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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 128806" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>"People with obious disabilities and are coping are given respect, admiration, love and compassion. They are looked upon as heros."</p><p> </p><p>Sorry, LOL. I just couldn't let this go. I couldn't possibly disagree with this statement any more. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Boo is yelled at (apparently a wheelchair means he has a hearing impairment?), stared at, excluded, pitied, prayed over (by total strangers), and most often just plain ignored. It literally started the day he got his wheelchair and it ticked me off so much, I bought him a sweatshirt that said, in big red letters, "Aren't my new wheels great?!?". </p><p> </p><p>And nothing gets me more riled than when I read one of those "inspirational" stories about someone who is "suffering from" whatever physical disability and yet have gone on to blah blah blah yada yada yada. They're not doing anything differently than the rest of us. I'm pretty sure Boo has never ever "suffered from CP". Know what I mean? It's patronizing in my humble opinion. </p><p> </p><p>Don't get me wrong, I totally understand what you're saying. The stares and snide remarks when you are in public with a difficult child who's acting like a difficult child. been there done that so much, I don't even notice it anymore. But it really wouldn't help in the slightest if they had a big "BiPolar (BP)" tatooed on their foreheads, or if all folks with mental illness had a third arm or some other obvious sign. It would simply open the door to a new and equally frustrating exposure to how those with visible disabilites are treated. It would not provoke understanding or empathy or tolerance. In my very biased subjective opinion.</p><p> </p><p>Climbing down now... <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/soapbox.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":soapbox:" title="soapbox :soapbox:" data-shortname=":soapbox:" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 128806, member: 8"] "People with obious disabilities and are coping are given respect, admiration, love and compassion. They are looked upon as heros." Sorry, LOL. I just couldn't let this go. I couldn't possibly disagree with this statement any more. ;) Boo is yelled at (apparently a wheelchair means he has a hearing impairment?), stared at, excluded, pitied, prayed over (by total strangers), and most often just plain ignored. It literally started the day he got his wheelchair and it ticked me off so much, I bought him a sweatshirt that said, in big red letters, "Aren't my new wheels great?!?". And nothing gets me more riled than when I read one of those "inspirational" stories about someone who is "suffering from" whatever physical disability and yet have gone on to blah blah blah yada yada yada. They're not doing anything differently than the rest of us. I'm pretty sure Boo has never ever "suffered from CP". Know what I mean? It's patronizing in my humble opinion. Don't get me wrong, I totally understand what you're saying. The stares and snide remarks when you are in public with a difficult child who's acting like a difficult child. been there done that so much, I don't even notice it anymore. But it really wouldn't help in the slightest if they had a big "BiPolar (BP)" tatooed on their foreheads, or if all folks with mental illness had a third arm or some other obvious sign. It would simply open the door to a new and equally frustrating exposure to how those with visible disabilites are treated. It would not provoke understanding or empathy or tolerance. In my very biased subjective opinion. Climbing down now... :soapbox: ;) [/QUOTE]
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