today for disability pride month, i’d like to discuss something not many able-bodied people know about: ambulatory wheelchair users!
first, “what is an ambulatory wheelchair user?”
it’s a term used to describe people who use wheelchairs that can stand and or walk in some capacity. the amount a person can walk can vary greatly between ambulatory wheelchair users, some may need their wheelchair 60% of the time, some may need theirs 90% of the time.
“why would someone use a wheelchair if they can walk?”
there are tons of reasons someone who can walk might use a wheelchair, such as fatigue, balance, heart problems, pain, fainting, and many, many more. it could be dangerous for them to walk.
“isn’t that being lazy?”
nope! take shoes, for example. you *could* walk without them, but it would be painful, and could give you cuts or blisters. would you consider wearing shoes to be lazy? also, many disabilities and conditions are progressive, using a wheelchair can help slow progression and damage to your body.
so next time you see a wheelchair user move their leg, remember that ambulatory wheelchair users exist!
Still can’t get over the fact that The Backrooms made liminal horror “mainstream” while also completely misrepresenting the genre, ditching the subtle, melancholic sense of unease for a bloated SCP clone with edgy shadow monsters.
I personally find this to be a much better take on a similar premise:
No jumpscares. No monsters. Just an eerie, dreamlike sense of being lost in a completely desolate, sprawling brutalist hellscape.
There’s something so unnerving about architecture that has the aesthetic of being man-made, while also realizing that nothing about these buildings would be of any practical human use.
I think what makes this video so unnerving for me is that, after a while, you stop seeing any “dry land”. Everywhere the viewer goes, the floor is submerged in at least a couple feet of water. There’s no place to sit and rest, let alone lie down and sleep, so you’re forced to keep on wading through all this cold water for who knows how long until you find someplace above the water once again. And even if you manage to find that, nothing here was designed for human comfort. Unlike an actual pool room, there are no benches or chairs, just flat, hard ceramic tiles, no doubt cold and wet as well if only from the water that’s no doubt dripping off of you. And between all that wading, the weight of your sopping wet clothes, and slowly choking on the humid, chlorine-saturated air, exploring The Poolrooms has got to be exhausting.
no offense but I’d be so much better than you at exploring the poolrooms. catch me and the girlies having a snooze in our inflatable pool mattresses. We brought spray paint to mark our way back. Kelly brought some Mai Tais. we’re having a blast.
I am not only missing Gameclam but my first flight was delayed for unknown reasons so I missed my connecting flight. And now I’m standing in line at Airline Assist to get rescheduled for a flight at like 10:30. And a child just played with the door for the emergency defibrillator, so there’s an alarm going off.
I’m. Having a time today
Upside is I’m gonna have time to actually have dinner. Downside is I’m gonna hear everyone else complaining the whole time
TERFS do not interact (walked in on a herd of Moomin characters vaping in the MomoCon bathroom once. she/her/herself, 25) what's up dudes Call me Anna or Heelys. I like lots of things and take silly shows seriously
