No One Should Be Shamed for Using a Mobility Aid
Nicole Clark's Time Ideas piece argues that using a mobility aid should be no more controversial than crutches for a broken leg, and that stigma keeps people with visible and invisible disabilities from tools that could open up the world. It profiles 21-year-old artist Josie Tang, who shares her experiences with crutches, a rollator, and wheelchairs on Instagram, and cites Dr. Julie Hershberg and Solve ME's Emily Taylor on patients who decline aids to avoid judgment and on the growing disabled population amid Long COVID.
