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frog | e/em/eirs welcome to my beautiful and healthy mind... find me on ao3 at JunkBones !

[fr0ghole]

i need milk tea to live

[baeddel-voruna]

frogs are a type of amphibious bunny

[smoov-criminal]

pedestrians don't seem to realize how exhausting using a wheelchair is, both manual and powered. i had to wheel around a hospital today with several ramps i had to go up and down multiple times, and even with my smoov i ended up with shoulder and chest pain and deep exhaustion.

people look at wheelchair users and think "well you're sitting down all the time that doesn't take effort" no actually it does. pushing a manual chair takes a lot of fucking effort, especially without a power assist. repetitive stress injuries are a huge problem manual chair users encounter all the time. going up hills and ramps is so deeply fatiguing.

this doesn't just apply to manual chair users btw. power chair usage can also be really exhausting, especially for people with complex seating needs. going over bumps and cracks can trigger many symptoms such as spasticity, pressure sores are common, even just sitting upright can be exhausting for many people.

basically don't assume using a wheelchair takes 0 effort, it really really does. getting to "sit down all the time" doesn't mean it's easy.

[hell-on-sticks]

In case people need sources, there have been many studies on shoulder injury and ongoing biomechanical problems linked to manual wheelchair use. Shoulder surgeries are very common. Torn rotator cuffs. Both from moving around wider areas like footpaths or buildings, and from daily life activities like getting out of bed or putting the dishes in the cupboard. Using a manual wheelchair is a lot of work and a lot of strain on the upper body muscles. Finding a long-term manual chair user who hasn't had significant shoulder issues is not exactly common.

Powerchairs, especially those with minimal or no suspension, transfer vibrations from every bump on the ground to the person using them. That's not the same as sitting in place or sitting in a car. You also have to keep a high level of spatial awareness and proprioception at all times, and operate your chair without the biomechanical and proprioceptive feedback our brains expect to come with movement. And the body can respond in unhelpful ways to the alternative way of moving, including muscular impacts in areas you wouldn't think of when considering what muscles are active during walking - like deep back and neck muscles. Discomfort and injury related to sitting position is common in powerchair users, and tools like recline and leg elevation can't fully mitigate this - and not all chairs have those features.

Neither of these statements are even beginning to add the strain and fatigue of navigating inaccessibility. It's just the starting point wheelchair users have to work with. It's not zero effort and it's not easy. It's not just "sitting down all day". But even if it were? Nobody spends 17 hours "just sitting down all day" without facing impacts on the body. Wheelchairs aren't an easy way of anything. Using a wheelchair is exhausting and can cause short and long term pain and health problems. Pressure sores kill people, and you can't just not have sit bones or avoid all shear forever. Movement and awareness takes physical and mental exertion. Assuming using a wheelchair is an easy way of getting around is really not even close to correct.

[kristina100000]

incredible picture found on the interwebs i had to share with everypony

[radiofreederry]

Sounds hot

[clementine-kesh]

*producer about to make one of the worst seasons of television ever put to screen* surely writing purely in reaction to what the fans are saying on twitter will work out great for us this time

[pseudotsugas]

go ahead get in the concrete hamburger seatbelt. since your ass wanna speak axiomatically

[cutecipher]

there are many fat gay women which is basically awesome

[cutecipher]

clap. clap for fat gay women

[nonlynear]

my high horse is actually awesome and fast like the wind

[loveridden1999]

if i was a soccer player i'd simply kick that ball in the goal instead of wasting everyone's time

[therozanov]

Love of my life was him

[1eos]

[simoneashley]

Armand + that hairstyle

[eljardineroguapo420]

The way you guys treat me it’s like u don’t even care that I have lightning powers

[honted]

i'm sorry i don't know what came inside me. came into me. came over me. sorry.

[nigelgraz]

Here are my favorite fabric studies i've drawn so far bc i think they look cool together

[sexchangedotcom]

disco elysium is a game that makes you feel bad for hours on end and you absolutely should play it during a transitional period of your life and when you have a lot of other problems you arent dealing with. advice from me

[wizardlyghost]

the best time to read shit like this is at a moment when it feels way too applicable to your real life circumstances