#Manual Accessibility

[2acetaminophen]

Not to be really annoying and go ‘well actually’ to the joke about how silcos a twink who probably didn’t do shit in the mines and that miners all look like vander and are these big buff burly dudes is very much some propaganda in ur brain and not the reality of what conditions are like for miners from impoverished communities. You know they use children in mines bc they’re small right. If you’ve consumed any footage showing messed up mining communities that exists irl, like people who work in cobalt mines in Congo, they’re muscular, but at a glance, they’re not jacked and look pretty average. I think a lot of people are surprised seeing that they tend to be small and lanky for people doing hard manual labor all day, but that comes from not being able to afford enough quality food. You have to eat a ton of calories to get built, and that isn’t something many people who work in mines have.

[kyngyt]

wanted try new colouring techniques, and uh Doll because i tried to make design for an AU or smh???, but she still looks meh imo

[devils-yui]

Rewatching TFA, for the hundredth time in a row, and I've got to say. I used to think Sari was, kind of annoying, during my first initial watch and sometimes. The things she does makes me go wide-eyed and gripping at the screen going, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

But then now, as I'm rewatching it hundreds of times over. I have to physically remind myself that she is a child.

And not only that, but she was a child that was BARELY raised properly. She didn't have other children to socialize around, she had a robot teacher, a robot dog companion, and her occasionally in her life father who was busy manufacturing robots, entertaining the ideas of tours and etcetera.

So maybe, yes. I can definitely understand why she does rash things, and act the way she does. I understand why she's seen as a social outcast amongst other groups of kids (like in the show, ON HER BIRTHDAY).

And I'm not as mad as her, as anybody should be for a child who was raised/taught the wrong things or having not been taught at all.

However...

THIS GUY.

IS A WHOLE 'NOTHER CASE.

I JUST WANNA-

[beranibear]

👏Your👏 baby👏in👏that👏foldable👏pram👏does👏not👏belong👏in👏the👏reserved👏wheelchair👏spot👏on👏the👏train👏when👏the👏train👏is👏packed👏and 👏people👏in wheelchairs👏are👏forced👏to👏just👏park👏👏their👏wheelchair👏in👏the👏middle👏of👏👏a👏walkway👏

You can literally fold the pram and hold your child.

Those spots are there so we are safe and out of the way. So we are able to get emergency help if needed via the emergency assistance button. So we don’t slide down the middle of the train or slam into people if it comes to a sudden stop.

I can not just fold my chair and get out of it. I don’t have the privilege or ability to do that. It is not a pram parking spot, the symbol on the floor and walls is not of a pram, it’s of the universal symbol for people with disabilities.

Wild how people will still do this when there is literally a sign stating that you will be fined if you don’t give up the spot. If your baby has mobility, if you have mobility; your pram was literally made to be folded and compacted. Please DO IT when the train is full and people with mobility aids are forced into spots that aren’t safe.

Fuck you. I should not have to be unsafe so you don’t have to fold a pram and hold your child.

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

shout out people who need speciality wheelchair/wheelchair parts/ways propel not often talk about or even other wheelchair users not even know exist!!

manual wheelchair people who can only use one arm propel!! (upper limb difference, other hand hold white cane, etc)

manual wheelchair people who use leg propel!

powerchair people who cannot use typical hand joystick! who need alternative access!

mini joysticks! or who use parts that not hand, like head chin tongue knee legs etc! who use sip & puff, touch pads, switch trays, multi switch access, single switch access, eye gaze! whose control not proportional (only on/off & not like, more stronger press equal faster)!

& other types of chair like adaptive stroller, activity chairs, non powered chairs w tilt in space, etc!

and to all types & all users who use stuff not listed here!

[shinelikethunder]

a backhanded but heartfelt thank-you to SPN, because last night over dinner with my mom and two dear fandom friends i confessed to pausing in the middle of a road trip to post a dumb pot-stirring poll about whether Car Boy even knows how to drive stick, and we discovered that "single set-up-to-fail attempt at a 'how to operate a stick shift' lesson from your dad who is shitty about it the entire way through" is not an uncommon Daughter Experience, and, well

the upshot is that the three of us, who are in our 30s, and my mom, who is pushing 70 and a goddamn saint and was raised by a dad who considered that shit an essential life skill instead of having some weird 'girls are hopeless with cars' complex, realized that's a fucking stupid state of affairs! that does not have to continue!!! and we are renting a manual mini cooper for the extended weekend so she can teach all of us properly

[crabussy]

shivering and shaking. I have to make a scary call today I have to ask the government for 4000 dollars so that I can continue studying. because they said they'd pay for my study and then didn't. I am so brave. phone call can't hurt me. I'm powerful

[whimsicalscribblr]

After struggling for like a week, i finally finished making my son!!! He is not well put together because some things just refused to click in place or slide on fully. It was so frustrating bc i would try to get it to work and it'd hurt my hands and I cannot afford an hand & arm pain flare up this summer. BUT NOW HES DONE!!!! LOOK AT HIM!!!

Anyway now I gotta figure out what to do with his box LMAO

[aphidclan-clangen]

Can you put all the moons in order? I’m really interested in the lore but your blog goes down forever :,)

Guess where you can get caught up real easy and quick with an automatic archive and everything ;D

[mrghostrat]

hello!! this might be kind of a silly question, but does your discord have an age limit? im interested in joining, however im worried that i might be too young.

it doesn’t! everyone’s welcome to join, as long as under 18s respect the adult spaces by being honest with the “i’m 18+, show me the nsfw-chat” checkbox

[beranibear]

Y’all,

Imagine not moving for a carer when you see them helping someone in a wheelchair onto the train.

Me and BF got on the train today; the whole carriage was basically empty and there was a dude sitting in the seat in the wheelchair/mobility area. BF stood there for a bit and nothing.

He had the whole train, plenty of other nicer seats, and refused to move. My BF had to sit on the damn floor in the wheelchair area and risk being crushed by my chair.

We need to help carers look after their loved ones with disabilities. If you see someone helping out a disabled loved one give them space to work and care.

These spots are there for those people, or other people with disabilities. No one should be forced to sit on the floor so they can be near their loved one (and to help if needed).

Carers matter just as much as the mobility aids or disability devices a disabled person uses. If you don’t give them space to work, and don’t give them the empathy you give to me in my wheelchair then you obviously don’t realise how important carers are.

[spxnglr]

Other muns: *creates individual verses for their muses that describe how they'd fit into a particular fandom/universe* Me: *slaps an interdimensional/multiversal travelling device onto Egon's wrist* here ya go

[nexus-nebulae]

"why are you so worried abt random accidents, stuff like that rarely ever happens" well you see I'm too disabled to ever evacuate a situation on my own, so I'd rather be a safety advocate now than become a statistic later

[layzeal]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME

[alxor-of-hellsite]

Hey manual wheelchair users of tumblr, is moving on it at all similar to the controls of rowing a boat in minecraft?