Chronic Pain Is So Ridiculous Because I Can Do A Little Jog To Catch The Streetcar At 12pm And Still

Chronic pain is so ridiculous because I can do a little jog to catch the streetcar at 12pm and still be in pain about it 9 hours later

sure you’re posting on the queer neurodivergent autism website and you’re reblogging posts about combating ableism but are you actually normal about people who are socially awkward/isolated? or people who are virgins for one reason or another? people with “weird” or “offputting” behavior? or does your activism only extend to what is palatable and “cool” to you

the world of disability is often one of absolute loneliness and destroying sadness. this loneliness and sadness is not from the hands of the disabled, but rather the abled. we, as the disabled, blur the lines of their understandings of joy, experience, and self -- they cannot imagine being disabled and the struggle accompanied with it until they become disabled themselves, as they all will. in the meantime, we must find meaning and joy within our communities because it is difficult to find belonging elsewhere.

hey if you're not a mobility aid user, and you want a simple way to make public spaces more accessible to those of us who are, i have a tip for you:

push in your chairs when you get up from tables.

when people don't push in their chairs, people with bulky aids like wheelchairs and rollators can't get through. also a lot of people who use canes have wider gaits than able bodied people, and having a chair in the middle of their walking path is a real obstruction. while some of us are able to push chairs out of our way, a lot of us are not, and wind up boxed in/out because somebody didn't push in their chair.

so if you want to do something simple that can make a big difference in terms of like. navigating an outdoor food court or a cafe or what have you. push in your chairs.

Everyone wanted to be thicc but nobody wanted to be fat. Everyone wanted the dad bod but nobody wanted to be fat. Everyone wants fat mommy milkers but nobody wants mommy to be fat. Everyone wants to be a bear but not like, an actual fat bear. You get what i’m saying

doctors will be like yeah you have all the symptoms of this chronic illness and that may make it look like you have that chronic illness but actually you just have all the symptoms of that chronic illness for another reason thats unrelated and also i am not going to give you any help for your symptoms because you are not diagnosed with the disorder you have all the symptoms for. hope this helps