Just an FYI, if someone tells you they're disabled and they don't look like they are... the chances of them lying about it are way smaller than the chances of you just not understanding how hidden disabilities work. Hope that helps.
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I've been confronted by people at my car when parked in disability with a placard. I just reply "sorry I didn't wear my lungs or joints on the outside today." They look embarrassed & ao they should. I don't have to explain my disabilities to anyone!
I always worry that someone's going to do that to me. I'm disabled, and fat. So when I use mobility aids, I'm SO AFRAID that someone's going to tell me that I'm just lazy and would be fine if I exercised and lost weight. Because I don't have ONE thing. I have several that contribute in small ways.
When I don't use my chair (I don't always need it) I often have to rest CONSTANTLY to keep my body from rioting, and people will complain about how long it takes me to get places, or "why can't we just walk" when I suggest driving down the block. But in my chair, I get "why are you in that?"
especially important to remember because rates of all kinds of disabilities are going up, including invisible ones, because we’re letting a mass-disabling plague do whatever it wants
Accusing someone of faking a disability is extremely telling. It means the accuser is the kind of person who would do exactly that if they thought they could get away with it.
I can do some things but so limited. People don’t see my exhaustion, fatigue, pain I endure, what it’s like to lose eyesight, sleep issues, fluid retention issues, etc. so many things that no one sees
💯 this is true for disabilities and also for many things we don’t understand about others. Like mental struggles, etc. compassion, empathy and understanding go a long way
Redundant. "Republicans" is enough. It goes without saying that they don't have empathy because OMG! That would be WOKE! We can't have pesky character "flaws" like empathy, compassion or kindness! Who will we pick on and belittle then?
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I get up to their face and say “She is totally blind on one side. Fucking happy now prick?!”
They walk on.
republicans without empathy are incapable of understanding disabilities