#temporary disability

[cripplecharacters]

Hello! Apologies if I misread anything and break a rule, I don't believe I am!

I was wondering about a character with superpowers and whether or not they would be considered disabled, the power in question being regeneration. If a character can regenerate a lost limb, but it takes numerous days or possibly even months to do so would this character be considered temporarily disabled when the limbs are lost, or would the fact they'll regenerate nullify this completely?

I've found a few answers, and the general consensus seems to be no but I was hoping I could be provided with a more specific answer, thank you!

Hi asker,

Nope, you're not breaking any ask rules.

I am inclined to agree with the general consensus that the character in general wouldn't be considered disabled.

However, it is in a way similar to breaking a limb. Obviously it's not exactly the same, but it is similar in that for X amount of time, the limb is out of full commission and is slowly regaining function but it isn't a 0 to 100 situation. This can be considered a temporary disability.

I know you want a very specific yes/no answer, but that's a little harder to do with things that aren't possible in our world.

But if you ask me, personally, I would consider it to be a temporary disability.

Hope this helps,

– mod sparrow

[distracteddaintydemon]

I broke my foot.

2 hours later: I discovered WHY EXACTLY able-bodied people should never have last word on designing accessibility features. I knew earlier. But now I know EXACTLY WHY. In the detail.

28 hours later: I discovered WHY EXACTLY did my grandma switched light off and on using her crutch. I knew earlier. But now I know EXACTLY WHY.

Also, from now on I'm gonna inform everyone and anyone, regardless of their interest in the matter, everytime when the discuss would become even slightly tangential, that there is an assignment that should be an absolutely obligatory step to obtain a degree in architecture, industrial design, urban administration, any administration, public law and any medical degree in existence. The assignment is to don on an exoskeleton imitating severe mobility problems and go pee in it. Possibly few different models of exoskeletons with different types of mobility issues. Possibly in few different toilet facilities with different degrees of accessibility. I knew earlier it's a good idea. But now I know EXACTLY WHY.

Also I think now it should be obligatory ceremonial rite for claiming any significant position of power in public institutions. We should include it in ceremony for new presidents, prime ministers and if possible - monarchs. As an honor. And then it could trickle down and become fashion. I totally see a president elect coming to the site to ceremonially pee in Being Vulnerable Suit. I totally see president candidates donning Being Vulnerable Suit for their campaign rallies to prove they are serious and they work to know problems of their people.

Peeing with dignity for the president of whatever country.

[freedrinksandbadadvice]

Ouch

I am in an unfamiliar town traveling for the eclipse, and on Saturday I went for a walk with a friend and tripped on a heaved sidewalk. My hip locked and I fell, luckily to the boulevard side so I landed mostly on grass. It hurt a lot, and I sat for awhile before determining nothing was broken and I could stand up, but wouldn't be able to walk back to where we were staying. My friend called her husband and said we needed a ride, and he picked us up. In the immediate aftermath I iced my hip, took ibuprofen, and took a hot shower and did some gentle stretching. It was pretty obvious to me I didn't need to go to urgent care, but one of my friends was skeptical and consulted a doctor friend of ours, who agreed but told him danger signs to watch out for that would indicate I did need to get checked out.

But by evening I was thinking about how I was going to handle the rest of the trip, not to mention getting home at the end, and quickly realized that the answer was to go buy a cane. And I'm not sure I would have realized that if I hadn't been listening to disability advocates online talking about the importance of normalizing mobility aids for several years now. So in the morning we swung by a pharmacy, I picked up a cane, and it hasn't really been a big deal. I move a little slower than my friends and can only carry things with one hand. But I brought a crossbody reusable shopping bag, because I usually do on vacation, so I can shove stuff in it. I thought about requesting assistance at the airport tonight but my hip's been feeling better every day and I'm walking almost normally for short distances, so we decided to check our bags instead of carrying on and I'll be fine with my cane.

So this is a general thank you to people here and elsewhere who've been open about their disability needs, and particularly @yespumpkindoodlesthings who's both talked about her own supportive devices and put them in her fiction. I probably won't need the cane for long this time, but I wouldn't be surprised to need it again some day, or some other device, and it's good to know I can just do that and it's no big deal.

[spaceacerat]

Something one of my partners realized over the last week or so is that having a cane isn't just useful for someone who is disabled and/or relies on one, but also for able-bodied people who suddenly get injured while at home.

Without the ability to use the secondary cane I have if I need increased stability, she would not have been able to get out of bed or stand from sitting, or sometimes walk without it when she pulled a muscle in her back/hip suddenly. She would have been reliant for help without it.

We also got one for my mother when she visited because she has trouble getting up and walking around on her own sometimes.

As far as I'm concerned, canes are just good to have around the house. Who knows if they'll get injured suddenly while home alone, where a cane would help them get around until they can get the help they need?

[shiningstarr15]

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGERY OF BLOOD AND INJURY

Soo remember when I said I would NEVER draw Yelena Belova in anything but joy and happiness?

It wasn’t entirely a lie..

Now hear me out, as much as I prefer the fluffy fics of the sisters, I will admit to having a soft spot for the hurt/comfort (emphasis on the comfort) and BY GOD one of those examples I didn’t know could affect me in some way was the created trope of temporary disabled!Yelena.

