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Stickman
Stickman Online Community Member Posts: 213 Empowering
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Why is it that able bodied people feel awkward talking to a disabled person?  Do people not realise that we are the same as them but just with a brain injury.  A brain injury could happen to them at any time?

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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 7,067 Championing
    @Stickman , I myself would talk to a disabled person as kindly as I would a person who wasn't disabled.  Some people are very ignorant.  Sending hugs. 
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    @Stickman I sometimes wonder if they have ever had someone who was in their life with a disability. I think that can sometimes make it harder for them to talk. Especially if they lost them in a horrible way. Or in the reverse, some people may not have had anyone in their life with a disability and some may feel unable to talk because they may fear "putting their foot in their mouth", so to speak. 

    But I also do agree with Strawberry1, that some people are just rude and ignorant. 
  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 7,067 Championing
    I like what you wrote @Hannah_Scope, you wrote it so much better than me .
  • Stickman
    Stickman Online Community Member Posts: 213 Empowering
    Yes, BUT, everyone has a disability - no matter how big or how small.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 7,067 Championing
    Have people's values changed?????? I don't really know . Sorry 🙏. 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    I don't know why people don't talk to someone with a disability. Personally I'm a chatter box, so I talk to everyone. I make a point of talking to the person in the wheel chair instead of just the person pushing it, as I know lots of people tend to talk to the pusher and ignore the person in the chair.  
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    @Sandy_123 I also chat to everyone, I can talk for England 😂 I do sometimes feel wary talking to people with illness's like Alzheimer's. I tend to ask if there is anything out of bounds as I know from experience. They sometimes can't believe they are living in xyz or that so and so has passed away. So sad.  
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    No I natter to those too, there's no off limits for my intrusions lol.  People seem to warm to me, telling me about their stories. I've sat on park benches talking to strangers, I know, that's sounds weird. Bus stops, drs, dentists. Coffee shops, anywhere i am 
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    Haha! That's lovely though :)  I can see why they would warm to you <3 
  • Stickman
    Stickman Online Community Member Posts: 213 Empowering
    edited October 2023
    Because sometimes I feel like giving up on disability, and wish I wasn't disabled.
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,123 Championing
    I know that feeling @Stickman it gets on my nerves too
  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 7,067 Championing
    I have issues with my back which makes me walk differently and someone was looking at me and laughed. Some people eh .
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 10,798 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    I've always said "Treat everyone as a friend, until they give you a reason not too." 


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