TFW you fall over fantastically /on the concrete/ when you just ran to your car to get stamps. Neighbors all like 
No one helped, as usual.
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And it is 100% possible to end up with a mobility aid that makes you feel ok about yourself. I googled "house flame cane", and loved the results (mostly because I can now answer "what's with the cane" with "it makes me go faster").
Being in the US helps a lot. Had to leave Canada last year due to issues w/ disability law and not being able to use a scooter that I had as a mobility device when I lived in big cities. Same shit though. Didn't look like a mobility aid, and I didn't look handicapped. It's insane
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It's really upsetting how much appearances matter though. Plenty of folks use a wheelchair who aren't paraplegic, but if someone in a chair stands up to pick something up, it gets shared on the internet mocking "It's a miracle" as if they are faking :\
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That's the thing. I have Tourettes (and other issues) & I have actually had parents point at me & say to their children "that's why you don't do drugs". On a day when I need my mobility aid I don't get those comments. People assume they know our whole situation just looking at us
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