Look who finally got over her internalized #ableism and got her #disability placard! Yay yay yay! #disabled

Reminder that #ambulatory #wheelchair users (me) exist. #disability

Meow! kripkitty here!! Im #neurodiverse and #crip #disabled , pursuing communication research in a medical clinic. Im finding the doctors really inaccessible to me, and generally deficit oriented about #disability. Any thoughts on this (from disabled ppl)?

I was getting fitted for a new #wheelchair the day after I saw #Barbie, and choices were made… your girl will be wheeling around with a HOT pink chair come winter 2023/24 #CripPride #disability

My qualifying exams started today (I get four weeks for 2 questions - 30 pages per question). Unfortunately, I had a wicked #methotrexate hangover, so I barely got anything done. Feeling overwhelmed by the expectations and timelines of proving my worth and knowledge. #criptime #gradschool #academia #disability #ableism #disabled #highered

I went to a #drag show on Saturday bc I just felt like I really needed to. Trying to nourish my #queer identify as a #crip is often hard in a pandemic. Skipped my immune suppressors for 3 weeks. It was really wonderful, but next time I’ll need to put glow paint on my #cane so people see me. I miss going out so damn much (pre covid). Now I will be anxious for 10 days. #disability #disabled

Invisible tattoos of crip time, crip time, crip time.
Bleeding ink dissipates into my skin; permanent markers seep poison into me.
Scars are reminders of crip time, crip time, crip time;
futures in crip time, crip time, crip time.
And I find comfort in the chaotic tides of crip time, crip time, crip time
Because I know she will always pull me ashore when it is my time.
#disability #disabled #spoonie

Thursdays are the one day I have to go to campus which is always shitty because it’s such a big place, and it’s cold, and I am stubborn still just using my canes when I need to be in a wheelchair for these things. AND im stressed because last week the handicap bathroom was broke so I had to go upstairs and then missed the start of class. I want to be online, hiding from the pollution of #ableism #disability #spoonie #highered #academia

#ableism needs to become a part of DEI initiatives, but also don’t want it to become part of neoliberal and capitalist agendas… so that’s a real catch-22 #disability

Year 3: My funding for next year just fell through. I don’t care as much about the fee remission as I do about the health insurance. Every year that I’ve been here it’s been a brutal race to find someone who will take me. How dehumanizing. I have so much #crip wisdom to offer. Screaming and no spoons left. #spoonie #disability #disabled in #highered #phd