#disabled user

[cripple-punk-dad]

Here's something I've noticed: able-bodied people in general do not actually know what the proper etiquette is for pushing someone in a wheelchair. So, here's what I call Wheelchair 101:

-DO NOT EVER PUSH OR EVEN TOUCH SOMEONES WHEELCHAIR WITHOUT THEIR EXPLICIT CONSENT. If they are unconscious and alone, treat them like any other unconscious and alone person (i.e check for a pulse, etc.)

-If you see someone struggling to get up a ramp in a wheelchair, I know I personally would not want someone to ask if I wanted help getting up a hill. This one is more personal but air on the side of not asking.

-Don't ask them why they're in a wheelchair. If they offer that information, great, but don't ask. It's none of your business.

-If someone asks you to push them, and you want to, then make it very clear when you are starting to push them, and make it very clear when you are stopping and letting go. I.e tell them, sign it to them, etc.

-If you are pushing someone in a wheelchair, don't be reckless and go fast. If they say slow down, slow down. If they say go, go. You are not the navigator or the steering wheel, you're the engine.

-For the love of God don't say shit like "Wow you're so light/heavy/etc." That's extremely fucking rude.

-Don't say something like "pushing wheelchairs is fun" (yes this has happened to me). Disabled people do not exist for you. We are human beings, not a joy ride.

-this should be obvious but don't ask if you can try a disabled persons wheelchair or ride on it. That's rude.

-Don't push someone even if they're going "too slow". Even if they're in the way. Just don't push someone without permission please god

Again, obviously do not ever start pushing someone if they don't ask you to first. Don't assume that they want or need your help.

Other disabled people feel free to add, also these things apply whether you're a stranger or a family member to a person in a wheelchair.

#disabled #disability #disabled user #wheelchair #wheelchair user #crippld punk #wheelchair etiquette #disabled rights #disability rights

[mamajebbun]

First, upload where I post on my socials together. So hi. I'm Jebbun. I do lots of fan art (Sonic and other fandoms) and realism. Please enjoy my Capybara painting and follow me on: Insta: https://instagram.com/mamajebbun/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mamajebbun I don't do commissions due to my disabilities. But if you want to donate to keep me going, this is my Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/A170IE7

#capybara #capybara art #art #digital art #abit about me #disabled user #disabled artist #meme #myart

[azriel-black]

I hate how scared I am of using my mobility aids and using my support system and accommodations because everyone around me has always said how independent and how little support I need in day to day life.

I wish I wasn’t losing my independence like I am, I wish that I wasn’t so scared of preventing my illness from getting worse because by doing that I am visibly disabled.

I wish I didn’t feel the need to apologize to everyone when I use my crutches or cane because that means i’ll be slower than them.

I wish I didn’t feel the need to apologize so much for my devolving speech and my tics and tremors.

I wish I didn’t have to explain to people around me that I feel bad all the time and it seems like it’s getting harder and harder to feel better after a bad pain day.

I wish I wasn’t so scared of my own illness, because now it’s getting worse and I don’t know how to dig myself out of the grave I’m laying in.

#ehlers danlos syndrome #angry cripple #disabledwriter #zebrambles #rant #joint pain #disabled user #forearm crutch user #cane user #tics

[gigglemuggz]

the stardew hyperfixtion is starting to taste like wanting to play stardew irl

#stardew valley #i know its called farming #but the joke is funny #disabled user #farming

[eds-culture-is]

It doesn't, it doesn't feel fair that I have to do so much maintenance on myself in order to even have a liveable day. To have a good health day there is so much I have to do that my able-bodied peers will never have to do. And even if I do those things, then there's no guarantee that I'll even have a good day. I could do everything right and still feel like shit.

What's worse is that if I slack off on those things for one day, for one fucking day, then it screws with me for days, weeks, or even months.

What does it feel like to go to bed tired and wake up in the morning feeling marginally refreshed and comfortable? I want to know. I'm proud of my identity as a disabled person, and I will fight for the rights of my fellow disabled people until my last breath. I wouldn't cure myself if that were possible. I just wish more people understood that I am exhausted just from trying to maintain a healthy body just so I can function.

#disability #disabled rights #disabled #disabled user #EDS #ehlers danlos awareness #Ehlers danlos culture is #ehlers danlos #hypermobility #chronic pain #chronic illness #physical disability

[pinkdovess]

this meme is so niche

#HEDS #wheelchair #rollator #crutches #walker #mobility aids #cripplepunk #actually disabled #ambulatory wheelchair user #the kitten brothers

[love-me-love-my-weirdness]

Shout out to the ten year old who just got diagnosed. Shout out to the housebound fourteen year old. Shout out to the eighteen year old who can’t go to the university they wanted. Shout out to the twenty two year old who can’t get a job. Shout out to the twenty six year old with a caretaker. Shout out to the thirty year old who can’t buy their own house.

Shout out to young disabled people. We exist.

#disability #actually disabled #young disabled #wheelchair user #cane user #chronically ill #chronic illness #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #functional neurological disorder #cripplepunk

[artsybi]

heyyyyy reminder for other cane users.

don't forget that cane tips need to be replaced.

i've been using my cane for almost two years on a near daily basis and i JUST switched out the tip and

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the new tip versus the old tip. i'm not sure how clear it is but, YEAH, there's like. half a millimeter of tread left on the old tip, if that

the replacement was LITERALLY 2 dollars. i bought two to justify the four dollar shipping but. TWO BUCKS.

i had noticed that i was having slipping issues on linoleum recently, but i did not realize how bad the issue had gotten until the new tips came so. PLEASE check your cane treads and if they're notably worn out PLEASE get yourself a new tip they're SO cheap and the grip i get on the new one is INSANE

please don't forget to replace your cane tips!

