#rollators

[chronicallycouchbound]

As someone who uses a cane, crutches, rollator, wheechair, and powerchair— I’m here to let you know:

If using a mobility aid helps you, you’re allowed to use it!

If it doesn’t help you, or you don’t end up needing it, donate it back to the community! No harm no foul!

#chronically couchbound #disability #disabled #cripple punk #cripplepunk #disabled pride #disability pride #cane user #wheelchair user #ambulatory wheelchair user #rollators #canes #wheelchairs #powerchairs #forearm crutches #crutches #physically disabled #physical disability #mobility aids #babe with a mobility aid #mobility aid

[arctic-hands]

Protip: if you're using a cane or crutch or rollator and an abled starts giving you flak or making fun of you, you now have a weapon in your hands

#nothing happened to me just scrolling thru the cane tag #AND OH MY GOD HERE COMES THE SEMI-AMBULATORY PERSON WITH THE STEEL WHEELCHAIR #be careful if you have balance issues tho #I'd recommend luring your foe to follow you to a wall under the guise of Rational Debate #assholes love Rational Debates #anyway right as they're lulled into a false sense of security by talking to you like a seventeenth century naval officer #kneecap them #whack #mobility aides #cane #cane user #crutches #forearm crutches #rollators #ableism #remember to always put the punk in #cripplepunk #cpunk

[cripplecharacters]

hi! i'm in process with my book, and i really wanna give one of the antagonists a rollator as his main aid. i'm disabled, i use a cane, but i daydream about rollator so. that's why.

the question is. what conditions in your mind lack representation? i have no problem with researching, but i lowkey don't want to just give him my experience. thank you!

anon MM

Thank you for your ask! Personally I believe every disability lacks representation, as disability shows up extremely infrequently in media and even when it does it’s often shallow and poorly represented.

One thing I’ve noticed in media is that when someone uses a mobility aid it’s often due to an old injury, amputation or muscle weakness. There’s nothing wrong with giving a character one of these, I just think it would be cool to see someone using an aid due to a limb difference, a heart or lung issue, a brain condition, or to help with fatigue or dizziness. There are a lot of reasons for someone to use an aid and I’d like to see them represented!

Here’s a short list of disabilities I’ve never seen represented that could cause someone to use a rollater:

camurati-engelmann’s disease

congenital genu recurvatum calcaneovalgus

bilateral peroneal neuropath

nail-patella syndrome

tetralogy of fallot

arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

cardiomyopathy

You don’t have to use them, but since your question can also be read as asking for specific underrepresented conditions we decided to include them :) (smiley face)

Before I finish, I noticed you said that the aid was for an antagonist. Please make sure that you aren’t falling into the disabled villain trope by giving some of the protagonist characters disabilities as well. Keep in mind your antagonist also shouldn’t be the only character with an aid or visible difference (if you choose a condition that causes visible differences).

Have a nice day!

Mod Rot

#mod rot #mobility aids #writing resource #writing disability #disability representation #writing guide #writing disabled characters #writing resources #writing tips #tropes #rollators #disabled character ideas #anon MM

[ididit-allofit-foryou]

hapy disability pride month! here's all the drawings i've done so far! (many more to come!)

#disabled pride #disability pride month #disabled artist #disability awareness #feeding tube #rollators #prosthetics #amputee #scoliosis #joint braces #hypermobity #hypermobile eds #dwarfism #forearm crutches #spoonie artist #rain creates

[cripplemetal]

i'm so excited to get decorations for my future rollator! i already have a specific look in mind, and i ordered a few things.

it will have a cup holder! and a cane holder!

so, question to all rollators users: how else can i make it more convenient? like, modifications for additional functions. thank you!!!

