My Upright Life

Living with sciatica and a sitting disability.

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When sitting down to work with sciatica is not going to happen, you can always walk and write. #sittingdisability @kalophile https://t.co/8OuO6qdSlC

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"Sitting is the default position in our society. Services, businesses and individuals rarely consider the needs of people who can’t sit down without significant pain."
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PSA: Some disabilities actually prevent people from using a wheelchair.
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"I know you care about me and feeling helpless is a hard place to be. But if you want to suggest any treatment ideas, please follow these ground rules."
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"If a person can’t sit, can’t stand, and is legally prohibited from lying down, they are effectively banned from appearing in public." #HostileArchitecture #HostileDesign #DefensiveArchitecture #SittingDisability
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Some changes that happened during the pandemic are actually a good thing for people with disabilities. People like me.
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"'My wife,' I said. 'I’ve never seen her like this. Something’s wrong; you have to see her.' The nurse’s face blurred through my tears.

'She’ll have to wait her turn,' she said, and turned from me and left."
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"It is important to use the term sitting disability, however, to acknowledge an entire population of people who can’t do such a commonplace thing."
#InvisibleDisability #SittingDisability
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"Many of us with disabilities are actually less disabled in our home spaces...How much of disability is someone’s condition, and how much is it the lack of universal design in the world?"
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"Nobody ever seems to consider what’s happening outside and around that Facebook photo they’re snarking about. The fact that it might have been the first time in weeks that chronically ill patient got to do something really fun eludes them." https://t.co/j1o17SnnyH

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Robert from The Patient Will See You Now podcast graciously listened to my ramblings on sitting disabilities. #sittingdisability https://t.co/wQFySzFKPS