Hey
Being able to manage without a mobility aid/assistive device/etc doesn’t mean you should have to.
You’re allowed to use your cane or wheelchair or whatever else even on good days.
There are SO many reasons to use your aids, there are more valid reasons than “I can’t without it”
Just three for me specifically:
-not ending up overly exhausted and in worse pain by the end of the day
-not falling when I get vertigo and my vision blacks out
-not subluxing my hips or rolling my ankles constantly
Which are all things I can deal with, and I have!
But I don’t have to deal with those things. That’s not the price I have to pay for living. I am allowed to not want to deal with those things, and to do things to avoid them!
Never be sorry for using an aid. If people look at you weird, stare them down and make them regret it. You have every right to use your aids.
Don’t forget that.
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