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crippledpunks · 8 months

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cane users don't have to use their cane for every single step in order to be valid in their need for a cane. cane users can suddenly stop using their cane while moving around and not invalidate their need for it next time they use it. some cane users may only use their canes during flare ups. some only need their cane every few steps for short bursts. everyone's needs are different.

every cane user deserves respect.

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valeria-sage · 8 months

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How can chronic pain patients be “addicted to pain meds?” That’s like telling someone with a prosthetic that they’re addicted to their prosthetic. Or a cardio patient that they’re addicted to their pacemaker. Or a diabetic that they’re addicted to insulin. What is the thought process here?

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zebulontheplanet · 2 months

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Sometimes I’m mean and grouchy. If you were in pain every waking moment then you’d be mean and grouchy sometimes too.

#zebrambles #chronic pain #physical disability #physically disabled #disabled #disability #crippled #cripplepunk #cripple punk

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cripp-tid · 10 months

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if you can't have kids for medical reasons, i love you. a lot of people emphasize the joy of children, talk about how they changed their life, etc., and that's just not possible for some of us.

so. shoutout to:

• people who can "technically" have children but can't risk the financial stress due to being already disabled/chronically ill

• people who can't get off their medication long enough to conceive

• people with uteruses who have endometriosis or PCOS

• people who can get pregnant, but have a connective tissue disorder which makes them unable to handle the progesterone during pregnancy since it causes flares (hi, it's me)

• intersex conditions that makes you infertile

• anyone who has a terminal illness

• people who've had medically necessary surgeries which caused infertility

• people with genetic conditions they don't want to pass on (me again)

• those who require IVF that's just not in the cards for whatever reason

• and many, many others

• feel free to add on

you're not broken, you have a reason for being like this. i know it's hard. i love you. it's going to be ok. 💙

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the-delta-quadrant · 10 months

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there's this AuDHD person on instagram who gets a lot of hate from people saying they're faking their autism.

one of the reasons these people brought up is that they wear noise cancelling headphones in their own apartment, when real autistic people would only wear them outside.

i mean, this is already so obviously bullshit because people of every neurotype already wear noise cancelling headphones at home. plus, the commenters don't actually know that this person also isn't wearing them in public. they just think they're "too sensitive" for needing them in their own house.

but as a vision impaired autist, there's an extra layer for me.

i exclusively wear my noise cancelling headphones inside my house. i do not wear them in public, no matter how loud it is.

you wanna know why?

it does not feel safe.

noise cancelling headphones cancel out much of the sound that i need to hear when i go out in public to be able to tell where a car or a person is coming from or how far away they are from me.

the only place i would even remotely feel safe wearing noise cancelling headphones outside is in the small village i grew up. but even there i get so paranoid about cars because i'm traumatised.

i fucking wish i could drown out the noise while still being able to rely on my hearing but i can't.

it's either safety and potential sensory overload or sensory comfort and potential danger.

both decisions are valid but i choose safety.

so that pretty much does leave me only wearing my noise cancelling headphones in my own house. but it helps. i don't even live in the loudest area and i have really quiet neighbours but after a long day in public or at a family gathering or something and not being able to drown out anything, the smallest thing at home could send me into a meltdown.

do these people really need us to go outside with noise cancelling headphones even though it might be unsafe just to prove we're real autists?

bitch, i already get so disoriented when it's windy because all the sounds suddenly sound weird. i'm not doing that, lmao.

#autistic #actually autistic #autist #asd #autism #disabled #cripple #cripplepunk #crip #crippled #disability #vision impaired #visually impaired #low vision #actually blind

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wannabedhd · 5 months

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Me: "Hey Emma! Look, I found your old video where you still had hands and one leg! It is funny to see it now, cuz I am so used to your new look, being a quad."

Emma: "Lol, where did you find this?"

Me: "On my old computer. Here you could still walk and use crutches 🤩 And look at your sexy leg... you wore high heel and you walked so confident."

Emma: "Looking back, being SAK doesn't even count as disabled 😅 I could do anything I wanted. Drive this fancy car, cook, workout and I could even do you a handjob that btw you never liked. 😉 Stumpjob was always your thing..."

