#wheelchair for disabled person

[talkethtothehandeth]

Wild concept that shouldn’t be wild and the coldest take ever: disabled adults are *adults* and not just children trapped in adult bodies

Disabled adults have sex

Disabled adults do drugs

Disabled adults curse

Disabled adults get piercings and tattoos

Disabled adults can make adult decisions and act and behave like adults because we are adults

It’s just so weird for people to constantly infantilize me all because of my mobility aids when I’m not a child!!!

[shopevox]

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[trans-axolotl]

PA DOC Sued for Discriminating Against Person with Disabilities: The Right to AAC in Prison

there was a recent press release from Disability Rights PA about current litigation happening in PA that is trying to ensure that John Topper, a man with Huntington's disease, can access an Augmentative/Alternative Communication device while incarcerated.

Currently, the DOC is denying him all access to any communication aids, forcing him to "communicate by typing notes on a tablet and passing it back and forth with the person he is attempting to communicate with. This tablet breaks frequently, and prison staff regularly prevent him from bringing the tablet with him everywhere in the prison...After returning from the hospital, the DOC denied him a working communication aid for ten days. As a result, he was only able to communicate with psychiatry staff via thumbs up and down gestures."

this has dramatically impacted Topper's wellbeing: " 'This has been such an emotional and mental struggle for me daily. Day-to-day routines are very hard without a means of effective communication and I have to struggle to have my daily needs met,' said John Topper, the plaintiff in the case. "

Topper cannot access healthcare, daily programming, or stay in contact with his family members. Prison staff refuse to provide any forms of communication aids for daily interactions, making it difficult and sometimes impossible for Topper to request things like toothpaste, toilet paper, or other daily needs. This is cruel, harmful punishment that highlights the types of carceral violence that disabled people face while incarcerated.

This lawsuit is suing to get Topper daily and continuous access to an AAC text to speech device. His counsel already bought him this device and the prison has it available, and yet they refuse to give it to him for pointless and arbitrary reasons. They've told Topper he has to choose between a wheelchair accessible cell and a cell with an outlet, they've told him that they were making his current tablet accessible but then said the only accessible adaptation they could add was a screen-reader, which his does not need, and have threatened and taken away his current tablet many times. The cruelty is the point.

It's vital as disabled people that we have solidarity with those most targeted by the state, and that we fight for our comrades currently incarcerated. Prisons are disabling and prisons target disabled people: we need to fight to make sure our comrades can get their needs met, and we need to fight to free them all!

keep an eye on Disability Rights PA and Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project for updates about Topper's case and for any steps the public can take to support him. I've reached out to ask about how to send letters to him/info for his commissary fund; I will update this post when I get more information.

disability justice means free them all!!

[drawyourblankas]

Draw your characters like this

[giantkillerjack]

You shouldn't get a wheelchair, walker, cane, shower chair, or any kind of assistive technology mobility aid because then you might become dependent on them. Just like how you also shouldn't get glasses if you have bad eyesight because then you might become dependent on those.

For instance, if you end up stuck using corrective eyewear, you could actually lose your ability to tell what things are even when they are extremely blurry! You need to get used to having migraines from seeing unclearly because if you wear glasses all the time, you are basically giving up!! You don't need to see things coming at you from far away! You just need to get good at dodging, and if you can't, then you have no one to blame but yourself!!

For example, I read a really heart-worming article recently about a girl who was stuck using glasses - just absolutely, tragically trapped in her eyewear from dawn to dusk, even though she was good and never ever complained; and I heard she trained herself to discern the blurry faces of her loved ones with 60% accuracy! - she was even able to walk down the aisle at her wedding WITHOUT forcing the discomfort of seeing a woman in glasses on all her guests!!

Sure, she had to give her vows with a splitting headache, and she couldn't see her husband's expression when he said "I do," but overall, SO inspi-ration-al!!! So up-lifting!!

(She didn't even have to use a seeing eye cane, which would have been the worst-case scenario, obviously, because she worked hard to make sure she looked LESS disabled, not MORE disabled!!! Everyone knows blind people exist solely to be a cautionary tale to sighted people!!)

Also, did you know some people get glasses when they only need them a little bit?? How selfish of them! Sure, there's not a shortage, and an increase in demand would result in overall increased accessibility to glasses--but emotionally it's like taking glasses away from someone who needs them more! After all, if everyone who needed glasses got them, then...... um...... more people would have glasses! Which is probably bad!!!!

I also had a friend who was trapped in glasses who saved up all her money for laser eye surgery, and I don't know why everyone doesn't just do that! Sure, some doctors say some people don't "qualify" and it "won't help" those people, but that's why you can't give up!! You don't want to be one of those people!

