what to you think about being friends with someone who has a disability (116)
GoDanielLeominster, Massachusetts USA13 Threads 13 Polls 83 PostsAbsolutely, a disability does not mean someone is a bad person, it's what's inside a person that counts!! 
Ask Yourself this, if you're best friend was involved in an accident and became a paraplegic would they still be Your best friend? of course they would. Disability is just that, a disability, it doesn't mean a person can't be friends because of it.
No one can get me banned sorry folks won't work.
iused to have 150 to 200 big seizers a month i started them when i was 3 years old now when augest 4th comes this year it will be 13 years since ive had one and i would glad to be friends with anyone who has respect i treat them the way they treat me it doesnt bother or matter to me what kind of disability they have or even if there ones who dont have a disability we all are gods children i was raised this way and no body can change me no matter what im thankful for what kind of person i am and how i was raised
i agree with you about that cause it doesnt change the person or whats inside there heart justtim63
alisha1985 You do have the option to ban Kim from your thread and I would suggest you make use of the option.
Now answer to answer your question
I would have no reason not to be friends with someone who may have a disability.
Now answer to answer your question
I would have no reason not to be friends with someone who may have a disability.
Kim431: No one can get me banned sorry folks won't work.
Kim I wouldn't say that if I were you cause the OP does have the option to ban people cause the mods gave people the right to do so.
You remind me so much of a troll who purposely stirs people up just so they end up getting banned from the site.
Ccincy: Kim I wouldn't say that if I were you cause the OP does have the option to ban people cause the mods gave people the right to do so.
You remind me so much of a troll who purposely stirs people up just so they end up getting banned from the site.
You remind me so much of a troll who purposely stirs people up just so they end up getting banned from the site.
Was thinking the same thing Ccincy
Kim431: You people make me sick
Jeez Kim, You really seem to have a chip on Your shoulder, why all the bitterness and hatred, if you're trying to find someone on CS you sure aren't putting your best side forwards, ease up a little.
alisha1985: ok done i reported her cause i didnt appreciate her writeing all those negative rude commits when i said nothing wrong i even tryed to be a friend
Alisha, thanks for what you did. You did nothing wrong at all to her. Hopefully, she will not come back to this one.
She has just started a thread of her own that she can't be banned. Unbelievable.
In the poll thread, she got nasty in her first post. I am sorry she entered your thread.
The Dobe
alisha1985: ok done i reported her cause i didnt appreciate her writeing all those negative rude commits when i said nothing wrong i even tryed to be a friend
Good for you alisha that person had no business trashing your thread.
EratoTheMuse: Kim I'm concerned that you're just a very angry person, especially given that yours is the only negative comments so far.
Not to mention exceedingly hypocritical.
You scream and rant and rave about discrimination and "we disabled people just want to be treated with respect and like everyone else", then in the same breath expect people to tiptoe and walk on eggshells and run the risk of somehow offending you if we even DARE to discuss people with disabilities.
I for one am thankful that the majority of people with disabilities who can communicate effectively happen to be the most giving, caring and warm hearted people you could hope to meet. It's just sad that that's ruined by the one or two such as yourself who see their disability as entitling them to special treatment.
Seriously...get off your high wheelchair and come down off your soap box and start acting like you aren't different and then maybe...just maybe people will react differently. The only person disrespecting you, and others with disabilities, is yourself.
Not to mention exceedingly hypocritical.
You scream and rant and rave about discrimination and "we disabled people just want to be treated with respect and like everyone else", then in the same breath expect people to tiptoe and walk on eggshells and run the risk of somehow offending you if we even DARE to discuss people with disabilities.
I for one am thankful that the majority of people with disabilities who can communicate effectively happen to be the most giving, caring and warm hearted people you could hope to meet. It's just sad that that's ruined by the one or two such as yourself who see their disability as entitling them to special treatment.
Seriously...get off your high wheelchair and come down off your soap box and start acting like you aren't different and then maybe...just maybe people will react differently. The only person disrespecting you, and others with disabilities, is yourself.
Good on you Alisha, really well put, i feel sorry for Kim, not so much for her disability which is sad but mostly because of her hostile attitude, disabled or not you hve a choice to be nice or not.
justjim63: Good on you Alisha, really well put, i feel sorry for Kim, not so much for her disability which is sad but mostly because of her hostile attitude, disabled or not you hve a choice to be nice or not.
Oops got the name wrong
I meant this for Erato TheMuse.justjim63: Good on you Alisha, really well put, i feel sorry for Kim, not so much for her disability which is sad but mostly because of her hostile attitude, disabled or not you hve a choice to be nice or not.
My point exactly Jim.
The attitude of a person has nothing to do with whether they're disabled or not. AS it is with everything.
As far as I see, the only one making a huge deal about her disability is herself. Nobody else said a thing about it. Which makes me wonder....has she accepted her disability?