#cane user #cane stuff #cane #disability #original #i ramble #image id in alt text

[fallenstarcat]

sure there’s a ramp, but is it steep? is there a curb at the top? is the ground uneven? do i need a key for the elevator? are the aisles and doorways wide enough? do i have room to turn? is there furniture and clutter in my way? is the carpet difficult to wheel on? can i open the doors myself?

accessibility to wheelchairs is more than just a ramp.

#disability #disabled #wheelchair #wheelchair user #wheelchair problems #accessibility #wheelchair accessible #cripplepunk #cripple punk #cpunk #disabled life #disabled struggles #disabled problems #disability life #disability struggles

[cripple-punk-dad]

do people understand how isolating being a wheelchair user is. can you imagine just for a second, just a second, how it feels to be told over and over and over again that, sorry, we just aren't looking for a candidate with your skillset right now when you know damn well that they hire able-bodied 16 year olds with no experience. How it feels to say "No no you guys go on without me" every time you come across stairs in public. Literally every time. Because the alternative is what, exactly? Make a scene, have a stranger record you and put it online and suddenly you have a stalker and zero privacy. Or make a scene and then have nothing change? do you get it yet? The sheer anxiety of existing in a public space while in a wheelchair? Knowing that if somebody decided to move you or kidnap you or damage your wheelchair you would be fucked. Knowing that, as much as you want to tell yourself nobody is looking at you, you can literally see them staring? I don't know how to explain the feeling of watching conversations happen, watching friendships develop and missing connections just because you can't physically get to them.

But it's not anybody's fault, right? It would be totally unreasonable of me to ask my friends or coworkers to please stay where I can hear them. It would be unreasonable for me to get angry at an employee for the inaccessibility of a store because it's not their fault. It's not anybody's fault. It's just how the world is, I guess. And I have no right to be upset about it because God forbid I ask to be treated like an equal human being

#disability #disabled user #disabled #wheelchair user #wheelchairs

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

#polls #incognito polls #anonymous #tumblr polls #tumblr users #questions #polls about the body #submitted dec 13 #disability #glasses #vision #eyesight #accessibility

[mamajebbun]

You know the Zoobe bunny? If I could make one right now, I would be screaming about how I can't move my fat ass to play pokemon go. My pain is chronic but my ass is iconic. Fuck your anniversary Niantic.

#shitpost #pokemon go #disabled user #chronic pain

[azriel-black]

something frustrating is that sometimes people try to explain concepts to me and then i just, can’t understand it, literally cannot comprehend the idea they’re trying to get across to me. and i don’t know why sometimes some things just don’t click in my brain. like one simple example is crocheting, I genuinely can’t understand how to move my hands and then move the yarn and hook, it’s too much for my brain to do at the same time, that’s a really simple and not really a skill that is necessary for me to learn so I don’t care that i can’t understand it but it also happens with like school concepts, and social rules, that I genuinely and just fundamentally can’t wrap my little noggin around i guess. And what’s worse is I don’t know Why i can’t understand, I don’t know what is wrong with my brain for this to happen and that’s very very upsetting sometimes

#rant #disabled user

[gigglemuggz]

this wont make sense for any able-bodied people but recent thought i had some heart issues due to abnormal results in my heart echo, turns out my hearts probably fine and i cant help but feel disappointed over it. if it was my heart id know what was wrong and how to fix it, but now its like im back at square one

#disabled user #disabled #disability #disability vent #like obvi its good that my hearts good #like im obvi happy in the long run nothings wrong with it but the disappointment in thinking maybe finally finding out whats wrong #only for it to once again not be that #tl;dr i did the thing i told myself i wouldnt do and had hope. its been 8 years i thought i learned my lesson #mugz rant

[tumble-tv]

"kill them with kindness" WRONG run them over in your wheelchair 👨‍🦼 👩‍🦼 🧑‍🦼 👨‍🦽 👩‍🦽 🧑‍🦽 👨‍🦼 👩‍🦼 🧑‍🦼 👨‍🦽 👩‍🦽 🧑‍🦽 👨‍🦼 👩‍🦼 🧑‍🦼 👨‍🦽 👩‍🦽 🧑‍🦽 👨‍🦼 👩‍🦼 🧑‍🦼 👨‍🦽 👩‍🦽 🧑‍🦽 👨‍🦼 👩‍🦼 🧑‍🦼 👨‍🦽 👩‍🦽 🧑‍🦽 👨‍🦼 👩‍🦼 🧑‍🦼 👨‍🦽 👩‍🦽 🧑‍🦽 👨‍🦼 👩‍🦼 🧑‍🦼 👨‍🦽 👩‍🦽 🧑‍🦽 👨‍🦼 👩‍🦼 🧑‍🦼 👨‍🦽 👩‍🦽 🧑‍🦽 👨‍🦼 👩‍🦼 🧑‍🦼 👨‍🦽 👩‍🦽 🧑‍🦽

#wheelchair #ambulatory wheelchair user #ambulatory mobility aid user #chronic illness #chronicpain #chronic disability #other chronic illness bs #chronic disease #chronically ill #disabled #fibromyalgia #undiagnosed chronic illness #disablity #chronic disorder #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #invisible illness #invisible disability #disability #physically disabled #disabilties #cpunk #cripple life #cripple problems #cripple punk #queer cripple #crip punk #undiagnosed chronic pain #joint pain #screenreader unfriendly

[gayaest]

Collei will always be disabled to me🩷🌱🍄‍🟫✨ her chair is powered by dendro !

#genshin #collei #genshin impacy fanart #genshin impact #collei genshin #my art #art #fanart #disabled artist #disabled art #wheelchair user #illustration