#chronic pain #cripple punk #mobility aid #disabled #physical disability #chronically ill #c punk #cpunk #disabilties #physically disabled #young and disabled #rollator #rollator user #rollators

[bruhautism]

question for physically disabled or chronically ill people with mobility aids or with no mobility aids

tldr: can i use a mobility aid as an abled autistic person who experiences fatigue, balance/stability issues, sways more than normal when standing, and get more than occasional slight body aches? (feel like i have to explain myself)

Im abled but i feel like i could benefit from mobility aids but it feels like i’m invading or something

i’m autistic and sometimes struggle with standing, i sway sometimes (i think more than the average person does), and i struggled with balance and coordination sometimes. I also struggle with fatigue. i find myself not going out because i’m just too tired to walk the whole time or stay standing. my legs get tired easy, i get tired easy. i stay in the house or in the car majority of the time.

my body also feels uncomfortable, like sort of achy, but i feel like i’m being dramatic about that and everyone feels that way. it’s probably just like when you tell a kid a bandaid fixes the pain and they believe it. idk the word. it starts with a p i think. it’s probably just my bra or like the way i eat. whatever, my point is i don’t feel good a lot, even if i don’t feel sick, i feel achy.

i want to use a mobility aid but i feel like i’m invading if that makes sense. i feel like i don’t really need it, i know i don’t need it, but i think it would really help. but i can’t really afford to see a doctor about it either.

i want to know what the physically disabled community thinks because i feel i need permission to use one.

i feel sorta like a faker or imposter.

i’m sorry if this is offensive to ask

#autistic #actually autistic #autism #disabled #not #physically disabled #but need to tag to ask #mobility aid #wheelchair #cane #crutches #rollator #rollators #low support needs #autism struggles #chronic illness #chronic pain #chronically ill #tagging them as well for their opinions #i hope this isn’t offense to ask

[neuroticboyfriend]

do any rollator/cane/crutch users have advice for what to do when your shoes make ur mobility aid too short? its on the highest height option and trying to holding on is making my back spasm :(

edit: turns out its not as short if i stop hyperextending my back and knees but ow i dont have the strength

(rb to boost?)

#julian rants #mobiity aid user #cane user #crutches #forearm crutches #rollators #disabled #disability

[zebulontheplanet]

Hi mobility aid users! Reblog this with pics of your mobility aids. Show them off!

#zebrambles #part time mobility aid user #mobility aid #mobility aids #forearm crutches #rollators #wheelchair #cane #actually disabled #disabled #walker

[somniphobicfox]

Hello! I'm thinking of getting a mobility aid but I'm not sure which is right for me.

If you're comfortable with it, can you describe your disability and the mobility aid(s) that you use, along with how they help with your condition? I think it would give me an idea on what I would be comfortable with.

Reblog for boost :)

#chronic pain #chronic illness #disability #disabled #spoonie #mobility aids #fibromyalgia #wheelchair #cane #rollator #rollators #spoonie life #chronic

[cannabisbutch]

this is a rollator appreciation blog. show me pics/tell me abt ur rollator bc i don't see enough posts abt them and they are such a good versatile mobility aid for a lot of ppl!!

#cripplepunk #rollators #mobility aids #rollator user

[chronicallycouchbound]

I successfully convinced a toddler at the food bank that my rollator is a racecar so today is a win

#chronically couchbound #disability #disabled #cripplepunk #cripple punk #disabled pride #disability pride #poverty #poor rights #poor joy #disabled joy #food banks #food bank #food pantries #food pantry #solidarity #solidarity not charity #rollators #rollator

[an--artistic--autistic]

I HAVE ACQUIRED A ROLLATOR 🎉🎉🎉

#disability #chronic pain #fibromyalgia #mobility aid #cane user #rollators #mobility aids #i need to find a time and place to clean it because it had been in storage for a While #but i have one and it is mine and i am so fucking excited im gonna go to so many events

[akii-exe]

REMINDER.

It’s okay to need a mobility device if you’re young.

It’s okay to need a cane

It’s okay to need a walker/rollator

ITS OKAY to need a wheelchair, or to use the riding carts in stores

Age does not matter. Use what you need.

