Mobility aids, disability stigma and ableism

I’m now the proud owner of a number of mobility aids, but I’m sure that getting out and using them would have been easier without the associated stigma and ableism in the world. I have a vent about all this in my latest blog post, link below. Anyone felt this too? https://janeharrison.substack.com/p/in-the-time-of-chimpanzees-i-was
Manchester, United Kingdom