fun little gimmick blog. IDer uses she/her and is a non-ambulatory manual and power chair user :-) pfp is an icon-60. !!! I will often be wrong!! this is a new hobby!!!
GUYS IT IS HERE! My ATP really pulled off the feat of the century with this. It still needs a tiny bit of adjustment but I am so excited about it. The backrest even reclines!
This site has certainly shifted when it comes to disability rep over the last 4 years so please don't forget about wheelchair users, paraplegics, quadriplegics, class 3 Powerchair users, hoist users and any other severely disabled wheelchair users during your celebrations!
A few other things for wheelchair specific accessibility:
- Don't host your festivals on grass fields with no accesible pathing, but if you must, put down non-slip pathing so that wheelchair users can still access your event. It's cheap and not at all hard to set up.
- Make sure you put your events near, or provide, accesible parking for those with WAVs who need the space to enter and exist their vehicles.
- Don't use accesible parking spots as storage for your parade floats or general parking for participants; enforce placards and Keep Access Aisles Clear. Also don't park on sidewalks or across curb cuts.
- If your event isn't accessible to wheelchair users, SAY SO! Make it Loud and Clear on your websites, social media and etc! Don't make people come out all the way to your event under the guise of it being "accesible" if it isn't.
Consider wheelchair users in your planning, consult any wheelchair users you know, reach out to local disability groups to make sure you're accessible.
If you're willing to exclude disabled queers, you are ableist and there is nothing that excuses it.
It's so cool to see a disabled model in tilt in a powerchair. As someone who has to be in approximately 30-45 degrees of tilt (in a powerchair just like hers) just to move distances longer than 10 feet, I love seeing how it looks powerful, especially when disabled people are told their whole lives how medical everything about them is.
I also love the taking up space of it, I always feel so embarrassed because I also have to tilt/recline my chair a lot to be able to get around and this photo takes a position that often feels vulnerable and reframes it as power
hello :) I was wondering if you are also good at identifying wheelchair accessories. I saw gifs of a wheelchair user's cosplay and loved their wheel decorations but have no idea what to google to find them. they're reposted from insta or tiktok somewhere I don't have an account so can't ask them directly
I think you could also identify their chair but I already assume you can.
Hello! Very Very late reply, my apologies!! I can give accessories a try! A lot of wheelchair users decorate their chairs with stuff not intended for wheelchairs, which might make it trickier, so no guarantees, But I'll give it my best shot :)
Sorry for slow/no IDs! Turns out tumblr is not filled with that many chairs. Feel free to tag me in any I haven't done yet, in the meantime I'll keep searching :-)
my bat bag fits two pens, two polar bear shaped note pads, cat paw shaped page divider stickers, a box of cat shaped paperclips, a handmade bag with shark print containing handmade wooden eating utensils and a metal straw, a tiny box of cat stickers, hand sanitizer, two narcan rescue kits, and a glucose monitor.
descriptions under cut and in alt text! i also provide links to products under there
nine images of a wheelchair and its decorations. the photographs are taken inside a bedroom.
image one: an all black quickie two wheelchair, from the front, with no arm rests. affixed to each clothing guard is a black leather strap with carabiner clips and smartdrive control buttons. the backrest has an "all delete wrestling" aew tank top sewn around it. the foot rests are swung under the chair.
image two: an all black quickie two wheelchair, from the left side. there are orange wheelbrightz brand LED string lights wrapped around the spokes of the left wheel. the lights are looped in a pattern that resembles a sakura flower. the foot rests are swung under the chair.
image three: a collage of two images. the left image is a photograph of the left bar connecting to the wheelchair's push bar, which has a sticker of a grey cat, one paw ahead as it walks.
the right image is a photograph of the right bar connecting to the push bar, which has a sticker of an orange cat paw with brown paw pads next to a grey cat paw with pink paw pads; the paws are raised in celebration. beneath the paws sticker is a pro union sticker, which has a white background. in black is a circle with white text reading "the world's best rat trap" on top, and "solidarity of labor" on the bottom. inside the circle is a black cat with a right paw on its chest. underneath is a qr code leading to the one big union website.
