PSA: Some wheelchair users can *GASP* walk
Wheelchairs are used for many disabilities; it could be very painful to walk, one may lack the strength to walk, have hyperflexibility, shortness of lung capacity, fragility of joints, muscles, skin etc.
REBLOG so people STOP harassing wheelchair users when they stand up and even WALK out their chairs in public.
I’m reminded of an episode of the Mentalist where he mentioned he always looks at the shoes of people in wheelchairs, and if they’re worn then it means the person is faking it for some reason.
So glad I stopped watching early.
Lol wtf type of ableist and classist perpetuation is that? And those of us who can only afford used shoes? And those of us who still wear the shoes we wore when we walked a lot? Those of us who can still walk just not all the time? Sigh, what an awful thing for a anyone to proclaim, interrogating disabled folks and disbelief of a disability is ableism and as always someone’s health is none of anyone else’ business.
Or you know I owned the boots before my paralysis and I’m not made of money so I’m going to keep wearing them because I like them.