Actually Dyspraxic

shout out to people with coordination issues.

shout out to people with dyspraxia.

shout out to people with apraxia.

shout out to people with muscle weakness.

shout out to people with paresis.

shout out to people with paralysis.

shout out to people with arthritis n/or joint deformities.

shout out to people with chronic pain whose pain makes it hard to control their movements.

shout out to people with chronic fatigue whose fatigue makes them hard to control their movements.

shout out to people with balance issues.

shout out to people with other conditions that make hard to control body n/or movements.

shout out to people who are undiagnosed n struggling with control movements.

Im neurodivergent and because of that, I have poor posture, and because of my posture, I've developed some back problems that make standing and walking around for long periods of time difficult to accomplish without some sort of assistance.

Ive looked into it and i think buying a cane would help, but i don't want it to seem like im faking a disability or taking up resources i don't need

Poor posture that causes back problems that prevent you from standing and walking without assistance is, um, physically disabled, dear anon.

Even if it wasn't, canes are literally 5-25$ at the store depending on exact brand and type, they're mass produced, and they're a common enough accessory that truly I think you're thinking way too hard about it.

You ARE the target audience.

YOU'RE the person it was designed to help.

These things were created to make life easier for people whose bodies experience pain or difficulty doing very normal things (or even doing nothing at all!). If that sounds like you then it was made for you!

This isn't something to gatekeep. Gatekeeping stuff like this actually makes accessibility harder for everyone. If anyone tells you that you "don't have it bad enough" to use a disability aid then they likely don't have your best interests at heart (this is ignoring prescription items).

Showing companies that these things will be purchased will only cause more to be produced and therefore easier access overall. Also if more people used disability aids it would become less stigmatized because more people would SEE people utilizing these aids and it wouldn't be so odd.

Make sure you're using the aid appropriately so it doesn't cause issues, but please, if you see something like a cane or a wheelchair or a walker or pencil grips or the grabby claw stick or something that helps you put your socks on without bending over and you think it would decrease your pain or keep you from being so exhausted that you can't make dinner later even though you're starving or whatever, please, buy it. Use it.

You're exactly the person who needs it.

Because it was made to help you.

I just discovered something amazing

So, as an autistic and ADHD person, I am an actual disaster, and so have the horrible combination of a shitty memory and executive dysfunction. Meaning that I have the worst time remembering to do literally anything, and about half the time, even when I remember to do it, it just doesn’t. Get done. Because my brain says “nope, what task? There’s no task here!”

But guys

I’ve been trying to find a task manager type thing for my phone for actual months to try and get some of this under control because my trash brain just does. Not. Remember to check the planner? So Phone Reminders right? Except the actual Reminders app doesn’t like me, and the Calendar app on the phone already doesn’t like me either (plug in a million pieces of information!)

So with school back in session (I’m starting college, so this is EXTRA important now) I needed to figure something out (especially since I’m trying to convince my parents, namely my dad, that I’m a Responsible Adult who can be trusted with things like Privacy and Autonomy) to remind myself!

And I was poking around today and found something called My Study Life.

This

This thing is a free app - and by that, I mean it’s actually free. No subscriptions, no free trial and then buy the app, none of that. It’s actually just download and go. You have to make an account (but it’s actually a free thing).

It’s specifically designed for school, but I can imagine you can use it for anything you need to schedule. It’s also really easy to use and doesn’t have a million things that are extra distracting. You open the app and it takes you to a dashboard which has a) your classes/scheduled things for that day, b) an idea of the classes/scheduled things for the next day, c) REMINDERS OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE NEXT DAY, and d) any exams the next day. Now. Right next to this on the dash is a tab for tasks. This tab tells you if you have any upcoming tasks (reminders, assignments, stuff like that) in the NEXT THREE DAYS. Which is GREAT for me, who, again, has a shitty memory and needs constant reminders.

It then will also remind you to do this stuff. It will remind you before a class. It will remind you before an exam. You can set a time to remind you to do tasks. It’s great.