EratoTheMuse: My point exactly Jim.
The attitude of a person has nothing to do with whether they're disabled or not. AS it is with everything.
As far as I see, the only one making a huge deal about her disability is herself. Nobody else said a thing about it. Which makes me wonder....has she accepted her disability?
The attitude of a person has nothing to do with whether they're disabled or not. AS it is with everything.
As far as I see, the only one making a huge deal about her disability is herself. Nobody else said a thing about it. Which makes me wonder....has she accepted her disability?
Yep i think you have a good point there,perhaps the bitternes stems from a lack of self esteem and her own refusal to accept her disability.
alisha1985: if its one thing i dont like doing is being rude to others but just like ive been told you have to do what is right for you when people are rude to you when all your trying to do is be friends with them not put the down
Quite right Alisha, there was no need for her to react that way, but on a positive note it seems like you're already making friends and that's terrific.
Glatlol: So why infer that you do "posters of your ilk" to quote you. Your just throwing your toys out of the pram because you previously called me stupid and people pulled you up on it,the reason you got mail was because you banned me from the thread like a child to stop me having my say about it, ever since them you have jumped in every chance you get to have a go, and you know it.
Tell you what, I wont comment on your posts (some of which are downright disgusting and cant fathom how some of the females on here let it slide)and you dont comment on mine ok. I dont mind people disagreeing with me but not when they are doing it out of spite.
Apologies to the OP for hijacking the thread, it ends now.
Tell you what, I wont comment on your posts (some of which are downright disgusting and cant fathom how some of the females on here let it slide)and you dont comment on mine ok. I dont mind people disagreeing with me but not when they are doing it out of spite.
Apologies to the OP for hijacking the thread, it ends now.
Way to go Glatol!!! That's straight up and keepin it real!
alisha1985: please be honest i love making new friends who is nice to me i cant stand ones who are rude and make fun of people
As do I ~ it pisses me off when someone (anyone) makes fun of others that are different.!! I have friends with disabilities and would stick up for them any time. (I should mention, I am disabled from a spinal cord injury ..but still able to function; not at full capacity, but I get around).
hmmmmm, maybe look at things a different way...
define disability...
is it physical, loss of limb, sense, illness that hinders a person from acting "normal"
or
is a disability being unable to accept that each one of us an individual, that how we appear is not who we are, it is how people perceive us to be.
That who we are comes from within.
I have met many people called disabled by mainstream society. Many of them have so much love to give, some are not constrained by the thinking of society but regard the world from the love in their heart. Others I have watched conquer a "disabilty" inspiring all those who care to share their journey. Others I have watched battle on, struggling with every step in the road because although they are ill or disabled in some way they dont physically show it, so, of course because they look "normal" they seldom get believed.
so yep, I would (and am) be freinds with someone with a disabilty as described by mainstream society, but I dont deem them to be disabled, just themselves.
Disability rests with the people who cannot accept that others can be different, that everyone has to conform to a certain standard imposed by small minds
JMO
define disability...
is it physical, loss of limb, sense, illness that hinders a person from acting "normal"
or
is a disability being unable to accept that each one of us an individual, that how we appear is not who we are, it is how people perceive us to be.
That who we are comes from within.
I have met many people called disabled by mainstream society. Many of them have so much love to give, some are not constrained by the thinking of society but regard the world from the love in their heart. Others I have watched conquer a "disabilty" inspiring all those who care to share their journey. Others I have watched battle on, struggling with every step in the road because although they are ill or disabled in some way they dont physically show it, so, of course because they look "normal" they seldom get believed.
so yep, I would (and am) be freinds with someone with a disabilty as described by mainstream society, but I dont deem them to be disabled, just themselves.
Disability rests with the people who cannot accept that others can be different, that everyone has to conform to a certain standard imposed by small minds
JMO
jem1964: hmmmmm, maybe look at things a different way...
define disability...
is it physical, loss of limb, sense, illness that hinders a person from acting "normal"
or
is a disability being unable to accept that each one of us an individual, that how we appear is not who we are, it is how people perceive us to be.
That who we are comes from within.
I have met many people called disabled by mainstream society. Many of them have so much love to give, some are not constrained by the thinking of society but regard the world from the love in their heart. Others I have watched conquer a "disabilty" inspiring all those who care to share their journey. Others I have watched battle on, struggling with every step in the road because although they are ill or disabled in some way they dont physically show it, so, of course because they look "normal" they seldom get believed.
so yep, I would (and am) be freinds with someone with a disabilty as described by mainstream society, but I dont deem them to be disabled, just themselves.
Disability rests with the people who cannot accept that others can be different, that everyone has to conform to a certain standard imposed by small minds
JMO
define disability...
is it physical, loss of limb, sense, illness that hinders a person from acting "normal"
or
is a disability being unable to accept that each one of us an individual, that how we appear is not who we are, it is how people perceive us to be.
