#Wheelchair

Alex is taking a break ミ☆

CATFOLKABRAMS

Education time! This isn't directed to anyone at all, It's just I (+ @/lopezbians and @/mchalesagron) saw that there are many people uneducated on this matter!! Warning for ableist language!Why

Dominick Evans

dominickevans

Earlier in my career, one of the big things that those who were working in the representation of disability was that a lot of directors used wheelchairs in media that

Monique Botha #TransRights

DrMBotha

Whenever people talk about reasonable adjustments for autism or ADHD they're like "why can't they treat this like someone needs a ramp, because they're in a wheelchair". Don't mean to

Lucy

Lucyincanada

I went for a ride this afternoon in Stanley Park this afternoon to check out the separated lane now cars are back and boy oh boy did I meet a

The Tweedy Mutant ♿🌈

the_tweedy

Back in high school, I participated in a disability simulation as part of a leadership program run by my city's chamber of commerce (yes, that sentence now produces three distinct

Plant Queer

LeafyQueerCrip

I hate bipeds designing wheelchairs so much...if i wanted to sit on the ground, drag my feet below me, not be able to propel myself forward and not be able

Nickie Miles-Wildin

knockback78

Last night during a workshop for @NSDFest myself & @ChloeClarkeAD talked about charity, medical & social models of disability plus creative access. It was mint. Epic! We were Buzzin! The

Katie Pennick

KatiePennick

Fellow wheelchair users - I am curious! In general conversation about getting somewhere, do you say "I walked there"/ "I went for a walk". Or do you use wheelchair language?

Gabi Serrato Marks, PhD

gserratomarks

Reminder: disabled isn't a bad word! A thread on disability-related language to avoid. Disabled friends, please feel free to chime in with thoughts, including disagreement! normal: I see this

Lauryn Ipsum

LaurynIpsum

Here’s another thing, re: what can individuals do. Let companies know you love accessibility in media and games! Let them know how stoked you are when they release something that

G Peters ♿️ It's still a pandemic btw.

mssinenomine

One of the speakers at public hearing in my city just said that needing space bigger than micro apts is a generational thing - because disabled young people don't exist

Lisa Marie Walters

TheLisaWalters

Just when I think I’m getting a handle on the tidal wave of grief I’ve been feeling since my disability has progressed and I’ve switched to being a full-time wheelchair

G Peters ♿️ It's still a pandemic btw.

mssinenomine

I’ve been thinking a lot about housing in terms of people who have Long Covid & complications. Following onset of my autoimmune disease (after a virus) my apt was inaccessible

Harley 🏳️‍🌈♿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

weegingercpunk

Ableist jokes you need to cut out right now, a thread I'll keep adding to:- Making fun of slow walkers- Making fun of someone walking 'weird'- Jokes about wheelchair users

The Autistic Send Mother Uncut (Xanadu) #Jaded

SEND_PLIGHT

If a learning assistant is an auxiliary aid (an aid for communication to enable access) and a wheelchair is a physical aid (to enable physical access) would we say that

Erin Ekins (she/her)

QueerlyAutistic

Handy list of things that ableds should avoid doing this #IDPWD2020 - gush about our carers and families- interview our carers and families and not us- cry about us being

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