Photo by [Collin](https://unsplash.com/@fuerte) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/security-guard-standing-on-the-gray-floor-8FxJi5wuwKc)

The Bouncer

Eventually, we just stop showing up.

July 15, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Giulia May](https://unsplash.com/@giuliamay) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/info-arrow-signage-8JFMYz-a8Xo)

Explain Yourself

I don’t owe anyone an explanation.

June 21, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Jannes Glas](https://unsplash.com/@jannesglas)

Why I Hate Team-building Events

I’m just a living wet blanket.

June 16, 2018 · 2 min · Urban Cripple
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 [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