legal guardian. But in this case, his 6 younger siblings would have to be left behind on their own, so @fedup4palestine raised the goal to $25k so that Mohammed’s whole immediate family can all evacuate together. Since you all have been so amazing and we have raised $9k in just 24 hours, I think we can do it!

[Image description: an amazing colored pencil drawing by my 12 year old student Mos @NicoCavalu made of Mohammed Hammad laying down with his leg propped up with the metal fixator on his knee. Hand drawn block text in red, black, white and green reads “Disabled 17yo Mohammed needs medical Evacuation immediately”. Red typed text in red reads “Goal increased to $25k so that his 6 younger siblings are not left behind alone in Rafah

givebutter.com/mogaza

There is a QR code that goes to the Give Butter Link.]

Caption continues:

I’ve had some questions from people asking about my vetting process and about @fedup4palestine and if @moh.2090727 is able to access the money for sure, so here are some short answers:

I or a trusted comrade have personally vetted all of the fuhnd-raizers that are under the heading labeled “Pal-eh-stienian Fundraisers Sky of Rebirth Garments is helping with” in my AllMyLinks. Half of them we vetted through video chat, and the other half were already friends of my friends from before the “escalation”. Mohammed Hammad’s campaign was already vetted through @fedup4palestine , and over the course of the last 36 hours I have messaged with him extensively. I talk to every one of the people that I have been working on helping every day (unless they lose access to the internet).

Pretty much all of the families I am working for are more than down to be connected with anyone and answer questions, so don’t be shy, if you are not supporting fuhn-raisers because you are not fully sure about them, just DM me and I can get you directly connected with a family so you can see how real they are!

Note: I am currently not able to add on any more fuhnd-raisers for me to personally work on (until more of them have been totally met)

@fedup4palestine is a very new nonprofit, they have been too swamped with making the fuhnd-raizer pages to finish and launch their website yet. They have their nonprofit status, and they use it to create the GiveButter campaign pages. I just went through the process with my other fuhnd-raizer with Seraj to make a GiveButter, and you have to be a nonprofit in order to make any campaigns there (I ended up using my fiscal sponsor Allied Media Projects’ GiveButter in order to make the auction for Seraj, which will go live in the next couple days!). GiveButter is now the recommended alternative to GFM, since GFM keeps shutting down Pal-eh-stinian fuhnd-raizers. This does not mean you shouldn’t give to GFM’s that you know are vetted, but it means that you should also work to help folks get GiveButter campaigns as well!

Mohammed Hammad has a bank account with Bank of Pal-eh-stein , and I have confirmed with both him and @fedup4palestine that he has access to withdraw the money from his fundraising money anytime he needs. He is currently waiting to withdraw until he now has the full amount for him + his siblings’ evacuation because he doees not want to leave them behind.

#news on gaza #gaza genocide #gazaunderfire #stand with gaza #war on gaza #free gaza #gaza strip #gaza #save gaza #gazaunderattack #disabled #disabled and cute #disabled and proud

[stonerzines]

Happy international wheelchair day - full post :)

#wheelchairs are complicated and i’m the one who lives in one #wheelchair #diy wheelchair #wheelchair mods #wheelchair user #wheelchair pride #disabled and queer #disabled and trans #disabled and cute #disabled adult #disabled artist #disabled and proud #I built my own wheelchair from mostly scrap parts so it’s as customised as I could want (within my budget) #happy international wheelchair day #international wheelchair day

[crazycatsiren]

Happy Disability Pride Month! ♿

Wishing all my disabled mutuals a very find money on the ground today, and may we make ableists uncomfortable.

#disabled #disabled pride #disabled and proud #cripple punk #fuck ableism #july 2022 #disabled community #disability pride month

[hell-is-a-teenage-girll]

When you do stuff with an invisible illness people often say oh but you can still do things?

Ofcourse I only post of the days I do something. Which is maybe every few weeks or months. Because yes disabled people deserve to do things.

What you don't see:

How long it takes for me to recover.

How I can't have strength to wash my hair for over a week.

How I cannot clean the house.

How I have to cancel everything because everything hurts and I fall sleep on the spot.

How I cry of pain.

How I have to watch everyone around me do stuff, while I'm stuck in the house.

How long it takes to prepare to go do something and how much planning in advance so I can take enough rest to hopefully be able to go.

How I need a wheelchair in parks to not have to much pain afterwards and not having to cut the day short for everyone else cause I can't walk anymore.

It may seem amazing to some to be home all the time or lazy. Trust me, it's not fun. You just sit there, wondering what to do with yourself, it's just you and your pain. It can be incredibly lonely.

So yeah, you see me do stuff indeed. You don't see the before and afters.

Don't we all wanna show our best sides on social media? So yeah so do disabled people.

