wheelchair users deserve a minimum of three wheelchairs to meet different needs. like, bare minimum of indoor chair, outdoor chair, and off road chair. chairs that meet different needs for transport, activity, positioning needs, energy levels, etc.
there is not “one chair” that can meet every need. wheelchair users deserve to have multiple chairs that meet specific needs, no matter how complex their seating/positioning needs. we deserve to at least have a backup if our chair breaks that is just as suited to our needs.
wow this blew up
for anyone who doesn’t know, wheelchairs are very expensive and insurance will usually only cover one every five years or only cover a new one if your needs have changed significantly. the expense is especially true for anyone who has complex positioning needs (i.e. requiring tilt/recline/elevation in power wheelchairs, general group 3 power wheelchair needs, one arm drive for manual wheelchairs, etc.). as with so many disability related issues, those most impacted by their disability are most at risk of harm when adequate support is out of reach.
this post isn’t a joke about how we deserve more for being disabled. this is a very real issue for many wheelchair users, for whom using a wheelchair not suited to their needs can cause very real harm. access to multiple wheelchairs that meet your needs can save lives, and the financial limits placed on disabled people (through insurance, through savings caps, through limited income) prevent that from being our reality!
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Liking a character who sucks is silly because yeah I hate him and yeah I want people to bully him and say mean things but if you say the Wrong mean thing I’m going to get defensive
everything he does is his own fault but also some of that shit wasn’t entirely his fault do you understand
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some people just have no true appreciation for terrible women. oh she killed and ate people? well maybe she was hungry. “I cant defend her anymore-” well then fucking stand aside so i can talk to my client
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people talk about the weirdness of seeing school friends get married and have kids but its even crazier when its online friends. like bro i’ve seen your carrd kin list. we went to homestuck together. brothers in chronically online arms. what do you MEAN youre pregnant.
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Much of the anti-Palestinian bigotry on this site is reflective of something stranger: the infantilisation of politics. Defences of Zionism are increasingly expressed through the language of hurt feelings, sentimental appeals, and subjective fears - to a point where even incitement to genocide is dressed up in cuteified terms. But it makes no difference. To be ‘upset’ at the sight of a keffiyeh, or to say that 'from the river to the sea’ is more threatening than the IDF blowing up hospitals, is to admit tacitly that you’re a racist who sees a people’s struggle for freedom as a personal affront. It’s the uwu-ification of hatred, coated with mangled standpoint theory and lib speak from the Obama years.
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I really do believe there are an infinite number of miracles, life-saving exchanges, intimate embraces and fleeting glances of beauty and connection just patiently waiting for us to be receptive and vulnerable enough to meet them
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some words you can only spell on autopilot. once you stop to think about it you’ve already lost the fight
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You don’t even need to study for the Rorschach test, btw, it’s super easy. All they do is show you a bunch of stupid pictures of your dad getting eaten by a horse
Do not share the answers with your classmates.
Yes Dr Rorschach
Sorry Dr Rorschach
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I miss listening to music being nine years old and the words bearing so little relevance to me that they were like ritual chants or something they just existed to evoke mysterious utterly immaterial emotions by alluding to an inaccessible realm
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all of your friends need a sort of creature or fellow associated with them., so you can send them images when available
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