Uhm, for my 100th post.. I wanted to do that one trend with the likes. I only have, like, 35 followers so I doubt this'll gain traction, butttt, worth a shot. 'X)

15 interactions I'll make a YouTube video tonight

25 interactions I'll work more on my mask

40 interactions I'll start eating healthier

80 interactions I'll clean my room (which is a depression nest rn)

100 interactions I'll wear a tail to school

150 interactions I'll do public quads and post it on my YouTube

200 interactions and I'll start working out every night

250 interactions and I'll get my chronic pain checked by a doctor for athritis

300 interactions and I'll start an Etsy for gear

400 interactions and I'll tell my friends about my therianthropy and explain to them that I'm physically a wolf

500 interactions and I'll start seeking out therian friends and start guitar lessons

I'm only gonna go until five hundred because I doubt this will get past 40- but hopefully I'll get there someday ^^'

Me when my able-bodied friends walk too fast

Adaptive / Para sports that aren't wheelchair basketball!

Wheelchair rugby: very physical, wheelchairs look like battel bots, very rough and very cool I don't know much about the rules of regular rugby either. Tried it once was not for me but very epic to watch

Adaptive curling: played with a stick that attaches to the curling rock so you can play from a seated or standing position, good for those who can't bend over or who require mobility aids

Wheelchair tenis: played just like normal tennis in a sports wheelchair rackets have shorter handles to be easier to push while holding, difference to the rules being that the ball can bounce twice

Adaptive archery: so many different adaptions from shooting in a wheelchair, using prosthetics, mouth release triggers for those without use or with lim differences in arms

Adaptive skiing/snowboarding: good for those with lower lim differences and mobility issues. Adaptions include using one leg with outriggers to balance and stear (both ski and snowboard) sit ski, where your entire lower body is basically in a ski boot, can be used for blind people as well or those with upper body limitations with an assistant controlling the sit ski. Independent sit ski use outriggers for stearing (think like ski poles with little skis on them)

Adaptive rowing: good for all ability levels as well as blind and visually impaired. So many different adaptions for loading into boats, seating supports, adaptive paddles and auditory cues

Adaptive swiming: this has so many different options, swimming is amazing for you it let's you use you body in different ways then weight bearing and there are a lot of options, different flotation devices that can attach to legs or arms, having someone move your lims for you, having a tap signal when you get close to the edge of the pool, visual cues for time, pool lifts just so many different options for everyone

Biking: standing bikes, two seated bikes so people with vision problems can have someone stearing, electric bikes, electric assist with pedaling, strap in pedals, anti tips, tricycles, hand cycles, different levels of seating support, walking bikes, you can ride behind someone in a bike, lots of university's will have indoor bike tracks so that you can ride on flat low resistance ground

Para hockey: this is my sport, I play competitively so I know a lot more about it. Para hockey (also know as sledge hockey) is played sitting down in something called a sledge. You have two sticks with spikes on the ends in order to propel yourself on the ice. There are a bunch of modifications possible for sleds with high back support with straps for those without core control, for those with upper body limitations there are pushers who attach a push handle to the back of your sled in order to move you around the ice, if you have no grip strength you can tape or otherwise secure you sticks to your arms/prosthetic. Rules for para hockey are the same as for stand up hockey with the exceptions being, periodes are 15 minutes and there is an additional type of penalty called Teeing for purposful front of sled contact to another persons sled without angling. Rules wise in grassroots (basic introductory sledge) anyone can play no matter their ability so abled family and friends can join you. Above the intermediate competitive level however, all players must have an impairment that affects their lower body in a way that means they do not have the capacity to play stand up hockey even at a lower level.

Blind hockey: Blind hockey is played pretty much the same as regular hockey, all players have a severe visual impairment/blindness and it is played with a large hollow puck that jingles so players know where it is

Anyone feel free to add more! There are so many different ways to have fun and be active as a disabled person the first step is just learning that they exist!

my fucking impostor syndrome. some sketches + pain level rating.

me, sitting still for an hour: i'm barely in pain (2/10). i'm actually healthy.

me, when i walk with a cane and it's tolerable (4/10): so do i really need a cane? i can walk fine without it?

me, taking a few steps without a cane and whimpering in pain (7.5/10): i just made up that pain to find an excuse to use a cane.

me, in the middle of the night, getting up to take a piss, grabbing my cane and holding onto walls, i can barely walk (5.5/10): yeah, a play without an audience. okay. you'll get there just fine, calm down and stop pretending.

me, unable to get off the toilet without grabbing the doorjamb (3.5/10): well, i just came up with a cool way to move in a cool way. nothing unhealthy.

being told my chronic pain isnt "that bad" will get me to punch u

i cant go outside today because i can barely walk up the stairs in my own home

i have collapsed many times in the past, which is something i rarely bring up just because people always follow it up with some kinda gaslighting

YOU ARE NOT IN OUR BODY

They should invent a knee that doesn’t do that.

