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museofdeity · 2 days
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i'm 100% for source separation but sometimes stuff from your source just hurts in a way you can't shake and it sucks
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onlytiktoks · 2 months
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fallenstarcat · 6 months
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sure there’s a ramp, but is it steep? is there a curb at the top? is the ground uneven? do i need a key for the elevator? are the aisles and doorways wide enough? do i have room to turn? is there furniture and clutter in my way? is the carpet difficult to wheel on? can i open the doors myself?
accessibility to wheelchairs is more than just a ramp.
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manyminded · 10 months
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shout out to “gross” disabled people.
people who can’t shower/bathe people who can’t shave people who can’t wash their clothes people who need help going to the bathroom people who have nasty habits (biting nails, picking nose, etc) people who can’t brush their teeth people who can’t go to the doctor people who can’t clean their room people who can’t make their beds people who vomit a lot people who wet the bed people who constantly have diarrhea people who’s physical deformities are seen as repulsive
and every other kind of person I missed that deserves to be here too.
you are people, first and foremost. your thoughts deserve to be heard, discussed, acknowledged, no matter what. you are not lesser. you are just another person. you should never be ignored for what you can/can’t do. you deserve care.
to abled people: check yourself. make sure you listen. and you can reblog, just don’t derail. maybe don’t add on, either.
EDIT: reblog this version instead, please.
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crippledpastrycryptid · 5 months
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It's properly snow season again, so here's a
friendly psa
from your neighborhood wheelchair user.
If your sidewalk is not completely shoveled, it isn't usable.
If you can leave footprints in the snow, the snow is too deep. A wheelchair can't get through
If its a narrow pathway people can 'squeeze through', a wheelchair can't get through
If your sidewalk is pristine but the curb cuts are full of snow, a wheelchair cannot get through.
If wheelchairs can't use the sidewalk, our only option is to use the road, and we don't like that any more than you do.
Sincerely, a wheelchair user in the north who would prefer not to be trapped in my apartment for months on end
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chronically-evie · 7 months
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my mom keeps trying to get me to go to the ER when im having a flare up and i have no idea what to tell her.
because ive BEEN to the ER before. you wanna know what they did? while i was sweating, shaking, and sobbing, curled in a ball of pain?
they asked me if i was on my period. when i told them no, they asked me if i was pregnant.
when i told them no, because i wasn't sexually active, they forcibly tested me anyways, and then when it came back negative said, "well maybe you should just take a few deep breaths", gave me liquid ibuprofen, and sent me home.
disabled people, in this particular situation disabled afabs, are never fucking listened to.
the ER staff literally LAUGHED at me multiple times. they pointed at me when i was having one of the worst episodes of my life and snickered.
so no, i do not want to go to the fucking ER. my heating pad, ice packs, and nausea meds are going to help me more than anything a hospital could do.
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brightlotusmoon · 8 months
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jemineye · 1 year
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for the record, disabled people don't have to automatically know their limits. we are allowed to push ourselves and learn our limitations. what is not allowed is able bodied or even other disabled people who think they know us tell us that we have to keep going. my disability and body are not science projects for anyone to play with.
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doresworld · 1 month
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Being disabled means experiencing something terrifying health wise, but being uncertain if it’s hospital worthy
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Sometimes i find myself putting off taking pain killers usually with the mental reasoning that I'm not in a really really high amount of pain so I dont need it yet.
This is a reminder to myself and anyone out there that needs it that you dont have to wait to be in a really high amount of pain before you take pain relief or do things that will make you feel better.
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museofdeity · 10 months
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you’re allowed to be mad about being disabled, by the way. you’re allowed to complain and feel the way that you feel and hate ableds for making you feel out of place. you’re allowed to not feel positive.
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4spooniesupport · 7 months
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hussyknee · 8 months
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I am not broken. I have been wounded.
I am not damaged. I have been hurt.
I am not useless. I am making the best of my limited capacity.
I am not lazy. I need rest to heal.
I am not unreliable. I live an unpredictable life.
I am not irresponsible. I have limitations.
I am not incompetent. I am learning at my own pace.
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fallenstarcat · 1 year
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“well it’s good your tests came back normal!”
no. it’s not.
a normal test result doesn’t mean i don’t have symptoms anymore. it just means we’re no closer to an explanation.
i’m still struggling. my symptoms are still getting worse. we just don’t know why, also meaning they don’t take me seriously.
a normal test result is not a a happy thing when disabled.
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manyminded · 1 month
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here’s to disabled people who can’t speak/struggle to speak. wether it be a physical thing, mental thing, or both, it’s okay. you’re not any less a person for it.
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tucknroll · 5 months
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when i say “life is such a pain,” i don’t mean it in a nondisabled ‘something unfortunate’ happened way but in i am disabled and i am in so much pain.
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