#congenital amputation

[disability-shout-outs]

Shout out to folks with a Congenital Amputation!

[vireserein]

I totally feel your frustration with not having a widespread amputee tag on this site. There are so many 'actually (insert experience here)' tags on tumblr, but the 'actually amputee' tag has like nothing :/

It's really rough! This month has started out leaving me feeling more rough about myself than I have since I was an edgy distressed preteen. You'd think there would be people engaging with each other given how common being a person with limb loss is— Not that I can ever find anybody near to me to befriend, and, God forbid, someone with similar experiences (congenital limb absence; it really feels like my strife belongs to a different planet sometimes).

We should brainstorm some decent tags. . .

[vireserein]

Was very excited to have the chance to discover and talk to other congenital amputees since it's disability pride month and you'd expect to see more people talking, but literally all I can find is amputee p/rn. Probably because literally everything anyone can find is exactly that. Can we make a new tag or something? Two or more even? I'm in a sea of smut and I can't find my community.

[vireserein]

There is a very specific kind of complex feeling I get when thinking about community, as someone with heavily masked neurodivergencies that affect me and with a conspicuous congenital amputation that doesn't. I reach a hand out to those who feel like they aren't seen for what they should be, or are looked at far too much for what they shouldn't. The other hand? Give it time; I'm installing lasers.

[life-globe-blog]

Father Khalid Mosaitef throws his 15-month-old congenital amputee son Mohammad Mosaitef into the air in Idlib, Syria, following Mohammad's 7-week adaptation process for his prosthesis legs Credit: Muhammed Said/Andalou Agency via Getty Images