#crip punk

[teacosypunk]

my mother: i want to be involved in your life

my mother when i tell her ab my life: you havent mentioned doing healing yoga to cure your disability today. how’s that going?

ANYWAY more importantly! i got myself a rollator today

[calvinonwheels]

reminder for able bodied people: many forms of activism are not accessible to disabled people! some people cannot go to protests, some people cannot boycott places like Amazon because it is their only way to survive. please remember this when trying to tell disabled people to do more stereotypical forms of activism.

[bogboy420]

since its disability pride month, i wanna talk abt smth thats been bothering me

disability aids should b celebrated even if u can't c them as normal and think that they r weird

ive started using a mobility buggy and tbh it's been 1 of the best purchases i made and i actually prefer it 2 when i tried out a manual wheelchair and when i tried out an electric wheelchair and it works better 4 me 4 a few reasons

1) i don't hav 2 b the 1 moving it

this is important 4 a few reasons, i don't hav the energy 2 move myself in a manual mobility device and w an electric 1 i hav 2 use a joystick 2 move the wheelchair and then my hand and wrist would cramp up, i would also get really anxious about moving in tight spaces bc i can't c behind me and can't turn my head enough 2 c behind me without hurting myself, also im sitting in smth that isn't a part of my body and therefore can't feel where it is as well, also turns out i don't hav a very good sense of environmental danger and just didn't notice which includes things like, me almost crashing into lamposts, almost going into traffic and b4 i needed a mobility device dissociating so hard i walked off a ferry b4 it was fully docked, so 4 all these reasons its best 4 my comfort and safety 2 hav some1 i trust move my mobility aid 4 me

2) extra support 4 sitting

mobility buggys usually hav extra support in them since they r usually 4 ppl who struggle 2 sit up independently and i do struggle w that sometimes so having that extra support when im having a bad day w my chronic illness can b the difference between me being able 2 go outside vs not able 2 go outside

3) comes w a built in lil hood/canopy thing u can pull down

this is good bc i feel safter bc of it being more enclosed and also its good 4 helping me not get the sun in my eyes, also if some1 is annoying me and i dont wanna talk 2 them i can just pull the hood down, helps a lil bit w the rain 2 but only a lil bit since it can still get on my shoulders

4) extra seatbelts and straps

good seatbelt and has straps 4 keeping my feet in place so they don't slide off the footrest when the buggy is moving on uneven terrain, also it has a lil safety bar that goes over the seat that i like bc of once again it feeling more enclosed and safe

5) my bf (boyfriend/best friend/queer platonic partner) has said that it's easier 2 push me in my buggy than it was when he was pushing me in my wheelchair

despite all of this it was p impossible 2 find and most of the results when i try 2 search up smth like "adult mobility pram" or "adult mobility buggy" just show abled adults in those oversized buggys 4 trying them out themselves b4 buying the regular version of the buggy 4 their baby, technically the mobility buggy i hav isn't even meant 4 adults it's meant 4 kids and young teenagers and i can just fit in it bc despite being 27 im teenager size, i couldn't actually find 1s made 4 adults and instead i found a bunch of joke results that just pissed me off bc its ppl basically making fun of my mobility needs, 2 b clear im not against ppl trying out an oversized version of a buggy b4 buying it 4 their kid, what im against is them then captioning it w smth along the lines of "haha isn't its so silly seeing a grown man in a buggy"

there's a lot of my disabilities where i use an aid that's seen as "childish" 2 the point where a lot of ppl just mock the idea without even connecting it 2 the idea of disability, like my buggy, me using actual baby bottles 2 drink in a way that's more accessible 4 me but then being 2 embarrassed 2 take my bottles w me in case i get made fun of, the fact that most incontinence products just straight up don't work 4 ppl w higher lvls of incontinence bc of the manufacturers all being more focused on making them discreet instead of functional bc being an adult who has 2 wear a nappy is seen as inherently embarrassing and worthy of mockery

when disabled ppl say u need 2 get more normal abt disability aids we're not just talking abt wheelchairs and walking sticks (although y'all r fucking shit abt those 2 lets b real) but also the ""weird"" disability aids like if i roll up 2 the function in my buggy drinking from a baby bottle and u say smth out of pocket thats on u and i shouldn't b expected 2 apologies 4 my disability aids and pretend like i get that im being weird when im literally just existing as a disabled person and don't b surprised if i hit on ur man when i dont know he's urs bc u didn't tell me bc u 4got im an adult faggot and not a fucking actual toddler

[thee-butcherbirds]

FUCK america's "birth"

HAPPY DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH ‼️‼️

[light-fogs]

I find it really Frustrating that people seem to think disabled people can’t really do „Hard subject“ like math and science because,they feel so much easier to explain. On top of my own intellectually disablity I help Tutor Students with them at my university. Often times it is These professors that are less willing to have disabled students in there courses but when they do a lot of my Students find so much more success. Just because once you simplify the language things are a lot more logical. Explaining something like the meaning of love requires someone to use very complex thought. Phylum however though it seems like the „harder“ word makes so much more sense. Groups of living things that have some of the same traits. You can even list the Traits and give visable examples. The assumption were all just too stupid is stopping so many perfectly capable people from being able to work and live independtly because people can’t get over the fact that having a learning or intellectually disablity doesn’t mean you’re stupid.

[icarus-enthroned]

i have a genuine question for my fellow crip punks

a non-disabled person i know recently used the term "cripple pass" to jokingly describe an accessibility pass + i am feeling so deeply uncomfortable about it

i would love insight + reflections from other folks with mobility aids because part of me feels like i'm overreacting to this but another part is really on edge

[tiredraccoonman]

Not gay as in happy, but queer as in FUCK YOU and FUCK THE SYSTEM.

[tiredraccoonman]

It pisses me off so bad when people brag about “not being good with kids” when literally ALL you have to do is treat them like normal human beings with their own thoughts and feelings. If you give a kid their own autonomy for like 5 SECONDS and don’t try to control every little aspect of their mind, body, and person? They will LOVE you. Most of spending time with kids is just hanging out and CHOOSING which battles are ACTUALLY important to win. You want to stick that sticker to your forehead? Go for it, little man. You want to tell me every single thing you know about bugs? I’m all ears? You don’t want to eat a snack right this second? Okay! It’ll be over here when you are ready? You don’t have to be passively permissive in your interactions, you just have to let them have a little freedom so the actual important rules later make sense. It’s not just another thing you are saying no to because you are mean and no fun, you are saying no bc it’s unsafe or not okay to do. Let kids draw smiley faces on their hands, play in some dirt and eat their snack a little later if it means they will listen to you when you tell them to not run into traffic. It’s really not that difficult.

I’m not even saying that you have to like kids! You don’t! You just can’t treat them like objects or pets! They have their own thought processes and feelings and lines of reasoning (however trivial or meaningless they may seem to us. It makes complete sense to them!) you don’t have to like children, but you do have to respect them.

This point is why I think that children are so drawn to people with disabilities. We know what it’s like to have your autonomy taken away. We know what it’s like to be spoken at and not spoken to. We have a better understanding (unfortunately for us) into our adult lives of what it’s like to ACTUALLY be treated like children and therefore have an ingrained ability to communicate effectively with children because we know how NOT to treat them. We treat them how we would like to be treated. As normal human beings.