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Nov. 7th, 2022 07:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingSince I’ve started using a cane, I’ve noticed a lot of actors & cartoonists who don’t use them aren’t sure how to depict characters with them! Here’s a simple cheat sheet to help
https://twitter.com/melgillman/status/1589072699741327360
Now that I'm in the business of disclosing disabilities, maybe it's time to admit that I'm as blind as a bat. "But Kathryn," you may be asking, "how do you drive?" The answer is: Don't worry about it.
Anyway, I was just thinking that it might be useful to have a cane. I am torn between not wanting to appear visibly disabled and a deep desire to look like Jason Isaacs playing Lucius Malfoy.
Not too long ago - like maybe January 2019? - I was in absolute peak physical health. Like literally, I was running marathons for fun. Some people get skinny from running, but I got super muscular thighs instead, and this idiot grad student (who - and this keeps happening - is older than I am) apparently took this to mean that I'm fat. We were walking together from one panel room to another at an academic conference, and there was a line for the escalator. We were in a hurry, so the grad student looked at me with concern, and she was like, "Can you do stairs?"
See, if I had a cane, I could have handled that situation appropriately by breaking her knees, and then we would see who "can do stairs."
https://twitter.com/melgillman/status/1589072699741327360
Now that I'm in the business of disclosing disabilities, maybe it's time to admit that I'm as blind as a bat. "But Kathryn," you may be asking, "how do you drive?" The answer is: Don't worry about it.
Anyway, I was just thinking that it might be useful to have a cane. I am torn between not wanting to appear visibly disabled and a deep desire to look like Jason Isaacs playing Lucius Malfoy.
Not too long ago - like maybe January 2019? - I was in absolute peak physical health. Like literally, I was running marathons for fun. Some people get skinny from running, but I got super muscular thighs instead, and this idiot grad student (who - and this keeps happening - is older than I am) apparently took this to mean that I'm fat. We were walking together from one panel room to another at an academic conference, and there was a line for the escalator. We were in a hurry, so the grad student looked at me with concern, and she was like, "Can you do stairs?"
See, if I had a cane, I could have handled that situation appropriately by breaking her knees, and then we would see who "can do stairs."
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Date: 2022-11-14 08:20 pm (UTC)I mean, I ask "are stairs ok?" as a general thing not tied to anyone's physical appearance because I have no way of knowing what shape anyone's knees, hips, ankles, or whatever are in, but I would also make it clear that I ask everyone this.
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Date: 2022-11-16 02:50 pm (UTC)"You seem like you're not physically capable of walking down stairs based on my arbitrary judgment of your age and physical appearance" is the sort of thing that the people who were there still make jokes about to this day.
Last week me and a colleague had to sprint for two city blocks to catch the bus. Once we successfully boarded, he turned to me and asked, "Can you do stairs."
Idk what it is about grad students that makes them so awkward, but damn if this doesn't keep happening.
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Date: 2022-11-23 08:55 pm (UTC)I feel like this is a very awkward take on trying not to assume people's mobility in general, but that's baffling even by that standard.