Imagine a world where abled people start using wheelchairs.
Some abled people, despite being able to walk, realize how easier it is to move around on a wheelchair and simply start using them.
They start using resources meant for disabled people on wheelchairs, like parking spots. With time, people start cracking down on it, demanding that people on wheelchairs prove they’re disabled in order to use these resources.
Abled wheelchair users then create a new definition of disabled that includes not only people unable to walk, but people who don’t want to walk. There is no correct way to be disabled; all people who claim to be disabled are valid, regardless of it they’re actually disabled.
As disabled people feel outraged and begin protesting, the abled wheelchair users (or “Wheelies”, as they call themselves) fight back, accusing these disabled people of ableism and comparing them to people who defend euthanasia and eugenics to eradicate disabled people. They even create a derogatory term for them, “TruWheels”.
Wheelie influence grows as anti-abled sentiment does; kids become Wheelies because they’ll be treated like shit by Wheelies if they aren’t disabled.
As Wheelies get more and more common in the disabled community, access to disability resources gets more difficult. Tests to determine if someone’s disabled get more and more rigorous, to the point that you can’t park in a disabled spot without first leaving your chair to prove you can’t walk.
Some places begin cutting all funds that would go to accessibility and disabled healthcare, especially after some nasty cases, like people who got treatment they didn’t needed and actually lost their legs in the process.
Instead of recognizing it’s their fault, Wheelies double down, being even more aggressive towards TruWheels and blaming them for “siding with the ableds”. Things get so bad that some disabled circles will even exclude people who are unable to walk.
That’s Trumed/Tucute discourse for you.