That who we are comes from within.
I have met many people called disabled by mainstream society. Many of them have so much love to give, some are not constrained by the thinking of society but regard the world from the love in their heart. Others I have watched conquer a "disabilty" inspiring all those who care to share their journey. Others I have watched battle on, struggling with every step in the road because although they are ill or disabled in some way they dont physically show it, so, of course because they look "normal" they seldom get believed.
so yep, I would (and am) be freinds with someone with a disabilty as described by mainstream society, but I dont deem them to be disabled, just themselves.
Disability rests with the people who cannot accept that others can be different, that everyone has to conform to a certain standard imposed by small minds
JMO
Great!
However some do have a dis ability to not be able to walk. Big standard imposed on non walking humans. Great Minds to handle that stroll in life. Small minds that cannot see past their own abilities, to inturn, seize to hurt the walkless.
Conform?
to what?
You are right in many ways
But neither law nor speech will stop arseholes that tipped my uncle from his chair,
As he crawled to right his chair.
they laughed and ran away, he no doubt coached them in rugby at some stage.
What door did they walk back into when they got home to allow them to take their own thoughts away.
The home
The parents
sophiasummer: Great!
However some do have a dis ability to not be able to walk. Big standard imposed on non walking humans. Great Minds to handle that stroll in life. Small minds that cannot see past their own abilities, to inturn, seize to hurt the walkless.
Conform?
to what?
You are right in many ways
But neither law nor speech will stop arseholes that tipped my uncle from his chair,
As he crawled to right his chair.
they laughed and ran away, he no doubt coached them in rugby at some stage.
What door did they walk back into when they got home to allow them to take their own thoughts away.
The home
The parents
However some do have a dis ability to not be able to walk. Big standard imposed on non walking humans. Great Minds to handle that stroll in life. Small minds that cannot see past their own abilities, to inturn, seize to hurt the walkless.
Conform?
to what?
You are right in many ways
But neither law nor speech will stop arseholes that tipped my uncle from his chair,
As he crawled to right his chair.
they laughed and ran away, he no doubt coached them in rugby at some stage.
What door did they walk back into when they got home to allow them to take their own thoughts away.
The home
The parents
Sophie, you uncle is disabled for certain but...
to me he doent have a disbilty as he doesnt let it affect his life any more than he has too. He got back into his chair despite what they had done to him. I hope except for the indignity that there was no lasting harm to your uncle.
The ones with the disabilty are the one who are so small minded that they have to tip your uncle out of the chair. The scary part is we have no way of knowing of this disabilty until they let it show usually trying to hurt someone else for "fun" Just another form of bullying, making themsleves feel powerful when in truth they are the weak ones.
what is the solution, well wish we could wave a magic wand and solve the problem but sadly there will always be people with small minds, we just have to make sure that they dont get the last word, that human dignity shines through
jem1964: Sophie, you uncle is disabled for certain but...
to me he doent have a disbilty as he doesnt let it affect his life any more than he has too. He got back into his chair despite what they had done to him. I hope except for the indignity that there was no lasting harm to your uncle.
The ones with the disabilty are the one who are so small minded that they have to tip your uncle out of the chair. The scary part is we have no way of knowing of this disabilty until they let it show usually trying to hurt someone else for "fun" Just another form of bullying, making themsleves feel powerful when in truth they are the weak ones.
what is the solution, well wish we could wave a magic wand and solve the problem but sadly there will always be people with small minds, we just have to make sure that they dont get the last word, that human dignity shines through
to me he doent have a disbilty as he doesnt let it affect his life any more than he has too. He got back into his chair despite what they had done to him. I hope except for the indignity that there was no lasting harm to your uncle.
The ones with the disabilty are the one who are so small minded that they have to tip your uncle out of the chair. The scary part is we have no way of knowing of this disabilty until they let it show usually trying to hurt someone else for "fun" Just another form of bullying, making themsleves feel powerful when in truth they are the weak ones.
what is the solution, well wish we could wave a magic wand and solve the problem but sadly there will always be people with small minds, we just have to make sure that they dont get the last word, that human dignity shines through
I don't agree with your analogy, but this is not about the lameless being attacked.
Human dignity shone through for him, but for them, I know it hasn't, whether its a weakness or fool hardey to pronounce the beaten chest, yes we all know the weak ones.
Which entails them more to spruce the conquerer, which of saddened families, turn a blind eye.
No magic wand wand is needed, in any path to any home.
Whether a last word is said, that will not sit within the lips of failure.
Thank you for your comments
Neurol scientist Miguel Nicolelis claims disabled and paralyzed people will be able to walk again by simply thinking about it in 3-4 years time. That is pretty exciting stuff I think. You Tube has a video showing one already in use aiding people in wheel chairs to walk. Search for "robot suit HAL" Powered Exoskeletons.
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