#dynamic disability

Actually, if you have a dynamic disability or if you are an ambulatory wheelchair/mobility aide user it IS okay to lie. As someone who has had surgery if you need the lift/ramp etc or someone is giving you shit for not looking disabled tell them you just had surgery, theyre more likely to give it to you (ask me how I know 🙄). Tell them you're recovering from a car accident. Tell them youre dying. Whatever. You don't owe prying ableist strangers your actual medical history. Do whatever you need to get accessibility and whatever you need to get to safety if someone is harassing you.

You know you're disabled when you see someone getting ready in the morning and think, "damn you've been standing for a while do you need to take a break?"

Being disabled has made me notice all of the ways the world is failing in accessibility. I’m fortunate that I can now open doors with my arms/hands, but do you know how many times I look around and there is no wheelchair access button on public doorways? Or how many times the button is broken? Or how there is no place to sit in a store, or the chairs were recently removed when I planned on using them to rest? Not to mention the uneven sidewalks, or aisles that are too narrow, or whatever else? People really do forget disabled people exist.

from one disabled babe to another, this is your sign from the universe and me to go ahead and get yourself the shower chair