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josiahd: scintor: josiahd: Image description: A woman standing in front of a wheelchair, getting something off a shelf. Text “There has been a miracle in the alcohol isle”. belleuosus: Ay-mayzing! Some people who use wheelchairs can stand, but can’t walk significant distances. They shouldn’t be harassed or mocked for it. My son has a problem with his hip that causes vascular necrosis if he walks for too long. I have arthritis in my lower spine that causes me extreme pain if I stand or walk for about twenty minutes. A wheelchair can be a wonderful tool for both of these conditions even though we can walk just fine. On there other hand there are real cases of malingering where people use such an assistive device for sympathy or monetary gain.  It usually tells you more about the person that says such a line as the above caption than the person pictured above. Their mind immediately turns to malingering, because that’s what they would do, if given a chance. I don’t really care whether why someone using a wheelchair is using it, and certainly I don’t care about rooting out malingering. Why should I? Plus even when Faking needing a chair causes actual damage, the damage is far less than the damage done by a public who is constantly constantly on the lookout for a disabled person who may be faking or exaggerating something. That attitude kills disabled people. I’d far rather some people malinger and not get caught, than disabled people die or go without medical treatment or lose friends or all the other things that happen to us constantly because people see disabled people as getting away with something and people who fake disability are seen on the same level as child molesters or something. So they’re always looking for that, and real live disabled people whose disabilities don’t work the way people expect (which is by the way most of us), are grievously harmed. I live in an elderly and disabled building. You have to be elderly or disabled to get in. All but one or two chair users here can stand. This is the norm for chair users not the exception.

josiahd:

scintor:

josiahd:

Image description: A woman standing in front of a wheelchair, getting something off a shelf. Text “There has been a miracle in the alcohol isle”.

belleuosus:

Ay-mayzing!

Some people who use wheelchairs can stand, but can’t walk significant distances. They shouldn’t be harassed or mocked for it.

My son has a problem with his hip that causes vascular necrosis if he walks for too long. I have arthritis in my lower spine that causes me extreme pain if I stand or walk for about twenty minutes. A wheelchair can be a wonderful tool for both of these conditions even though we can walk just fine.

On there other hand there are real cases of malingering where people use such an assistive device for sympathy or monetary gain. 

It usually tells you more about the person that says such a line as the above caption than the person pictured above. Their mind immediately turns to malingering, because that’s what they would do, if given a chance.

I don’t really care whether why someone using a wheelchair is using it, and certainly I don’t care about rooting out malingering. Why should I?

Plus even when Faking needing a chair causes actual damage, the damage is far less than the damage done by a public who is constantly constantly on the lookout for a disabled person who may be faking or exaggerating something. That attitude kills disabled people. I’d far rather some people malinger and not get caught, than disabled people die or go without medical treatment or lose friends or all the other things that happen to us constantly because people see disabled people as getting away with something and people who fake disability are seen on the same level as child molesters or something. So they’re always looking for that, and real live disabled people whose disabilities don’t work the way people expect (which is by the way most of us), are grievously harmed. I live in an elderly and disabled building. You have to be elderly or disabled to get in. All but one or two chair users here can stand. This is the norm for chair users not the exception.

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  1. thearseman reblogged this from scintor
  2. 23devil reblogged this from hypergiants
  3. hypergiants reblogged this from belleuosus
  4. punkkimono reblogged this from scintor and added:
    This is why I’m reluctant to use my wheelchair. I can walk, but I need the chair due to pain and exhaustion. I can walk...
  5. stopcallingmebitch reblogged this from thatfeministdyke
  6. youandyourfudge reblogged this from perpetuallysociallyinept
  7. ladyannacrawley reblogged this from sofarfromshameless
  8. sofarfromshameless reblogged this from thatfeministdyke and added:
    This applies to a decent handful of my patients. -nods-
  9. twocentsormore reblogged this from youneedacat and added:
    Yeah. And this stuff can make people who could benefit from using a wheelchair in certain times and places, afraid to...
  10. deanisbatmanandsamlosthisshoe reblogged this from myasphyxiatedmind and added:
    ^Education: Taking ignorance to school since….
  11. toxicwolf13 reblogged this from thatfeministdyke
  12. belleuosus reblogged this from lindsay-irene and added:
    Just want to say, I apologize to everyone I offended by posting this. I really didn’t think when I posted it, and I...
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  16. myasphyxiatedmind reblogged this from randomlycastle
  17. randomlycastle reblogged this from fallenagain and added:
    I’m grateful that I can most of the time walk. But for big shopping days, especially during a bad week, I go and get a...
  18. karalianne reblogged this from josiahd
  19. josiahd reblogged this from youneedacat and added:
    Yes, that too. It’s like there’s this idea that anything useful to people with disabilities must be tightly controlled,...
  20. youneedacat reblogged this from josiahd and added:
    exactly. It’s not a “tough issue” as to whether to watch all disabled people for signs of scamming. It’s a very easy...
  21. wolfennights reblogged this from farmerinthedelll
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  24. scintor reblogged this from josiahd and added:
    This is a tough issue here people. As I said here earlier, both my son and I need to use wheelchairs on an as needed...
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  27. kaline-chan reblogged this from fallenagain
  28. fallenagain reblogged this from strychninespinaltap and added:
    And myself. Wheelchair user doesn’t always mean paralyzed, asshole.
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  30. strychninespinaltap reblogged this from kris-guin and added:
    Like me.
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