A veritable spank bank of inspiration porn.
![[Image description: image is a photograph of a middle-aged white man sitting at a desktop PC holding a mug. He wears a black t-shirt and jean shorts. He sits in a black, manual wheelchair, resting his legs which were amputated below the knee on the shelf-drawer that holds the computer’s keyboard. The man stares at the camera with a blank expression on his face.]
Wow, this man’s courage inspires me to dick around on the computer, too. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5n7ruwRLO1ry2bqho1_500.jpg)
[Image description: image is a photograph of a middle-aged white man sitting at a desktop PC holding a mug. He wears a black t-shirt and jean shorts. He sits in a black, manual wheelchair, resting his legs which were amputated below the knee on the shelf-drawer that holds the computer’s keyboard. The man stares at the camera with a blank expression on his face.]
Wow, this man’s courage inspires me to dick around on the computer, too. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.
Nothing is stopping this guy who’s wheelchair bound from playing bowling. #inspire #inspirational #wheelchair #bowling #motivation #motivate #dontgiveup #possible
HE’S JUST BOWLING! Does he know you took this picture of him and posted it online without regard for what he thinks?
CRIPPLES DO NORMAL SHIT LIKE DRIVE AND GO BOWLING AND GO TO PARTIES. We’re not here to ~inspire~ you or motivate you to get off your own ass. Our lives are not tragedies that you can twist to make you feel better about yourself.
fuck this inspiration porn. Perhaps I will send you a picture of me eating cereal so you can caption it ~oh this brave strong woman, eating her cereal and shit~
You creeper, did you even ask him if you can take this picture? Did you even talk to him? Or did you just stare at him from a distance as if he was a three-headed dragon?
If any stranger did a picture of me because while doing random stuff of my disability i’d FLIP MY SHIT.
NO WORDS. NO WORDS.
I sincerely hope you had his permission (which I genuinely believe you didn’t ask for). Should I send you pics of me brushing my teeth or drinking a cup of water for your ~inspiration collection~?
Cripples Making Really Stupid Inspirational Porn of Themselves Meme, three two one go
a-badelynge-flew-by asked: Today I was at a cincinnati bengals football game and as we exited the game I passed a bengals fan who was also a quad. The guys next to me say, "well i've experienced being a disappointed bengals fan for 30 years but at least I'm not a paralyzed bengals fan, really makes ya appreciate what you've got". ...He was inspirational for LIKING FOOTBALL .
Clearly, you don’t understand the kind of bravery it takes for a man in America to enjoy football.
The sister of one of my good friends from high school has gone missing. Please reblog.
The Sacramento Police Department continues to search for missing Natomas teen 14-year-old Nicholette Garner.
“There were no family disagreements before she left,” mother Shirlene Garner told THE NATOMAS BUZZ. “We had a really good weekend with our daughter.”
On Monday, Oct. 15 at about 12:52 a.m., police officers responded to Garner’s home when her family reported her missing. The teen had not been seen since about 10 p.m. the night before when she reportedly crawled out her bedroom window.
“Nikki” is 5-feet 10-inches tall and 175 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a purple shirt with stripes, dark blue jeans and flip flops walking south on Pony Express Drive towards San Juan Road.
Garner may have been carrying a small duffle bag. Her phone has reportedly been turned off since an hour after Garner left her home.
Officers have contacted friends and family members in the Sacramento area and in other parts of California, but Garner has not been located. She’s a student at West Sacramento Early College Prep Charter School.
According to Garner’s mother, the teen is considered “at risk” and has never run away from home before.
“A security camera showed a couple of cars driving south on Pony Express very close to when she left,” Garner’s mother said “She was alone until out of the camera’s reach. I know someone has some kind of news, any information is something.”
The Sacramento Police Dept. urges anyone with information pertaining to Garner’s whereabouts to contact the Police Department’s Non-Emergency number at (916) 264-5471, or Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP (4357) or text in a tip to 274637 (CRIMES). Enter SACTIP followed by the tip information. Callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. (source)
![[Image description: image is a photograph of a white man and woman both in their thirties in front of a white background. The woman wears glasses, a blue blouse, and a jean shirt. She stares down smiling at the men next to her, who uses a manual wheelchair and wears a business suit. The man holds his glasses in his hand while he talks to the woman.]
