Reply #53: I treat disabled people the same as anyone else.. [View All]

[Feron]

We all have our limitations and I don't mind giving someone extra assistance if requested. However being the object of pity is the worst feeling in the world.

I'm an Aspie and people treat me normally when I don't tell them. However when I do tell them, they talk to me like I was a child. It's infuriating.


In college I had a friend who happened to be deaf. I only treated her different in that I made sure she was able to read my lips. Now I only felt sorry for her because she felt that being deaf was something awful that needed to be cured. It's sad that some people internalize the message that being different is bad.


So just treat disabled/different people the way you would treat anyone else. If a person using a wheelchair is served better with a pass to the front, then I don't have a problem with it.

If a disabled person is an asshole, call him one. :)