That: bends backwards, dislocates, collapses, is chronically painful.

No you don't understand what it's like for me. You won't understand what it's like to be chronically ill unless you've personally experienced being chronically ill yourself.

You don't need to fully understand or relate to someone's experience to be empathetic and listen to them.

Saying that you understand when i know for a fact that you don't doesn't make me feel better. Actually listening to what I'm saying does.

as someone who recently started using a mobility aid, unaccessability has become clearer than ever (shocker!)

more often than not i have no place to put my cane. lean it against a desk? it falls. place it on the floor? bending down hurts. put it on the desk? it disrupts my peers.

it's so cumbersome to do things such as wash my hands because i have to like pin my cane between the sink and my hips.

The body isn't body-ing

I never really processed my disability; ive sorta convinced myself im lucky to be as healthy as I am, and that none of it is a big deal, and that my pains tolerable, and that the wheelchair doesnt change my life for the worse.

Lately, im sorta being smacked with the reality that im disabled. The pain wont go away, the fatigue wont go away. I cant just go on a 5 min walk outside ny house. Im going to be in a wheelchair for the forseeable future. I cant do a lot of things i want to do. im not faking or over exaggerating, this is fucking real. i almost feel like im greiving.

i dont wish i was ablebodied, i dont hate myself... i just feel sad for all that ive lost.

Don't go out and get a cane.

don't go out and get a cane

Do some research. if you have pain on both sides get something more like forearm crutches or a rollator that can evenly distribute weight. Caness are best for when the pain is on one side.

Me: *walks with crutches for support*

Random child: You're paralyzed!?

Going to start wearing a sign that says "I don't yield to ableds" as I refuse to move for the people trying to get on through the accessible bus entrance/exit before I've gotten off.

Be disabled. Take up space. Demand your accommodations. Make them wait, make them move, and don't feel sorry about it.

The one thing that makes me avoid fat positivity is the prevalence of the phrase "fat people can be healthy too"

Ignoring the fact that being fat is bad for your health, (which does not matter you should never shame people for their body mind your business that's gross) is that it makes it about health instead. You are saying that people should be aloud to look however they do so long as they are healthy.

This is just pushing the hate onto those with health issues instead of actually doing anything to get rid of it. Fat people should not be shamed for their body because no one should be shamed for their body.

Saying you shouldn't shame someone because they might be healthy is just continuing to assign morality to health. Don't comment on others bodies, how they chose to live their life or what they do with their body does not affect you, and if it does then you are the problem not them. Just because someone is unhealthy does not make it okay to make comments! Do you have any idea how many invasive and horrific comments people make towards people they recognize as disabled because "they care about our health" or "are just curious" and then get harassed when we don't answer or if we do but not in the way they want? Don't make commenting on unhealthy people okay.

Health has no morality it just is.

Bodies have no morality they just are.

I think the reason a lot of leftists struggle with disability justice is that they haven't moved past the concept that discrimination isn't bad because it's objectively "wrong." yes, sexists are objectively wrong when they try to claim women are dumber than men. yes, antisemites are objectively wrong that jewish people are inherently greedy and run the state. yes, racists are wrong when they try to claim that white people are the superior race. and so on.

but then with disabled people, there are a lot of objective truths to the discrimination we face. people with IDs/LDs do fall behind and struggle with certain concepts. physically disabled people are often weaker and less capable of performing demanding tasks than able bodied people. many of us with mental illnesses are more reckless and less responsible. a lot of us are dependent on others and do not contribute much "worth".

and guess what? disabled people still deserve a place in the world. disabled people still deserve the supports they need. because they are people, and that should be enough to support them and believe they deserve a place at the table.

if your only rebuttal against discrimination is its objective inaccuracies, you are meeting bigots where they are at. you are validating the very concept that if and when people are truly incapable of being equal to the majority, that means they are worth less. this causes some leftists to then try to deny the objective realities of disabled people and/or become ableist themselves.

your rallying behind marginalized groups should start and end with the fact that people are completely worthy of life and equity, because they are fellow human beings and that should, frankly, be enough.

when the “10 tips on how to make showering easy for disabled people” list doesn’t include a shower chair or a shower/changing table or grab bars etc, i know they don’t care about us physically disabled people.

good for u that turning off the lights and lighting a scented candle instead and listening to music or put on a show and using a bath bomb etc etc helps u but like none of those tips are that beneficial for physically disabled ppl specifically.

it’s good that those tips are there but for once we’d love to be included.