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I am a little peeved this morning due to an incident that happened this morning while I was taking my son to school. We had just crossed the street from our apartment and was waiting for another light to turn so we could cross the street. We heard this lady talking and I looked at my son to tell him she must be talking to her passenger. Well apparently she didn't have one and she was talking to us. I didn't hear what she was talking about at first because I normally don't pay attention to what people are saying when they have their car windows down and besides I am checking out my surroundings to make sure I don't miss anything whether hearing or what little sight I do have. Well all of a sudden this woman yells out her car window, "Is she blind or just fucking deaf?" That did it! I turned toward her and asked her, "Do you have a problem?" She ignored me and when the light turned and my son and I started to cross the street which we had the right away she pulled in front of us instead of waiting for us to cross and when she passed us I did something I shouldn't have done because my son was right there with me. I called her a bitch!
This incident is all too common in my area and in my every day life. Besides this woman doing this there were several other vehicles this morning that pulled out instead of waiting for me to get across the street. Just because I am sighted impaired doesn't mean I can't see them and they should respect the law on these situations. What if I was completely blind? What then? They could run me over or my son. There needs to be laws protecting people like me and other people who are disabled and need a little more time to cross the street than other people.
Of course i am VERY independant and HATE taking my cane with me and incidents like this morning with that woman makes me wish I wasn't sighted impaired where I have to walk with a cane. It makes me uncomfortable to be stared and gawked at like I am a freak or something. I am just like everyone else but only I can't see as well as they can!
There are other people in this town that aren't too bad and they do respect the sighted impaired as well as the other disabled people. For example, I was walking home from running my errands and of course from the library when this man called out to me and asked me if I needed help crossing the street. I smiled at him and told him nicely that I could cross the street by myself and thanked him for offering his assistance. I have had several experiences in varying degrees as well so all my incidents aren't as bad as the one this morning.
I just want to make my readers on this blog aware that disabled people are human and have feelings to. We aren't a plague to be quarantined or being treated any differently. There is a saying among disabled people that we aren't the ones who are disabled, it is everyone else around us. I don't exactly know the correct words but that is very close to it. So the next time you are driving or walking please be aware of other people and if they are disabled you can kindly offer your assistance but don't yell out obsceneities to us like that woman did to my son and I this morning. If my son wasn't with me I would have given her a piece of my mind and then some!
This incident is all too common in my area and in my every day life. Besides this woman doing this there were several other vehicles this morning that pulled out instead of waiting for me to get across the street. Just because I am sighted impaired doesn't mean I can't see them and they should respect the law on these situations. What if I was completely blind? What then? They could run me over or my son. There needs to be laws protecting people like me and other people who are disabled and need a little more time to cross the street than other people.
Of course i am VERY independant and HATE taking my cane with me and incidents like this morning with that woman makes me wish I wasn't sighted impaired where I have to walk with a cane. It makes me uncomfortable to be stared and gawked at like I am a freak or something. I am just like everyone else but only I can't see as well as they can!
There are other people in this town that aren't too bad and they do respect the sighted impaired as well as the other disabled people. For example, I was walking home from running my errands and of course from the library when this man called out to me and asked me if I needed help crossing the street. I smiled at him and told him nicely that I could cross the street by myself and thanked him for offering his assistance. I have had several experiences in varying degrees as well so all my incidents aren't as bad as the one this morning.
I just want to make my readers on this blog aware that disabled people are human and have feelings to. We aren't a plague to be quarantined or being treated any differently. There is a saying among disabled people that we aren't the ones who are disabled, it is everyone else around us. I don't exactly know the correct words but that is very close to it. So the next time you are driving or walking please be aware of other people and if they are disabled you can kindly offer your assistance but don't yell out obsceneities to us like that woman did to my son and I this morning. If my son wasn't with me I would have given her a piece of my mind and then some!
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i'm sorry you ran into someone who had no care or concern for you being disabled. people discriminate and are rude to everyone all the time not just the disabled. but i'm not on of them! =] take care. don't let them get the best of you. love and hugs, meg
MEGNEEDSABABY
I'm sorry that happened you're right alot of people are like that. My Mother had to walk with a walker and was sight imparied so I do know the yelling, and the stares.
Thanks, for sharing it with us maybe more people will be aware and think before they treat someone so direspectful.
hurting02
I'm sorry sweetie. Yes, people should be considerate and show concern for peoples disabilities. People really are so disrespectful sometimes. Don't let them get to you though. Love, Sandi
April1963
Hi Hun,
I know all too well what you are talking about. I use a wheelchair, sometimes a prosthetic leg, and people treat me like I am hearing impaired, as they shout down to me, mentally challenged, as they speak slowly and as if to a small child, or they act as if my wheelchair is a curiosity placed in society to amuse their children. I have gotten quite snappish with people lately, tired of being the nice little cripple, and sucking up the rudeness of bratty kids, able bodied people who hog the handicap rest rooms, and the condesending attitudes of those who are supposed to be helping us. As for the woman you called a bitch, even in front of your son, if it were me, I would have added some colorful adjectives to it.
LindaPoet
Yes, this is a hateful world. I am so sorry that happened to you. Please don't give up hope, there are some of us good people out there. God bless your heart!! Take care...
JarodsFiancee