Photo by [Pop & Zebra](https://unsplash.com/@popnzebra) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-walking-beside-folding-chairs-IOgJzWuN7Cg)

A Rant About Pop-up Diners

Exclusive. Fancy. Wildly inaccessible.

May 30, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Nathan Dumlao](https://unsplash.com/@nate_dumlao) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/topless-boy-in-blue-and-white-floral-shorts-sitting-on-white-and-blue-inflatable-pool-during-Y-H5pu2oglE)

It's Not Our Job To Comfort You

Your bad night is our daily reality; don’t ask us to soothe you.

May 20, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Михаил Секацкий](https://unsplash.com/@sekatsky) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/person-in-black-long-sleeve-shirt-holding-round-glass-K6PnyYNXxRg)

I Just Wanna See People Who Look Like Me

I just wanna see disabled people doing normal shit.

May 18, 2018 · 1 min · Urban Cripple
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