#mobile joints

[justabunny]

it shouldn't be a controversial take but:

disabled people are allowed to hate being disabled

[stellaltumi]

stop villanizing disabled people. stop assuming we're just being lazy. stop assuming we could be trying harder. stop assuming that we'll "feel better" in a few weeks. stop assuming that we have the same energy levels as everyone else. thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[janeacular]

can they invent a mobility aid that helps with the joint pain & also does NOT cause different joint pain in a different area from use

[drifting-bones]

they should invent walking that doesn't make you feel like you're going to keel over and die

[sabotchi]

first time drawing these absolute icons no one is doing it like them

[ghostr0tz]

he is disabled and chronically ill. to me

[werewolf-transgenderism]

saying again that if a mobility aid or piece of assistive tech or whatever will improve your quality of life and make it easier to get through your day just fucking use them!! you don’t need a diagnosis to use something that will make your day-to-day life easier. a diagnosis will maybe give you some more specialized ideas for what assistive devices or mobility aids might be useful but you do not have to wait until you have one to start using things that reduce symptoms or make life easier to manage.

[fellow-queer-birdguy]

I am not a bad person for wanting to walk without pain I am not a bad person for wanting to walk without pain I am not a bad person for wanting

[neilgayman69]

Casually daydreaming about the mobility aids I think would help me, ya know, like every able bodied person does.

[tiredtourettic]

If I had a fucking wheelchair I wouldn't be in this much pain right now.

I overdid it again today simply because I had no choice. My hips, knees and ankles are killing me. But when aren't they?

If I had a fucking wheelchair I'd actually be able to live.

[certifiededgelord]

goth cane goth cane goth cane goth cane goth cane goth cane

i got my cane, finally!

my friend and i went to a local goth party, so i had to try it in action

also check out the outfit while im at it

[justabunny]

unpopular opinion but mobility aids shouldn't cost so much !!

[frankiensteinsmonster]

We don't talk enough about how fluctuating needs don't only mean day-by-day. They can change pretty rapidly throughout the each day. Hour-by-hour, or even within minutes!

Anyways this lack of acknowledgement caused me to feel a little strange in the beginning because there was just no representation for my experience! Even though it should go without saying, the way a lot of people present having fluctuating needs is as if they know exactly what their limits for the day will be first thing in the morning when they wake up and that's just Not Me.

So, I'm here to let you know that you're valid for needing to make adjustments to your accommodations throughout your day, and it's okay that you can't predict the future daily. Just be prepared and make sure nobody gives you shit for it, not even yourself!!

[matchakuracat]

walking up or down a flight of stairs that has railings on both sides and how much it helps being able to support my legs with both arms is convincing me that i need crutches

[disjournaled-scrolls]

Yesterday, when I was sleeping during a study hall at school, some kids I kind of knew (who KNEW I have a disability) took my cane and started swinging it around, using it like a bat, and playing with it. People assumed I'd given it to them, because when asked to stop, they said no and continued. By the time someone woke me up and told me, they had broken the wrist strap and were pulling apart the pole to stretch the folding elastic. They did not say sorry. They did not take responsibility. They simply gave it back after saying "look, did you know it could do this?" and stretching the elastic again. My friends reprimanded them, but now the wrist strap connection is broken and keeps falling off my wrist, putting me in danger.

The day before this happened, they had asked to hold the cane, and I said no.

Stop feeling entitled to touch people's medical aids. Stop acting like they're not really necessary or important. Stop fucking breaking our shit.

[debaucherri]

ok yeah i have a debilitating medical condition that causes chronic & generalized pain, mobility issues, autonomic nervous system dysfunction and frequent subluxations BUT. i can touch my thumb to my forearm so. a win is a win