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does anyone have disabled ocs they want to share????

i have many but no art of them!! currently working on a book centered around disability though <3

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tw for mild vent - parents stuff, self-loathing thoughts mentioned

also sorry for the long ask

heyy, i’m a minor with chronic pain struggles and pretty bad fainting problems (getting worse lately, despite hydrating/eating well. i’ve passed out like a kinda excessive amount of times). i got a wheelchair from a thrift store because it was cheap, light, and fit me surprisingly well, so i took the opportunity to get it! but, my parents don’t want me to use it. they say i should use the least mobility aids i can, even if it makes me unable to do the things i love (or even the things i need to do!). my friends support me using it, but my parents (and therapist, who they INSIST on involving in this, even though… she really doesn’t seem related) want me to stick to just using a cane, even though it doesn’t help me nearly as much as the wheelchair does. i’ve been feeling guilty about “taking up so much space” (my own brain’s words - thankfully this has not been directly said to me) or for using accommodations. my therapist thinks (she has said this to my face 🙃) that i just want to use it so i can get treated differently, despite the fact that wheelchair users don’t actually experience less ableism than other disabled people. it also surprises me that they don’t want me to use mobility aids because they’re very “your body your choice” kinda people, so…….. kinda contradictory………………….

any advice (from anyone at this point) on how to talk to them or what to do? :(

tldr; i have chronic pain and my parents don’t want me to use my wheelchair. help

thank you so much! <3

i think ofc fight for yourself. you know your body best– i'm not sure exactly what your parents' thought processes are but id always suggest seeing if they have a deeper reason for feeling the way they do (a lot of the time it comes from love but not always) your feelings and your experience matter more than theirs do right now, but family members often have complicated feelings around disability. that might be a helpful conversation to have!

if anyone else has advice put it in comments/rbs!

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Did anyone else start using AAC only after having a few speech loss episodes? We didn't start using one regularly until recently and the difference in available spoons is Astounding.

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what's everyone's favourite flavour of gatorade/powerade???? blue ftwwwww

blue but i will take reds as well! lmk urs in reblogs/replies

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