Misa on Wheels

Pokémon trainer costume for wheelchair users:

Things cooler than flying cars: Disabled people being able to get married without losing their benefits. 👰‍♀️ Houses built with accessibility in mind. 🏡 Pool lifts that actually work. 💧 Accessible hotel rooms that are actually accessible. 🏨 Remote work and accommodations being honored. 💻

Them: “Why are there suddenly so many more disabled people nowadays?” There aren’t. Disabled people have been here all along. However, disabled people are more visible, vocal, and way less ashamed of the way we are. And people are noticing this, with either openness or with ableism.

Dear photographers, Please do not assume that a mobility aid user does not want their mobility aid in the photos. Please do not ask a mobility aid user if you want them to hide their mobility aid or have it removed for the photo. Please do not suggest the world looks nicer without mobility aids.

Lateral ableism stems from unresolved internalized ableism. Read that again.  ✨👩‍🦽✨

“Disabled people should not be forced to live in poverty.” Them: “Well, assistance programs are only meant to be temporary help to get people back on their feet.” “What about people who will never “get back on their feet?“ You do realize that many disabilities are permanent, yes?” Them: “…”

One severely underrated perk of being a wheelchair user is getting out of those creepy corporate trust fall exercises.

Me: I’m really happy that all those bots posting disability-related hate speech comments are no longer commenting on my posts. Also me: …why were there bots posting disability-related hate speech comments in the first place?

It is not only disabled people who want or would benefit from accessible houses. There are so many homeowners out there that wish their houses were accessible so that their disabled loved ones could visit them.

Thing I am not concerned about: a job candidate bringing an iced coffee to an interview. Thing I am very concerned about: companies using AI to screen out and not hire disabled job candidates.

It baffles me when businesses view wheelchair users as third-rate tagalongs and not as valuable customers who often love to shop, tip very generously, and simply want to be treated with the same level of decency and have access to come and spend our money at your business like any other customer.

“Yes, it’s accessible, but it is completely humiliating and would not be acceptable to a non-disabled person,” is not accessible.

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As a disabled person, I have met disability advocates, those who share knowledge with others, accessibility advocates, those who raise awareness, and those who share their lives to make others with disabilities feel less alone.  I have not, however, ever met a single “sickfluencer.”

Something that astounds me is the level of accusation related to being disabled. Disabled people are accused of faking their disabilities. Disabled people are accused of not filling out paperwork properly. Disabled people are accused of being a problem when the real problem is ableism.

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Nursing homes should never be a replacement for accessible housing. Read that again.

Ramps do not decrease curb appeal.

No, ONLY the houses of disabled people being accessible is not enough. ALL new homes should be built to allow anyone to be able to visit family, friends, loved ones, and be able to move without having to worry about expensive renovations and aspects non-disabled people do not need to worry about.

A 32-hour work week would make the workplace more accessible to many disabled people and allow full-time employment for those unable to work a full 40 hours. A shorter work week would also allow for increased flexibility for appointments, symptom management, and self-care without missing time.

These wheel covers allow wheelchair users to convert their wheels into mini skis to easily sled over snow and ice.

No Bow, No How. Say NO to a data center in Bow, NH. 💚

Town officials: “We are trying to quietly approve a project proposal to create new jobs and lower taxes.” The project:

Massive data centers do not only have a negative impact on the environment but also on the well-being of disabled people. 👨🏻‍🦼

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: No AI Data Center in Bow, NH. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

Inaccessibility is outdated. Seeing inaccessibility still incorporated into modern building design not only reflects outdated attitudes towards the disabled community but reminds disabled people that, at the end of the day, these design choices that keep us separate are intentional.

Wait…people were actually unhappy about this change? 🤯

Them: “It’s IMPOSSIBLE to expect things to be more accessible.” Disability advocates:

Most newly disabled people do not come home to a house that meets their needs. In fact, inaccessibility can even cause such people to not be able to go home at all. Our ability to use our own homes, or even enter them, can change in an instant. Let’s start building with accessibility in mind.

“Oh, you’re planning decorations for your new garden? Farmhouse stuff, right?” Me:

Random person on a disability post: “I don’t know why so many disabled people don’t work! I knew only one disabled person in all of my life who had a job and made lots of money, so they must be representative of the entire disabled population, right? Oh, and that Stephen Hawking guy!“

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I will never forget the wildest example of inaccessibility I have encountered as a wheelchair user: Many years ago now, I was attending the funeral of a family member. The funeral home was doing maintenance on their ramp, and the only way for me to enter the building was via the coffin lift. 💀

Society: “Disabled people should work.” Also Society: -Gets rid of remote work -Makes workplace accommodations extremely difficult to obtain -Little to no accessible public transportation -Takes away benefits and support disabled people need to work in the first place if they earn income

There are too many people out there eager to be “experts” on coping with things they have never had to experience or deal with. 

Accessible, but make it pretty:

It’s weird to me when people say that Jimothy, who is doing just fine, should be taken away from his family and community and placed in a “sanctuary.” Because similar things have often been said about disabled HUMANS.

Happy Disability Pride Month from Jimothy! 💚🦝💚

Jimothy supports disability rights. ✨🦝✨ #Jimothy

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Disability-related organizations that do not actually employ disabled people are more likely in the business of exploiting the disabled rather than benefiting them.

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People going out of their way to be cruel to disabled people during a month when the disabled community is celebrating the anniversary of the passage of ADA really speaks volumes about the state of things right now.

Reading the remarks on Disability Pride Month posts where 90% of commenters think everything involving more than 3 colors is a rainbow and don’t understand what they are experiencing anger about:

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