Would you consider a physical disabiliy or mental disability to be better to have? and why?

Question

And can you please specify what the disability(s) is that you are thinking about. Like if it's being blind or deaf, being paralyzed or having had lost a limb. Having Down's Syndrome, having Bipolar Disorder, multipersonalities. To name a few. Thank you.

Answer 1

I had an A-V Malformation I can't walk, my speech is a miss, I have no feeling in left side, left arm & hand unusable. But I got my mind dealing with a physical disability is hard. But physical disability has got to be better then a mental disability at least I know where I am

Answer 2

This is a really hard one for me to answer.I was born with some major medical problems, that I have dealt with my entire life. By the time I was about 8 I had a Grand mal seizure, when I fell backwards, I hit my head hard on the floor and it triggered a sudden death episode. After a moment or two, my heart began to beat again....However it effected me emotionally, because I was fearfull it would happen again and no one could tell us what caused the episode. During the next 15 years I struggled in every area of schooling, except for one area, writing....As the years went on, I married and had two perfectly healthy and normal children. Then four years ago, I had a surgical procedure while awake called an Angiogram, I was terrified of it, because my dad died from the procedure, but they determined it was an Emergency.
Low and behold, I coded the lights went out and for some time I pondered WHY God allowed me to stay....Since then I have begun writing Children's Books, it's a wonderful escape from the real world in which I live. I am totally bedridden and it does become pretty hard knowing that there is Nothing I can do to change things. That is where the mental part comes in. I don't understand how people who are Healthy don't do more to help others. I don't understand why they Harm their bodies with alcohol, drugs and other things...So I guess to finally answer your question, I'd say the Physical..I still for the most part can think enough to write stories and to get them published......If it were the other way around, I wouldn't recall the pain that occurs everyday, but I am grateful to wake up and see my husband and adult kids and know who they are. That is a Real Blessing.....

Answer 3

I don't think it matters what disability you're talking about. If you have an intact mind, you can find away around a physical disability; the opposite isn't true. There's no way for physical ability to compensate for mental lacks. I'd certainly prefer to have a physical disability as compared to something like retardation.

I don't think you can put something like bipolar disorder in the same category with Down Syndrome however; being bipolar is a FAR cry from being mentally retarded.

Answer 4

Lets look at some sever disabilities.

Cerebral Palsy People with server cerebral palsy lack muscle movement, can't walk, talk. Requirer someone to wash, dress and feed them. But their mind is intact and can communicate with typing on a electric computer by using what ever part of their body works by hand, foot, head.
Some of them can work.
Boccia is a Paralympic sport for people with cerebral palsy in wheelchairs.

Mild on the other hand some muscle problems. Can still run.
can have a limp while walking. can live independently and work for a living. Play sport like swimming, soccer and athletics.

Server Intellectual disabled woman could run. but had the mind set of a 2 year old. she need some one to help her dress and use the bathroom.


Blind while you can't drive you get free bus travel. With white cane or guild dog you can get around fairly indepently.
Morden computers have made it easier for them to live.
They can read well with braille. From a blind person i known she told me blind people do lots of courses. Sports for blind people include swimming, athletes, cycling tamdom, soccer,
goal ball, blind cricket.

No two people with disabilities are the same. You can't choice your disability you just have to learn to live with it and what your gifts are in life.

Answer 5

No disability is good to have - it is not a real valid question for people to have to "chose" as nothing is "Better" or "Worse". The degree of severity may be a factor I guess.

One thing I would not like to have is Alzheimers disease - because you usually KNOW you got it and you are very aware that you are going to get worse and it is very frustrating. (I would know. I have helped supported several people with this condition)

Hey jobees! I think you got into the habit after one of your previous answer people were using the wrong spelling. The word is "severe" NOT "sever" hehe.

Answer 6

I think I would rather have something wrong with my body somewhere, like a missing limb than to have mental problems. Even with a physical handicap it is still easy to have happiness in life. It really is hard for a schizophrenic or a manic to really enjoy life.

Answer 7

It really depends on what kind of disability and how it affects your lifestyle. People who are active such as construction workers would suffer from a physical disability, while professors would suffer more in terms of performance if they had a mental disability.

Answer 8

I would consider complete health and wholeness to be the very best for anyone.
Barring that..its not so much the "disability" that is the trouble..but the attitudes of others.

Answer 9

disabilities are all in themselves not pleasant, but loosing your mind must be the worst. You do not get disability for being bipolar unless totally gone, I think.

Answer 10

there is no proper answer for this, none is 'better'