IS DISABLED SOMETHING YOU ARE OR SOMETHING YOU do?

Question

ponder and yes i am disabled and im not being nasty.....

SISTER IM A POET. THEY PULL UP IN THERE CITRON VANS NOT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND WITH METHS ON THERE BREATHS AND YOU WITH YOUTH ON YOUR SIDE.

A PLASTIC BAG STRANDED AT THE LIGHTS THIS ONCE WAS ME.

THANK YOU HOLLI

Answer 1

I'm sure you have the answer your looking for here I just wanted to say its nice to see questions that make you think. There are so many people who ask questions that are so dumb ty

Answer 2

I would say that disabled is something that you do or don't do as the case may be. Personally I feel that people that say they ARE disabled are putting themselves down or using the word disabled as a label a defence mechanism as it were. My other half is blind in one eye and it means he cant do certain things, it limits him and is therefore a disability However if he ever said he was disabled I'm afraid he would get told to stop feeling sorry for himself. In the same vein I knew a lad that only had one arm, again there were some things he couldn't do but i still to this day have never met anyone further away from the standard perception of a 'disabled person' Maybe I am wrong but I have always felt - especially if it is something you were born with - that you can learn to overcome most disabilities. I personally will never be able to drive due to an eye condition that I have I was informed a while back I could register partially sighted and get certain disability allowances but I didn't as I don't need them and fair enough in this day and age the fact that I cant drive is seen as something major too me it is just the way it is. Maybe it would be different if it is something that happens later in life i don't know as i haven't experienced it. This is just my opinion and until today I didn't realise just how strongly i felt about it good question!!!

Answer 3

Depends on the person. If you have MS it is something you will be sooner rather than later. If you are depressed it is something you do.
Personally, i am partially abled. But i'm not allowed to be that in the eyes of the law so excuse my dislike of those that chose disability as an easy way out. Never mind i am able to do less than 50% of the physical things i was able to do 20 years or so ago. So don't take this as nasty. Truth is that i know quite a few 'disabled' who chose it as a label because it is an easy ride. (or walk in case of parking whilst shopping) in the name of equality. It is just my opinion.

Answer 4

I am curious to know how you got your disability, and No i'm not being nasty. My personal thought is that it's something that has happened in life eg; a car accident. Or some other accident at work perhaps. I've worked in a special needs school, but my thinking is that's differant, it's something your born with. [I'm being genuine with my answer by the way].

Answer 5

That is a VERY good question

I would say it is something you do, because in order to be dis"abled", you are not able to "do" certain things, therefore, a person who is disabled cannot do something.

Unless, it can be argued that a disabled person is born that way, in this case, they "are" disabled, however, it can also be contradicted because they can say that NOT ALL disabled people were born that way, eg, a person after an accident cannot walk is disabled.

Answer 6

It is a physical or mental condition, but how much it affects the individual depends upon their disability.

I had a mate I admired immensely, profoundly disabled, and yet within minutes of knowing him, you stopped seeing the chair and his disability, and he just became Mike, because of the force of his personality.

There were things he couldn't do, like climb stairs or whatever, but he never let that stop him going on adventures or learning new hobbies. What spirit that guy had.

Answer 7

disabled is something you are.
but i prefer physically challenged, as i am confined to a wheelchair due to having spina bifida, but in my thinking dis-abled means unable to do a particular thing. and i by far am able to do many things a "normal" person may do. keep in mind that i have my limitations as others have said but i am quite capable of preforming many things you can do. i may do them a bit differently than what you might be accustomed to seeing them done but they get done just the same.

Answer 8

depends how you look at it. I am too. but not bed ridden or in a wheel chair however i have friends that are and they do plenty . My friend Rob this year his figure 8 car and driver took the championship in arca firgure -8 in Michigan. And youd sure never now he is in a wheel chair . He is there and doing what he doaes best and ya know what this year he is the best. yep its work

Answer 9

Something you are, I would say, however I understand that a lot of disabled people don't like to be defined by their disability.

Answer 10

You are disabled, as you are unable to do certain things. You have an inability in either physical or mental side of life. ie. physically disabled or mentally disabled.