That man is so brave for networking and creating synergy in public.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5n7wp51pv1ry2bqho1_500.jpg)
[Image description: image is a photograph of a white man and woman both in their thirties in front of a white background. The woman wears glasses, a blue blouse, and a jean shirt. She stares down smiling at the men next to her, who uses a manual wheelchair and wears a business suit. The man holds his glasses in his hand while he talks to the woman.]
That man is so brave for networking and creating synergy in public.
Inspiration porn is an image of a person with a disability, often a kid, doing something completely ordinary - like playing, or talking, or running, or drawing a picture, or hitting a tennis ball - carrying a caption like “your excuse is invalid” or “before you quit, try”.
Let me be clear about the intent of this inspiration porn; it’s there so that non-disabled people can put their worries into perspective. So they can go, “Oh well if that kid who doesn’t have any legs can smile while he’s having an awesome time, I should never, EVER feel bad about my life”. It’s there so that non-disabled people can look at us and think “well, it could be worse… I could be that person”.
In this way, these modified images exceptionalise and objectify those of us they claim to represent. It’s no coincidence that these genuinely adorable disabled kids in these images are never named: it doesn’t matter what their names are, they’re just there as objects of inspiration.
Inspiration porn shames people with disabilities. It says that if we fail to be happy, to smile and to live lives that make those around us feel good, it’s because we’re not trying hard enough. Our attitude is just not positive enough. It’s our fault. Not to mention what it means for people whose disabilities are not visible, like people with chronic or mental illness, who often battle the assumption that it’s all about attitude. And we’re not allowed to be angry and upset, because then we’d be “bad” disabled people. We wouldn’t be doing our very best to “overcome” our disabilities.
I suppose it doesn’t matter what inspiration porn says to us as people with disabilities. It’s not actually about us.
static-nonsense asked: yes, that is so much better, thank you! and if it's ok with you, i want to make a quick plug for the Blank Your Monitor addon project for firefox, which can change the colors of a webpage on the fly for you with just a click of a button. it's no replacement for folks being aware of the accessibility needs of their own pages, since site owners really should keep tabs on that, but it works wonders for pages that are inaccessible due to their colors. i found it this morning and it is amazing :D
static-nonsense asked: quick points: 1, i love this so much. 2, unfortunately the theme colors you use are very inaccessible for folks with visual impairments or potentially migraine triggering ): may i recommend using a black on white or white on black theme? i'd love to read the rest of your posts but my RSS reader will only show me the most recent 10.
Thank you! And good call. Is this better?
And, also, please, I encourage anyone else who notices accessibility fails on the blog to point them out. Thank you.
![[Image description: Image is a photograph of two teenage girls going down a long, graduated ramp in an architecturally modern building. Both girls are tan with black hair. The girl on the right wears pigtails, a tight striped sweater that reveals a strip of her tummy, dark baggy jeans, and clunky black sneakers. She carries a large binder and a bag slung over her shoulder. She looks down at the girl on the left, who uses a manual wheelchair. This girls wears her hair lose, a half-sleeve blouse, and faded blue jeans.]
It’s inspiring to see that even in less tolerant times like the late 1990s disabled people were able to pull themselves up by their Doc Martens bootstraps and venture out in public. I tear up just thinking about it.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5n7nvTcAP1ry2bqho1_500.jpg)
[Image description: Image is a photograph of two teenage girls going down a long, graduated ramp in an architecturally modern building. Both girls are tan with black hair. The girl on the right wears pigtails, a tight striped sweater that reveals a strip of her tummy, dark baggy jeans, and clunky black sneakers. She carries a large binder and a bag slung over her shoulder. She looks down at the girl on the left, who uses a manual wheelchair. This girls wears her hair lose, a half-sleeve blouse, and faded blue jeans.]
It’s inspiring to see that even in less tolerant times like the late 1990s disabled people were able to pull themselves up by their Doc Martens bootstraps and venture out in public. I tear up just thinking about it.
You too can inspire the able-bodied by submitting a picture or video of people (and/or animals) with disabilities doing stuff. Go forth! Inspire!
