Since APPARENTLY This Needs To Be Said AGAIN

Since APPARENTLY this needs to be said AGAIN

Wheelchair seating is for (surprise) wheelchair users. We need that spot because it is the only safe spot on the bus for us. The ONLY reason you shouldn't move for someone in a wheelchair from the wheelchair spot is if you are also in a wheelchair and got their first. I WILL keep yelling at people to move.

Also the DISABLED seating is for DISABLED people! It is NOT for your fucking kids or luggage. You wanting your kids to have a better view on a long trip (literally just happened to me) is no fucking reason to take all the fucking disabled seating. I had to have multiple people help me up the fucking steep ass stairs to sit on the normal seat area. I'm in so much pain now from the effort. It took forever. And I get to feel humiliated for not being able to make it to my seat.

Now imagine instead of having a little walking capability I had none. I may have not made it on the bus home.

Abled people reblog but stop adding things like "do people really do this?" "But I don't do this" "this is just common courtesy" I wouldn't constantly be posting about it if it didnt constantly happen for fucks sake

If i’d’ve known that pain wasn’t normal maybe I’d have the accommodations I need in life

One of the first things children should be taught in health class is what constitutes a ‘normal able body’—that being alive should not hurt. They should explain the pain scale in depth and what it means and how to listen to your body. Not only will this teach kids the importance of taking care of yourself and monitoring how you feel, but it could vitally assist in identifying disabilities at younger ages, thus hopefully giving them the chance to live a better life.

This may seem stupid to people who have never experienced chronic pain, but as someone who has been in near full body pain for 3/4ths of my near 22 years of life, if I had been taught this kind of stuff at a young age I would have been able to identify what I was experiencing and discuss it better with the doctor. I was in such constant pain I thought it was normal to feel like that and my parents just kept telling me it was growing pains. Once I got older, I was diagnosed with depression before my physical pain symptoms were addressed and it took me years to convince my doctors that it wasnt psychosomatic

I love to seeing my friends prosper but I wish with all my heart I could join them.

Does anyone else collect books to cope with chronic pain (or other things)?

Ive never felt more called out in my life

disabled people are like “well if I’m not using any of my aids and i pretend i’m not in pain i can pass as abled so can i even call myself disabled?” it’s me, im disabled people