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  • Roddy
    Roddy Community member Posts: 445 Pioneering
    Roddy said:
    martins said:
    Yes my daughter does as people see the wheelchair and not the person sitting in it. My daughter has a great personality and is loved by people who take the time to speak to her but boys and people her age arent interested as all they see is a WHEELCHAIR.
    I have had the same problem. My son does use a wheelchair but that tells you very little about him. How hard is it to look past the disability? It is not rocket science. 

    It is all very sad when certain people cannot see beyond a wheelchair. A 'wheelchair' is by no means enough to judge the person who's in one. There are HUNDREDS of instances when a person can find themselves having to use one at some point, without necessarily having any ongoing disability. Some people have very shallow minds indeed, as is evident. 
    I’m a secretive person so I don’t want to share medical details unless I absolutely have to. Even then I am still cautious about how much I tell other people. 
    And that is your right, and your prerogative as an individual. Do 'we' go about asking personal details about those that we meet? No, most of us do not, and it should never be taken for granted either. My own concerns are my own business, to be shared ONLY when or if I decide to do so, and if that is a stumbling block to others, tough luck! There's much more to know about me, than my disabilities, and it is those things which should be of interest to others if they care to know me as the 'person' that I am. AMEN
  • sam12
    sam12 Posts: 1,338 Pioneering
    Yes me to people mock us like drs to making out we dumb we just normal people u must stand up to bad people 
  • Tammyjane33
    Tammyjane33 Community member Posts: 765 Pioneering
    I am reading through All your comments to the questions people have answered and comments you have written. Please bare withw as there are lots of people I have to respond to and I wouldn't want to miss anyone out. 
    Thankyou to everyone that has shared your experiences and person journeys here on the site. You have got this ❤️?be proud of yourself. 

  • worried33
    worried33 Community member Posts: 492 Pioneering
    I have struggled with it my entire life.

    When I was younger people the problem was mostly my anxiety making me shy away from people, now its also people shying away from me as something about me I project makes people not want to be friends with me.

    I would love to meet people like myself which I think would be a life changer but nothing like this has ever been offered to me.
  • natasha1
    natasha1 Community member Posts: 2 Listener
    I've found it very difficult, I have no friends because of my disability. 
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,638 Scope online community team
    Hi @natasha1
    Welcome to the community.
    Meeting people and forming relationships can be a challenge. We are a friendly group and I'm sure you will find support here. I'm really pleased to have met you :)
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  • natasha1
    natasha1 Community member Posts: 2 Listener
    Thankyou Richard ??
  • Chloe_Scope
    Chloe_Scope Posts: 10,586 Disability Gamechanger
    Welcome to the community @natasha1, great to have you with us!

    I'm sorry you have struggled to make friends and I hope the community will be able to help you.

    Is there anything particular that we can help you with?

    If you are just wanting to have a look around, then the Coffee Lounge is always a good place to start!
    Scope

  • Tammyjane33
    Tammyjane33 Community member Posts: 765 Pioneering
    7@thespiceman thankyou so much for sharing. I have had similar experience with some of the issues you've stated above and one sided friendships aren't nice at all. I always think "have i done or said something wrong"? When in reality i haven't. 
  • thespiceman
    thespiceman Community member Posts: 6,388 Disability Gamechanger
    Hello @Tammyjane33   Thank you for highlighting these issues.

    I want to say your never alone on here. Always some one to talk to, guide and support with anything.

    I be happy to listen to any one who needs to.  Including your good self.

    I have friends on here. Good to be in the company of those who understand.

    It is as I said the hard part is outside the negativity of those who I thought were my friends in relation to even call them family.

    I have been thinking recently some people whom class as friends in the reality are just not worth the hassle and time if they cause your problems.

    The sad and poignant truth is most of those who are not  part of our community. Cannot accept and ever think they would end up like my self.

    Perhaps having a friend such as me is too close to home and he is seeing what I am going through.

    I know from past events. The assessment the last one he attended. I had to share private, intimate parts of my lifestyle in the form to the assessor.

    His look and his deameanour was in my opinion maybe the start of the downfall of our friendship.

    As a friend do you accept those with issues they need to discuss can you handle it.

    My thoughts are some can not.  Maybe the reason he probably thought can not and do not wish to be part of this.

    Scary and frightening those of the social community who are not aware or if they are not admitting that if they see some one who is part of our community.

    Might be them one day. After all two things can not stop getting old and with ageing may come disability.

    In its many forms.  

    All rings true.

    Take care.

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  • kami24
    kami24 Community member Posts: 402 Pioneering
    I have issues making friends since teenage years as i feel no one relates to me or understands me especially anyone my age. I have bpd, emotionally up and down because hormone issues and very likely autism and i can't grasp why people would even want to socialise outside their family really and i get tense in social situations if the person seems to stare at you or think they are better. Also when you are disabled people judge you a certain way anyway and often think of you as 'less' and can even treat you as less particularly  with mentally ill people as the historical stereotypes make people judge you and its not as visable 
  • EmmaJane
    EmmaJane Scope Member Posts: 32 Courageous
    It's certainly true that it's harder to make friends when you have a disability, but you have to keep trying, and I like to think that those people who I do count as friends are more mature and sensitive than those who won't bother with me because of my wheelchair.
  • Chloe_Scope
    Chloe_Scope Posts: 10,586 Disability Gamechanger
    Thank you for this @EmmaJane! I can certainly relate to that!
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