#chronic stuff

[cryptozoologyujustmightexist]

If you were at the dnp merch pop up tonight and you saw me nearly pass out at the end of the queue ummm no u didnt

[mcnutcase]

These are basically the same thing as power tools. I've been working on a woodworking project recently, and I was starting out with only hand tools. And while I was able to make progress, it was slow and difficult for me. I kept running out of ability to Do. And then, having finally decided one what battery tool ecosystem to move into given that my old battery drill was done for, I found a starter set of those tools for a steep discount, and then I had an actual good drill, and a little circular saw, and I suddenly was able, in one work session, to do what had until then taken me a week to do. I wound up covered in sawdust, but I had way more progress than I could do without the technology.

That's how you should think about disability aids. Useful things that let anyone do more for themselves.

the future is now

[schizoaffectively]

You are well within your right to be angry about the help you didn't get and should have gotten.

You are well within your right to be angry about having your needs neglected.

You are well within your right to be angry.

[disabled-bug]

I’m so proud of people living with chronic health conditions. That shit is HARD. Idk who needs to hear this, but if no one else has said it: I’m proud of you. You’re sticking it out through so much pain and grief. That’s no small feat.

Every small thing you do for yourself health adds up. The grief is heavy and it comes from a place of love. The grief knows the pain is wronging you.

I’m proud of you. I hope on the good days you can be proud of yourself.

Keep going.

[zyx]

vernon commented on this instagram reel😭

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

i think everyone who's ever had migraines should be financially compensated forever btw

[cryptozoologyujustmightexist]

My gp didn’t know what the beighton scale is my ass is NOT getting diagnosed 😭

[mcnutcase]

Thinking about it, what really radicalized me was getting hospitalized for psychiatric treatment. Completely changed my perspective, and I would argue for the better. It pushed me towards radical empathy.

[mcnutcase]

So there's a good reason to show the electric opener doing its thing on a pop-top can: pop-tops are great if you have the hand strength for them, which is not all that likely if you're buying an electric can opener because leverage makes modern turn-the-handle wheel-type manual can openers about the minimum force necessary for opening a can. I have arthritic hands, and let me tell you, I notice that pulling off a pop-top can's pop top takes more effort than turning the handle on my Swing-A-Way. So they took the product photo with a pop-top so that even if you don't notice the text on the box saying that it works on them, you can be sure it will do that.

"I don't need a shopping list; with effort, I will remember that I need this item"

Okay but will you be able to remember that you already bought it? Because apparently I can't.

[doomedfromthewombfr]

I’m so tired of holding myself together when all I really want is to fall apart

[800-dick-pics]

Black History Month Isn't Over Just Yet, Help Me Get a Wheelchair!!!

I am a Black Chronically ill/Disabled Lesbian. I have been a mobility aid user for over a decade, and with my most recent illness flare and health set back, I desperately need a wheelchair. I have put off getting a wheelchair for years but my health is to a point where I need a wheelchair to function outside the house or I cant leave my house at all. Being stuck inside my house has done a toll on my mentally, and has prevented me from having consistent meaningful employment.

I have been saving for a wheelchair but I am nowhere close enough to buy the wheelchair I need, new adaptive tech, and the 2 ramps I need for my home. I am hoping to cr*wdfund for just the price of the chair not the ramps or adaptive tech. I need 1,120 to cover the cost of the chair.

CA: $sleepyhen

VN: wildwotko

DM: for PayPl

If you can help I would deeply appreciate it! Getting this chair would mean that I can leave my home safely, regain meaningful employment and see some of my aging elders again!

[forests-creatures]

To otherkin who use mobility aids, I imagine your kin(s) using their aids a lot like this

[tumble-tv]

SAY IT WITH ME: MEDICAL GASLIGHTING IS MALPRACTICE

[disabled-bug]

disabled people when their disability disables them

[cryptozoologyujustmightexist]

House bound tip

Watch amazingphil lockdown videos and pretend it’s just 2020 and no one can leave the house

This is not sad shut hp

[wheelchairbarbie]

@spoonie-living