(Rhys Bowler) Walk With Bowler

📖 Back in the Fire — a disabled diary that’s equal parts trauma, sarcasm & flaming agency care horror. If it’s ever made you laugh, cry, or scream “SAME” at 2am… Buy me a coffee. Or fund a spine. 👉 buymeacoffee.com/BackintheFire #BackInTheFire #DMDLife #DisabilityRights

📖 Daily Diary — Day 59: International Attitudes Spain gives you ramps. The US gives you access. The UK gives you cobblestones and vibes. Also, Europeans flirt. Brits flinch. 👉 buymeacoffee.com/backinthefire #BackInTheFire #AccessMatters #RhysBowler @DisRightsUK @scope @cripplepunk

📖 Day 57: Where’s My Chair? I don’t use aisle chairs. I get carried. One time, American Airlines left my chair in Florida. It came back broken. Joystick floppier than a bad Tinder date. 👉 buymeacoffee.com/backinthefire #BackInTheFire #FlyingWhileDisabled @BBCOuch @DisRightsUK

📖 Daily Diary — Day 56: The Flight Strapped to a £6 seat, dehydrated by design, ventilator hissing like a kettle from hell. No, I can’t pee. Yes, I brought towels. Flying disabled is an extreme sport. #BackInTheFire #DisabledAndFlying @scope @DisRightsUK @BBCOuch

📖 Daily Diary — Day 54: Travelling Abroad (Pt 1) No, I can’t sit in my wheelchair on the plane. Yes, the aisle chair is medieval. No, I’m not powered by lithium. Read the guide: 👉 buymeacoffee.com/backinthefire #BackInTheFire #DisabledAbroad @scope @BBCOuch

📖 Daily Diary — Day 50: Accessibility Isn’t Inclusion — It’s Just Not Being a Dick You built a ramp? Cool. You want a Nobel Peace Prize? Because I entered your building without dying? Congrats — you’re now legally barely decent.

📖 Day 45: Let’s talk about the Assisted Dying Bill. Dignity in death? Cool. But try giving us dignity in life first. We’re not ready. The system already kills us. #BackInTheFire #AssistedDyingBill @DisRightsUK @AAPD ☕ buymeacoffee.com/BackintheFire

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📖 Daily Diary — Day 44: My silver dot fell off. No mouse, no messages, no porn. Just me, eyebrows, and Siri mocking me. Tech is great — until Velcro betrays you. #BackInTheFire #VentLife #SilverDotFail @DisRightsUK @AAPD ☕ buymeacoffee.com/BackintheFire

📖Day 42: Death doesn’t scare me. You do. When society treats you like air & every love abandons you—death starts to look polite. But I won’t go quietly. I’ll burn first. I’m Rhys. Fucking. Bowler. #BackInTheFire #DisabledAndLoud @DisRightsUK @AAPD

📖 Daily Diary — Day 41: Twisted Skye Started a band. Got poked mid-scream like a disabled mascot. One drummer was an adult baby. Another went to jail. Still rocked harder than half of 'em. #BackInTheFire #CripPunk #DisabledAndLoud studio.buymeacoffee.com/dashboard

"The Mission Begins" This isn’t just about me. It’s about rewriting what’s possible with DMD. Pen y Fan is the first step. I’m dragging ventilators, care teams, and a spirit you can’t extinguish up a mountain. Help me prove disabled lives are limitless. gofund.me/635d3ca6

📖 Daily Diary — Day 40: Where’s My Fucking Biscuit? I waited 3 hrs to be hoisted for ONE custard cream I’d been dreaming about since 2am. Carer walks in “Oh, I ate that last night. I was peckish!” I may be ventilated but I will hold this grudge till the grave. #BackInTheFire

📖 Daily Diary — Day 39: Your Carer Turns Up Pissd Night Carer turns up off her face. Nearly kills me, steals my whiskey, refuses to leave. I had to call the police. Still better than agency care. Freedom ain’t clean. But it’s mine. #BackInTheFire #FuckTheSystem @DisRightsUK

Dating me? Basically shagging the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Don’t want “someday.” I want feral love now. Kiss me like I’m dying. Because I might be. And if I go, let it be with lipstick on my mouth and your name in my throat. #BackInTheFire #Day38 #LoveMeLikeImDying @DisRightsUK

“The Gear” Custom gear. Medical team. Big dream. Let’s get this climb off the ground. gofund.me/ab7783f8

They said “you can’t.” I said “watch me.” Help me summit with DMD. 🔥 gofund.me/ab7783f8

My wheelchair is my rocket. We’re heading to the top of the world. 💥 gofund.me/ab7783f8

📖 Daily Diary – Day 29: Josh is Protesting, and Keir Starmer’s House is on Fire Josh hits the streets over benefit cuts. Labour hits snooze. Starmer’s actual house caught fire — fitting, since PIP & UC have been burning for years. We’re done dying quietly. #BackInTheFire

📖 Daily Diary – Day 28: YOU WOULDN’T LAST A DAY Ghosted by carers. Burnt by a hairdryer. Wedged sideways in bed. Agency care isn’t care — it’s roulette with your life. Welsh Gov promised PHBs & gave me chrome dragons instead. F*** that. #BackInTheFire