Mac nation, I humbly offer you a realized c-punk version of Mac :D
If someone could write me an image description, I would really appreciate it <3
//: As most of you know, I’m disabled, and honestly the biggest thing that helped me get anywhere near disability acceptance was the #cripplepunk community on Tumblr. They’re incredible. Given Mac’s already neon, punk-y vibe, it felt natural (and fun) to lean into that.
Gentle reminder: please don’t call physically disabled people cripples. Outside our community it’s still a slur, and it stings. The only reason you’ll see it in #cripplepunk is because that specific community has reclaimed it for ourselves. Reclamation ≠ free pass. If you’re not physically disabled, it’s not your word to use.
Close-ups below (tbh, I may end up adding to this in time, I realised I forgot one of my fav phrases 'disabled joy is resistance', and I too wasn't sure what to put on their chair even tho I had planned to decorate it too </3).
things added:
> patches ('silence is compliance', 'RAWR XD', </>, 'top text', 'bottom text', 'cripplepunk', 'you are not immune to propaganda', 'welcome to dystopia', 'certified sleepy bitch', 'system error', '404', a pair of cherries, a floppy disk, half a kiwifruit, a constellation, 'PCs against AI' and one of their name. A lot of them are directly inspired by socialrebellion's designs on etsy)
> ring splints
> sparkly rainbow nail polish
> sparkly eyeshadow and heavy-ish winged eyeliner
> punctuation dangly earrings (!?)
> snake bites, nose, eyebrow and secondary ear piercings
> sunflower lanyard & pins (AO3's logo, rainbow flag, date everything's icon as a pin, and a purple they/them pronoun pin)
> matching glasses on their mouse, Roni
> rainbow shoelaces matching their pushrims
> round pride badges (modern polyamorous flag, eyestrain safe disability flag, progress pride w/ the intersex flag)
> medic alert bracelet
> a thin scar to the back of their hand
> beaded kandi bracelets in pink, green, the disability flag and one that's intended as a friendship bracelet.
> hair dye inspired by the inside of stripped wire
> rainbow glow to the footplate bracing
Have fun trying to find all the additions, I'm sure I forgot a few.
note/disclaimer: this isn't 100% my art by any stretch of the imagination, I used one of Mac's realized sprites as a base and added to it :)
...gonna ignore that it took me six hours to draw those additions-
Disability aids positivity is getting a wheelchair suited to your needs through something like a charity. And said wheelchair being so much easier to use than the old, used, rented one you stated with, to the point of maybe even allowing you to keep a full-time job with it! Or at least a little more than part-time! We will try to get out of the house every day nowadays, because we know we can do it safely and comfortably!
Discovered I can 'run' with my crutches, I cannot run at all without and trying to do track at 12 was what made me realise I definitely had more going on then "just growing pains". I spent a long weekend mostly in bed because of the pain and also how much it crushed me that we couldn't do any sport at school like wanted
Just got my first mobility aid and honestly....I am scared to use it in public. I'm gonna practice using it at the park nearby. But I have heard of horror stories from disabled people with invisible illnesses like my own who have had just...vitriol spewed at them for using one in public. I wish there were more stories about disabled joy with using a mobility aid.
Liz Carr is winning at being visibly disabled (with awesome fantasy wheelchairs!!) in genre shows this year, and I love this so much for her and all of us. <3
(Also my Gods she’s a superb and deeply charming actor as well as an amazing activist and I hope this makes the world just so much more aware of how great she is. :) )
