Can't believe what I've just seen.

And she has probably boyfreind.

 

Just because she looks a certain way, that doesn’t mean the simple act of leaving her house makes her courageous.

 

I don't think they'd happy about leaving their house, do you? Not just physically but mentally they must be in pain, and to actually go out into public and confront that pain that is courage.

 

While I view and treat disabled people equally, I don't have that gut reaction like everyone seems to have. Society and just humanity itself treats them like outsiders or freaks because they're different, not everyone is like that but I know they don't get treated fairly. In a world where looks and beauty mean everything I can't imagine how hard it would be for them, and pushing past fear and pain is the literal definition of courage... Most people who even lose their arm don't even want to go out and nor would I, so imagine being burned or something.

 

Same to you, pal.

 

You’re just assuming that going out in public is a painful experience for everyone who doesn’t look “normal” ...I don’t think that applies to everyone.

 

Not all them no, but I'm pretty sure most of them aren't happy go lucky about it... Especially when It comes to disfigurement of say the face.

 

And the scar on my eyebrow has me in a hissy fit.

Wtf is wrong with me?!

Why am I so vain!!

 

What dude? Why even go there?

 

How do you know leaving her house is a simple act firstly? What if she does not live in a house she calls her own let alone a house?

Secondly I dare not even begin to make judgments nor assumptions about what she has to deal with for the rest of her life from the sound of it.

 

What other imaginary scenarios can you come up with?

 

I agree. I feel the same when some asshole calls someone a hero for having down syndrome. These people issues to deal with and are simply doing what they have to do in life just like the rest of us. I respect the fact that it must be difficult to deal with to deal with a physical defect but I'm not going to sit there and patronize them. "oooh, what a brave woman!" That kind of shit makes me want to vomit.

 

Amen to that!

 

Haha

 

There's a woman here that was in a traffic collision a while back, and she ended up having half her face paralysed as well as scars all over her from glass. You could tell she never wanted to be out and I don't blame her, people do stare and judge which is the unfortunate nature of humans. It's bad enough for me having a mental disability and I can't imagine what they go through, I don't think I'd ever be able to go out like they manage to.

I always find it funny when people get all upset and hung up about this stuff, nobody is saying to do cartwheels or parades for disabled people, it's just a little thing called empathy that most people don't seem to have.

 

She must be a master of fighting social anxiety