Things you should probably not say to me
Feb. 17th, 2012 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberett... especially not in response to me telling you I'm planning to get a wheelchair.
- I still don't believe you're THAT ill. It's not like you've got diabetes and your feet are turning black and dropping off.
- Oh no! I'm so sorry!
- What's wrong with your legs? [that one goes for ANY SITUATION EVER, actually, unless I am specifically grumbling about my knee]
- You're not trying hard enough to get better. Getting a wheelchair is giving up - it's the easy way out.
- I know people who are BLIND and don't get DLA, so I don't see why YOU should. You should leave the money for people who need it.
- I think you're wrong about how helpful a wheelchair will be [especially if you are not a wheelchair user; bonus points if I've just explained the circumstances under which it means I can do stuff]
- But I just saw you walking! [bonus points if the distance was less than 10 metres]
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Date: 2012-02-18 02:30 am (UTC){{hugs}}
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Date: 2012-02-18 08:03 pm (UTC)I hope a wheelchair is affordable to you and will help you lots and lots.
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Date: 2012-02-18 08:08 pm (UTC)I hope it's useful.
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Date: 2012-02-24 01:50 am (UTC)I *know* I am capable of ablist thoughts and remarks, and certainly being thoughtless (more often than I would wish to be). I just hope I don't hear this kind of thing coming out of my mouth (or out of my fingers).