#cripple Punk

[hildas-flashdrive]

me: *is disabled*

all abled ppl in a 7.5 mile radius in unison: don’t you feel guilty for being alive?

[casestudytobe]

Having a rare disorder or rare complications can be so incredibly lonely. Thinking of people who will never meet another person in person with their disorder or have difficulty even connecting with other people online with their disorder. Thinking of people with disorders or injuries that are common, but their age makes them a huge outlier. I feel alone, but I have to believe i'm not

[catoperated]

Countdown to people trying to say trans people who use wheelchairs/otherwise need accessible stalls are privileged because they can go into their gender aligned bathroom and if someone looks at them funny they can say the sole handicapped stall in the other was occupied.

…yes, I’m speaking from experience. Sometimes it was true!

The real problem here, to me, is abled people treating those like fucking luxury stalls. Or the fact many places now put changing stations in them so if somebody’s got a baby in there and you’re disabled and gotta go you’re just SOL.

[tumble-tv]

This is the current nail setup! This has been very helpful in distinguishing one finger from another once I memorize which nail has which color on it. My other hand has the thumb, middle, and pinkie fingers pink, and the index fingers teal to continue the pattern.

I paint my nails for accessibility and accommodation. Why? I am legally blind in my left eye and almost blind in my right. When I don't have my glasses on, I can't always tell where my fingers are when, say, making a sandwich or picking up chapstick.

So, to solve the problem of not knowing where my own fingers are in a space, I paint my nails in colors that stand out against my skin. Black is usually my go-to, as it's as much contrast as I can get, but sometimes I branch out and experiment with how colors are against my skin and common surfaces. Currently, I have alternating pink and blue (like Jinx from Arcane, since I already have blue hair), but I've also done red and purple. Black is the most helpful, but pink and blue is fun and works almost as well!

[crazycatsiren]

I genuinely think every one of us who has to deal with chronic pain in winter deserves a limitless budget for fluffy blankets, comfy pajamas, and hot beverages of our choices.

[tired-cripple-punk]

Why are some doctors fucking useless

I was hoping that appointment would lead to something helpful, but I just got told to suck it up and go to physical therapy

I’ve had chronic lower back pain for almost 6 years, but the jackass didn’t bother to read the xray report so he didn’t see the notes

He was nice but didn’t listen to me, and dismissed my concerns

[spoonie-support]

Using a wheelchair is not "giving up". Using a shower chair is not "lazy" using mobility equipment does not take it away from other people who "need it more"you deserve to be able to access life. Safely with less pain in the best way possible and on your own terms.

[crippleddetective]

Disability is raw, disability is painful, and no matter how much ableds say they understand that they just dont.

[being-a]

stop trying to diagnose random people with physical disabilties. online or in person. you cannot. it doesn't work like that.

and stop taking a physically disabled person mentioning one symptom of their illness to try to diagnose yourself. just stop.

[mxmorbidmidnight]

That darling feeling when you know the doctor you’re seeing is not qualified to help you, dismisses you and is also quite dangerous but you can’t find another one because there are only three doctors who see people like you within the state and you can’t afford a new doctor anyway, now times that by four because all the doctors you’re seeing happen to be shit and should 100% be replaced but funds are insufficient and you probably won’t survive the 14 month wait time.

[wheelie-sick]

to be fair i understand that people are stupid sometimes but i think the whole "you can't be punk if you listen to punk music is ableist bc what about deaf or hard of hearing people" is like. i would hazard to guess that most people understand that being deaf or hard of hearing is a completely different circumstance? like thats such a crazy take because i think it's very obvious that no one takes that phrase so seriously that they wholeheartedly believe deaf or hard of hearing people can't be punk. because they can't listen to the music. that's like a comical take to me it's a little bit hilarious if i am honest

I mean people absolutely do take that statement very literally. some people would make exceptions but if we couldn't listen to music plenty of people would jump at the opportunity to exclude us

the glaring issue with that statement is really that we can and do listen to music. profoundly deaf people can and do listen to music. there's so much advocacy from deaf people dispelling the myth that we can't listen to music. it's so frustrating to have people "advocate" for us by pushing inaccurate narratives about us and our abilities.

it deleted the post with no apology or even a statement saying it was wrong about our abilities. (that I can find) it really feels like it was just using us as a discourse pawn. I don't care if being punk requires listening to the music, I am not even punk, but I do care when people try to manipulate my existence as a deaf person to win discourse points. we are a marginalized community, not a tool for arguments

[sicksadtumble]

Tbh if you consider yourself "Alt" or "punk," I don't care unless you wear a mask in public. Otherwise, you're just another poser.

[nondivisable]

I need to say something and I need y'all to be calm

if it isn't actively bad or harmful, no representation should be called "too simple" or "too surface level"

I have a whole argument for this about the barbie movie but today I wanna talk about a show called "the babysitters club" on Netflix

(obligatory disclaimer that I watched only two episodes of this show so if it's super problematic I'm sorry) (yes. I know it's based on a book, this is about the show)

this is a silly 8+ show that my 9 year old sister is watching and it manages to tackle so many complex topics in such an easy way. basic premise is these 13 year old girls have a babysitting agency.

in one episode, a girl babysits this transfem kid. the approach is super simple, with the kid saying stuff like "oh no, those are my old boy clothes, these are my girl clothes". they have to go to the doctor and everyone is calling the kid by her dead name and using he/him and this 13 year old snaps at like a group of doctors and they all listen to her. it's pure fantasy and any person versed in trans theory would point out a bunch of mistakes.

but after watching this episode, my little sister started switching to my name instead of my dead name and intercalating he/him pronouns when talking about me.

one of the 13 years old is a diabetic and sometimes her whole personality is taken over by that. but she has this episode where she pushes herself to her limit and passes out and talks about being in a coma for a while because of not recognizing the limits of her disability.

and this allowed my 9 year old sister to understand me better when I say "I really want to play with you but right now my body physically can't do that" (I'm disabled). she has even asked me why I'm pushing myself, why I'm not using my crutches when I complain about pain.

my mom is 50 years old and watching this show with my sister. she said the episode about the diabetic girl helped her understand me and my disability better. she grew up disabled as well, but she was taught to shut up and power through.

yes, silly simple representation can annoy you if you've read thousands of pages about queer liberation or disability radical thought, but sometimes things are not for you.

[catoperated]

“You’re 41, this is expected.”

bruh I have had these problems since I was 25, when I was told “you’re too young for that” and now they’re worse specifically because I was denied proper treatment when I was “in my prime”

[lupusbaby]

Say it with me! Wheelchairs aren’t sad! Mobility aids aren’t sad! Mobility aids are instruments of freedom!