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I know...it would help you see me as a human being if I didn't draw myself like this. |
If I don't you, my life history is none of your business.
It is NOT OK to walk up to a stranger and say, "What happened?"
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So say it with me now, all together. |
I may look unsteady on my feet. I may look clumsy. But I know what I'm doing, even if it's different than how you would do something.
Unless I am obviously in immediate danger or I explicitly ask for your help, I don't need your help.
In a lot of situations, even asking if I need help is creepy.
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He needs help, not me. |
3. There is not a secret disabilities club.
I mean, there are groups and organizations. But I don't automatically know every person with a physical disability (or with any other kind of disability).
No, I will not instantly bond with your friend because they use crutches or a wheelchair.
No, we don't already know each other through some secret network.
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This picture has nothing to do with this point. I just haven't used it in this post yet. |
Some people with disabilities are children. And you can therefore treat them like children. But personally, I am 21 years old. I do not need your patronizing protection. I do not need you to cover my ears to "protect my innocence."
And if you think I'm innocent simply because I have a disability, my response, in true Southern style, is just, "Aww, sweetie."
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Please, just grow up already. |
If you tell me, "It must have been so hard for you to get into a top 20 university with a disability," I start to wonder how you got into the same university as me.
Believe it or not, I coasted through high school. I got into a top 20 university because I was valedictorian and scored a 35 on the ACT. My disabilities had absolutely nothing to do with it.
Making assumptions about people's intelligence is ignorant and idiotic. Don't do it.
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This man has accomplished something. Go be amazed at what he did instead. |
Bored Game Time!
Answer: Hemingway. Move back 2 spaces if you're boring enough to know what Hemingway looks like.
Question: What book am I currently in the middle of reading?
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