Tumblr user briarpatch-kids:
One thing I wished more people grasped is that wheelchair use is a full spectrum rather than just ambulatory/nonambulatory (and some non wheelchair users can't even get that right!)
Some people need a wheelchair for isolated outings like Disney or the mall.
Some people need one to leave the house
Some people need one for a couple months at a time on and off but can get by without it most of the time
Some people can take a couple steps but that's it
Some people have to stay in their wheelchair and can't move to a couch or regular chair.
Some people need extra equipment like slings or transfer boards to get in and out of their wheelchair.
Some only need their wheelchair on bad days.
All of the situations I just described are based on real people I know (and me!) and I would bet money that all of us have dealt with bullshit from people who don't understand that it's a spectrum. source
One thing I wished more people grasped is that wheelchair use is a full spectrum rather than just ambulatory/nonambulatory (and some non wheelchair users can't even get that right!)
Some people need a wheelchair for isolated outings like Disney or the mall.
Some people need one to leave the house
Some people need one for a couple months at a time on and off but can get by without it most of the time
Some people can take a couple steps but that's it
Some people have to stay in their wheelchair and can't move to a couch or regular chair.
Some people need extra equipment like slings or transfer boards to get in and out of their wheelchair.
Some only need their wheelchair on bad days.
All of the situations I just described are based on real people I know (and me!) and I would bet money that all of us have dealt with bullshit from people who don't understand that it's a spectrum. source
Transcript: beggars-opera
"Rocky Horror is turning 50 next month and people still act like being gay was invented by Ellen in 1997"
beggars-opera
do-you-have-a-flag
"i fully know what you mean! but! i did also think "Oscar Wilde published The Picture of Dorian Gray 133 years ago as of 2 months from now, and people still act like being gay was invented by the Rocky Horror Show in 1973" and now i cannot stop laughing making more gay history comparisons"
"But honestly! Renowned French poet Théophile de Viau wrote the poetic ode to King James titled "The Duke of Buckingham," containing the immortal lines "One man fucks Monsieur le Grand de Bellegarde / Another fucks the Comte de Tonnerre / And it is well known that the King of England / Fucks the Duke of Buckingham" exactly 400 years ago and people still act like being gay was invented by Oscar Wilde in 1890"
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"Rocky Horror is turning 50 next month and people still act like being gay was invented by Ellen in 1997"
beggars-opera
do-you-have-a-flag
"i fully know what you mean! but! i did also think "Oscar Wilde published The Picture of Dorian Gray 133 years ago as of 2 months from now, and people still act like being gay was invented by the Rocky Horror Show in 1973" and now i cannot stop laughing making more gay history comparisons"
"But honestly! Renowned French poet Théophile de Viau wrote the poetic ode to King James titled "The Duke of Buckingham," containing the immortal lines "One man fucks Monsieur le Grand de Bellegarde / Another fucks the Comte de Tonnerre / And it is well known that the King of England / Fucks the Duke of Buckingham" exactly 400 years ago and people still act like being gay was invented by Oscar Wilde in 1890"
elim-flower source