Aubrie Lee

Artist because I want to be, activist because I have to be. ♿️ Disabled and proud. She/her. Namer @Google. Opinions mine. #SayTheWord "Disabled".

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I'm on Mastodon: https://t.co/luy0Y4YuL4

If you're curious, here's how I set up my own server: https://t.co/2dnPwPwwaJ

@joinmastodon

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@cardenonwheels #CarsRuinCities #WarOnCars https://t.co/IBbyUO0AxG
(also you're a great photographer)

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*gets woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of a truck backing up*
*realizes it's just my tinnitus*

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There's always room for two things: improvement, and dessert.

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@AimiHamraie @criticaldesignl The fact that Disability is often missing from the diversity list, and when it is listed, it's #LastOnTheList
https://t.co/4uE4SywJvw

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Local govt for #PreparednessMonth: "Consider the needs of the more vulnerable members of your family, or people with limited mobility, such as infants, seniors, pets, farm animals and persons with disabilities."

"pets, farm animals and persons with disabilities"

#LastOnTheList

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@JillianWeise @KavanaRamaswamy @BorgDiem This appropriation has a name: the curb cut effect.

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I've gotten many compliments on my chair, but today, having someone shout their compliments from twenty feet away was a new one.

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People who wish my power wheelchair could move side to side:
- Me
- Bus operators who ask me to move my chair sideways after tying it down

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But what if I’m both?
#CommonCyborg #Disabled
#accessibility #a11y

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Local govt for #PreparednessMonth: "Consider the needs of the more vulnerable members of your family, or people with limited mobility, such as infants, seniors, pets, farm animals and persons with disabilities."

"pets, farm animals and persons with disabilities"

#LastOnTheList

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Happy #DisabilityDay! This means I get to make a wish, right? I’ll make three:
1. For Disability to not be last on the list whenever it is named
2. For wheelchair graphics to not be hospital wheelchairs every time
3. For more wishes
#IDPD #IDPD2020 #IDPWD #DisabilitiesDay

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"Forgoing food and water for hours before a flight is a common practice among travelers who use wheelchairs and cannot access the bathroom."

Whether someone can use the bathroom has become the de facto litmus test of inclusion. Airplanes don't pass.

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It's bad enough that this is one man's trip one time. It's even worse that this is many of we wheelchair riders' flights every time.

[All Wheels Up ♿✈ @allwheelsup]

"For passengers who use wheelchairs, air travel in the United States can be an embarrassing, uncomfortable and perilous prospect."

Image description: Two individuals lifting another individual into an aisle chair. https://t.co/jeMxWfh1Jh

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"The agent then swabs his hands, shoes, thighs,
the back of his chair and the chair headrest for substance testing."

This frustrates me every time. Tell me, do you think people want someone to wipe the bottom of their shoes first, and then their headrests afterwards?

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Now, during these physically harmful 6 hours sitting in a seat not designed to support my weak disabled body, I can mentally prepare myself for probably landing to find my chair broken.

Good thing I got a free, very thorough massage from TSA before we left.
#FlyingWhileDisabled

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The @JetBlue experience: I arrive at the gate 2 hours before my flight, then get yelled at by the gate agent to go faster or they will "offload" me and force me off the flight.

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The only good part of the experience were the two aisle chair attendants, who tried to ask about getting me a seat closer to the front of the plane (so my knee wouldn't have to bang against every row we passed, which happened despite their best efforts). Thank you, T. and Z.!