#cripple pride

[little-grey-dowitcher]

I love you disabled people who are buzzkills

I love you disabled people who complain a lot (especially about your disability and how it impacts you)

I love you disabled people who are in too much pain to smile

I love you disabled people who are too tired to joke around

I love you disabled people who are angry and bitter about how you’re treated due to your disability

I love you disabled people who don’t ask for accommodations but demand them instead

I love you disabled people who refuse to apologize for taking up space

I love you disabled people who call out ableism to people’s faces and demand basic respect

I love you disabled people who refuse to be inspiration porn

[chronicallycouchbound]

A drawing of my wheelchair for disability pride month!

(ID: on a medium grey background is a line art drawing of an ultra-lightweight wheelchair, specifically a Tilite Aero Z chair. The line art is colored in a gradient in stripes to mimic the disability pride flag. The colors from the lower left to the upper right are: a muted red, yellow, white, sky blue and a hunter green. End ID)

[tuberculosis-chic]

heartbreaking: this ‘groundbreaking’ disabled character is just yet another white man who hates himself!!

[sickness-stricken]

Just saw an Instagram reupload of a thread on here talking about how if a character in a piece of media canonically has a prosthetic or mobility aid, you don't get to just turn it into a pretty tattoo or remove it entirely in an AU design, and the comments were flooded with "b-but what if in the AU the character doesn't go through the traumatic event that makes them lose a limb or need an aid???"

This begs the question: without the context of a specific piece of media, why do they automatically assume that the reason they have a prosthetic/mobility aid had to be some deeply traumatic, thematic event? Are people with disabilities only worth putting in a story if their disability is conveniently profitable for cheap emotion?

[justsomerandomgay]

to my fellow disabled people - i promise you that your existence and your needs and wants are not burdens and they will not be a burden to the right people. i’m so sorry if you need to rely on people who make you feel like a burden or if you need to rely on abusive people or anything similar. i want you to know that it isn’t your fault. you didn’t chose this. one day we’ll find the people that will love us right and love as the way we deserve. you all deserve love and support and you deserve to have your needs met. just know, even if you feel completely alone, i’m rooting for you all. whether i know you or not, whether you think you deserve it or not, i’m rooting for you.

[pebbles-in-the-sunshine]

happy disability pride month to the lunatics & the insane, you deserve to be safe & respected everywhere and always

[cervldoe]

daily occurrence as a michigander moved to the south.

[icannotgetoverbirds]

Calling all cripplepunk folks!

So I have been asked to lead a group at my recovery center about disability etiquette. This is much-needed as I have had my mobility aids manhandled three times in the past three weeks with staff brushing it off and blaming me for being in the way instead of making an announcement for people to not do this.

This is a fantastic opportunity to have a significant impact on a place that desperately needs it. All i am asking is that you reblog or reply to this post with at least one thing you wished abled people would do differently regarding your disability.

I'll pick as many as I can reasonably fit into one presentation to show to the recovery center, and I'll be sure to update y'all on how it went!

Additionally, if you have any resources on disability etiquette, feel free to share them!

If you can't, reblogging it to spread it would be appreciated too!