image four: a collage of two images. the left image is a photograph of the left side of the black smartdrive under the wheelchair, attached to the axels. there is a green, rectangular sticker on the side that looks like a one dollar bill, but reads "world championship wrestling", "wcw where the big boys play," "wcw monday nitro," and "one big boy buck." in the centre is a mascot of a tiger wearing sunglasses.
to the upper right of the big boy buck, covering the permobil logo under the smartdrive's power button, is a sticker of a grey cat facing a black cat with hearts over their heads. the right image is a photograph of the right side of the smartdrive. you can still see the cats in love sticker in the middle and, to the lower right, another union sticker. it is a white rectangle with black text reading "feel stuck between your boss, landlord, and the government? join the one big union. a better world is possible." underneath is a qr code for the one big union's website.
image five: a collage of two images. the left image is a photograph of the wheelchair's back left side, focused on the curved bar holding the pushbar. hanging from the curved bar, near the top of the backrest, is a wayne industries lanyard from the dc comics series batman. hanging from the recliner lock is a 1990s wwf survivor series keychain; "survivor" is written in red text and "series" in blue. an orange and brown cover has been knit around the recliner's hydrolic canister, and three pins are visible. the first pin is a spooky siamese cat with ghosts around it. the second pin is a black cat holding a knife. the third pin is a tiny, stylized skull.
the right image in the collage is a photograph of the same area, but taken from behind the wheelchair. under the survivor series keychain is another keychain. it is a plastic pouch full of air, with a blue and light red floral design and "demon dog treats" at the top. a similar design is at the bottom, but it reads "100% purebred," and jakken from inuyasha is visible in the lower right. inside the demon dog treat keychain is a chibi art of sesshomaru from inuyasha. he is sitting down, and surrounded by purple and white confetti. underneath, affixed to the orange and brown hydrolic cover, are two pins. the first pin is a white circle with black text reading "i have seen the future," reference to the limetown podcast. the second in is barbara gordon as batgirl, from dc comics.
to the right of the pins and beneath the keychains is another keychain. this keychain hangs from the leather strap securing a bag to the back of the wheelchair. the keychain is in the shape of a theatre ticket stub, and is made of cream coloured metal with a dark red trim. it is merchandise for the book series skulduggery pleasant. at the top of the keychain, it reads "opened in 1927." in the middle, it reads "hibernian cinema," with an outline of a cinema above the text. the bottom red trim has black dots that look like perforations and, beneath the black dots, it reads "admit one."
image six: a collage of two images, similar to the previous collage. both images are photographs of the curved bar supporting the wheelchair's push bar on the right side of the chair, opposite the previous photographs. the right image is taken from behind the wheelchair, and shows a black, hotel-style keychain hanging from the recliner's lock; it is rhombus shaped with rounded edges. this keychain has thin white stripes at the top and bottom, and it has red blood splatters. in the centre is a drawing of a wrestling ring with white ropes and a red apron. beneath the wrestling ring it reads "2300 arena," "2300 s swanson st, philadelphia, pa 19148." underneath that are the words "live hardcore wrestling" in a circle around a circle of barbed wire.
to the bottom left of the ecw keychain is another metal skulduggery pleasant keychain. it is also hotel-style and shaped like a rhombus with rounded edges, and it is dark blue. in lighter blue is an outline of a hotel, and the white text underneath it reads "the midnight hotel." below that, in smaller text is "anton shudder, proprietor." in even smaller text at the bottom and written in a circle is "sanctioned by the sanctuary." an outline of a skull is in the centre of the circle.
to the right of the midnight hotel keychain and beneath the ecw keychain is the right side hydrolic canister, which has an orange and brown knitted cover. affixed to the cover are two pins. the top one is a circular pin reading "transsexual, transgender, transgressive, genderqueer, two-spirited." the second one is a menacing jack-o-lantern with the androgynous flag, which is blue, grey, and pink.
