Disability: What do you consider to be disabled?

Question

Would you consider a person to be disabled enough to help them through a door if they are able to walk without help of a cane or crutches or walker. Even if they appear to be bent over a bit?
What do you think about people that can walk from their car to the store but still be parked in a disabled spot?
What do you consider to be disabled?

Answer 1

I would help anyone through a door that was having a problem. Normally, I open the door for other people just as a form of politeness. Not all disabilities are visible and if a person has a handicap sticker their Doctor has obviously deemed them to be handicapped. Anyone who has a challenge to do something that an able bodied person can do easily I would consider to be challenged. I prefer not to use the term disabled as a lot of people face their challenge with their head high and with dignity.

Answer 2

I can't do a back flip or the splits therefore I am disabled. EVERYONE has a disability. If you want to into "I can't walk" or "I can't hear" those are also disabilities. Some of us just have more than others. We all need help at one time or another. Even if they can walk through the door themselves, if they ask for help or look like they need some...the obviously do. Many people can walk short distances but not across a parking lot, hadicapped spots make it easier. If the goverment thinks they are worthy of a handicapped parking spot, theyre probably right. After all, you can't always tell the amount of pain someone is in or how tired they are by how they look.

Answer 3

Most people with some problem (disability, temporary joint problem, or whatever else) aren't looking for someone to open a door for them; but its always nice to open a door for someone just to be nice and particularly if they have some obvious issue (even if its just too many bags in their arms).

It is crummy for healthy people to use the disabled spot, but many times people can have a health problem like a weakened heart, which has left them unable to walk more than a couple of feet, breathing problems that make it hard to walk, or other serious problems that don't show up to the public.

There is a set of activities and abilities that are considered the measure of a non-disabled person. Anyone who has limititations on either those activities or abilities has a disability in one degree or another. It can be a minor one which generally doesn't mean the person has much a problem (a joint with a 10% disability may mean the person can't climb but can do everything else ok) or
a more serious one that affects the person's day to day living more.

There are people like someone I know who were born with a birth defect that limited mobility but who have found ways to get around it and do everything that everyone else can do - only differently. I would say this person still has the disability, but has found ways to deal with it.

Answer 4

If a person looked like they needed help I would either assist, or ask if I could help, even if they had no cane or crutches, but only if they appeared to need assistance. As far as those who park in the disabled spot, there is some abuse, but you don't know what that person's breathing ability is, pain level, or other problem. There are many things I consider to be a disability, but aren't obvious to the casual observer.

Answer 5

One who has breathing , walking , standing & or many other disability . You may not no , about the person walking from a disabled spot to store. One may look fine with out any disabilitys. But this is on a good day with little pain. And by the time they get done with their shopping & home, They realized they have over did it & once again are calling 911...You cannot help anyone unless they will let you. Shop till they drop !!

Answer 6

I give anyone the benefit of the doubt , because not all disabilities are obvious . I would help anyone through a door if I had the opportunity to show them the courtesy . They may have difficulty breathing , its not easy to spot someone by looking that has a disabling asthma condition. I feel if they have a handicap plaque , the rules in my state are , you have to show a doctor's statement of disability to obtain one. As with most things there will be abuser's but lets give them the benefit of the doubt. And lend a hand just for the courtesy of doing so , it feels good .

Answer 7

There are many disabilities that you can not see such as: RSD, Scoliosis, Congestive Heart Failure, Diabetes, etc.
I have had my knee and shoulder reconstructed. I have severe arthritis and am diabetic. I can usually walk just fine. However, I do have a handicapped parking permit. The best thing, according to my physical therapist AND doctors, is NOT to limp or favor my leg or shoulder (or anything else that is painful). However, I often am in too much pain to walk very far. I think that a person should not be questions about their disability if they HAVE THE PERMIT. Their doctor is the one who is qualified to make that decision, NOT the casual observer.

Answer 8

It all started with Kane and Able in the Bible. When Kane dissed Able, then Able got DissedAbled and then there was disabled. Well, then their was Handicapped. It had to do with beggars on the street that used a cap to beg for money. That was their "handy cap". That didn't sound politically correct so they invented disabled. Because it sounds better than handicapped. I mean handicap is like something in a golf game. So, now here we are in 2006 and we're still wondering about disabled. Disabled means your basically fahqed!

Answer 9

There is no 100% disability, anyone is always good for something or someone else. Having that said we are all more or less disabled even if we call those weaker and stronger points.

The biggest disability really is being socially inept. All other disabilities are things we can either live with or come up with a fitting solution.

Answer 10

Technically a disabled person as far as driving goes is whoever has that little tag for their rear view mirror. Which ironically people get pulled over and harassed for on a regular basis for "blocking their vision" by placing objects there. Other than that a disabled person is someone who doesn't have full functionelle as though other humans do, as far as walking, moving, thinking, or the like.