Being VERY cautiously excited about the appointment with my new doc to talk about a replacement wheelchair... Actually going well? Truly, I'm not used to that!
It's rare to come out of these things actually feeling a little hopeful. I might have a chair that doesn't break all the time? Is designed to be more thoughtful of bodies like mine? With a power assist as a real possibility?!? Wild!
Tori Lacey, 26, chronicled the troubling incident on her #TikTok & #Instagram pages, where she usually posts content about her #travel exploits as a person who uses a #wheelchair.
Curtis's humiliation came from the fact that at his graduation, the ramp to get onto the stage was too steep & #inaccessible for #WheelchairUsers.
Curtis has #EhlersDanlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that causes joint dislocations & severe pain, which is why he uses a #wheelchair & has a service animal.
'We heart our [wheel]chairs. My chair is the last thing I touch before I climb into bed at night, and the first when I climb out. And, let's face it, without our chairs, there'd be no getting out of bed at all for a lot of us. We are not, as we so often see written, "wheelchair bound". We are liberated by our chairs. They give us the freedom to be who we are, and we love them for it.'
— Stella Young, disability rights activist
Is there a good catch-all term for bikes, wheelchairs, strollers, wheeled luggage? "Pedestrian wheels"? I feel like we talk about those things separately but their design problems and solutions have a lot of overlap.
I have an embarrassing question... How do people keep their wheelchair cushions clean? Mine is starting to smell a little bit because I can't shower very frequently, and I want to clean it.
I probably also need a backup cushion? To use while I'm cleaning the other one?
And is there like a cover I could buy that I could sit on that I could wash frequently? I'm wondering if there is something like a duvet cover basically lol for wheelchair cushions.
People singling out one #disabled person as being more exceptional and deserving of assistance than others is something that usually makes me very uncomfortable, especially when it is being done as performative content.
However, #MarkRober choosing to give this kid a fully-automatic #scewo#wheelchair because he's so amazing at getting around in his manual wheelchair is just kinda baffling. If his dream of playing sports is so important, this does nothing to help that.
I didn't know this post and now I think more people should see it. Especially people who draw and illustrate - because there are still too many pictures of unpractical hospital wheelchairs out there.
“What would your course of action be if you saw a healthy, #able-bodied individual get out of a vehicle that they just parked in a #handicapped#parking space?”
“A number of people close to me have invisible #disabilities. They look healthy and able-bodied, but they’re really not. Their conditions are just as real and disabling as those of anyone who needs a #cane, a #walker, or a #wheelchair to get around. And their #physicians agree, which is why they’re authorized to park in handicapped spaces. Unless you have the appropriate #medical training and have conducted a thorough examination, you have no grounds to dispute this.
“So if your course of action is to challenge them, shout at them, threaten them, or demand that they prove to your satisfaction that they’re “really” disabled … my healthy, able-bodied course of action will be to introduce you to what #disability feels like, up close and personal. That process won’t be fun for you, but you’ll have a much greater understanding afterward, for whatever remains of your miserable life.”
Usually I try really hard to avoid being Internet Tough Guy, but there are times it’s the only possible response. Speak the language your audience understands.
The #WheeliePeeps are sick and tired of people taking their #parking spots. After commiserating, they decide to do what they do best – #RaiseHell! Things get heated when some unassuming government employees show up to work to find their parking lot has been overtaken by 100s of #wheelchairs.
The ground-breaking #CBC original #docuseries is back for a second season. Pulling back the veil on life as a #wheelchair user, PUSH once again takes audiences into the inner world of the #WheeliePeeps , an unlikely group of #friends bonded by their shared experience of life on wheels.
(After the tragic death of Yusra’s older brother, and an unfortunate accident that renders her fisherman father #paralyzed and in a #wheelchair, it is up 15-year-old Yusra to step forward and help provide for her small family. She repairs her father’s #fishing boat and takes it out to sea, becoming Gaza’s first fisher woman at the age of 15. Inspired by a true story, this novel will warm the hearts of its’ readers and shine a light of hope in them.)
#Doctors and #Therapists, who work with #Disabled people. Let me put it to you straight. You don't know shit about the disabled experience. No matter how many degrees you have. No matter how many classes you've taken or how many books you've read, acting like you do automatically makes you the asshole. Until you're #Blind, or in a #Wheelchair, or #Deaf, or in #CronicPain or even have mental disabilities like crippling #Anxiety or #ADHD or anything that can be mentioned, you can't say you know what you're doing and how to help when you don't so actually take the time to listen to the people you are sworn to take care of under oath and show some human empathy and because you're doctors you're held to the highest standard. There is no excuse as a doctor not to believe your people and not to do everything within your power, even if you have to bend the rules slightly to make sure your patients get taken care of to the highest degree and anything below that and you've failed.
I've been in barely ♿️ #accessible towns and very accessible towns but so far, #LasVegas is the most fake-accessible I've been in. It's modern, it's beholden to the #ADA, it should be easy to use its sidewalks, but between all the pedestrian overpasses trying to feed us* through casinos instead of down the sidewalk and adding lots of distance, and the constant construction tearing up sidewalks, rarely marked before we headed down them, it's barely accessible. Quito, with its cobblestones and narrow sidewalks, was easier.
We're here for a family wedding, but won't be coming back as tourists.
*Us:
One nearly 13 multiply #neurodivergent person who is overwhelmed by some kinds of visual and auditory simulation. And yeah, shoulda grabbed ear protection, but it would have been too much regardless.
One 60 year old disabled by pain, deformities, and poor balance due to 2+ decades of medication-resistant #rheumatoid disease.
My scooter doesn’t have a tight turning circle so using it on a bus is a lot harder than my powered wheelchair but after my lesson today I feel confident enough using it on buses 😀
#RollstuhlSkate mit Sit'n skate
Mensch bekommt gute Tipps! Dann klappt es. Bin so dankbar dafür. Beim ersten mal musste ich mich überwinden.
Jetzt tun die Gelenke ordentlich weh. Aber Spaß durch Sport braucht der Kopf! In dem Moment denke ich kaum dran. Kann es genießen #destroyingstereotypes#teilhabe#wcmx
Fedifriends, help me find fun sightseeing and touristy things in San Francisco that are wheelchair accessible.
More context: My in-laws are visiting from the UK next week and one of them uses a mobility scooter or wheelchair (can also get around short distances on crutches). We will not have access to a car, so we have to get around by public transit, cabs, etc.
They enjoy people watching, gardens, birds, hanging out in cafes, and talking to the locals.
So far I was thinking they might like JFK Promenade and the surrounding museums, the Botanical Garden, and taking a boat tour of the bay.
On a meta level, I don’t quite know how to research this so I’d appreciate meta tips as well.
In 2014, I made a steampunk submarine costume for my son's wheelchair. When the chair was in motion, the pinwheel twirled, the wheel's design spiraled, and the periscope was retractable. Made entirely from cardboard and random stuff, including paper tubes, pill container lids, altoids tins, wallpaper, duct tape, and a clear plastic salad bowl rescued after a catered event. #wheelchair#disability#OpulentMobility#wheelchaircostume#submarine#cardboard#upcycling#steampunk