you know, this feels like a fun time to remind those of you able bodied out there, ally or not, you will be disabled eventually, unless you die very young. it might take 40 years for your hips to give out, or you might have a lifechanging accident in the next 30 minutes, but don't think you're better than me just because i've been disabled since i was a teenager. you'll know what it's like eventually. maybe start advocating for us now while you have working legs and arms and eyes
well this is quite possibly the most interaction i've ever had with a post. if you're able bodied and not living in poverty, please consider contributing to our gofundme to allow my partner/carer to move to the uk to live with me full time https://gofund.me/174a4791
@Atatra A phrase that made this click for others in my life is
"Everyone's disabled sometimes"
Whether it's the ramp you used when moving in with a dolly, the extra-bumpy sidewalk by the edge of the curb when it's frosty or slick, or opening the door with a button when your hands are full, we all rely on disability infrastructure sometimes
It just doesn't always click that the infrastructure we take for granted might not have been there had it not been fought for
@Atatra Me and my arthritis are in complete agreement. Don't wait until it affects you personally.
@Atatra
I read a really great phrase that embodies this idea well: "everyone is only temporarily abled."
"why do they need to do weeks of work and close this entrance to install a stupid ramp" because i promise you that you will need that ramp eventually, you will curse and moan at every flight of stairs someday, you will hate the way the world was built for you when you were young and now doesn't serve your tired old bones, and i will laugh, and i'll still help you get up those stairs, but it will be vindicating.