I Will State That When I Saw This Gif, I Immediately Teared Up As It Made Me Feel Seen In The Good Way.

I will state that when I saw this gif, I immediately teared up as it made me feel seen in the good way.

I use a wheelchair when doing things like grocery shopping, going to school (When I did go), and just going to participate in fun activities that require a lot of walking in between places.

But I always struggled emotionally with using my wheelchair, especially in school, because I could walk easily, I can run, I can sprint really fast for short bursts, I can climb. I can do all the things everyone else can do but I can't do it freely.

If I wanted to be the kid I was when I was first diagnosed and run around having fun with the other kids I could beat in races only weeks ago, I had to stop and think about whether or not if I did, if I would be able to get up the next day. Because if I decided to play but was wrong about how much I would feel it the next day, I would often end up barely able to move around my house.

So I needed the wheelchair, but I wasn't too old and weak to stand up and be able to carry my weight, I wasn't paralyzed, I wasn't missing limbs, so because all the depictions I had seen in media at that point in my life often implied that those were the only reasons for people to have a wheelchair, I felt as if I was some form of faker.

But it is moments like these that are just so casual about it that make the difference in kids' minds when they are going through something or just happen to be different in some way. I know that if I saw this at age 12, I would probably cry from happiness at understanding that there are other people who are like me and that I am not alone with my only company being either faceless people who I am told are going through the same things by a third party that I may never meet or people who are going something similar enough that I can relate to but yet I can tell that I am somehow slightly different from them for something that I can't control.

Sorry for the word rant. This is just something that I wanted to share so that maybe someone out there that is going through tough times needed to see this and ends up seeing it from this post. I hope that I was able to explain this in a way that can be understood and isn't just a jumble of words that only make sense to me.

I'm not sure people realise just how important this second of television is.

Showing a person in a wheelchair crossing her legs. Using her legs.

After what rtd said about davros and rose in the unleashed episodes, this was 100 percent done on purpose.

When I go out in a wheelchair I am terrified to make it noticeable that I can use my legs. Because ... well we all know why and I'm not really articulate enough to go into everything.

But this. This right here. I doubt anyone who uses a wheelchair didn't have a doubletake. A glimmer. A KNOWING about just how important this tiny, insignificant action was.

And I'm fucking here for it