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“use mobility aids if they would make life easier” and “people need to be more informed about the damage mobility aids can do to your body” can and should coexist btw

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what people think self diagnosis is: “lol I saw a tiktok of this disorder and it looks super fun so I’m gonna tell people I have it”

what it actually is: “I’ve had all these really bad symptoms for such a long time and i don’t have access to proper healthcare so I’ve been doing a lot of research and cross checking and talking to people who have this condition/disorder and they agree that I seem to have it. I’ve also looked into other disorders and conditions with similar symptoms but this one seems to match up with my experiences perfectly and learning about other people who live and deal with it makes me feel so seen so I’m going to self diagnose with it but I still understand that I may be wrong and if I ever do receive proper medical treatment I will be fully open to accepting it’s something else.”

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disabled systems say hiii i want ppl to follow (will prolly be on my main)

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I like you

*WD40’s your joints*

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shoutout to my fellow disabled folks who spend most of their time in bed.

i love you guys and you deserve the world /platonic

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not inactive! just too exhausted to post. absolutely zero spoons.

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the recent attention on my post, while overwhelming, is incredibly heartwarming. im so fortunate to be in a community like this. thank you for the solidarity.

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i shouldn't have put Makoto and Sayaka in the boxes it makes it look like they are in different places when in-fact they are in the same room

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okay yeah youre a girlboy boygirl genderfucky malewife but are you like normal abt bigender ppl

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my century-old great grandfather taking a sip of whatever concoction 8-year-old me brewed for him by using every button on the soda fountain instead of the iced tea he asked for

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haiii :3

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Hey, cripples. We have to talk.

This movement is called Cripplepunk. And I know some of you don’t know what this shit is about. It’s okay, when I first found this movement I just saw people who looked like me and rushed in, too. It’s okay.

So I am here to teach you. Okay?

What is punk?

Before you learn about cripplepunk, I have to teach you about the base movement, the punk subculture. What I need you to understand is that if you are cripplepunk, you are a punk. And a good punk always supports the cripplepunk movement. If they don’t, disregard them.

Punk is about ideology. But it’s also music. It’s dance. It’s art. It’s fashion.

The punk fashion can sometimes seem inaccessible. Punks have to make our own clothes fit the image. The runway and the fashion store don’t embody what we represent. We represent DIY ethics.

However, I personally don’t wear punk gear all the time and you don’t have to, either. You can never wear it if you don’t wanna. I’m a cripple and leaning back on a chair when the entire back panel of your jacket is studded isn’t comfortable when I’m feeling shitty. If you feel like you can, just a pin badge can help us clock each other in public. Punks won’t judge how much you fit the mould, because we aren’t about fitting the mould. Do what you want. It’s about the attitude.

Punks are non-conformists. You see a generic image for us, because that’s what media likes. And it’s what a lot of us like anyways. But if you don’t like it, or you don’t want to, that just makes you more punk. Don’t conform if you don’t want to.

Punks are against authoritarianism. We do not submit to authority. We stand up against the people who try to control us.

We are anti-corporatism. We do not believe that big corporations should have the power or influence they do, we do not think they should have the ability to effect the public health or anything else. We are against ridiculous medical charges, privatised healthcare. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, though. Don’t feel bad for buying Pepsi.

The DIY ethic is important to punks. We have handmade patches, we stud our clothes by hand. Learning to sew is incredibly beneficial. (Side note: if you don’t know how to sew and have a wardrobe malfunction, find the closest punk, they can probably fix it.)

We believe in direct action. We are against selling out.

Zines are an underground press function, and while it seems there are many artistic zines these days, punk zines are how we get our ideas into paper and out to each other when the Corp papers are scared to let us speak.

Even if you don’t like punk music… try your best. Clubs that play club music and other places that blast it is where you’re gonna find other punks.

What makes cripplepunk different?

First of all.

We are cripples.

Worried if you fit into this category? Easy fix. Have you ever been called a cripple? Are you physically disabled? There you have it.

If you’re not physically disabled you cannot be cripplepunk.

