We’ve tried PSAs, we’ve tried comics, we’ve tried videos, we’ve tried hashtags, we’ve tried everything. And now? Now we’re trying the Ryleigh Ryder way.
*Cracks knuckles*
KEEP YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF OF OTHER PEOPLE’S FUCKING WHEELCHAIRS YOU FUCKING FUCKITY FUCKS!
I HAD THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE SEIZE MY WHEELCHAIR AND BEGIN PUSHING! TODAY! T O D A Y ! THREE PEOPLE IN A SINGLE DAY!
HOW FUCKING HARD IS IT FOR YOU PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND?
A WHEELCHAIR IS AN EXTENSION OF A DISABLED PERSON’S FUCKING BODY! IT IS THE LITERAL EQUIVALENT OF THEIR FUCKING LEGS! BY GRABBING A WHEELCHAIR, YOU ARE GRABBING A PERSON’S BODY!
AND FUCKING GUESS WHAT?
IF YOU WOULDN’T TOUCH A PERSON’S BODY WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT, YOU SURE AS FUCK SHOULDN’T TOUCH A PERSON’S FUCKING WHEELCHAIR WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT!
A WHEELCHAIR IS THE ONLY WAY A DISABLED PERSON CAN FUCKING MOVE! BY GRABBING/PUSHING A WHEELCHAIR WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION, YOU’RE LITERALLY TRAPPING THEM AND TAKING AWAY THEIR AUTONOMY AND BASIC FUCKING MOVEMENT YOU FUCKING IGNORANT ASSHOLES WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?
IT’S TERRIFYING! IT’S SO FUCKING TERRIFYING! IT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF RANDOMLY PICKING SOMEONE UP AND CARRYING THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU FUCKS!
FUCKING ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE
YOU’RE NOT FUCKING HELPING, YOU’RE NOT A FUCKING HERO, YOU’RE A FUCKING ASSHOLE WITH A HERO COMPLEX!
FUCK OFF!
…There.
Is it finally sinking in?
Because I literally don’t know how else the disabled community can get this across. We’re out of options. I’ve been on this website for five and a half years and we’ve said this message in every single way we can, and if anything, able-bodied people have only gotten worse.
So now we’re Ryder-ing up this message:
IF YOU’RE A FUCKING ABLE-BODIED PERSON AND YOU FUCKING THINK IT’S OKAY TO FUCKING GRAB SOMEONE’S FUCKING WHEELCHAIR AND MOVE IT WITHOUT THEIR FUCKING PERMISSION, YOU CAN FUCKITY FUCK RIGHT THE FUCK OFF!
Well what d’ya know?
The Ryleigh Ryder way might actually have some merit after all.
(It’s worth noting in the two days since I’ve posted this, I’ve had my chair grabbed two more times.)
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