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Post by linda on Feb 9, 2020 17:35:50 GMT -5
I’ve heard so many stories of PWDs who have been confronted with utmost ignorance and stupidity. It could be funny if it wasn’t so tragically true...
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Post by Hopper on Feb 9, 2020 18:05:03 GMT -5
As funny as that was, sadly it can all be too real, even in today's progressive society we still have a surprising amountnof people who lack basic disability knowledge.
These assumptions always end up far more painful than any physical knockbacks.
The best antidote many people find, and it's probably not the healthiest, is just mocking the ignorant.
But of course, that carries a risk of hurting someone.
After all some people's ignorance comes with good intentions attached, and it does make you feel bad for putting them straight.
Even then, there's a flipside to that too with the people that just try too hard to be inclusive that it becomes offensive.
What offends me the most right now? People leaping to my defence...when no offence was made.
A colleague and I share an unspoken bond where we are free to joke about each other's mutual disabilities, always pushing each other further each time.
But there's always one person who just doesn't get it and goes into defensive mode.
That said, I can understand the fact that it's only fair to respect the fact they think they're doing the right thing, even if they really aren't.
Cutting it short as I could go on, it's a confusing, fustrating world we live in, but we have to keep laughing, otherwise we'd cry.
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Post by ProudRealist on Feb 16, 2020 16:25:18 GMT -5
To be honest, i simply stopped caring about ppls assumptions - i also learnt (actually, forced myself to accept), to give ppl who say or do things that REALLY bug me the benefit of the doubt. That, they are coming from a good, albeit misguided place  |
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