• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Electric wheelchair.

    Pretty much been housebound since 2018. I can walk short distances, but large stores like a grocery store or a Home Depot were out of reach unless they had their own scooters available, which were often broken, or un-charged.

    Malls were out entirely. City centers? Not a chance.

    The wheelchair opened all that back up to me!

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          5 months ago

          I would bet on it being a little bit (well, a lot) of ablism mixed with people wanting only answers that they personally can use. Which circles back on the ableism… people don’t want to believe that they could suddenly join this minority group at any time.

          I had to be in a wheelchair for a year. The internalized shame from pervasive background ableism is horrible.