Chronic Illness on Yik Yak | how do you over feeling like you're not disabled enough to use disability aids that help you? i feel guilty for using stuff like a screen reader cause i feel like my vision isn't bad enough to justify it

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Chronic Illness 11w

how do you over feeling like you're not disabled enough to use disability aids that help you? i feel guilty for using stuff like a screen reader cause i feel like my vision isn't bad enough to justify it

Anonymous 11w

Constantly. I’ve been thinking it’d help to have a cane for a few years now, but I don’t want the people in my life to think I’m making a big deal of things or using something I don’t need or anything

Anonymous 11w

if it helps you, at ALL, that’s justification enough! disability aids aren’t here to help the one person on earth who needs it the most, they’re here for everyone who could benefit from them!! :)

Anonymous 11w

If you ever feel like this, think of the Snuggie! If everyone used accessibility aids, even if they aren’t in the top 1% of direst need, they’d be more accessible to those who are