Wassup fam, my baby is turning 8 in 3.5 weeks! As such, to get her presents and give her the Kirby-themed birthday she desires, I'm gonna be buggin you all with my photography and where you can acquire my art to help a Black kid have a great birthday!
I kinda want a new wheelchair, but I live in the US which means to get insurance to pay requires a doctor's note, & despite 10 years I've yet to find a neurologist or rheumatologist who wasn't saneist, antiBlack, fatphobic & sexist #disability#DisabledFedi#BlackAndDisabled
Hey pachyderms,
May goal reached! Thank you so much to the people that helped me out! I'm hoping in August I'll be able to go back to donating plasma and be ok going forward!
Started watching a wheelchair YouTuber & she's testing an accessory called the LapStacker. It's a strap to keep things from falling off your lap, retractable, etc. It's 120 damn dollars. The little electric motor I'm looking at? 4,250. I'm poor ffs ppl
Right now I'm still mostly trapped in my house. Most of that is a structural issue: my home is not accessible, my block is not accessible, the only public transit route I can take to my kid's school is inaccessible and there's no alternative, but I could still go out more if I could use my chair!
But I can't use my chair as much as I need, bcuz I'm not strong enough. I can't use it bcuz I have joint & nerve pain that's worsened by pushing, & nobody wants to help me build strength, stamina or make sure my technique is correct, they just want to take my chair from me bcuz I'm still ambulatory
Meanwhile, my joints are getting worse, my pain is getting worse, and I don't go out and socialize, work or exercise, because it's too painful and exhausting. I still think about going to the museum with my kid & nephews & the difference next day between using my chair for 1 trip & not the other
And getting insurance to pay for these things is usually more trouble than it's worth. For one thing, the specialists that would argue my case are not doctors I trust. They're fatphobic, saneist & racist & their negligence & arrogance is the primary reason I'm suffering so much as it is
It's just frustrating. I've tried fundraisers before, they never worked. There's not nearly as many resources to help people get mobility aids etc as abled people think. It isn't a straightforward process to get on disability either and that's a pittance anyway.
Happy May pachyderms! New month means new #MutualAidRequest bcuz I'm a disabled Black enby struggling to get by, especially now I have to pay insurance premiums for my kid
Premium-64
Transit-100
Food-150
Electric-100
Gas-50
Misc-46
212/500
Happy May pachyderms! New month means new #MutualAidRequest bcuz I'm a disabled Black enby struggling to get by, especially now I have to pay insurance premiums for my kid
Premium-64
Transit-100
Food-150
Electric-100
Gas-50
Misc-46
Total: 0/500
They kicked my kid off Medicaid and onto CHIP and are now demanding $63.24 a month for her to have health insurance. I can barely scrounge up $150 a month for food for 3 people and a cat, like wtf. Like cost of living is going up, I cannot. I am going to fucking weep. What are people supposed to fucking do like this? This is the "low-cost" option? I can't even find a part time at home job! #disability#poverty#workingpoor#DisabledFedi#BlackMastodon
Pachyderms, a dino is tired & in pain from surgery. Got bills to pay & mouths to feed. I can't donate plasma for 4 months bcuz of surgery & don't have anything besides photography & #MutualAidRequest can I please get a little help?