Annie Y Mouse's definitions

cripplepunk

A fashion movement by and for disabled people that incorporates their mobility equipment and other disability-related gear that would typically be considered unsightly or embarrassing. To combat this and improve self-esteem, people decorate and modify their equipment and incorporate it into their overall look. Typically the style is somewhat "punk" and flamboyant/outrageous, as physically disabled people are used to being stared at anyway and might as well have fun with it.

Autpunk/neuropunk is an autistic spinoff embracing the wearing and use of necessary but sometimes stigmatized or unusual sensory-friendly clothes &/or equipment, such as noise-blocking headphones, stim toys, soft clothing, etc.

That spiked neck brace is cripplepunk as fuck.

She was tired of feeling weird about people staring at her wheelchair, so she painted it purple, decked it out with stickers and patches, and decided to just embrace the cripplepunk.

by Annie Y Mouse May 2, 2020