Handicap - Blog Posts

i’d like to humbly recommend pokemon? ik sword and shield can be difficult because they have more time based events now (ie running away from pokemon in tall grass) but any of the previous generations, if available, should be super accessible

Hey does anyone have a list of more popular games that someone could play with just one hand? My friend doesn’t have use of their right hand but wants some fun time killers.

They’ve got a nintendo switch and are looking for more lax games (animal crossing, night in the woods, Kentucky route zero, ace attorney, etc) but I appreciate literally any recommendations.

Please boost if you’ve got followers who might be able to help answer this!

Thank you!

Wood in Seattle

Inspiration for a small scandinavian brown one-story wood house exterior remodel with a shed roof and a metal roof

I PUT IT ON HANDICAP AND THIS HAPPENED

One of the best examples of abled people taking it upon themselves to advocate for the disabled community while simultaneously ignoring the voices of people with disabilities until they’ve made things worse is the “new” international symbol of access.

The original, established, symbol is on the left and the “new” symbol is on the right.

So what’s the problem?

Well, the biggest problem is that the newest symbol wasn’t designed by someone in a wheelchair. It was designed by two artists who don’t use wheelchairs who thought that they could speak on behalf of people who do.

Who cares, it’s a good symbol, right?

Nope.

See the original symbol, the one that’s been around for decades and has been embraced by the disabled community, works for both people in manual wheelchairs and people in electric wheelchairs. The second one is obviously someone in a manual chair, excluding those who use electric ones.

There’s also ironically an ableist message behind their reasoning that the person on the right symbolizes an active member of society, whereas the non-moving person on the right can be depicted as lazy. This reasoning is extremely ableist and ignorant, artsy for the sake of being artsy without giving thought to what they’re actually implying.

The real kicker?

My college has the new signs everywhere. New York State as a whole adopted these new signs. A ton of different buildings around the nation are putting up these new signs because people are just sort of assuming that everyone with a disability approves, even though most people in wheelchairs are objecting to it and the people who are advocating for it aren’t in wheelchairs in the first place.

And guess whose voices are the ones being heard?

And guess whose voices are the ones being ignored?