the right image in the collage is a photograph taken to the right of the previous image. three pins and a charm in the shape of bats is affixed to the knitted hydrolic cover. the first pin's top text reads "black panther army," and the bottom text reads "panther power." in the middle is a panther. the second pin is red and, in black text, reads "i am an enemy of the state." the third pin is white with the flag of palestine, and text that reads "end the occupation now!"
image seven: a photograph of the back of the wheelchair. the push bar is detatched from the left side and hangs from the right bar, and many of the previously described keychains and pins are visible. between them, affixed to the shirt covering the back rest, are three patches and two pins. underneath those is a black, leather fanny back in the shape of a bat. the patches and pins will be described in the next image descriptions.
image eight: a photograph of the left side of the back rest, taken from behind the wheelchair. two patches and a pin are visible. the left most patch is an image of the wrestler rowdy roddy piper, and he is smiling with his pointer fingers pushed into his cheeks. he wears a white t-shirt with an angry panther head. written at the bottom of the patch, in yellow and red text, is "sooner or later, everybody pays the piper!"
to the right of the roddy piper patch is a pin. the pin is acryllic, in the shape of the 1990s wwf in your house logo. the font is fun and cartoony. at the top of the logo is the old wwf logo in yellow on a blue background. "in" is pink, "your" is yellow, "house" is blue.
to the right of the pin is another patch, it is black with white text reading "cero miedo". the c in cero is formed by a skeletal hand making the letter c with its fingers, and the m in miedo is formed by a skeletal hand making the letter m. this patch is merchandise for the luchadore penta el zero miedo.
image nine: a photo taken to the right of the previous image. it depicts the right hand side of the wheelchair's backrest, which has two pins and one patch affixed to it. the first pin is a bat holding an asexual pride flag in its feet; the asexual flag is black, grey, white, and purple. to the right of the ace bat pin is a patch of the wrestler, sabu. he is pointing up, towards the ceiling, and wears a white, loose gutrah (head scarf) and gold agal (head band) on his head. written at the bottom, in red, bloody, text is "the homicidal, suicidal, genocidal, death-defying maniac."
to the right of the sabu patch is a small, golden pin in the shape of the 1990s wcw heavyweight belt. spray painted over the usual design in the middle of the belt are the letters "nWo."
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links to available products:
clips
aew shirts
wheelbrightz
big boy buck and nWo belt pin - the pin was designed by marj
survivor series keychain, in your house pin, and ECW arena keychain
sesshomaru dog treat keychain
rowdy roddy piper, cero miedo, and sabu patch
asexual bat pin
androgyne jack-o'-lantern pin
gaza, trans, and anarchy pins
both of the union stickers were provided free by the one big union headquarters in western new york; the skulduggery pleasant keychains were obtained via kickstarter; the spooky siamese cat with ghost pin was free at hot topic; the wayne industries lanyard was purchased at five below; the black panthers pin was purchased at a street fair stand operated by burning books book store in buffalo, new york.
my chair and the crochet i’ve done for it! i made a bag for the back that works as a tote and hooks onto the push handles, a strap to replace the footrests, and wheel covers!
7 is one of my favorite numbers, so when it turned out my wheels had 7 spokes i knew exactly what i needed… 7 pointed stars!
You asked, and it's here! The mobility pack features 53 mostly full body images of a white, nonbinary model using a rolling walker and a wheelchair. It includes a few props like a book, drumstick, laptop, and bonus cat. A few shots have some high or low perspective. Get it on Ko-fi for $0+ (free, but you can tip if you want ;) )
Please give a big thanks to Antares (@asa_tronomical on IG) for their hard work in both modeling and doing the photography for this pack! 🥰
I made a new backpatch for my wheelchair. The first picture is the new one and the second is the old.
I made this new one with velcro which attaches much cleaner to the chair. That way, you can actually see all the patches.
I find these backpatches are much better than a traditional battle jacket for me. As Battle jackets get really heavy, which makes it harder to push myself. This way I can still participate.
