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positivelyqueer · 13 days ago

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Because I agonised for an hour or more this morning on how i would get groceries before 'allowing' myself to order them to be delivered:

You don't have to push yourself to your absolute limit constantly as a disabled person to prove you are worthy of care and support and recovery/improvement/symptom management. (I know this is a broad spectrum that varies for each person).

Abled people do strictly unnecessary things to make their lives easier all the time. You're allowed to do that too.

#seriously it was like- i can't drive so it's easier to walk to the supermarket with my crutches #but then i'll need both of them #and it's nearly impossible (for me) to shop in a way that isn't extra labour and frustration with two crutches #so I should probably take my wheelchair #but that still limits me to what I can carry home in a backpack #and I have to cross major roads to get there without traffic lights and that's more difficult in my chair #and I'm already trying to recover from the past two days #and I have hobbies I want to do today and class to attend tomorrow #so I don't want to max myself out just getting groceries #but i *need* groceries today because otherwise myself and (more importantly imo) my cat won't have anything to eat (literal)#anyway uhh... being disabled is so much work that abled people without disabled folks in their lives don't see #radio chatter #actually disabled #actually chronically ill #mobility aid user

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