#using a cane

7.7: Ariel & Christina Discuss Living with a Disability as a Solarpunk

Today Christina talks to Ariel about what it's been like to live as a solarpunk with a visible - and then invisible - disability. Science fiction has spent decades dreaming of how future tech will make disabled people able to function as if they were fully abled. Now solarpunk has arrived on the scene to ask why should disabled bodies have to always be the ones to adapt? It can be uncomfortable, intrusive - not to mention expensive. Solarpunk wonders why can't cities, society, workplaces, and the like be the ones to use the tech to make themselves more accessible to and inclusive of disabled people?

Basically half a year ago I was still struggeling to use my cane in everyday life. I had to concetrate on it to walk correctly and whenever i tried to pay for something at the supermarket my cane would clatter down. Anything that needed a hand to do took ages.

Today Ive not only texted while walking I also just paid without even thinking about my cane and walked away after.

Walking with a cane isnt a task anymore, its second nature

Im saying this in case someone who just started using a cane and feels frustrated or overwhelmed with it reads this.