Stuff like this enables bullying of disabled people. Sometimes they can walk, but only so far. Invisible disabilities suck so much. There’s always a Karen than thinks you only need a wheel chair if you’re paralyzed and that’s simply not the case.
The miracle happened
Submitted 3 days ago by JimHollow@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Malica@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
daannii@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Someone shamed some old vet beggar who would sit in a wheelchair by a known intersection in town.
He was missing a leg.
Someone posted on some community FB page , photos of the guy standing and bending down or something.
And people were going crazy saying he was a faker for asking for money.
Dude was a vet who lost his leg.
He wasn’t paralyzed. He never said he was.
He is in the chair because he can’t walk much.
Doesn’t mean he can’t stand at all.
Idk. But yeah it’s a common misconception that only paralyzed people need wheel chairs.
Malica@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Terrible. I bet they all had “support our troops” and those stupid yellow ribbons on their cars.
jj4211@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s a tricky line to walk.
On the one hand, you are absolutely right that ability to hobble over a few feet from your chair does not mean the chair is obviously not needed.
On the other, wheelchairs are a very popular prop for grifting folks.
It’s pretty damn near impossible to make an informed judgement on such a matter in an instant, and lots of people do exploit that.
menas@lemmy.wtf 2 days ago
Let’s assume that people massively want to cheat (unfortunately, they don’t, and a lot of people die because of this); let’s say 9 people on 10 are cheating. Are you okay to discriminate one handy because you don’t want to be scam ?
You just making him/her pay because of your ego. To rephrase it : one many disabled people are you okay to discriminated because you don’t want to be scammed ?
Okay let’s levelup; if someone is cheating, maybe this one has a better idea of the reason he has to do it than you are.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 3 days ago
They should make wheelchairs with built in toilets
guy_threepwood@lemmy.world 3 days ago
There are plenty of people in the world who can take a few steps but use a wheelchair so they can live a more fulfilling life, since they can’t walk far.
Saying “it’s a miracle” to this is quite shitty behaviour
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
100%, and it makes life difficult for albilatory wheelchair users when people assume they’re faking a disability when they exit the chair
BooBees@fedinsfw.app 3 days ago
This goes for anyone with a disability placard hanging from their car, parking in those spots, walking with a service dog, etc - just mind your own business, you aren’t a trained doctor, you can’t see internal issues, and people’s private lives and health information isn’t your business, so mind your own and leave other people alone.
TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My wife and kids lost relationships over this mentality, her shitty father went around telling everyone at the family reunion that she was crazy and all her physical disabilities were made up. She has Eiler-Dahnlos hypermobility and all kinds of auto immune issues(something affecting her nerves) and my kids inherited some of her inheritable disorders. Most people disregard their disabilities because they are capable on some days or for short times, they don’t see that 2 days later they’re paying for that effort by being bedridden in pain for the next 2 days.