#spooniepower

[thefriedbird]

Lol just had some “Christians” pray for my disability while I was with my family enjoying Christmas lights.

I hate abled bodied people.

How about… don’t fucking do that 🙂

[thefriedbird]

I like to think I’m allowed to be angry at religious institutions/corporations/lawmakers who constantly make it difficult for this world to be accessible to me. 😊

I’m not apologizing for being angry.

Imagine not being able to do the things you love WITH the people you love.

Imagine feeling like a burden every single day of your life because of reasons you can’t control.

Imagine people telling you you don’t belong at places because of how your body functions.

Imagine people glaring at you, making snide remarks, cussing at you, because of something not visible to them.

Imagine feeling like no one would ever love you because you aren’t able bodied.

Imagine feeling like you can’t live like other people can.

Imagine being at a greater risk of homicide, suicide, rape, domestic violence, because you’re disabled and no resources are accessible to you.

So… yeah I’m not apologizing. I’m not apologizing especially to religious institutions who taught me at a young age that I NEED to be FIXED or CURED for God to love me more.

I’m not apologizing to corporations who under the guise of diversity and inclusivity STILL don’t have disability accessible buildings.

I’m also not apologizing to some of my family and friends that I have to constantly pretend there is NOTHING WRONG WITH ME BECAUSE THEY DONT ACCEPT THAT IM DISABLED THAT I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY BE IN PAIN AND HIDE MY MOBILITY AIDS OR NOT USE THEM because I’d only be judged…

I’m ESPECIALLY not apologizing to lawmakers and politicians who refuse to increase disabled people’s quality of life.

The fact it’s still legal to pay disabled people LESS than abled-bodied people…

The fact that if I were to claim SSDI/SSI and if I was married, I’d lose my benefits…

The fact of for fucks sake I lose my job and I have NO CHOICE other than to go on disability. I’m forced to live in abject poverty because the government can not give you more than 2K in your wallet…

The fact that the Americans with Disabilities Act hasn’t CHANGED or been MODIFIED SINCE 2008!!!

Should say things…

[thefriedbird]

Imma start decking people in the face at work because they won’t wear their FUCKING mask ESPECIALLY when one of them has the fucking FLU or COVID!

That’s the thing about the lifted mask mandates that I DESPISE about. Now everyone thinks that just because Covid is “gone”, which you fellow spoonies know that it really fucking isn’t. They don’t care to show up to work even when sick DESPITE HAVING A WHOLE PANDEMIC ON WHY YOU SHOULDNT GO TO PLACES SICK.

…Guys if I get the flu or Covid this year I might flip my rocker and several people will be injured with my cane.

[thefriedbird]

Going to an amusement park in my wheelchair and cane guys.

Wish me luck 🥄🥄🥄

Hopefully I’ll experience no issues

[thefriedbird]

I find it funny when able-bodied people try to tell us spoonies and cripples that the pandemic is over and try to say “look at the research!” When… oh!

You know, listening to disabled people should be your primary resource on why the pandemic isn’t over. Like it may be over FOR YOU as an ABLE-BODIED person, but for US it can be a death sentence and maybe have some sense of global community 🙄

But then they spout some eugenicist nonsense and you get a sense of who they truly are as a person.

You can tell I’ve had a field day with this lately from not just one person as of late 😂

[thefriedbird]

Also for the record, anyone who is gonna come on my page being a Covid denier and disregarding how disabled people feel to anti-maskers are getting blocked.

I don’t have the time or care to be fighting with someone who doesn’t care about disabled lives. ✌️

It’d be better if you just immediately block me actually 😂

[thefriedbird]

Public service announcement… because as someone who has used mobility aids to help with my POTS and fibromyalgia.

Do not and I mean DO NOT… pray for me…

What seems harmless and may seem like people expressing their care and concern… is actually a form of proselytization.

To proselytize is the act of attempting to convert someone into a religion or different opinion.

While yes, I grew up southern baptist. (Have forever been really questioning though.) It is NEVER okay to try to convince or pray for somebody whom you do not know their belief system.

Especially if it’s someone like me who is disabled and you “pray” for me to be cured 😡

Small story time:

Over the holidays, my chronic illness was acting up but I still wanted to spend time with my family to see the Lights in OC. So for long distances, depending on how much pain I’m in that day. I either use my cane, wheelchair, or braces to help get me by.

Well, not long after getting to OC and stopping for food. Two “Christians” began to try to “help” me and to “pray” my disability away 😑

1. Not very Christian-like to pray for an illness that I will have for the rest of my life to be gone like God can fix that. This gives off the same energy as people who have told me in the past “there are no wheelchairs in heaven”. Not only is this extremely fucked up to tell me. But it leads me to further believe that God doesn’t love those with disabilities and that’s simply not or shouldn’t be the fucking case.

2. Also if I’m struggling, I WILL ASK FOR HELP. I do NOT need anyone’s help unless I SPECIFICALLY ASK. My mobility aid is an EXTENSION of ME. It’s like touching my arm when I hardly know you. DO NOT TOUCH ME OR MY MOBILITY AIDS WITHOUT MY SAY SO. And ESPECIALLY DONT CORNER ME. This does way more harm than good.

Another story time (UNRELATED TO RELIGION):

I went to ANOTHER set of lights in Rehobeth where this time I was in my wheelchair with my best friend’s family. Some guy had the audacity to tell his wife that I didn’t belong there… Wanna know why? Because he said “what was the point in her being here if she can’t do anything” 🤬

Ambulatory wheelchair users EXIST!

JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT OR REFUSE TO SEE US DOESNT MEAN WE DONT EXIST!

Also heaven should ALSO be disability accessible. And if you fucking think, that “yeah, when everyone goes to heaven they are their perfect selves!” “There are no wheelchairs, disabilities in heaven”

Actually sit on a cactus… Rethink and reprocess that line of thinking because I PROMISE YOU there is a deeper line of thinking than just that… The Bible has constantly been retranslated over and over again and if you honestly don’t think that ableist ideas haven’t been written into it, I don’t know what to tell you. it’s one of the MANY reasons why I don’t go to any church anymore or follow ANY group’s train of thought is because of the ABLEIST nonsense I have heard in the past from churches and fucking pastors AND HAVE HEARD RECENTLY AT A FUNERAL OF ALL PLACES!

AND OF YOU WANNA KNOW SOMETHING THATS NOT FUCKING SHOCKING TO ME AT ALL TO PROVE MY FUCKIMG POINT.

Churches are not obligated to follow the rules of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ☺️

What a fucking shocker.

If you were truly Christian you would fucking DO BETTER.

[thefriedbird]

Used my wheelchair for the first time in forever yesterday…. And god, I’m in SO much pain. NOT TO MENTION, the first time I’ve been discriminated against in my wheelchair….

I was refused entry to go into a hearing at the courthouse because of my wheelchair….

I initially didn’t know what the lady was saying to me but after my friend and best friend told me… I’m livid… Will I do anything about it? Very much depends… Since my friend and best friend heard more and saw more than I did.

And fuck, when it comes to cities or like highly populated towns. Their architecture just despise disabled people doesn’t it??