Photo by [Olivier Collet](https://unsplash.com/@ocollet) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/black-wooden-door-SpgnXs5eTu8)

Understaffing Makes Retail Spaces Inaccessible

I would ask an employee for help, but there’s never anyone around.

May 12, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Julian Gentile](https://unsplash.com/@juliangentile) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/a-no-parking-sign-on-a-pole-in-front-of-a-building-sK2XddB8CPg)

You are Not Differently-abled

Be disabled. Own the word; it already belongs to us.

May 11, 2018 · 1 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Kelly Sikkema](https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/a-green-phone-with-a-red-play-button-on-it-EqOkiwMjTPs)

Stop Sharing Viral Videos of Disabled People Walking

They cause more harm than good.

May 3, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Majestic Lukas](https://unsplash.com/@majesticlukas) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/person-in-black-leather-shoes-standing-on-gray-concrete-floor-NHmad2emF1E)

I Don't Think of You As...

What they really mean is “I don’t think of you.”

April 22, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Toa Heftiba](https://unsplash.com/@heftiba) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/grayscale-photo-of-topless-man-sAqO2z3VZ7E)

Forever in the Third Person

Just talk to me like I’m a person.

April 19, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Teemu Paananen](https://unsplash.com/@xteem) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/grayscale-photo-of-city-buildings-rd5uNIUJCF0)

Disabled Existence is a Political Act

Sometimes just in public is political.

April 15, 2018 · 1 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Mateusz Wacławek](https://unsplash.com/@wacalke) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/red-and-blue-robot-toy-t2b2svMf8ek)

Why Can't Physically Disabled People Be Heroes?

Disabled folks don’t just need heroes, they need to be heroes.

March 23, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Elise Coates](https://unsplash.com/@elico5) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/a-neon-sign-that-says-why-limit-happy-to-an-hour-RCOAdlKSRHQ)

Bar-Seating-Only Happy Hours Are Discriminatory

Bar-only happy hour seating is dumb.

February 24, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple

If Ableism Dropped an Album

Call Now!

February 5, 2018 · 1 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Marten Bjork](https://unsplash.com/@martenbjork) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/selective-focus-photography-of-white-and-black-building-Z2EgLCJob40)

All the Unused Spaces

They removed the barriers but failed to fix the system.

January 11, 2018 · 1 min · Urban Cripple