Is it wrong to get angry at disabled people?

Question

If they do something (e.g push in front of you in a shopping queue) is it wrong to get angry at them? Or should they be treated as you would treat anyone else?

Answer 1

Erm.. No its not wrong. There so many people who expect special treatment because they are different
I've got no problems with disabled people getting some extra help to put them on an equal footing with everyone else.
But to get to push in queues for instance.. Why does being disabled mean you can't queue - Bizarre

Answer 2

they always said they wanted to be treated equal, so why should they be able to push infront of you in a shopping queue. I don't hate all disabled people, most are nice, polite, courteous people, but the odd few think it makes them better than everyone else, and that they need special treatment by everyone (as in a host of tax-payer provided people to follow them along the street carrying their solid gold shopping bags).


So, if they are being out of order (pushing in front of you, giving you evils, saying you are being discriminative towards them) yep, get angry, just don't use the "Well at least i have two arms" argument, beacuse that would just be mean.

Answer 3

Due to a serious accident some years ago I am now disabled myself and just because I am I do not expect special favours or think I can queue jump either, I have problems with my legs and not my brain and expect to be treat just like everyone else is, if I push someone then I expect a good ticking off for it, it is wrong to use a disability to get your own way.

Answer 4

You should not treat disabled people any differently than you would anybody else. To do so would be patronising. If somebody (disabled or not) is rude, then they deserve your wrath. However, if you get angry because a disabled person maybe takes longer to get served in front of you because they require extra assistance, then that is wrong. We all should make allowances for each others' needs.
I speak as a person with a disability. If I'm rude, tell me, but don't tut if I take longer to go down stairs in front of you than a "normal" person would. That, I can't do anything about.

Answer 5

they should be treated as any other person. I'm disabled and dont take any liberty's, some disabled do take liberty's as shops restaurants and theme parks promote disabled to jump queues.
I'm my opinion airports are another matter as i need a seat with lots of leg room you get people sat in designated areas for disabled and when you ask if you can sit there you get a rude answer or ignorant look. I'm not going to stand there and explain my illness or situation of my disability. in closing i would say treat people as you want to be treated and be kind courteous and be you will be treated in the same way but don't let people take liberty's but don't let them take advantage of you. hope this helps and take care..

Answer 6

I've encountered what you're talking about, and I think it is called a sense of entitlement. It is that feeling they have that they should be treated with tender loving care and have options and privileges that we do not "because" they are disabled. Their disability gives them right (to their mind) to push and be too assertive, and yes, many of them overdo it, and push the boundaries, until all they are being is rude and angry-making. When I see someone doing that, let's say, in the supermarket, I try to start counting my own blessings and also I try to see that aggressiveness or pushyness as kind of part of the disability. It could be that others have not been all that considerate of their disability in the first place, which would certainly account for (but not make it right) why it is there. I have trained myself to mentally take a deep breath when I meet someone who is doing that - being pushy and "me, first" - because I can reach the top shelf and can walk to my car. All I would suggest to you is to place them in the correct framework. I always cut them immense slack, and try to see if there is anything I can do to make their time with me a little easier on them, just because that feels better to me to do. The last woman I met was in a wheelchair, and she and I went around the supermarket together and I shopped with her for about fourteen minutes, being her arms and legs. The look she gave me when I was through putting that stuff in the back seat of her car was worth all the little petty aggravations in the world. Sent with good energies from Chris in South Portland, Maine, U.S.A. (I am 63 years old and I can ride a bicycle 22.4 miles without breathing hard. This means I am very considerate of someone who is disabled, always.)

Answer 7

It is not good for you to get angry with people; sometimes there may be just cause because of something they do. This could apply to "disabled" people too, but do try to think of yourself with their "disability" and have more compassion for them.


>If they do something is it wrong to get angry at them?

Well, I suppose it depends. Depends on what they do and why.

If it is a shopping queue, consider that they may have been trying for some time to get into a queue [some queues at special sales are far from queues anyway ... just mad melees ... and they have no chance unless they PUSH.

Answer 8

Disabled people like to be treated like everyone else. If you have the manners though, you will let a disabled person in front of you, depending on the disability, and if you are not going to cause offence.
I held the door open for a man in a wheelchair, as I would have done for anyone, and all I got was rudeness. I let go of the door, and told him what I thought of his manners.

Answer 9

it is not unlawful to be an a$$hollow. there is not lots you're able to do there. i don't understand each and every of the info of your parking difficulty and your HOA, yet there's a regulation called the yank with Disabilities Act. This regulation require that authentic looking lodging be made for disabled human beings in public areas. a rapid cyber web seek grew to become up quite a few circumstances the place a residence parking zone could be a public area. wish this helps.

Answer 10

No it is not permissable to treat disabled people, differently to non disabled on the basis of their disability under the disability descrimination act but that anger must in all respects be proportionate to the cause of the anger and situation from which the anger arises.
In the US I believe it is an offence to be angry per se hence the widespread use of herbal tobacco substitutes.