#disabled #disability #walking aid #cane #walking cane #wheelchair #walker #rollators

[ultravioletjester]

Keiko @recalledrobot with their rollator & respirator 💞

I do pay what you can commissions like this for disabled folks with their medical / assistive devices!! Check ‘em out here xx

#art #drawing #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital pencil #digital artist #digital drawing #digital portrait #digital arwork #disabled artist #disabled art #autistic artist #QUEERCRIP #cripple punk #disability pride month #disability art #mobility aid #rollators #commission #commision info #commisions open #drawing commisions #digital commisions #art commisions #taking commisions #queer artist #trans artist #procreate #my art #babe with a mobility aid

[anonymouslydisabled]

Things disabled people wish you knew about mobility aids!

I am more mobile with my mobility aid than without.

Stop asking me when I'll get better.

When I don't have a mobility aid and am using a shopping cart, do not take it, I am leaning on it so I can be on my feet longer.

Stop asking me why I need a mobility aid when we're strangers.

I decorate my cane, it feels like a part of me, please give me space to feel sad when I have to replace it.

People will walk into me or gotten very close, please don't stare at your phone while you walk.

Mobility aids are not depressing.

Mobility aids help us to live fuller and more independent lives with less symptoms.

I love my mobility aids! I don't want the focus of my treatment to be getting rid of them, I want it to be improving my symptoms.

Mobility aids don't have to be boring and plain. A mobility aid being decorated doesn't mean I don't need it!

I don't need help unless I ask for it.

Disability isn't taboo, let your kids be curious and ask questions.

Stop moving my mobility aid(s) without asking me. My mobility aid(s) are an extension of my body.

I don't just use my mobility aid for shits and giggles, I need it. It is not for show it is not for attention and implying it is is incredibly ableist.

People use mobility aids differently, some people use their mobility aids all the time and some people don't. I don't need my mobility aid 24/7.

I switch sides with my cane and constantly have to worry about being fake claimed when in reality I just need it for both of my legs.

I'm still disabled even though I'm fat and have invisible disabilities.

I'm still disabled and in pain even when I'm not using any mobility aids.

I'm not a baby, I'm not just fat, I'm not just weak. I am disabled and I like to think I'm stronger than most non-disabled people.

It's really weird to make comments or gestures when I'm in my wheelchair. If you wouldn't say it to someone who doesn't have a wheelchair don't say it to me.

Don't bend down to talk to me it's hella weird. Just talk to me like you would talk to anybody shorter than you.

Just because I'm not using my mobility aid doesn't mean I'm suddenly better!

I'm just as disabled when I'm not using my mobility aid.

Going a few days without my mobility aid doesn't mean I'm no longer disabled.

Just because I don't always need my mobility aid does not make it a toy.

Mobility aids can be incredibly helpful and we shouldn't have to be embarrassed to use them.

If I'm in my electric wheelchair and I'm in front of an aisle you need to get to just let me know, don't reach over my lap like I'm not a person.

If you don't step out of my way as a wheelchair user I am going to hit you, that's not a threat, it just will happen. You have a lot more maneuverability than I do.

If I'm using my mobility aid, you can be respectful and accomodate me without making it a thing. I know my limits and capabilities. Using a cane does not make me weak or helpless.

It's really funny seeing you guys jump to get out of the way when I use my cane, the space is appreciated, but it's still really funny to see the look on your face.

Please stop praying for my "recovery" there is none!

My rollator gives me freedom! I can go more places without having to worry about a lack of seating. I can actually walk faster with it than without it.

My mobility aid shouldn't be a horrifying last resort, it helps me so much, even when I'm not at my absolute worst!

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Thank you so much to everybody who participated! Happy disability pride month everyone!

#mobility aids #cane user #rollators #wheelchair #disability #chronic illness #spoonie #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #crutches #psychical disablity #disability pride #disability awareness #actually disabled #mobility assistance #physically disabled #anti ableism

[theatrekidenergy]

Disabled folks! What mobility aid do you use/plan to use? Thank you for taking this poll!!

#disabled #disability #mobility aid #mobility aids #poll #cane user #wheelchair user #forearm crutches #cane #wheelchair #mobility scooter #rollators #rollator users #rollator user