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wheelerdax.bsky.social
Diary of a Disabled Person
@wheelerdax.bsky.social
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Queer, enby (they/them), wheelchair using scientist ♿🌈 M.E/CFS, endometriosis, autism, mental health issues (and more!). Gamer 🎲🎮 Pagan. Work in cancer research. 🧬 Yorkshire. @WheelerDax on X.
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The instruction manual didn't mention having to remove the cat between each step of assembly.
Bramble, a calico cat, looks out from inside a cardboard chalet. The chalet has a snowy roof, and a wreath above the door. The instruction manual didn't mention having to remove the cat between each step of assembly.
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain.
I hold Bramble, a calico cat, in my arms. She is grabbing my hand to lick it, and is mid-lick in the photo. Black and white photo. I am wearing a black dress with a lace overlay decorated with spiders webs. I'm also wearing a black witch hat, bat earrings, a pentacle choker, several rings, and black and white makeup.
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Insurance salesman would not leave me alone 🙄
A meerkat stood upright on lookout duty in a sandy enclosure.
September 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
I will always have at least one spoon of energy left while wearing this necklace.
#spoonie
A silver necklace with a spoon charm, resting in my hand.
August 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Can't believe we've had Bramble a whole year!
Bramble, a calico cat, lies on her hammock looking up at the camera, sporting a fetching pride bandana around her neck. Bramble ferociously bunny kicks a catnip pillow, with her ears back. Bramble lies belly up in the sun on my wheelchair, asleep. Selfie in my powered wheelchair, with Bramble on the back bar behind my shoulder.
August 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Gee thanks, weather app
Screenshot of my weather app showing a bright and sunny day, with white text reading "fair weather for running right now"
August 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Advice needed:
I need a cup holder for my new wheelchair.
However, I cant attach anything to the base that would impact it folding up. It would need to be easy to remove.
The arm bars are also not circular, so anything clipped to them tends to fall off.
Recommendations?
A blue powered wheelchair with black cushion. The non-circular arm bars and folding frame are visible.
August 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
New wheelchair arrived today (and passed inspection).
A powered wheelchair with a black seat and blue frame. Bramble, a calico cat, lounges on the seat of my wheelchair.
July 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Saw a Disability Pride sign in the wild for the first time ever today! #DisabilityPrideMonth
Screen displayed pink text reading Disability Pride, surrounded by smaller blocks of text and emojis.
July 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Happy Leeds Pride!
Theres been a lot of biphobia this year, so here's your reminder that perhaps the biggest queer influence on mainstream pop culture was, in fact, bisexual.
#pride #LeedsPride #queen #FreddieMercury #bisexual
I am dressed as Freddie Mercury in the music video to I Want To Break Free. I am wearing a pink vest, black leather mini skirt, and fishnet tights. My bag has a picture of a hoover taped to it with the text "we will break free". Holding Bramble, my calico cat, while dressed up. Waving a bi flag A close up of my makeup including badly drawn on moustache
July 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Spontaneously got my eyebrow pierced.
Side note: it's damn near impossible to be spontaneous with a disability.
Selfie. I'm a white person with short hair and a super cool eyebrow piercing. I'm wearing a red vest with a black net overlay with skulls on.
July 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Happy Disability Pride Month.
Black and white mirror selfie. I'm a white person with short hair, sat on a sofa with one leg crossed over the other. I'm wearing a long black dress with a thigh high slit, fishnet tights, and chunky black sandals. I have a tattoo choker and sword earrings, and black lipstick. Most of my tattoos are visible.
July 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
The email:
Screenshot of the email: This show will now take place at the Leeds O2 Academy. Unfortunately, Leeds O2 Academy’s layout and accessibility facilities are different to Millennium Square and due to planned improvements the lift is currently unavailable to the accessible area. This means that wheelchair users and those with specific mobility needs will be unable to reach the accessible space as there are 43 steps involved in the route to the balcony area where accessible spaces are located. We are very sorry if the change of venue now means you are unable to attend.
June 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Happy Pride Month from Bramble.
On an unrelated note, I appear to only have 9 fingers now...
Bramble, a calico cat, reclining on her cream hammock with a pride bandana around her neck.
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Stop the far right.
Photograph from behind a metal barrier. A sign reads "Refugees welcome. Stop the far right". In the background, a small gathering of white nationalists waving English and British flags.
May 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Regardless of the anti-trans rules you make, we've always been here, and we always will be.
Existence is the simplest form of resistance.
A high angle selfie in my bathroom, wearing my black binder. I'm a white person with short, sandy hair, and tattoos visible on both shoulders.
April 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
People panicking about another 'once in a lifetime' recession.
Millennials:
Man played by James Franco, with a noose around his neck at the gallows, saying "first time?" to someone in the same situation.
April 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Sun's out, tums out.
Bramble, a calico cat, asleep on her back in my powered wheelchair. She is basking in the sun with her belly exposed, front paws folded over and back paws spread out.
April 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Sporting my gender fluid flag bracelet for #TransDayOfVisibility
A close up of my arm wearing a steel chain bracelet with some hoops coloured pink, white, purple, black, and blue per the gender fluid flag.
March 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Blaming fascism on neurodiversity is, ironically, a fascist rhetoric.
The Spectator is not even trying to hide how they see disabled people now.
Cartoon of Adolf Hitler talking to a Gestapo officer, with the caption "so anyway, when I was diagnosed with ADHD it just explained everything".
March 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
My new dress has pockets.
I am a white person with short hair and black glasses, posed casually in a leopard print denim dress which is essentially a long shirt. My right hand is in my pocket.
March 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
I think Bramble likes her pop up Cat-avan. #Caturday #cat
Bramble, a calico cat, lay on her side inside her pop-up caravan, looking at the camera through the window.
March 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
The best thing about Saturday mornings. #Caturday
My point of view sat in bed holding a cup of tea in my right hand, with my calico cat curled up on my lap on top of the purple quilt.
January 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
Who needs cat toys when there's an IKEA bag?
Bramble, a calico cat, sat in a large, blue IKEA bag looking up at me.
January 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
wheelerdax.bsky.social
How cold has it been in the UK this week?
I've lived in Leeds for over a decade, and in West Yorkshire my entire life, and I've NEVER seen the docks freeze over like this.
🥶
Leeds Dock frozen over with thick, swirling patterns in the ice. The low winter sun reflects off a window of the building in the background, casting a golden ray of light across the ice. A few canal boats are frozen in place. View from a bridge over the frozen canal and small nature reserve on an island in the middle, with apartment blocks visible in the background. Another view over the frozen docks showing that the entire space is frozen solid, complete with a pigeon walking over the ice.
January 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM