![Six panel colour comic strip in a grid of 3 panels wide by 2 panels high.
The first panel shows a man on crutches talking to a female doctor in a doctor’s office. He is wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans, and the doctor is wearing blue scrubs. Her hand is slightly outstretched towards the man. A speech bubble from her reads ‘It might be difficult getting around with crutches at first’. The man has a calm expression on his face, and a speech bubble comes from him and reads ‘Oh, I’m sure I’ll be fine’.
The second panel shows the same man and another man who is wearing a suit and tie and holding a hot drink. The second man is pushing past the man on crutches, with his left arm outstretched in front of him. The man on crutches is looking at the man in the suit. A speech bubble from him reads ‘Excuse me!’.
The third panel shows the same man on crutches and two women on the London underground. The two women are both sitting down and looking intently at their phones. There is a priority seat sign behind the woman sitting closest to the man. The man is standing up and looking at the two women. He looks frustrated. A speech bubble from him reads ‘*Sighs*’.
The fourth panel shows the same man standing outside of a lift. A sign on the lift reads ‘Out of service’. A speech bubble from the man reads ‘Oh, for goodness sake!’
The fifth panel shows the same man talking to a male Transport for London employee. The man on crutches is wearing a black rucksack, and the Transport for London employee is wearing a high-vis vest and a name badge. They are stood facing each other in front of a blue door. A speech bubble from the man on crutches reads ‘I’d like to request a ramp please-’. A speech bubble from the Transport for London employee reads ‘Can you wait until after rush hour?’
The sixth panel shows the same man on crutches and a man in a wheelchair outdoors. The man on crutches has an angry facial expression and is turned away from the man in the wheelchair. A thought bubble from him reads ‘I can’t take another day of being treated like this’. A thought bubble from the man in the wheelchair reads ‘Ah, another day of being treated like this’.](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/f9541e69-25a3-46ca-bcb9-74c9bca0ee91_Disabled+for+now.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Disabled, for now. © Sarah Akinterinwa for Wellcome Collection.
About the artist
Sarah Akinterinwa
Sarah Akinterinwa is a Nigerian-British cartoonist and illustrator who regularly contributes to the New Yorker Magazine, and has been featured in the LA Times and the Guardian. She creates humorous cartoons and comics about life, love, and anything that inspires her.