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Hellooo! I'm a seventeen-year-old in a wheelchair and would just like to say some stuff about being disabled.
1. Disabled bathrooms. If there's another stall open, please use that one. Getting on the toilet already takes long enough without having to wait for someone else. But if it's the only stall left - I understand and will gladly wait. Don't feel bad if you see someone like me waiting, we usually won't think about it too long.
2. Getting out of my wheelchair. After a lower spinal and leg accident when I was 14 it's been painful and slow to walk. My top speed is 0.1 mph, and I'm in pain when I walk. I only walk when I need to get into the car, get onto the toilet, go around the house, etc. When I do one of these things and stand some stranger is always like, "😮 You're cured! I knew you were faking it! It's a miracle!" Like, o-m-goodness can you SEE that I'm hobbling like a little old lady???
3. Baby Talk. Sometimes (usually older generations) feel the need to talk to me like I'm a toddler. Ma'am the only mental condition I have is depression... I'm fully conscious and talk and act and look like your normal teenager - minus the walking part.
4. Your kids. I have a very colorful and decorated wheelchair (I love doing it for different holidays), catching the attention of little kids. They'll walk up to me and ask me what happened and why I can't walk and my usual answer is, "I was running and fell and hurt myself badly a while ago. Now it's hard for me to walk." And honestly, I don't care if your toddler stares because I'll just smile and wave. But one time (still speechless from this) a kid was staring at me and pointed and was like, "Look, mama! What's wrong?" From across the room. I was ready for him to come over and ask me, but instead, the mom looked at me, pulled him aside, smacked him softly upside the head and yelled, "Don't stare at people Alex!" That kid will grow up thinking that he shouldn't talk to disabled people now, and it just makes me sad.......
But yeah, bye, have a good day, and feel free to ask questions!
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Would you believe me if I tell you that people realize they're acting strange with disabled people afterwards, and that they feel bad for not acting normally...? Maybe because they don't know how to react, and everything they see slightly off they start acting weird. I want to see you happy and I validate your feelings to hell and back. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyLol yeah, I really don't want people to feel bad if they act off or something. I don't get offended by that stuff very easily anymore. I'd rather have you come up and talk to me than stare at me awkwardly or act like I'm an object y'know?
ReplyThank you for sharing this
ReplyThank you for sharing your experience!
ReplyThank you for sharing your experience!
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