can we get some rollator and walker appreciation 🗣️‼️ i see a lot of cane and crutch and wheelchair appreciation but where's the love for rollators and walkers ‼️‼️‼️
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can we get some rollator and walker appreciation 🗣️‼️ i see a lot of cane and crutch and wheelchair appreciation but where's the love for rollators and walkers ‼️‼️‼️
“Tw body horror”
And it’s someone with a facial difference...
Yeah. Don’t do that. Ever.
Not only is that incredibly rude, you are also implying that people with facial differences are horrifying. This also applies to people with healed scars of any kind. And medical devices, including ileostomies, feeding tubes, and ports. And people with limb differences. Don’t try censor perfectly normal disabled bodies, if you’re triggered by seeing humans, that’s a you problem.
your powerchair does not take up too much space!
Powerchairs can easily be snazzy or beautiful or cool colours. People who use powerchairs are not taking up too much space. you don't need to be smaller or tucked out of the way for others' convenience. Powerchairs can do so much that manual chairs can't (even with a power assist) and that's a good thing! So many people are supported by their powerchairs, and the world has been changed many times by someone living their life using a powerchair.
It will never be a bad thing for disabled people to have access to their homes and their communities. Using a powerchair isn't a "lesser option" to a manual chair, it isn't "giving up", and it is never taking up too much space. You're taking up exactly as much space as belongs to you already. It's great to see you around 😊
this blog loves all the mobility equipment disabled people may need, and I think people using group 3/CRT powerchairs don't get enough positivity about their mobility aids.
anyway
I wanted to share a disability resource that I think a lot of people don’t know about! In the US, each state is required to have an assistive technology program that helps people get assistive tech (including things like AAC, mobility devices like walkers, wheelchairs, shower chairs, and more, depending on the program). Each program is required to have a device lending library for assistive tech, a device reuse program, a device demonstration program, and a program to help people access funding for assistive tech.
The assistive tech program in my state does free 3D printing of assistive tech, has a mobility device borrowing program, has a program to get people AAC devices, and does a ton of other cool events. Each program will function a little differently, and some might have fees, while others are completely free. Generally, my experience with programs have been that you do not need any medical documentation to borrow things from the lending library, but that you will likely need various kinds of documentation to access grant funding to pay for assistive tech. I’ve generally had a much better experience with assistive tech programs than with things like vocational rehabilitation when it comes to how many barriers there are before you can access support.
Check out the state directory of assistive tech programs!
Dan Piraro, Bizarro Comics 2006
a short and sweet guide on disability aids in character creation . inspired by @saszor 's wonderful series going into specific disabilities in art and character creation. this is a very broad guide on purpose to help artists who are newer to including disability in their work
thank you to @several-geese-in-a-trenchcoat for helping create the alt text that I edited for the final post
happy disability pride month. this year, i hope we can focus properly on people with physical disabilities. every time a conversation goes towards physical disabilities, it gets derailed and turned into a discussion of other disabilities. that's obviously bad, and is rooted into a deeper case of ableism within many spaces.
this year, let's shine some light and focus on people with more physical disabilities
people with missing/compromised limbs
people with compromised/absent motor functions
people who experience constant pains
people who are always exhausted/tired
people with nerve disorders
people who are blind (cannot see to the point of it being dangerous / getting in the way of daily ordeals)
people who have autoimmune diseases (like lupus— PLEASE stop making house md jokes. its uncomfortable obnoxious and treats many real struggles like just a joke/reference to a show)
people who have hearing issues (including those who are "fully deaf", or can barely hear anything instead of not hearing at all)
people who have heart related issues that force them to lay or sit down, etc
people who seizures due to epilepsy or other seizure-inducing issues
people who cant and/or do not speak (with nonverbality included)
people who have bone-related issues that affect their day-to-day life (so for example extreme scoliosis or other malformations)
people who are physically disabled and need mobility aids
people who are physically disabled and dont use mobility aids
people who are physically disabled but cannot get any help (including mobility aids, but goes all the way to a proper diagnosis)
people who became disabled later on in their lives (usually due to accidents but theres more reasons)
people who have limps or cannot walk """properly""" (according to the able bodied society)
lets celebrate the people struggling and surviving with physical disabilities a little more this year. its disability pride month, and i hope we dont forget the people with physical disabilities to talk about non-physical ones. happy disability pride month!