This movement was started by Tyler Trewhella in 2014, right here on tumblr. @crpl-pnk. They died in 2017, but our movement lives on and still is based on their rules. It takes punk ideas and values and uses it to raise our voices higher. It is a movement that strives to push the truth that cripples do not need to be GOOD or SWEET or INSPIRATIONAL or MORALLY PERFECT. We can smoke, drink, refuse any treatment we don’t want, talk back and have attitude, we can be loud and rude and brash. We can do whatever the fuck we want just like everyone else.

The principles are as follows, entirely Tyler’s words:

-cripple punk is exclusively by the physically disabled for the physically disabled

-cripple punk is about solidarity & is open to all physically disabled people

-cripple punk rejects pity, inspiration porn, & all other forms of ableism

-cripple punk rejects the “good cripple” mythos. cripple punk is here for the bitter cripple, the uninspirational cripple, the smoking cripple, the drinking cripple, the addict cripple, the cripple who hasn’t “tried everything”

-cripple punk fights internalized ableism & fully supports those struggling with it

-cripple punk respects intersections of race, culture, gender, sexual/romantic orientation, size, intersex status, mental illness/neuroatypical status, survivor status, etc.

-cripple punk recognizes that there is no one universal disabled experience

-cripple punk does not pander to the able bodied

other rules:

-cripple punk is not conditional on things like mobility aids & “functioning levels”

-always listen to those w/ different physical disabilities & different intersections than yourself. do not speak over them

-disabled people do not need to personally identify w/ the words “cripple” or “punk” individually to be a part of cripple punk

-able bodied people wishing to spread the message may only ever amplify the voices of the disabled

-able bodied people may never use uncensored slurs themselves but never censor our language -able bodied people must always tag things like reblogs with “i’m able bodied”

-physically disabled people wanting to be a part of the movement who are uncomfortable using the slur may refer to it as “cpunk”

What’s the take away?

We are angry. We are punk.

These can not be separated.

If you can’t handle the fury that comes with this movement, please wait until you can. Because we are fucking pissed at the world and it’s injustice, and telling us to “stop gatekeeping” or “acting ___” only adds fuel to our fires.

Some of us are living even when it seems like anything else would be a mercy, and some of us are dying before we ever thought we would. Some of us have dead friends. Some of us have a LOT of dead friends.

I bet you feel some of this, too. Don’t you?

That’s why I wanted to post this quick rundown. to weed out abled idiots and people who don't see this for what it is: politics. punk is political. cripplepunk is political.

so… yeah, welcome to our movement. its time to start screaming.

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im tired of being told im not trying hard enough because of something i cant control

everybody supports disabled people until we’re inconveniencing them.

everybody supports people with chronic pain conditions until we have to cancel plans because we’re in immobilising pain.

everybody supports people with brain damage until we need extra support, until we have memory issues and forget basic information, until we have immobilising migraines.

everybody supports disabled people until we are disabled.

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everybody supports disabled people until we’re inconveniencing them.

everybody supports people with chronic pain conditions until we have to cancel plans because we’re in immobilising pain.

everybody supports people with brain damage until we need extra support, until we have memory issues and forget basic information, until we have immobilising migraines.

everybody supports disabled people until we are disabled.

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As someone with actual physical brain damage, I'm confiscating "the brain is an organ" from able-bodied people indefinitely

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Hi hi i really dont mean this in a horrible way and i dont want this to be taken as an aggressive or upset post, just genuine feedback. some of you guys use very inaccessible fonts and text for disabled people with visual/reading disabilities.

if you think this post isnt about you, it probably is. disabled people deserve a place to enjoy fandom content and its really upsetting that, as someone with a brain injury that gave me reading issues, i can’t engage with a large portion of stuff on here because of the fonts used/or lack of image IDs and transcripts. i love pie to death and ive adored them for going on a decade now, and its heartbreaking that i cant consume a lot of stuff on here because its either entirely unreadable or gives me migraines. it sucks. A lot!!!

ive linked a few resources on accessible fonts and whatnot. thanks for reading.