#In a wheelchair lol

[aiscard]

Veiw from Hotel I'm staying at!

Airports and flying is a mess nowadays I'm just gonna say. We missed our connecting flight because some environmentalists laid down on the runway(?) and our first plane got delayed. So first we were like okay, let's rebook the flights cause that was an option. So waited in line for 3 hours to find out that the next available flight home was on Monday. So now we are in a hotel trying to figure out where we can stay next, waiting on a reply from Lufthansa. Yaaay flying.

[phleb0tomist]

i keep seeing this idea that Real wheelchair users all have custom active chairs, and that transport/standard chairs are just an embarrassing stereotype. “no one really uses those!” “stop drawing disabled characters in standard chairs!!”

well, plenty of us are a stereotype. sorry. custom chairs require MONEY and good medical support. meanwhile active chairs are unusable for some people. i used an uncomfy transport chair (the kind with tiny wheels and no way to self propel) for a year, and a standard chair for 7yrs. until i got my powerchair i was only ever pushed by a carer. a lot of disabled people will never use an active or custom chair. don’t pretend we don’t exist just because we don’t fit some cool independent ideal.

shoutout to people who use transport chairs and adaptive strollers and other chairs that need to be pushed by a carer

shoutout to people who use standard chairs that don’t fit their body

shoutout to people who use secondhand or makeshift wheelchairs

in my teens i literally felt invalid as a disabled person because i didnt have the ‘real actual’ type of wheelchair everyone talks about online. just my garbage transport chair that my mom had to push. ​but people with shitty wheelchairs exist and are extremely common actually

[plague-parade]

today for disability pride month, i’d like to discuss something not many able-bodied people know about: ambulatory wheelchair users!

first, “what is an ambulatory wheelchair user?”

it’s a term used to describe people who use wheelchairs that can stand and or walk in some capacity. the amount a person can walk can vary greatly between ambulatory wheelchair users, some may need their wheelchair 60% of the time, some may need theirs 90% of the time.

“why would someone use a wheelchair if they can walk?”

there are tons of reasons someone who can walk might use a wheelchair, such as fatigue, balance, heart problems, pain, fainting, and many, many more. it could be dangerous for them to walk.

“isn’t that being lazy?”

nope! take shoes, for example. you *could* walk without them, but it would be painful, and could give you cuts or blisters. would you consider wearing shoes to be lazy? also, many disabilities and conditions are progressive, using a wheelchair can help slow progression and damage to your body.

so next time you see a wheelchair user move their leg, remember that ambulatory wheelchair users exist!

[archiepelago]

alternate surface au inspired by a few ive seen around on tumblr :3

[fudgecake-charlie]

In no way canon to secret life whatsoever, i just wanted to draw a background in aggie and felt self indulgent

cropped ver:

[camelliasblooming]

good ol babs

[themathomhouse]

this disability pride month, stop making jokes about people in wheelchairs standing up or walking.

can I stand and walk? sure, for a short while and with pain. the consequences for trying to be out all day without a wheelchair are that I'll be in bed for the rest of the week, too tired and in too much pain to move.

but the government won't give me my own wheelchair because they have the same attitude as these jokes - I can stand up, so I don't need one. exercise is good for you, you should walk!

it keeps me trapped in the house, unable to do anything more than short stints anywhere without borrowing or hiring a wheelchair - one that causes me pain to sit in and relies on someone to push me (usually with difficulty), because they're not going to have a high-end chair for that sort of thing.

it's not a miracle that a wheelchair user can stand or walk. it's something we should aspire to see more often.

[iwonderwh0]

So @autiacorart you wanted to see what happens when you mod swap Carl and I'm here to show it

[flintbian]

There's a disabled angel in good omens 🥺

[violent138]

I think Wayne Manor has been totally redesigned from top to bottom for accessibility reasons (e.g. increased doorway width, lower/modifiable countertops, ramps, flooring change, altered door handles, et cetera). It started with making the place better for Babs, then Alfred realized it was more comfortable as he aged, and Bruce realized that it was a massive benefit because family members were injured nonstop.

[slowlydehydrating]

I might’ve just sprained my ankle and I’m on my way to the hospital, and I just wanna ask-

YASMINA FADOULA, HOW ON EARTH DID YOU KEEP GOING???

[kirby-the-gorb]

[therealkaidertrash21]

I just have to say, as a daughter of a wheelchair user, that scene in which Salo goes down the stairs with his wheelchair is completely unrealistic.

Going down stairs like Salo did could kill a person. I'm not kidding, my dad told me that happened to a kid he knew. It's very dangerous to do that. If someone were to do that in real life, they would fall and hit their head. And even though the representation of minorities in arcane is really good, this part isn't.

Just wanted to let y'all know.

Having said that, I do like the statement the scene tried to make. The Council never bothered, never even thought of installing a ramp. Physical disabilities are probably only common among zaunites and they don't care about them. They never cared about adapting places for them. They never made places accessible because they never needed it, and zaunites don't matter.

Very similar to how the real world works.

[todayisafridaynight]

[goldensunset]

when a post by a roleplay blog of all things opens your third eye………. i never even considered it before but. pokémon as service animals………………..

[bvckbiter]

in another life, the exiled trio are celebrating the first day of fall tgt 😔