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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Architect 1: this will be the Passenger Assistance desk. Architect 2: I know, let's make it so high that wheelchair users cannot see or hear over it. Architect 1: what a great idea!

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Microsoft want to build 3 huge data centres in Leeds, disrupting residents, disturbing wildlife, and contributing to the ongoing climate crisis. Sign the petition to stop them here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

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Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!

Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Happy Yorkshire Day! Check out my playlist of some of the best music to come from Yorkshire here: open.spotify.com/playlist/6s2...

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Yorkshire Day

Playlist · Dax Everritt · 29 items

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I would like to remind the billionaires and corporations destroying this planet for profit that this planet is your home too, and in the immortal words of Katniss Everdeen; If we burn, You burn with us.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Hola España, destrúyelos. Con cariño de Inglaterra.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Casual reminder that young does not equal able-bodied. Genuinely just been forced to move seats by a couple of elderly women despite booking accessible seating, because I dont look disabled out of the wheelchair.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I'm left stranded on the cancelled train while the guard tells all the other passengers what's going on (there were other staff doing this). She dismisses my concerns of being forgotten, despite me experiencing that in the past. I almost missing the train back home as a result.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Train travel as a disabled person summed up: Booked assistance fails to show up (classic). Train is cancelled mid-journey because Northern infrastructure is shit (guard doesn't tell me this). Replacement transport is inaccessible and I would be stranded if I went on.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Spent my Saturday representing @leedsctru.bsky.social at the University of Leeds' Be Curious science fair.

Angled, black and white photo of a Be Curious festival banner.

Selfie taken on the street. I'm a white person with short hair and glasses, wearing a black leather jacket and blue lanyard.

Poster for the chocolate trial, our event.

Results of the trial. On the left is a sheet covered in stickers before eating chocolate. Most stickers are in the green (happy) and yellow (ambivalent), with a few in the red (unhappy). On the right is the same sheet after eating chocolate. The stickers are noticeably skewed towards the green, with far fewer in yellow.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I grew up in Bradford. Honestly so disappointed in them.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Crikey. Reform got 29 councillors in Bradford.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Today was a big day. Due to constant accessibility issues and the resulting stress, I've not used a train for almost 7 years. Today, I got back on the trains. And it went almost flawlessly!

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Yesterday, on my commute home, a stranger told me I was "a warrior". Disability isn't something I war with. It's something I live with. The biggest war I'd had that day was fighting with my umbrella which kept turning inside out.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Casual reminder the disabled space is not a space. It's a seat, same as any other. Move your fucking shit.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I'm married to the sibling, not the sibling myself, so sibling didn't feel right!

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I woke up to the best message ever this morning: "Say hi to your niece"

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

There's still time to make it onto Santa's nice list!

Bramble, my calico cat, loafs on my wheelchair wearing my red Christmas headband with penguin boppers on.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I work with people with disabilities = I have a friend who's Black/queer.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The next time someone non-disabled comments on my ability to drive my wheelchair, I'm commenting on their ability to walk.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Just been filmed getting on the bus for the West Yorkshire Bus Consultation. Disability rep matters!

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

STOP BEING WEIRD TO DISABLED PEOPLE. Over the weekend, a man literally bent down towards me and did a thumbs up in my face, like hailing a bus. Because I use a wheelchair so that's funny, I guess? I literally cannot go out on a night out without something like this happening.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Alice Wong was an inspiration, not because she was disabled, but because she never let the bastards grind her down. To say she will be missed is simply an understatement.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

The instruction manual didn't mention having to remove the cat between each step of assembly.

Bramble, a calico cat, looks out from inside a cardboard chalet. The chalet has a snowy roof, and a wreath above the door.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

As we pass each other, this fucking guy pats me twice on the shoulder like I'm a child. Like a proper "there, there" pat. WTF. I'm super weirded out. I'm sure he meant no harm but don't fucking do that. No fucking touchy.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Story time. Over the weekend I'm going one way in my wheelchair, a stranger is going the other way, and we do that awkward left-right dance to try and get past each other. Fine, actually kind of a nice normal interaction. But oh no, it's gotta be ruined.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Insurance salesman would not leave me alone 🙄

A meerkat stood upright on lookout duty in a sandy enclosure.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Wore my keffiyeh into work this morning, and while in the lift a hijabi lass said she liked it because she could tell I was one of the safe ones. I hate that marginalised communities feel unsafe, but if something so simple helps, I'm wearing this every time I go outside.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The risk of not being able to get on the train, not being able to get in the wheelchair space, not being able to get off the train, and being blamed by staff for any issues while paying through the nose for the privelege was simply not worth it.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Was supposed to be going somewhere this weekend, but lack of investment in the north means there's no bus between 2 places an hour apart. No biggie, right? Except, the prospect of having to navigate trains as a disabled person at short notice put me off going altogether.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

My favourite genre of man is the ones that get visibly confused when I don't automatically move out of their way.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I will always have at least one spoon of energy left while wearing this necklace. #spoonie

A silver necklace with a spoon charm, resting in my hand.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Can't believe we've had Bramble a whole year!

Bramble, a calico cat, lies on her hammock looking up at the camera, sporting a fetching pride bandana around her neck.

Bramble ferociously bunny kicks a catnip pillow, with her ears back.

Bramble lies belly up in the sun on my wheelchair, asleep.

Selfie in my powered wheelchair, with Bramble on the back bar behind my shoulder.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Not to sound like a Boomer but... Finally "upgraded" to wireless earbuds and now I have to charge a case to charge my headphones that then need updating to be able to listen to music. HOW IS THIS AN IMPROVEMENT?!?

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kermit the frog is dancing in front of a red curtain on a stage .

Alt: Kermit the frog flailing his arms around frantically and yelling, in front of a red curtain.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Can it be angled? The bar to hook it to is diagonal

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Advice needed: I need a cup holder for my new wheelchair. However, I cant attach anything to the base that would impact it folding up. It would need to be easy to remove. The arm bars are also not circular, so anything clipped to them tends to fall off. Recommendations?

A blue powered wheelchair with black cushion. The non-circular arm bars and folding frame are visible.

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Diary of a Disabled Person @wheelerdax.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

New wheelchair arrived today (and passed inspection).

A powered wheelchair with a black seat and blue frame.

Bramble, a calico cat, lounges on the seat of my wheelchair.

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