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Wheelie Chronic

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Disabled ♿️ Chronically Ill 💊 Political PITA 🗣️ Mum of feral kids 👱🏼‍♀️👧🏼 Wife to Viking 🧔🏻 Advocate 👩‍🦽‍➡️ Activist 🌍 LGBTQIA+ 🖤🩶🤍💜 Audiobook Addict 🎧

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Jan 19

Let me re-introduce myself! Now there's lots of people from TikTok her! Hi I'm Wheelie! Here's a bit about me! #Disabled #WheelchairUser #Spoonie #ChronicIllnessAwareness #Homeless #HomelessFamily

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Sep 21

Hi, I’m Wheelie 👋
40. 5’5”. Scorpio. Married. But there’s way more to me than that.
Chronically ill, disabled, and chronically outspoken.
Ask me anything, I dare you. 🤣😝
♿🔥
#DisabilityPride #ChronicallyIconic #CripTok #WheelieChronic #GetToKnowMe

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D A V I E M O o O o O o 👻🎃 @daviemoo.bsky.social · Sep 20

I don’t think any political party is the cure all to British politics being fucked and in the bin. Because British politics itself is not fit for purpose

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Sep 11

New Substack - School Shootings; the lesson that Britain learned but America keeps repeating

Charlie Kirk isn't the story - THE KIDS ARE.

More guns, more graves; America's endless cycle.

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D A V I E M O o O o O o 👻🎃 @daviemoo.bsky.social · Sep 11

Victims of Kirk's rhetoric do not have to perform sorrow for you, and in a world where political violence is in every aspect of our lives this will not be the last act of violence we see. To think it is is astounding naivety.

Asking the sheep to cry for the wolf is a show of indulgence we cannot afford.

Victims of Kirk's rhetoric do not have to perform sorrow for you, and in a world where political violence is in every aspect of our lives this will not be the last act of violence we see.

politicallyenraged.wordpress.com

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Aug 1

No polish. No filters. Just the raw reality of being a disabled activist in a world that keeps demanding more from people who already have less.
#WheelieUntiltered #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabledAndExhausted #ActivistBurnout /5

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Aug 1

Like I'm missing my chance to help someone else feel seen. Like I'm failing my community.
But the truth is: burnout doesn't ask permission. It just kicks the door in.
This is Wheelie Unfiltered /4

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Aug 1

I spend months digging into legislation, policies, statistics, and personal experiences so l can explain it all in a few minutes online. And still... it never feels like enough.
Because if rest, I feel like I'm letting
someone down. /3

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Aug 1

Every day, unpicking how the world isn't just inaccessible, it's hostile. And I'm tired. Not "I need a nap" tired, soul tired.
Because I don't just talk about this stuffl live it. I research it in-depth. I carry the weight of people like me and the ones I love. /2

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Aug 1

This is your reminder that disability advocacy isn't a hobby, it's emotional labour. It's grief on repeat. It's researching systems designed to break us, while still trying to survive inside them.
I've just spent 31 days talking about the harshest truths of being disabled in the UK. /1

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · May 13

7/7 These aren’t isolated issues.
They’re symptoms of a society that sees disabled lives as optional.

We’re told we cost too much. Take up too much space.
But we deserve space. Safety. Support. Dignity.

This is about systems that were never built for us in the first place.

#SmashAbleism

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · May 13

6/7 3% of new homes are accessible.
55,000+ disabled people are waiting for housing they can actually live in.

Meanwhile, we’re trapped in flats we can’t shower in, crawl through kitchens, or get through our own doors.

Not a housing crisis. That’s neglect.

#AccessibleHousingNow #AccessDeniedUK

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · May 13

5/7 Only 53% of working-age disabled people are in work.
Pay gaps. No adjustments. Passed over.
If we speak up, we’re “difficult.”
If we stay silent, we burn out.

Disabled workers deserve better than lip service.

#DisabilityPayGap #AccessToWork #CripJustice

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · May 13

4/7 1.5 million SEND pupils.
97% of primary school exclusions?
SEND kids.

They’re underfunded, unsupported, and set up to fail — then blamed when they do.

We don’t need more awareness days. We need equity.

#SENDCrisis #InclusionNow #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · May 13

3/7 46% of PIP claims are denied.
Thousands die waiting for decisions.
The DWP spends millions fighting disabled people in court… while claiming to “support” us.

This isn’t a safety net. It’s a noose made of red tape.

#StopDWPDeaths #BenefitsAreRights

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · May 13

Disabled people die up to 20 years earlier.
Not because of our conditions — but because we’re ignored, misdiagnosed, or denied care.

No interpreter. No step-free access. No belief.
Medical ableism isn’t rare — it’s the default.

Care shouldn’t kill us.

#AbleismIsReal #HealthcareNotHarm

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · May 13

1/7 The system isn’t broken for disabled people.
It’s doing exactly what it was built to do:
Fail us. Exhaust us. Silence us.

Every major system — healthcare, welfare, education, housing, employment — is rigged to shut disabled people out.

And we’re done playing nice.
Buckle up

#DisabilityRights

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Apr 8

If JK Rowling "justifies" hatred of the trans community as "protecting women" then HOW is she going to "justify" going after asexuals? What risk do we pose to women's safety #Asexual #JKRowlingStirkesAgain
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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Mar 27

I signed up to join the #RenewOurPower online. You should too! 350.org/renew-our-po...

RENEW OUR POWER

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Mar 15

It honestly amazes me. I don't know if it's because I used to work in medicine or because I've always put myself in other people's shoes but it baffles me.

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Mar 15

SAME - I go to bed before my kids

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Mar 14

Healthy people... oops no, I mean "temporarily abled people" take note because trust me, this stings to find out with no warning. #Disabled #WheelchairUser #ChronicAsInForever

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thank you @richardburgon.bsky.social for talking some sense! When you become disabled you become a statistic, & that statistic is how much of a "drain" we are on society. When I could work I saved people's lives, none of that matters now, I'm not a person anymore apparently. #NoCuts #Disabled

Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Mar 14

So disgusted by the LABOUR government for selling out ALL of their founding principles. Tax the rich don't kill the vulnerable. #DisabilityBenefits #BenefitCuts #TaxTheRich #ProctectTheVunerable #SellOuts #RedTories

TikTok - Make Your Day

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Wheelie Chronic @wheeliechronic.bsky.social · Jan 25

darn answer was three, two attempts in the left finally got it in my outer right arm!

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Mark Ebenhoch aka INGLORIOUS BASTARD @realmarkebenhoch.bsky.social · Jan 25

Think about this.. for a second. Doesn't take you much time to get it!
Them? Eons.😉

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