#cane users

If you're not a cane user, don't vote on this one by anon's request.

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Comparing a random person using a cane(or any walking aid really) to your favorite character who uses a cane is not the compliment you think it is 90% of the time. Especially if said cane using character is 1, not disabled(aka uses the cane for aesthetic), 2, the “aroace/evil disabled character” stereotype(implies that disabled people can’t feel love?), or 3, you’re using the comparison to sexualize their disability(just… ew. Don’t do that). And also most cane using characters you’re comparing them to arent using their canes correctly anyway.

I love you full time wheelchair users. I love you ambulatory/part time wheelchair users. I love you forearm-braced crutches users. I love you armpit-braced crutches users. I love you walker users. I love you cane users. I love you back-walker users. I love you AAC users. I love you brace users. I love you compression sock users. I love you heart monitor users. I love you feeding tube users. I love you ileostomy bag users. I love you colostomy bag users. I love you hearing aid users. I love you guide dog users. I love you medical alert dog users.

I love you people with spinal implants. I love you people with limb prosthetics. I love you people with eye prosthetics. I love you people with voice synthesizers.

I love you disabled people with ill-fitting aids, whether it’s because they’re too expensive or simply not accessible. I love you disabled people that took a long time to accept their disability. I love you disabled people who hate your disability. I love you disabled people whose family ostracizes you. I love you disabled people who live in an entirely inaccessible town/city.

I love you disabled people who struggle to find community. I love you disabled people living active war sites. I love you disabled people who get treated like less than because you can’t understand some things. I love you disabled people who get walked over and cant say or do anything about it. I love you disabled people who have to fight their own community to be heard, to be seen.

I love you trans disabled people. I love you poc disabled people. I love you sexually queer disabled people. I love you intersex disabled people. I love you indigenous disabled people.

would it be inappropriate for me (not physically disabled) to use a cane for non-diagnosed/not that serious medical issues??

like, i have chronic back pain and my joints hurt if i don’t take enough sitting/lying down breaks during the day, i have asthma and thus get dizzy if i have to walk fast (cus of lack of oxygen). my meds also cause muscle weakness and i have an essential tremor that sometimes likes to extend to my legs.

i feel like using a cane could help a lot, especially when i’m with people who claim they “can’t walk slowly” lol

but i don’t really want to use a mobility aid without being actually in need of it??

Thanks for the tag, @sc11vb!

Starting a new thread 'cause that one was hella long.

Tiffany Aching, the marvelous young witch of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. The five books featuring Tiffany spell out what it means to be a witch to me, and I adore them and her to pieces.

Menolly, from Anne McCaffery's Harper Hall series and Pern. She was my first fantasy character love. I wanted to be her, be friends with her, talk about fire lizards and music and dragons.

Victoria Nelson, half blind detective and all around badass from Tanya Huff's Blood books. She was one of the first characters that I recognized as being amazing not 'despite' her disability, but in defiance of it.

Kaz Brekker, from Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows duology. There's so many thing I find fascinating and relatable in Kaz, from disability to trauma. He's sarcastic, strong willed, and fragile inside the armor.

Inej Ghafa, from Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows duology. Inej is amazing. Keeping her sense of self and her faith through the horrors she's been through. Being steadfast and loyal to her crew.