Me: "Do you regret having no legs and arms?"

Emma: "Sometimes yes. I can not even dress myself propperly. Climbing to my electric wheelchair takes weeks 😆 I can not even hold a spoon when I eat lunch. But ironically all this makes me horny and I can still put my vibrator between my legs as my arm stumps are long enough to reach it 🙈 Then I remember it is all worth it 🍀"

Me: "And I have to take care of your useless stumps, massaging them and putting on all the prosthetics. What a pitty 😅"

#devotee #disabled #crippled #disability #legless #amputee

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talkethtothehandeth · 1 month

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I love you cripples, cripples I love you

#personal #chronic pain #disabled #scoliosis #chronic illness #cripple punk #arthritis #chronically ill #ehlers danlos syndrome #crippled

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cpunkwitch · 1 month

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disabled artist in need

[disabled artist in need]

hey guys

bad news

i dont have health insurance and i have both a dental appointment and medication to pay for

i want to add those cane wrist straps to my store but i need money to get supplies to make them (all i have is the thread rn)

i dont get paid from work until next week and it will probably be just enough to only cover my dental appointment the week after if anything at all.

i take art comissions, i sell woven bracelets, i sell art prints, im working on adding another piece to the prints option and adding stickers (part of the price goes towards paying staples for their printer since mine doesnt do colour). i even do tarot readings and theres more available for you to check out in my store.

my sisters helping me make little buisness cards i plan on sending out with a thank you for each order i get.

any support at all would be amazing, i got a lot going on but have to put getting myself supports and aids on hold to focus on paying for meds and appointments right now.

i could use all the help i can get

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dyspunktional-revan · 11 months

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Stop saying “disabled or chronically ill” and all other variations of it.

Chronic illnesses are disabilities.

What are you even defining disability as if you are not including chronic illness.

Stop.

#leviathan.txt #disability #chronic illness #ableism #disabled community #disabled #chronically ill #spoonie #cripple #crippled #crip #disabilityposting

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benjitoum · 14 days

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The broken bones continued thru the pandemic!

#crippled #legcast #leg cast #brokenfoot #brokenleg #brokenankle #injured #injuredleg #injuredfoot #injury #injuryrecovery

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crippledpunks · 8 months

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i get frequent compliments on my cane. i'm sure there are folks who glare and say "oh they just use that because they're fat" but the people who approach me always have something positive to say. something important i learned about my cane is that it's an extension of me in a way, and it reflects parts of my personality. it is patterned with a sort of Florida fern vacation looking print, with stuffed animals hanging off the back of the handle, and stickers on it. people compliment various different parts of it.

fishing for compliments isn't the goal, my mobility aid is a mobility aid first and foremost, i don't need compliments from ableds. what i'm saying is it should spark joy for you, specifically. that's the important part, part that will bleed outward into other people naturally when it falls into place

a lot of canes are bland and black and can feel a bit drab, and almost too clinical. patterned canes are not always available but if you can afford (or 'find' one) it's a great way to make it look and feel more like a part of you. stickers of all types can be applied to the body of the cane, and a lot of them have key chain loops where you can attach whatever kinds of accessories you like. this can double as a counter-balance for canes with straight, not hooked, handles, making it easier to hang it off of your arm or objects.

your cane is yours and it should feel like yours. you're allowed to do whatever the hell you want with it. put spikes on it. spray paint it. make it ugly. put worms on a string on it. as long as it doesn't interfere with your ability to use it, make it yours. anyone who doesn't like it can fuck off. the right people will definitely appreciate that you decked out your shit, and whatever brings you joy is worth pursuing.

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plaguedghosts · 1 year

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“I don’t know why you search to have these problems and illnesses”

I’m not searching, I’m just done being gaslit about how I feel and what I experience and I’m finally advocating for myself

#crippled #cripple punk #cripplepunk #disabled #disability #hypermobile joints #chronic pain #autism #schizophrenia

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zebulontheplanet · 2 months

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Here’s some things I’ve noticed as a more visibly autistic person and manual wheelchair user.

People notice my wheelchair before my autism often.

