#cripple punk

[defiantcripple]

Me when my able-bodied friends walk too fast

[verthomme]

Adaptive / Para sports that aren't wheelchair basketball!

Wheelchair rugby: very physical, wheelchairs look like battel bots, very rough and very cool I don't know much about the rules of regular rugby either. Tried it once was not for me but very epic to watch

Adaptive curling: played with a stick that attaches to the curling rock so you can play from a seated or standing position, good for those who can't bend over or who require mobility aids

Wheelchair tenis: played just like normal tennis in a sports wheelchair rackets have shorter handles to be easier to push while holding, difference to the rules being that the ball can bounce twice

Adaptive archery: so many different adaptions from shooting in a wheelchair, using prosthetics, mouth release triggers for those without use or with lim differences in arms

Adaptive skiing/snowboarding: good for those with lower lim differences and mobility issues. Adaptions include using one leg with outriggers to balance and stear (both ski and snowboard) sit ski, where your entire lower body is basically in a ski boot, can be used for blind people as well or those with upper body limitations with an assistant controlling the sit ski. Independent sit ski use outriggers for stearing (think like ski poles with little skis on them)

Adaptive rowing: good for all ability levels as well as blind and visually impaired. So many different adaptions for loading into boats, seating supports, adaptive paddles and auditory cues

Adaptive swiming: this has so many different options, swimming is amazing for you it let's you use you body in different ways then weight bearing and there are a lot of options, different flotation devices that can attach to legs or arms, having someone move your lims for you, having a tap signal when you get close to the edge of the pool, visual cues for time, pool lifts just so many different options for everyone

Biking: standing bikes, two seated bikes so people with vision problems can have someone stearing, electric bikes, electric assist with pedaling, strap in pedals, anti tips, tricycles, hand cycles, different levels of seating support, walking bikes, you can ride behind someone in a bike, lots of university's will have indoor bike tracks so that you can ride on flat low resistance ground

Para hockey: this is my sport, I play competitively so I know a lot more about it. Para hockey (also know as sledge hockey) is played sitting down in something called a sledge. You have two sticks with spikes on the ends in order to propel yourself on the ice. There are a bunch of modifications possible for sleds with high back support with straps for those without core control, for those with upper body limitations there are pushers who attach a push handle to the back of your sled in order to move you around the ice, if you have no grip strength you can tape or otherwise secure you sticks to your arms/prosthetic. Rules for para hockey are the same as for stand up hockey with the exceptions being, periodes are 15 minutes and there is an additional type of penalty called Teeing for purposful front of sled contact to another persons sled without angling. Rules wise in grassroots (basic introductory sledge) anyone can play no matter their ability so abled family and friends can join you. Above the intermediate competitive level however, all players must have an impairment that affects their lower body in a way that means they do not have the capacity to play stand up hockey even at a lower level.

Blind hockey: Blind hockey is played pretty much the same as regular hockey, all players have a severe visual impairment/blindness and it is played with a large hollow puck that jingles so players know where it is

Anyone feel free to add more! There are so many different ways to have fun and be active as a disabled person the first step is just learning that they exist!

[cripplemetal]

my fucking impostor syndrome. some sketches + pain level rating.

me, sitting still for an hour: i'm barely in pain (2/10). i'm actually healthy.

me, when i walk with a cane and it's tolerable (4/10): so do i really need a cane? i can walk fine without it?

me, taking a few steps without a cane and whimpering in pain (7.5/10): i just made up that pain to find an excuse to use a cane.

me, in the middle of the night, getting up to take a piss, grabbing my cane and holding onto walls, i can barely walk (5.5/10): yeah, a play without an audience. okay. you'll get there just fine, calm down and stop pretending.

me, unable to get off the toilet without grabbing the doorjamb (3.5/10): well, i just came up with a cool way to move in a cool way. nothing unhealthy.

[wxrmeaterz]

being told my chronic pain isnt "that bad" will get me to punch u

i cant go outside today because i can barely walk up the stairs in my own home

i have collapsed many times in the past, which is something i rarely bring up just because people always follow it up with some kinda gaslighting

YOU ARE NOT IN OUR BODY

[chaos-and-ink]

They should invent a knee that doesn’t do that.

That: bends backwards, dislocates, collapses, is chronically painful.

[tumble-tv]

The body isn't body-ing

[brain-n-body-in-disarray]

As of today I am a cane owner. Now I need to figure out how to become a cane user...

How to use it the most effective way without harming myself.

How not to feel like a fraud or a faker while using it.

How to handle ableist people outside or the comments from family.

[sicknsadsicknrad]

this isn't anyone's fault but man am I tired of trying to find advice on here for things related to disability and only finding fanfics

[switchcase]

I'm convinced most sites who publish those "best countries for disabled people" "most accessible countries/cities" type articles have never actually spoken to a disabled person or been to the places they're saying are so great.

So much of the time they'll prattle off a place that is NOT accessible at all, like saying Japan is soooo accessible and one of the Best countries for disabled people because their trains have wheelchair ramps and designated wheelchair spots on the train. But you look at travel posts by wheelchair users and they're like "the trains are the only accessible part of Japan btw most restaurants are on the 2nd or 3rd floor, no elevator, and you have to leave your wheelchair Outside The Building. Everything has steps and the stone paths are inaccessible." Article listed Italy as one of the top 20 disability friendly countries in the world, citing their work to make places accessible, yet I JUST watched an Italian wheelchair user say that Italy is largely inaccessible and he can't live independently there as of 2023.

Like? What is going on. 😭 How exactly are we determining the "accessibility" of such places? Are we just believing the travel brochures or something?

[havegaysex]

Don't go out and get a cane.

don't go out and get a cane

Do some research. if you have pain on both sides get something more like forearm crutches or a rollator that can evenly distribute weight. Caness are best for when the pain is on one side.

[talkethtothehandeth]

You say you’re supportive and understand of disabled people but are you supportive of people who have urinary or fecal incontinence? Are you supportive of people’s disabilities when it has to deal with something like a biohazard or something unsanitary?

[defiantcripple]

Going to start wearing a sign that says "I don't yield to ableds" as I refuse to move for the people trying to get on through the accessible bus entrance/exit before I've gotten off.

Be disabled. Take up space. Demand your accommodations. Make them wait, make them move, and don't feel sorry about it.

[verthomme]

The one thing that makes me avoid fat positivity is the prevalence of the phrase "fat people can be healthy too"

Ignoring the fact that being fat is bad for your health, (which does not matter you should never shame people for their body mind your business that's gross) is that it makes it about health instead. You are saying that people should be aloud to look however they do so long as they are healthy.

This is just pushing the hate onto those with health issues instead of actually doing anything to get rid of it. Fat people should not be shamed for their body because no one should be shamed for their body.

Saying you shouldn't shame someone because they might be healthy is just continuing to assign morality to health. Don't comment on others bodies, how they chose to live their life or what they do with their body does not affect you, and if it does then you are the problem not them. Just because someone is unhealthy does not make it okay to make comments! Do you have any idea how many invasive and horrific comments people make towards people they recognize as disabled because "they care about our health" or "are just curious" and then get harassed when we don't answer or if we do but not in the way they want? Don't make commenting on unhealthy people okay.

Health has no morality it just is.

Bodies have no morality they just are.

[cripplemetal]

why are legs

[wheelingwithgrace]

Me: *walks with crutches for support*

Random child: You're paralyzed!?

[satellites-halo]

yeah you're "punk" but are you normal about deformed people?