#mobilitymatters

[johannestevans]

Just some questions to consider when writing the Accessibility notes for your event or your venue!

Anything I'm missing? What do you look for in a venue when you need accessibility info?

[softgritspoonie]

As a a wheelchair user I struggle with hip pain, because my hips often feel like they are stuck in the sitting position. These exercises are a game changer.

#hips #exercise #wheelchairuser #cerebrapalsy

10 Yoga Poses To Stretch Your Hip Muscles

Yoga poses can strengthen your hips, improve flexibility and reduce pain. We offer 10 poses to improve your hip muscles.

[purplebehittindifferent]

PROVIDING REFERENCES TO THE ART COMMUNITY!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️

I just got a cane and finding refs with mobility aids can be hard so I figured I’d drop these here 💜

[barelylivingooze]

Not disabled enough to fit the picture of a wheelchair user but also not healthy enough to easily walk several kilometers.

My experience with renting a wheelchair for a festival.

Disclaimer: I can walk, stand up, even lift my own wheelchair in places and I do LOOK able-bodied. I don't use a wheelchair in my everyday life.

As a result people are very confused when I'm just standing up from my wheelchair just to carry it out of the tram or bus.

This lady tried to help me but didn't ask. She just grabbed me by my arm as I wanted to stand up like she's expected that I can walk or stand very poorly. Of course she thought so.

She looked very confused and upset when I said I didn't need help and carried my wheelchair outside the bus on my own. I was at very low spoons of energy and just couldn't explain more to her. She probably thinks I'm a troll or something. (And many more other passengers)

But I'm not. This mobility aid really helps me a lot. I can attend a festival which I couldn't without it.

Well, that got me thinking about the stereotype of disability. Especially the stereotype of a wheelchair user.

Not every wheelchair user can't stand or walk. To be partially impaired is a thing and is also valid. My disability is also valid. This weird feeling of not being disabled enough but also not being healthy enough for the able bodied world. It's a form of inner ableism and a struggle.

Disabilities are so individual. There's never a picture of a stereotype that fits. Never.

[spookietrex]

One of my new online friends has a couple of my same disabilities. However, while I've come a long way in my journey and always use specific mobility aids (rollator, cane, wheelchair) and switch it out depending on my abilities that day, he refuses to use any mobility aid for shame and wanting that this isn't really his life.

It takes a lot of work to be able to accept yourself. So no matter where you are on this spectrum of mobility aids, know that you are loved.

[sacralithh]

𝛝𝛠⠀walking stick

a flag for a queer individual who uses a cane for whatever reason, who may or may not be perceived as interesting for using a cane but still may have difficulty fitting in and going places. This term was created and exclusive to queers who use canes.

requested by: nobody, this is self-indulgent

flag id in alt text & under cut.

[flag id: a rectangular flag with 8 horizontal stripes, all of equal width. from top to bottom, the stripe colours are dark brown, reddish-brown, medium brown, tan, pale yellow-green, light green, medium green, and dark olive green. in the upper left corner, there is a black silhouette of a stick insect. end id.]

[this-is-agorableism]

I'm close to finally getting a mobility aid and my brother won't shut up about how embarrassing it will be for me to use it in public

This is agorableism.

It’s not embarrassing to use a mobility aid in public. For many people, thats the reason why they can be in public at all! It can be dangerous to shame someone for using a disability aid, heightening the risk of them not using that aid and worsening related conditions.

Mobility aids are cool. Thats the takeaway.

[leaveslikeglitter]

They are not wrong. I hadn't thought about it tho. 🤔