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Question Categories:
Ableism
- Am I Being Ableist for Wanting to Use a Wheelchair Instead of Crutches?
- Are My Parent’s Religious Beliefs Ableist?
- How do I Avoid Accidentally Saying Something Ableist?
Accessibility
Bathrooms
- If the Accessible Stall is the Only One Available, Should I Use It?
- Is it Acceptable to Use the Accessible Restroom Due to Too Much Noise?
- Is it Okay For Able‐bodied LGBTQIA+ to Use Accessible Restrooms?
Design And Engineering
- How Can I Create or Improve an Assistive Device?
- How Do You Think Advancements in Robotics Will Improve Wheelchairs?
Disability And Identity
- Am I Being Selfish For Using Accessible Spaces Due to Occasional Pain?
- Are Mental Illnesses a Disability?
- How Do I Stop Feeling Like I’m not Disabled Enough?
- How Do You Deal With Comparing Yourself to Other Disabled People?
Disability And Religion
Disability And Representation
- Are My Disabled Characters With Magical Enhancements Problematic?
- Are Newly‐Disabled Peoples’ Lives
Ruined
? - Can an Able‐bodied Person Cosplay a Disabled Character?
- How Can Disability Representation in Media be Improved?
- How Do Advancements in Mobility Aids Cause Disability Erasure?
- What Traits Do You Want to See In Disabled Super Heroes?
Disability Policing
- Am I Being Selfish For Using Accessible Spaces Due to Occasional Pain?
- Have You Ever Seen Someone Misuse an Electric Store Cart?
Etiquette
- Can a Disabled Person Take an Able‐bodied Person’s Seat?
- How do I Avoid Accidentally Saying Something Ableist?
- How Do I Politely Ask a Disabled Person If They Need Help?
- How do I Teach My Friends Proper Wheelchair Etiquette?
- Is it Okay to Compliment Someone’s Mobility Aid?
- Is it Rude to Kneel Down Next to a Wheelchair User?
Friendship And Social Interactions
- How Do I Make More Able‐bodied Friends?
- How do I Teach My Friends Proper Wheelchair Etiquette?
- How do I Tell My Friend I Have a Chronic Illness?
Health And Safety
- How can I Prevent Blisters When Pushing My Wheelchair?
- How Do I Reduce Pain and Exhaustion When Using My Wheelchair?
- How do I Stay Safe During a Fire-drill in My Dorm?
- How Do I Keep My Wheelchair Clean and Hygienic?
- How Do You Cut Your Toenails With Cerebral Palsy?
- What’s the Best Way to Push My Chair to Avoid Damaging My Thumbs?
- Would Using Wheelchair Help Keep Me Safe During an Autistic Meltdown?
Insurance And Healthcare
- How do I Convice My Doctor I need a Wheelchair?
- How do I talk to my Doctor About Getting Referred to a Specialist?
LGBTQIA+
- Is it Okay For Able‐bodied LGBTQIA+ to Use Accessible Restrooms?
- Is My Disability Defining My Sexuality?
Mobility Aids
- Am I Being Selfish For Using Accessible Spaces Due to Occasional Pain?
- Have You Ever Seen Someone Misuse an Electric Store Cart?
- How Can I Create or Improve an Assistive Device?
- How Do Advancements in Mobility Aids Cause Disability Erasure?
- Is it Okay to Compliment Someone’s Mobility Aid?
- What Mobility Aid Should I Use for Temporary Paralysis?
Parents And Parenting
Public Transportation
Sex And Sexuality
Wheelchairs
- Am I Being Ableist for Wanting to Use a Wheelchair Instead of Crutches?
- Do You Have Any Tips for Using a Wheelchair in the Snow?
- How can I Prevent Blisters When Pushing My Wheelchair?
- How do I Convice My Doctor I need a Wheelchair?
- How do I Push My Wheelchair Up Inclines and Slants More Easily?
- How Do I Reduce Pain and Exhaustion When Using My Wheelchair?
- How Do I Keep My Wheelchair Clean and Hygienic?
- How Do you Keep a Suit Jacket Clean While Pushing a Wheelchair?
- How Do You Push a Wheelchair in the Rain?
- How Do You Think Advancements in Robotics Will Improve Wheelchairs?
- Is There an
In‐between
Chair? - What Brands of Wheelchair Do You Recommend?
- What Kinds of Accessories Do You Recommend for Manual Wheelchairs?
- What’s the Best Way to Push My Chair to Avoid Damaging My Thumbs?
- When is the Right Time to Get a Wheelchair?
- Where Can I Buy Armrest Covers for My Wheelchair?
- Will a Wheelchair Help with my Epileptic Seizures?
- Would Using Wheelchair Help Keep Me Safe During an Autistic Meltdown?
Writing About Disability
- Are My Disabled Characters With Magical Enhancements Problematic?
- How Can Disability Representation in Media be Improved?
- How Do I Find a Sensitivity Editor For My Story?
- How Do I Write a Stealthy Disabled Character That Uses a Wheelchair?
- Is it Realistic to Write a Quadraplegic Character That Studies Art?
- Is
Suffers From
Ever Appropriate When Talking About Disability? - Should I Write a Story About Technology Completely Healing a Disability?
- What Traits Do You Want to See In Disabled Super Heroes?
