Had A Group Of Teens Laugh At And Make Fun Of Me For Walking With My Cane Today. Wtf Yall Wtf.

Had a group of teens laugh at and make fun of me for walking with my cane today. Wtf y’all wtf.

Is decency not a thing? Is kindness non existent? I am just a person and sure I use a mobility aid but goddamnit that doesn’t mean you cam/should laugh or make fun of me or any other disabled person for how they walk or behave and what not

hi ! you ! please don't blame yourself for the secondary effects of your disability. the weight changes are not your fault. the muscle atrophy is not your fault. the malnutrition is not your fault. the new/worsening mental health condition is not your fault. the low hygiene is not your fault. none of it is your fault!

are there areas of your self care that need improvement? of course, that's true for everyone! but it's hard to be kinder to yourself when you're disabled. sometimes we downright can't do things because of our disabilities. and it all snowballs and self perpetuates. that's not a moral failing - that's scary and difficult to go through!

you don't deserve blame, ridicule, or hatred. you just have limits. you just need support. and that's, morally, neutral. it's okay. you're not doing anything wrong, and i hope things get easier soon. give yourself a little more grace, okay?

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”

At LGA (LaGuardia airport) and sure it sucks being on crutches in such a huge airport (or any airport really) BUT they let me go through the priority lane which was super nice.

Also saw some sunflower signs regarding invisible disability which was cool too

Image description: SpongeBob (cartoon yellow rectangular sponge with large eyes and nose) wearing only tube socks and black shoes standing in the entrance to a cave with a green field behind him. He is out of breath and leaning against the wall of the cave.

Text beneath image: me after a shower where I don’t know if I have the energy to get dressed

Me after a shower where I don’t know if I even have the energy to get dressed.