#disability ranting

Yeah, no, it does not. See, the thing is, you saw them running, but what you didn't saw was the mental calculations of if the run would be worth it, if the other option would be worse than the results of running for a short distance. And you didn't see what the consequences were, either. Maybe their joints will ache for days, maybe they lost all the spoons they had for the rest of the day or the run will come demanding payment in some other way.

*DRUMROLL*

Imposter syndrome! ❤️

We are disabled, and I'm tired of people thinking they are being inclusive and kinda by pussy footing around it.

We cannot do the normal day to day activities that abled bodied people can. We struggle just to exist in a world that isn't made for us. That isn't brave, that's us living, just like you are. We are human beings. And the fact we are disabled shouldn't change that fact but it does mean fundamentally we exist differently to others.

It's so cool that there's an Olympic swimmer with pots, but that doesn't mean we can do that. We can barely walk for more then 15 minutes.

Boiling a disability down to "inspiring" is ableist. We don't exist for you to point at and comment on. We don't exist to be "brave", we don't exist for you to talk about. We aren't a shiny medal, so take your self righteous dick out of your mouth

Sincerely, a physically and mentally disabled system

I would much more prefer to have folding cane, so I could carry it in my backpack more easily in case I suddenly need support for walking (which is very likely). The problem is that I broke my left wrist few years back, and it's still significantly weaker than my right one, and it hurts to use cane with it. And OF COURSE my right knee is in much worse condition than the left knee and needs support much more often. I can however use a crutch with left hand, but crutches take much more space.