#wheelchair use

[cripple-punk-dad]

Ok so at this point I've had two people roll up to me in manual wheelchairs, well, one of them was somebody pushing somebody who was nonverbal at the time, but it still counts. They asked me why I had zip ties around my tires.

It's winter where I'm living and we have really bad snow. And the snow plow people are really bad at their jobs probably because there aren't snow plow people who clean sidewalks. As a solution I got to thinking about how I could increase the traction on my wheels. And the most redneck thing I could think of was taking a bunch of zip ties and tying them around my wheels. They last surprisingly long, and work surprisingly well. It's basically the same premise as chains for your tires during the winter.

I chose to space them out pretty evenly so there's about one for every spoke. You could probably do more or less depending on how many you want and how much traction you get but I wouldn't go more than three per spoke. I realize that it's a bit later in the winter, and I probably should have made a post about this sooner, but I came up with it about a week ago. So please share this, even if you're not disabled, because there are tons of people I know who are stuck in their houses because they can't get around in the snow. A pack of zip ties costs about $5, which compared to $200 knobby snow tires is a big save, and if you want to invest you could get colored zip ties.

#disability #disabled #wheelchair use #cpunk #cripple punk #wheelchair users #manual wheelchair #physically disabled #physical disability #mobility aids

[changelingchangewing]

Ramps and elevators should be built into all more than one story buildings actually.

Ramps should be put in front of buildings so wheelchair users can get into them.

Elevators should be built inside buildings solely with disabled people in mind.

Note to architects: if you can put in stairs, put in something accessible as well.

#accessibility #wheelchair use #ramps #elevator #ableism

[headpainmigraine]

This is what happens when able-bodied people who have only ever gone to the doctor for an acute issue stumbles into disability talking points.

The comment section is a joy(!)

This guy truly believes that doctors don't dismiss you if you're fat.

CW: fatphobia, sizeism, ableism

#spoonies #cw fatphobia #cw ableism #wheelchair use #disabled people #doctors #chronic pain #chronic illness #skinny ableds talking shit #Youtube

[zoobus]

The benefits of representation in media are vastly overstated. With that said, I think tv needs more hamfisted stories about wheelchair users who can still walk in some capacity. I can't think of any other group that needs awareness in a way tv reprentation specifically would actually help with

#reset the 'days without seeing creepshots of a wheelchair main using a urinal' counter

[dilfsisko]

Walkable cities and public transit mean nothing if they’re not accessible to disabled people 

#els.txt #like are there places to sit down?????? are there stairs everywhere? are the sidewalks uneven? #can your buses and trains actually accommodate a wheelchair user? #i want to state that i LOVE trains and buses and subways #i would LOVE not having to rely on cars #but im chronically ill #my father is a wheelchair user #these things are not made easy for us #ok to reblog

[strange-aeons]

mr. strange. what do you think is the sexiest wheelchair color? does it matter that i'm a communications major??

-your friendly neighborhood entity on wheels

I’m feeling red? Maybe with flames? Hotwheels-core.

Communications major does not affect this.

#idk I only used a wheelchair briefly due to lung explosion #perhaps hot wheels-core would clash with outfits on a long term basis

[grouchydairy]

In Lizzie’s story, we see the narrative of folks who pull her aside for "faking" disability or denying that she could really be disabled because her disability can vary across days. She shares her story on how others have a prototypical assumption of what disability "looks" like that disadvantages those who don’t fit that descriptor.

#disability

#quotes #wheelchair use #lived experiences #disabled #disability

[ramyeongif]

Disability doesn’t always "look like" what we think it does. In this article, Em contrasts her own experiences with Lizzie’s on wheelchair use and presenting as disabled.

#disability

#disability #quotes #wheelchair use #lived experiences #disabled

[themathomhouse]

this disability pride month, stop making jokes about people in wheelchairs standing up or walking.

can I stand and walk? sure, for a short while and with pain. the consequences for trying to be out all day without a wheelchair are that I'll be in bed for the rest of the week, too tired and in too much pain to move.

but the government won't give me my own wheelchair because they have the same attitude as these jokes - I can stand up, so I don't need one. exercise is good for you, you should walk!

it keeps me trapped in the house, unable to do anything more than short stints anywhere without borrowing or hiring a wheelchair - one that causes me pain to sit in and relies on someone to push me (usually with difficulty), because they're not going to have a high-end chair for that sort of thing.

it's not a miracle that a wheelchair user can stand or walk. it's something we should aspire to see more often.

