Having an autism spectrum disorder on the high functioning end of the scale, I am classed as being disabled, but I'm aware enough to know when I'm clearly being discriminated against. Talking down to me feels like the biggest insult. Treating me like I don't know better when I clearly do. It even happens to those with physical disabilites. Their minds are those of your average person but their bodies aren't able to keep up. They're not toddlers. A deaf person understands words fine. They just can't hear them. It's different from my disorder but it's still the same issue. That is the most common form of disability discrimination. I can't read facial expressions very well. I'll yell out loud when it isn't my turn to speak, I'll talk in polite company about the state of my urinary tract. I don't care about that even though I should. But that doesn't mean you're better than me, oh fictional discriminator.
Firstly:
How would you feel if you were in the parking space next to someone who needed a wheelchair? They wouldn't be able to get out and if they did your car would probably get its fair share of dings. It's for the benefit of BOTH parties that there be wider, separate spaces for he physically disabled or injured.
Hell, here in the UK we've got PARENT parking spaces since they need the extra space for baby buggies. It just makes sense.
Secondly:
It's NOT okay to laugh at someone because they look "funny". You might not know it but they could have a disorder that made their face that way or received an injury to make it that way. And if it was you with that face, how would you feel?
Thirdly:
I've had my fair share of seeing ugly people on TV, these folks usually deserve it. Jeremy Kyle is a gallery of people as ugly outside as they are inside. I'm sometimes called ugly. But oddly enough it's only by ugly people that try too damn hard to hide it. Oh, I don't mean physically ugly, not all the time. But I look a hell sight better than they do considering I'm not TRYING to look good. There's a difference between ugly and not caring. And I tend to not care if people are ugly unless they have the twisted belief that they are better than me because they dressed up for the camera. Cancer or no cancer? If I had cancer I wouldn't give a DAMN what I looked like even MORE! I'd be too focussed on getting better. And considering how much Americans have to pay for healthcare,she probably couldn't afford anything else anyway. THAT'S why it's not okay to insult her for being ugly. If you were sick and dying you'd look like shit, too. It's not like she'd be able to afford cosmetic destistry or a nose job when she's not sure how long and how costly her treatment will be.
Lastly:
Don't say you don't discriminate. You're lumping everyone with a disability together and referring to them by an outdated and insulting term. It's not as bad as the R word but it's about level to calling a black person a "Negro". It's not as harmful as the full N word. It's Spanish for Black. But it's still a bad idea to call someone by it.
I'm not at a complete disadvantage. There have been plenty of times in my life where I have outshone an "average" person. Someone you call "normal" even though the idea of perfection is about as realistic as flying unicorns that fart Lucky Charms.
Firstly:
How would you feel if you were in the parking space next to someone who needed a wheelchair? They wouldn't be able to get out and if they did your car would probably get its fair share of dings. It's for the benefit of BOTH parties that there be wider, separate spaces for he physically disabled or injured.
Hell, here in the UK we've got PARENT parking spaces since they need the extra space for baby buggies. It just makes sense.
Secondly:
It's NOT okay to laugh at someone because they look "funny". You might not know it but they could have a disorder that made their face that way or received an injury to make it that way. And if it was you with that face, how would you feel?
Thirdly:
I've had my fair share of seeing ugly people on TV, these folks usually deserve it. Jeremy Kyle is a gallery of people as ugly outside as they are inside. I'm sometimes called ugly. But oddly enough it's only by ugly people that try too damn hard to hide it. Oh, I don't mean physically ugly, not all the time. But I look a hell sight better than they do considering I'm not TRYING to look good. There's a difference between ugly and not caring. And I tend to not care if people are ugly unless they have the twisted belief that they are better than me because they dressed up for the camera. Cancer or no cancer? If I had cancer I wouldn't give a DAMN what I looked like even MORE! I'd be too focussed on getting better. And considering how much Americans have to pay for healthcare,she probably couldn't afford anything else anyway. THAT'S why it's not okay to insult her for being ugly. If you were sick and dying you'd look like shit, too. It's not like she'd be able to afford cosmetic destistry or a nose job when she's not sure how long and how costly her treatment will be.
Lastly:
Don't say you don't discriminate. You're lumping everyone with a disability together and referring to them by an outdated and insulting term. It's not as bad as the R word but it's about level to calling a black person a "Negro". It's not as harmful as the full N word. It's Spanish for Black. But it's still a bad idea to call someone by it.
I'm not at a complete disadvantage. There have been plenty of times in my life where I have outshone an "average" person. Someone you call "normal" even though the idea of perfection is about as realistic as flying unicorns that fart Lucky Charms.