Think twice before you comment on how a disabled person decides to spend one of their good days.

#chronic pain #chronic illness #chronically sick #Muscle illness #My text #Okay to reblog #but disabled and queer #disabled #disabled and proud

[squirrelbee]

Fellow disabled people: What is the funniest thing non-disabled people ever called you (or disabled people in general) instead of disabled? I'll go first: People with inclusion

#actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #disability #asking autistics #disabled #disabled and proud #disabled is not a dirty word

[justabunny]

my partner's grandmother told my partner that my partner and "we shouldn't label ourselves as disabled because it'll make us more disadvantaged". like girl BEING disabled makes me disadvantaged not the label. I can't change that I'm disabled lol.

#disability rights #disabled #chronic pain #forearm crutches #joint pain #mobility aid #young and disabled #mobility aid user #chronically ill #disability #disabilities #disabled and proud

[cy-cyborg-draws]

I drew this image in 2022 when I first learned about Disability Pride Month (July). So few people know we even have a flag, let alone that we have a whole month, so I wanted to do some art of my character Nix holding the flag disability in hopes to help get the word out there!

Date created: 6th of July, 2022

#id in alt text #dragon #disabled artist #queer artist #disability #disability pride month #disability pride flag #disabled and proud #sfw furry #furry oc #furry #dragon art #visibly disabled #amputee #legless #leg amputee #my art #my artwork #my artwrok

[lifeonkylesfarm]

I still maintain that what really causes me to struggle with being disabled is abled people and abled centered society.

Yes, being disabled inherently impairs my functioning in certain ways, regardless of what abled people do.

Yes, I'd be in pain no matter what.

But that's just a part of being me. I resent it sometimes, sure. But goddamn it, I just can't take abled people bullshit.

Truly, I just want to live my life, and inaccessibility and ableism are a massive barrier to doing that.

Some problems I've encountered just recently:

Being told I can't bring my mobility aid into a building and that the front desk "might call the cops." I had to leave the building.

Being told I can't bring my mobility aid on a bus. I couldn't ride the bus.

My insurance claim for a mobility aid being denied.

Constantly having to get on my professors so that they follow my accommodations.

Having to do extra work just to get and maintain my accommodations, because apparently they must go through a ridiculously thorough process to prove I'm not faking it.

Being stared at in public when I use my mobility aids. This one isn't the worst but it makes me very uncomfortable.

Some problems I've encountered over my life:

Being called slurs.

Having proof of my disabilities and still not being believed.

Being constantly asked "what happened" and people getting very uncomfortable when I tell them it is permanent and lifelong (somehow they very often think it's a sports accident, as if I look like I can do sports ha.)

People not waiting for me because I'm "too slow" (including so-called "friends.")

Not being able to enter buildings because they are inaccessible.

People smearing piss and shit all over the disabled toilet.

Fighting tooth and nail to get a diagnosis because doctors apparently don't know how to do their job and also don't believe you when you say you're in pain (except my psychiatrist, he's a real one fr.)

Being harassed.

A lot more lmao.

#disabled rights #disabled #actually disabled #disabled pride #disabled people #disabled liberation #disabled and proud #disability #disabled community #disabled person #disability advocacy #physical disability #disabilities #invisible illness #invisible disability #physically disabled #disabled representation #disabled access

[majaurukalo]

I can see my mom turning in her grave because I started using a cane (and she fought so hard to not make me reliant on a mobility aid).

I’m not sorry. I’m rather angry that she taught me ableism.

I’m in my angry phase and I’m fine with that.

#cripple punk #cpunk #cripple #crip revolution #crip punk #disability #disabled bitch #cripple bitch #mobility aid #cane user #physically disabled #disability justice #disability rights #disability pride #physical disability #chronic illness #disabled and proud #a proud cane user

[lycomorpha]

Some people say spoonies aren't adventurous and don't take risks.

Sure, mate.

You try moving a muller when your neck and shoulder muscles don't work. & BTW, I just made benzymidazole yellow watercolour paint, from scratch, while wearing a white t-shirt. 😂😂😂 Risk is a relative thing.

Here's to my disabled AF & proud friends, chronically ill creatives, and everyone else out here risking our spoons every day. 🥄

#disabled #disabled and proud #spoonie #spoonie life #paint mixing #paint making #paint mulling #watercolour #watercolor #handmade paint #yellow

[latinawheels]

13 years ago today, my completely changed. I was in an auto accident and became a T7 (complete) paraplegic. At that time and even a year later, if someone told me that I would be thriving and loving life...I would've laughed at them. Here I am and thriving, loving life and still an attractive woman.

#disabled #paraplegic #wheelchair #spinal cord injury #life day #13 years ago #auto accident #wheelchair life #disabled and sexy #disabled and proud #disabled and cute #loving life