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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.
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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”
Hello! I'm also an autistic disabled person and I've thought about getting a cane but I haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. What made you decide? Is it an every day thing or a some days thing? Idk I'm just trying to gather info ig.
Hey! It took me a while to decide to do it honestly but realizing that I don’t need to push myself is a big part of it. I’ve always been a person who has pushed themself to do everything perfectly and I’d get really frustrated when I couldn’t and to be honest I’m still like that. It wasn’t until recently (got my first cane back in January) that I realized that having a mobility aid or aids would help me be able to do what I wanted how I wanted was a big part too.
Also I came to the realization that people don’t think about/dream about how much a cane or mobility aid would help them if they don’t need or would not benefit from it.
I was constantly worried about how other people would perceive me and as an Autistic person I struggle with knowing how people perceive me so I’m always self conscious of that but ive come to realize that the opinions of others don’t mean Jack shit compared to my comfort. Additionally, I was really scared to be rejected by my family and loved ones and to an extent I have faced some ableism from them (my mother especially) the way my mobility aids have helped me way out weigh that.
Basically just coming to terms with the fact that I can’t do everything the same way as everyone else, realizing that people who don’t need it don’t think about it, and that I should prioritize my health and comfort over my fears of how others perceive me. The comfort and safety of my body is the most important thing so I decided to finally listen to the part of me that has been begging for help.
I love my forearm crutches but damn they make my forearms tired so fast especially when I’m having a flair day (both pots and pain) like today. I’m so glad I have them but holy shit it’s exhausting.
Long ass post incoming:
Okay so generally speaking my university’s campus is relatively accessible on first glance and new buildings are in theory ADA compliant and they’re working on the older buildings which is more than can be said for a lot of campuses or even places in general. A lot (but not all) of the professors are respectful of accommodations and do their best to accommodate all students as best as they can however there is still a lot they could do but either don’t know they can or outright refuse to do.
However, it is still very inaccessible!
Elevators frequently break and can take days or weeks to be fixed they’re also really annoying and often hard to find because they’re not labeled very well not to mention they’re slow as fuck, ramps are slightly too steep (super hilly campus too), shuttles are available but frequently run late or are excessively full and only run to a certain time so if you need to get somewhere on our giant campus past a certain time you’re fucked, sure there’s mobility services you can access but you need to schedule pickups ahead of time so you can’t really do anything spontaneously and there’s not many of them so if you need it the same time as someone else you’re fucked, so many doors that are supposedly automatic are broken, a building may have an automatic entrance but if you need to get into a classroom or lecture hall the doors are wickedly heavy, some lecture halls have auto doors at the top of the hall but not at the bottom where someone with a wheelchair could actually get into the room, and that’s just to name some of the accommodations for physical mobility impacting disabilities.
When it comes to other disabilities the campus and specifically lectures can be inaccessible too. For example some professors refuse to use their microphones in large lecture halls because they feel their voice is “loud enough” but that makes it even harder for students who have hearing impairments or auditory processing issues, often times professors use many colors on their lecture slideshows and that can make it difficult for students with colorblind ness or students with other visual impairments or for students with visual processing problems, when COVID-19 was still deemed to be a thing worth worrying about lectures were “podcasted” or recorded in classroom or on zoom so that they could be accessed remotely but now many professors refuse to record their lectures because they cannot be bothered to just push a simple button which leaves students who can’t safely come to campus unable to access their education or students who are sick without that same access and students who even if they can make it to lecture cannot process everything in it for a whole lot of other reasons unable to access their education the ability to do this when Covid was still of public concern (1) just shows that we can still do it and honestly still should(2), additionally many lecture halls are full of distractions and noises and so much else that make them inaccessible to people with cognitive/mental disabilities and mental illnesses, and that’s not just the case lecture halls but also in dining halls and gyms and even just outside can be extremely overwhelming and overstimulating for many many people.
(1) which mind you it still should be we are still suffering as a society from a virus that is incredibly deadly and saying that it only kills those with underlying conditions and what not is ableist as fuck
(2)For example we don’t really turn in printed out copies of essays or assignments for hand grading anymore we turn them in online because that’s easier and with technology the way classes are run has changed so why hasn’t it changed with COVID??
In general I am thankful that the campus is relatively “accessible” but it still needs hella work. Sure not everyone can be accommodated completely by an institution or even by other people but there certainly are things that are very easy changes that can be made and there is stuff that we can do to accommodate ourselves and we cannot put the burden of accommodation solely on others we know ourselves the best and thus can figure out what accommodations we need from ourselves and others.
Overall the world is super inaccessible and we NEED to do better than we are doing now both abled and disabled people alike need to work together to make everything a better more accessible for as many people as possible
TL:DR
University campuses are super inaccessible to all disabilities and there is so much that needs to change and that can easily be done and it’s absurd that we aren’t doing it. Colleges and universities and professors and even students need to do better so that everyone can feel welcome and accommodated and safe to learn
Hello people who are disabled and disability allies here is a cool app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rollappinc.mobilityapp
Roll mobility it would be cool if more people used it so that there were more locations logged. It's a map app that shows the accessibility levels of certain places wherever you are and you can also log places you have been
It's super useful as most places are not super transparent about their accessibility and have hidden inaccessible places this app can let people know of those things in advance! The thing is though it works better with more people using it and logging the accessibility of places so if you can that would be great! Spread the word!
Thanks 😊👍
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Hi, I'm opening commissions to get mobility aids!!
Yeah, that's basically it. I need cash so I can get stuff to help me walk around and:
- Not be in pain all the time
- Not collapse at random
- Make it easier for me to get around in college
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Small Works:
Jellyfish: $1
Horribly Drawn Memes: $1
Autism Doodles: $1 ($ 3 for color)
Character Ship Rings: $1 (per character, multiple characters welcomed )
Poorly Drawn Pokemon: $2 ($5 for color)
Edit/Aesthetic Pfps: $2 (per pfp)
Random Tattoo Designs: $5
Descriptions:
Jellyfish: You get a drawing of a jellyfish. That's it.
Horribly Drawn Memes: Send the meme, and I'll draw it so horribly it will be sad or funny
Autism Doodles: Trinket/Creature from your special interest/hyper fixation will bedrawn. Yes, I want to know about it (/srs)
Poorly Drawn Pokemon: I draw low quality Pokemon
Character Ship Rings: I draw matching rings based on the characters/ship(s) of your choice. Please keep it leģal. Poly is more than welcomed
Edit/Aesthetic Pfp: Give a character/base, I'll make a pfp
Random Tattoos: I send random a tattoo I designed. You don't have to credit me
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Oc|Characters:
Head: $3
Upper Body: $6
Full Body: $9
Send a picture of your Oc/character, and I'l draw them.
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Clothing Designs:
Will be drawn on a blank model. Give a theme, and I will make a design
Dress: $5
Top: $2
Bottom: $3
No color (for speed in production)
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NSFW (18+!!!): $20- $50
For NSFW, both you and the character(s) need to be 18+
No: Inc3st, P3d0, R@p3, etc
Yes: Sexual, Kink, Gore (not sexual), etc
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Cashapp: $0tt3rPopp [zero, not a capital O]
My Discord to receive commissions + talk out prices:
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As it becomes winter again... and as somebody who once popped out his kneecap by slipping on ice, I would like to remind my followers that slip on shoe spikes exist.
You can usually get ones like these for around $10, and they're really worth it. They're made of rubber, so you can just fold them up, and I've been using mine for a couple of years now.
Ha y'all a friend of mine has started a go fund me in order to get mobility support https://gofund.me/cc84f361
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