Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and a Joyous New Year to all! Cripples at Christmas by Kathleen is back for 2025! Enjoy!
The image description is below each drawing.
1. On the First Day of Christmas…
It Turns Out the Two Wheelchair Barbies Unwrapped by the Same Kid Knew Each Other After All…
ID: A Barbie with a blue wheelchair and a Barbie with a pink wheelchair sit in boxes by the Christmas tree. Speech bubbles say “OMG! We totally went to crip camp together!” and “Wait, we totally had the same PT too.”
2. On the Second Day of Christmas…
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Pain Deer Had a Much Different Following Than His Famous Counterpart…
ID: A red-nosed reindeer with askew eyes who is surrounded by “Ow!” speech bubbles replies, “Oh, for fuck’s sake” in response to an out of view person saying, “But have you tried yoga?”
All She Wants for Christmas Is Her Two Front Wheels. It’s Not That Simple…
ID: Santa stands near a wheelchair user asking for two new front wheels. He says, “Sorry, kid!” “They are 6 Months Backordered.” And “You Should Have Stuck With The Front Teeth…”
4. On the Fourth Day of Christmas…
The Realistic Muscle Atrophy Button on the “All Grown Up CP Doll” Under the Tree Made Johnny’s Mom Uncomfortable…
ID: Wrapped gifts sit beside a boxed doll in a wheelchair beneath a Christmas tree. The box reads, “Watch me wither in real time!”
5. On the Fifth Day of Christmas…
The Four Calling Birds Were in Fact Calling Social Security For 6+ Hours
ID: Four birds in Santa hats are saying, “This hold music is diabolical!”
6. On the Sixth Day of Christmas…
The Disability-Affirming Anxiety Chorus Had a Smash Hit At Christmas
ID: A group of stick figures, both ambulatory and wheelchair users, are singing, “Do You Fear What I Fear?” to the tune of “Do You Hear What I Hear?”
7. On the Seventh Day of Christmas…
The Aging Disabled Rock Band Was a Hit at Santa’s Christmas Concert
ID: A trio of disabled musicians, two in wheelchairs and one with forearm crutches, hold a microphone and a drum onstage beneath candy cane style letters that read “North Polio.”
None of the Other North Pole Toys Understood How Mr. Potato Head Could Possibly Have Chronic Pain
ID: A stick figure beside Mr. Potato Head says, “But you’re so smiley!” Mr. Potato Head, wearing a huge, literally plastic smile, replies, “Yeah, because the smile is literally stuck on my face.”
9. On the Ninth Day of Christmas…
For the First Time Ever, Santa Felt that He Couldn’t Grant Any Wish…
ID: A wheelchair user tells Santa, “All I Want for Christmas Is a Reliable Home Health Aide.” A flummoxed Santa replies, “Listen, kid. Even I have limits…”
10. On the Tenth Day of Christmas…
It Wasn’t Easy Being the Chronically Ill Relative of Christmas’s Hottest Toy…
ID: A brown labubu style doll says, “Yes, it is lapoopoo. Go ahead and laugh at the guy with inflammatory bowel disease. Labubu is my asshole cousin.”
11. On the Eleventh Day of Christmas…
If One More OT (Occupational Therapist) Suggested a Reacher to Hang a Shining Star Upon the Highest Bough…
12. On the Twelfth Day of Christmas…
The Only Thing Miles Away This Christmas Was Paratransit…
ID: Two wheelchair users sit at a bus stop illuminated by a streetlight and a Christmas tree. Overhead, “From now on our troubles will be miles away…” drifts from a shop radio
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