Instead of pitying those around me for my autistic traits compared to when I didn’t use a wheelchair, they pity me instead for being in a wheelchair.

My wheelchair is seen as who I am instead of as a mobility and independence tool.

People are overly nice and cautious.

And a lot more. It’s a new experience. I’m still getting used to it. I’m used to people noticing my autism right away. People noticing my stimming, my running around, my loud noises, assuming I have caretakers, etc. That isn’t really my experience in a wheelchair, and it’s weird. Although I’m still autistic, and people do notice my autism, it isn’t frankly as fast as it used to be and they notice my wheelchair first.

I also have noticed that people stare a LOT at my wheelchair, and see that a lot before seeing me as a person who happens to be in a wheelchair. I don’t know, just a new thought process and experience.

#zebrambles #wheelchair user #ambulatory wheelchair user #chronically ill #chronic illness #physically disabled #cripplepunk #crippled #autistic #actually autistic #actually autism #autism

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crippledbanshee · 2 years

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Disabled people do not ruin aesthetics, we are the aesthetic. No need to thank us.

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the-delta-quadrant · 10 months

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if the only reason you're considering medical diagnosis or legal recognition of your disability is to feel less like a fraud, don't do it.

it's not worth the effort nor does it actually work.

i got my autism diagnosis so i could get PIP. i got registered sight impaired so i could get PIP as well as some other accommodations. i got my ADHD diagnosis because i wanted to try meds.

i got my PIP and the benefits. i found out i can't go on ADHD meds.

for a few months, a side effect of getting diagnosed/registered was feeling validated and more confident in these disabilities.

that did not last.

every now and then i still wonder if i'm making my autism sound worse than it is, if it's really autism at all, if i just accidentally lied to the assessor because i wanted to be autistic. same with my ADHD.

with my vision, my eye conditions are an undeniable, visible fact. and yet i still feel like i'm making myself out to be more disabled than i am. i still think "i can read normal print, large print is just more comfortable, so i'm not really that disabled". i still think "i actually can see lots of things around me, so i can't really be that disabled".

i still feel like a fraud for using large text, magnification, a symbol cane, stim toys, a sunflower lanyard, not reading physical books etc.

i still feel like a fraud despite having 30 pages of diagnostic paperwork and certificate of visual impairment in my drawer. especially with my vision because no other vision impaired person's vision seems to be like mine at all. i am alone.

so yeah, if the only reason you want to get diagnosed is for confidence in your disability, it's not worth it. the doubts will come back anyway.

#disabled #disability #cripplepunk #cripple #crippled #crip #neurodivergent #autistic #actually autistic #actually ADHD #actually blind #autism #ADHD #blind #blindness #low vision #visually impaired

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wannabedhd · 6 months

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Me: "Ema is that you?"

Emma: "Oh hi! I haven't see you for ages! 🤩"

Me: "I guess your BIID has progressed... 🥰"

Emma: "Yeah... Apparently I lost some weight 😅 "

Me: "Last time I saw you, you were missing only one leg."

Emma: "I couldn't resist... My wish for amputations grows every day. Soon after we break up I decided to cut the remaining leg. One more "check" on my wish list. I can walk on my stumps now! This was one of my darkest desires."

Me: "Oh, I'd onestly like to see you walking on stumps 🤩. You look so hot without legs even though your foot was so sexy. What about the arm?"

Emma: "I thought DAK amputee will be enough for me. But it never gets enough I guess. And I love it. My surgeon cut my hands 3 months ago. I live alone and I have to take care for myself. I need longer arm stumps to do the daily things, so any more amputations is not an option. But I promised myself I'll cut both arms at the shoulder some day."

Me:"No stump remaining? 😀 My devotee darkest desire... 🥰 I'll take care of you forever. I promise. I can't wait to f*ck you with no legs on the way. I can't wait to undress your limbless body. I can't wait to rub your pu**y you can't reach. Let's do it."

Emma: "You can try riding a legless girl today if you want! Wink wink."

Me: "Oh your lovely stumps...😍 "

#devotee #disabled #crippled #disability #legless #dak amputee #amputee #amputation

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