Not My Mom Trying To Walk With My Crutches Today And Asking Me If I Can Do Any Fun Tricks Like Idk Spin

Not my mom trying to walk with my crutches today and asking me if I can “do any fun tricks like idk spin around” with them.

Like

1. Don’t touch them. I didn’t say you could touch them and it’s disrespectful to mess with someone’s mobility aids

2. Don’t fucking play with them they are how I get around you could break them

3. Don’t touch my shit if I don’t say explicitly you can touch it

4. The fuck do you mean a spin??? Are you asking me to do a color guard toss or???

No I didn’t say any of this to my mother cause hahaha I hate confrontation and simply didn’t have the energy. I was literally IN THE MIDDLE OF A NAP that I desperately needed after going to the doctor.

Also Who’s gonna tell her not to barge into my damn room?? Evidently not me cause I’ve told her and she still doesn’t listen

I guess a good thing regarding my parents and my mobility aids is that they’ve just let me be and not questioned me too much though they do give me the “look” of “do you REALLYYYYYYYY need that”

This rain is fucking terrifying holy shit wtf New York/New Jersey (i have no idea what state i’m I’m rn) wtf

Video description: heavy rain hitting windshield of a car very loudly causing Extremely low visibility with windshield wipers on

I have SO MANY I’m really bad with names though so even though I’ve named them all I’ve forgotten most of their names. My favorite/bestie is named Pig and he’s a Pig (creative naming right) that’s dressed up as a cow and he owns my heart. He was given to me by my girlfriend (who uses they/them pronouns) and my life is fuller with the two of them in it. I have absolutely no clue how many stuffies I have in total but it’s probably 100 if not more I just love having squishy little friends

So many people collect stuffed animals!! This has made so happy!!!

Mobility Aids should be free.

Yes this! I was absolutely talking about abled people playing with our mobility aids. If it it yours do what ever you want with it and have fun with it! We might as well make our lives a little more enjoyable

MOBILITY AIDS ARE NOT FUCKING TOYS GODDAMN IT. THEY ARE NOT HERE FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH!!!

Non caps: mobility aids are not fucking toys goddamn it. They are not here for you to play with!!!!

I really really wish New York City was more accessible

I’m currently in NYC and because of the repurposing of buildings rather than building new ones in many parts of the city they end up being inaccessible.

I understand wanting to save and repurpose buildings rather than tearing them down and rebuilding but there has to be a better way to repurpose that can include being accessible.

Yesterday I went to a CVS that was in an old bank building and guess what no automatic doors and the only way in was a flight of stairs.

Today I went to the Chelsea market and sure getting in was fine enough except the lack of automatic doors and cobbled crosswalks/streets (my enemy) outside but even inside the floor is so bumpy and uneven that I constantly feel like I’m going to fall and have to be hyper aware of where I’m putting my feet and cane.

There has to be a way we can do better as a society and as people.

Also the amount of doors people have let shut in my face when they see me coming on my crutches is ridiculous when they were just holding it open for someone else like sure I can do it and I will but it would be nice if you’d at least keep it open long enough for me to grab it with my foot or crutch or something

On the good side though I have seen a ton of wheelchair accessible taxis and that makes me really really happy. I’ve seen more of those than of regular taxis actually.

Edit: in the comments on this post I have been let know that the taxis that I mentioned are not in fact as accessible as they appear and are rather unsafe for those who are in wheel chairs so I guess that’s just one more shit thing. Go look at the comments to find more explanation/lived experience with this