So this is from a combination of two fics I’ve read that involved this trope. The first one being Chargedlion’s fic titled Love is Blind in which, you guessed it, Yelena is blinded.

And the second one is from a fic from @the-widow-sisters titled Listen to Me, in which Yelena loses her hearing.

Both of these are multichaptered and terrific and you should go read them if you haven’t ASAP (the link to ao3 is on there directly 💖)

Both of these are scenes from the two stories

Also yes it’s my first attempt at drawing a blind person. I’ve never done so before so I wasn’t sure what it’s supposed to look like but I did my best 😅

And you knew I had to throw Natasha in there somehow, shes majorly important to both stories (duh)

I hope you enjoy!

[bones-glitch]

I've slept with an ice pack on it, but my foot still hurts. Still no idea why. The cane is the only reason I was able to go to work and not limp all the way through. I was surprised how much it helped.

[atlasisntdead]

I never thought about this happening but it makes sense my joints and hands hurt from using the crutches. Ughhh

[cryptydmatt]

I don't know if anyone will even see this, but I recently injured my dominant hand to the point that I can't use it at all for a MINIMUM of six weeks. It's been less than a week since the incident and I'm already going insane bc I cannot do what I usually do to cope: write.

So now comes the point of this post; does anyone have any suggestions for activities I can do either one handed (with my non dominant hand, remember) or without my hands? All I've come up with is reading and watching movies or TV and while I enjoy both of those activities they CANNOT be the only things I do for the next six weeks. I'll combust.

[kitchensunflowers]

people can really be so weird about disability huh

[disabilitydoconline]

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[thedisablednaturalist]

Kinda sucks that a lot of people are treating people with long covid as an entirely separate community from the chronic illness community at large. I've also seen people with long covid separate themselves from us as well. They are acting like they're the first ones who've been denied care or ignored, and refuse to accept that they are now "like us". So many people who were perfectly abled are suddenly becoming disabled, and it's only now society is freaking out and pushing for treatments for this chronic illness (on the bright side its sort of causing interest in POTS, fibromyalgia, CFS, etc). Where was all this research when people were coming down with other chronic illnesses? (I'm not saying it isn't good that there's research happening, and it's obviously not enough, especially because long covid primarily happens to women. It's just a lot more mainstream to talk about long covid vs other illnesses)

I want to accept people with long covid with open arms, give them advice and comfort. But I've found many don't want it from me. There's a big community of us that are here for you, cast aside your internalized ableism and join us in the fight for a more accessible world.

[cripplecharacters]

Hi, I have a question.

Can somebody identify as disabled even if their medical condition can fully heal in time? For context: a character from my book suffers from Post-Concussion Syndrome after a head injury he got during a fight. He gets terrible migraines multiple times per week and has trouble with balance and remembering things. He also gets even more sensitive to sensory input. This prevents him from doing his job and hobbies and will be something he struggles with for multiple books. The thing is that Post-Concussion syndrome can last from three months to a year or even longer, and he was already prone to migraines before, so I suppose he might never fully heal, but it could happen as the syndrome is treatable. Can he identify as disabled?

Hi, thanks for your question!

Short answer: Yes, people can identify as disabled even if the disabling condition is temporary.

Long answer: Virtually everyone, at some point in their life, will experience some kind of temporary disability. That doesn't make those experiences not disabling just because they're ostensibly more common/frequent than permanent or congenital disabilities. Even if they become able-bodied again, people incapacitated by injury or illness, for example, are still functionally disabled for as long as those conditions last.

While temporarily disabled people are not legally considered disabled in many places and thereby not typically entitled to disability benefits, this is a policy failure that is not indicative of disabled people's own perspectives on disability. Temporarily disabled people are absolutely welcome in the disabled community and encouraged to identify themselves as disabled if they so choose.

In the case of your specific character, I would note that while Post-Concussion Syndrome is definitely a temporary disability in and of itself, a character who is prone to migraines is already disabled before sustaining additional injuries. Migraines are a chronic neurological condition and are considered a dynamic disability, which refers to a condition whose severity fluctuates over time and/or day to day. So while your character could certainly identify as disabled, it's not just because of the Post-Concussion Syndrome!

As always, disabled folks are welcome to add their thoughts.

Best of luck writing!

-Mod Faelan

[thebibliosphere]

Absolute stunning misogyny from the person who messaged me with, "Oh, you're on your period, that's why you're being a total bitch today."

As though I'm not a total bitch every other day of the month. Sheesh.

[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

*randomly spawned a sassy cat in their castle.*

Cross's shirt: bone hurting juice (image depicting text)

Cross: i can make it to the kitchen i can make it to the kitchen i can make it to the kitchen i can make it to the kitchen i can-

sassy cat: (poof)

Cross: .

Cross: pspspspspspsps

[carnirat]

I love the fact that fma is jam packed with disabled representation. Like the main character is a double amputee, his brother has only like 2 of his senses (don't try and say Al isn't disabled cuz cmon), main character's boss loses his vision, boss' subordinate becomes paralyzed from the waist down, main character's kinda friend ig collapses on occasion due to fatigue from hunger (again dude Ling is disabled you can't tell me otherwise), main character's teacher is (this is the only way I know how to put it) chronically ill, and others that aren't as important to the story. And they're all epic as fuck.

[grissomesque]

yeah, that scans.