A lot of ableism isn't deliberate: that makes it more pernicious! A walker is representing being at lower faculty, by your description.
I tweeted this on the other site: "The way walkers are used in media/culture is truly revolting -- & this rep prevents ppl from using what is a useful tool."
Using the walker on the magazine cover is not deliberately ableist.
And at some point people are going to have to learn discernment and how to view creative media within the context itβs presented.
The walker on the cover is to the point of an elderly person no longer being at full faculty.
Walkers repeated used to point out infirmity/old age becomes fewer people being willing to use walkers or being seen using one. Walkers are mobility/stability tools: we might think of that as a neutral or even as a positive thing, if not for the cruddy way walkers are maligned - like in that cover.
the way i have to encourage mom to actually use her walker when she needs it . . π€¦π» not just because it's clumsy and sometimes inconvenient, but because she doesn't want to be the sort of person who needs one. and then she's likely to be stranded somewhere without it because of shame. π€·π»
