#crip punk

my mother when i tell her ab my life: you havent mentioned doing healing yoga to cure your disability today. how’s that going?

disability aids should b celebrated even if u can't c them as normal and think that they r weird

ive started using a mobility buggy and tbh it's been 1 of the best purchases i made and i actually prefer it 2 when i tried out a manual wheelchair and when i tried out an electric wheelchair and it works better 4 me 4 a few reasons

1) i don't hav 2 b the 1 moving it

this is important 4 a few reasons, i don't hav the energy 2 move myself in a manual mobility device and w an electric 1 i hav 2 use a joystick 2 move the wheelchair and then my hand and wrist would cramp up, i would also get really anxious about moving in tight spaces bc i can't c behind me and can't turn my head enough 2 c behind me without hurting myself, also im sitting in smth that isn't a part of my body and therefore can't feel where it is as well, also turns out i don't hav a very good sense of environmental danger and just didn't notice which includes things like, me almost crashing into lamposts, almost going into traffic and b4 i needed a mobility device dissociating so hard i walked off a ferry b4 it was fully docked, so 4 all these reasons its best 4 my comfort and safety 2 hav some1 i trust move my mobility aid 4 me

2) extra support 4 sitting

mobility buggys usually hav extra support in them since they r usually 4 ppl who struggle 2 sit up independently and i do struggle w that sometimes so having that extra support when im having a bad day w my chronic illness can b the difference between me being able 2 go outside vs not able 2 go outside

3) comes w a built in lil hood/canopy thing u can pull down

this is good bc i feel safter bc of it being more enclosed and also its good 4 helping me not get the sun in my eyes, also if some1 is annoying me and i dont wanna talk 2 them i can just pull the hood down, helps a lil bit w the rain 2 but only a lil bit since it can still get on my shoulders

4) extra seatbelts and straps

good seatbelt and has straps 4 keeping my feet in place so they don't slide off the footrest when the buggy is moving on uneven terrain, also it has a lil safety bar that goes over the seat that i like bc of once again it feeling more enclosed and safe

5) my bf (boyfriend/best friend/queer platonic partner) has said that it's easier 2 push me in my buggy than it was when he was pushing me in my wheelchair

despite all of this it was p impossible 2 find and most of the results when i try 2 search up smth like "adult mobility pram" or "adult mobility buggy" just show abled adults in those oversized buggys 4 trying them out themselves b4 buying the regular version of the buggy 4 their baby, technically the mobility buggy i hav isn't even meant 4 adults it's meant 4 kids and young teenagers and i can just fit in it bc despite being 27 im teenager size, i couldn't actually find 1s made 4 adults and instead i found a bunch of joke results that just pissed me off bc its ppl basically making fun of my mobility needs, 2 b clear im not against ppl trying out an oversized version of a buggy b4 buying it 4 their kid, what im against is them then captioning it w smth along the lines of "haha isn't its so silly seeing a grown man in a buggy"

there's a lot of my disabilities where i use an aid that's seen as "childish" 2 the point where a lot of ppl just mock the idea without even connecting it 2 the idea of disability, like my buggy, me using actual baby bottles 2 drink in a way that's more accessible 4 me but then being 2 embarrassed 2 take my bottles w me in case i get made fun of, the fact that most incontinence products just straight up don't work 4 ppl w higher lvls of incontinence bc of the manufacturers all being more focused on making them discreet instead of functional bc being an adult who has 2 wear a nappy is seen as inherently embarrassing and worthy of mockery

a non-disabled person i know recently used the term "cripple pass" to jokingly describe an accessibility pass + i am feeling so deeply uncomfortable about it