#disability #disability pride month #chronic fatigue #fibromyalgia #cfs/me #post exertional malaise #like fucking hell people we should really be long past this by now #why am I seeing these bullshit jokes on my dash in twenty fucking twenty three #i did a short walk to a cafe yesterday because I thought I was up to it #and my right leg has seized up #my ankle can barely take my weight and my hip won't move properly #also lol I almost certainly have hEDS but cannot persuade a doctor to give me a referral #in summary #stop being fucking dense #i would rather people who don't need mobility aids use them than have people struggle because they don't want to be seen as a faker #or have people think that you have to reach a certain level of severity before you need it #also if I had a wheelchair I would bring my cat with me more places but that's by the by

[joshuamj]

A continuation of my last post cuz I just had to draw the red life version, its also just so good.

#secret life #secret life smp #trafficblr #mcyt #goodtimeswithscar #josh art tag #a tad of the lineart on this is used straight from the last one #and some of the shading is reused but i had to redo that myself #otherwise its all new! #actually except for the wheelchair wheels i also reused those #anyway i hope u enjoy my goodtimeswithscar appreciation

[thedisablednaturalist]

Sometimes terms mean certain things and belong to certain groups of people and are not meant to apply to people outside that group. And that is on purpose and valid. You can make your own terms to describe your own experiences, you don't get to take terms from other people, especially people more vulnerable/less privileged than you. If multiple people tell you that the term is not for you, respect that.

When terms get used for many different situations they get diluted and trivialized. Remember "trigger"? It was a specific medical term and is now used to mean "something that pissed or upset someone". Brain fog is now turning into abled people just being a little sleepy or out of it, not literally a clinical term for brains not functioning correctly due to various illnesses. I tell someone I have brain fog and they say lol me too XD no you fucking don't. "Spirit animal" was taken from indigenous peoples so white people could make funny haha relatable t-shirts. Two spirit almost got taken by queer white people as well (although I think most people have backed off on that hopefully).

Not everything needs to apply to as many people as possible. You don't need to and can't relate to everyone. We can still support each other while respecting differences.

(Edited ver)

#wrenfea.exe #this is about people using nonverbal for selective mutism btw #and about mentally ill abled people using cripple #like if ambulatory wheelchair users can come up with our own term then you can too #idk if its not as concise or it takes effort to get it to catch on #you dont get to steal the work other people have done to spread awareness of their term and its meaning #disability #nonverbal #selective mutism #spoonie #chronic disability #chronic pain #chronic illness #cripple #cripple punk #autism #adhd #readying my inbox for a wave of the stupidest people who've never seen any of my posts to flood the gates #i saw someone throwing ambulatory wheelchair users under the bus to justify why they should be able #to use the term nonverbal #pls correct me if you are from the relevant communities #i updated this to make it more accurate bc funnily enough brain fog made me forget about chronic illness triggers

[shirecorn]

Keep an eye on the sky for the arrival of the Reindeer Days team!

I'm so happy you could join me in welcoming my friends from the north pole! We spend all four seasons getting ready for our Christmas Eve journey, which is my favorite flight of the year.

I love the night trips the best, because the stars don't sunburn my nose. But I still join any time there's long distance travel, because everyone has a gift they bring to help the whole team come together.

Some are fast, some are strong, some are smart, some caring, and some (like me) just really love geography! I plan our routes and navigate to make sure we reach every house on our list before the night is up. I hope you'll leave some carrots out for us on the roof!

See you tonight, and Merry Christmas!

Redbubble (buy reindeer swag) || Etsy (sticker sets) Patreon (see WIPs and more) || Ko-fi (donate carrots)

#artists on tumblr #reindeer #christmas #santa's reindeer #caribou #reindeer character design #christmas reindeer #character design #shire draws #caribou character design #antlers #reindeer days #reindeer games #poll #deer #deerish #yes that is a wheelchair sleigh #he uses it to get around!

[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

[marthammasters]

“My will may be weak, but my back bone is strong— and pain-free, now that I’ve stopped using the cane.” Um OK..The world if house used mobility aids that weren’t just a cane on the wrong side…. (He would still suck he’d just suck while in a lil less pain❤️)

#also the id rather be walking sticker makes me giggle sorry. he should’ve gotten to use a wheelchair that wasn’t hospital generic+w flames #house Md #Gregory house #s3 e13📲 #lee postz #house #hatecrimes Md #hate crimes Md #Greg house

[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

[moonhibs]

Au where Julian is a child of divorce

#disabled artist gnaws on disabled charcaters like a dog with a bone #ive been thinking about this all day guys how has nobody drawn this yet #hes a full time ambulatory wheelchair user around the station and uses crutches when on away missions that arent like just on the defiant #star trek ds9 #myart #deep space nine #julian bashir #disabled julian bashir #yes hes in the exact same doctor possition btw #i should draw julian and jadzia with their t swag btw #and tgirl jadzia and quark #im a tgirl quark truther #and tgirl odo but shes tgirl in a different way #sorry off topic disabled julian swag #BTW if any wheelchair users have tips for drawing or writing (writing for drawing) charcaters using wheelchairs pls lmk!!!!! #or if you have critique or sugestions cause im only familier w canes an crutches feom the most part