After all, what's the worst thing that could happen with an unnecessary laser surgery to the face that comes with crippling debt??? It's worth the risk to gain your FREEDOM back, and I'm so proud of my friend!!

Tragically, she did die later that year while driving Uber and squinting at street signs, but at least now I know my friend is finally free from the shackles of her terrible eyesight. #ripAshley #rippedAshley #justripit 😌😌😌❤😇😇😇

And that's why you shouldn't get used to using a mobility aid!! Because, like glasses, they are inherently embarrassing to be seen with; and - like glasses - it is more noble to suffer silently than to depend on unnatural technologies that force you to rely on them; AND - just like glasses - by abstaining from using them, you DEFINITELY benefit SO many people in tangible life-changing ways!!! (Besides, everyone else will be so much more comfortable if you just look normal! 😊)

I hope you learned something today. 💖

[birdsupremacy08]

graduating to a wheelchair soon

AND I ORDERED MY FIRST ONE TODAY

HERE IT IS

ITS GOT FOLDED DOWN ARMRESTS SO THEYRE NOT IN THE WAY WHILE PUSHING

ALL TERRAIN WHEELS

FOLD DOWN HANDLES

ITS RED

AUGH IT TICKS SO MANY BOXES IM SO EXCITED FOR IT

it only arrives next friday though☹️ BUT LETS HOPE THE SITE WAS JUST CONFUSED CUZ OF THE BANK HOLIDAY ON MONDAY

ALSO DROP DECORATION IDEAS :]

[somekindabard]

"can't swim" in Andor season 1 is one of the most soul shattering lines in media

[flintbian]

There's a disabled angel in good omens 🥺

[moeblob]

[shopevox]

Wheelchair for Disabled Person: Enhanced Mobility Solutions at Shopevox 

At Shopevox, we understand the critical importance of finding the right wheelchair for disabled person. Our collection features a diverse range of durable and comfortable models, each designed to enhance mobility and improve quality of life. Whether you require a lightweight, portable option for everyday use or a more specialized model for specific terrain, our inventory offers a comprehensive selection. Our wheelchair for disabled person options prioritize both functionality and comfort, ensuring that individuals can navigate their surroundings with ease and confidence. Visit Shopevox today to discover the perfect fit for your mobility needs. 

[talkethtothehandeth]

Thinking of the man at the Mayo Clinic who watched me get into my chair from the Uber (and wouldn’t stop staring at me as I got ready to wheel in for the biggest appointment of my life) and I was worried he was going to say something ableist, but after a moment of all he said was “You know, I’ve seen those in a few colors— black, red, blue… sometimes green, but never that! Where’d you get that?!” With a smile on his face.

And I got to proudly say “I painted it! It’s my favorite color!” While showing off my chair, an extension of me. I love my chair.

[trans-axolotl]

Got a flat tire on my wheelchair literally fifteen minutes before my shift starts so I can’t even get it fixed and just have to roll on a flat tire all day I hate this so much

[comediantragedy]

Hey so can they make doors wider. Please. My wheelchair can’t fit through basically any of the fucking doors like, ever. “What, is there a giant that needs to fit through here? 🤣” (real thing I’ve been told) no. I use a wheelchair you ableist fuck. And you’ll never guess what… wheelchairs need extra space! Crazy!

Don’t even get me fucking STARTED on elevator entrances that are so small that I can barely get in or out of them in a safe manner. Recently I was having so much trouble reversing out of an elevator because it was so small that the doors started closing in before I had gotten out. Luckily I had my best friend with me to stop the doors, but what the fuck??

MAKE. DOORS. WIDER.

[birdsupremacy08]

updated this meme

[cripplecharacters]

anon hooper: i am currently in the beginning steps of doing research for a character who is a wheelchair-user (for online RP not anything published), and i'm wondering: is it okay to portray characters with disabilities as having a gray or dark morality as long as their not-good nature isn't linked to their disability? for context, i plan on making her a vampire whose actions are questionable, but they're not related to the fact she uses a wheelchair. thank you for your time!

Hello,

With a few exceptions, yes. There are some cases, like slashers with face differences, that just shouldn't be done because they've already been done to death to the detriment of the real-life face difference community. Even if their disability is unrelated to their slashing of people, it's still a very overused and harmful trope for the slasher to have a face difference. Regardless of how their disability interacts with their morals, some cliches need to be avoided.

As long as you aren't making her use her wheelchair to lure in victims, which is a harmful trope, you should be fine. I'd recommend having at least one other disabled character in the cast so that your only disabled representation isn't the morally questionable vampire, because that is definitely a trope. It can be done, just needs to be done carefully. For a more specific answer, I'd need to know what her questionable actions are. I'm assuming her actions are her hunting and doing predation and the food chain as vampires are meant to, which is fine, but if you want to send specifics, feel free.

Mod Aaron