Ignorant People

Indie_Kid

Morglin wrote: »

Or, worse, try to patronise me!:mad:

I once told someone I'm partially sighted. (in the days where I could get around with little trouble) They started talking me to really slowly. I'm struggling to work out their logic. At the time, my ears work perfectly fine.

Morglin

Oh, yeah, love that bit - if my legs aren't working, people think I must be deaf/daft/both and start talking to me really slowly and really loudly lol.:T

One day, I will start dribbling, just to make their day......:rotfl:

Lol, I don't think they are trying to be rude, they just have odd perceptions about things, and sometimes think anyone disabled wants to talk about medical stuff with someone they don't know......

Lin

disabled_NCIS_fan

I tell people I am partially deaf and they start speaking slowly and exaggerating their lip movements. Seriously it makes it hard to lip read lol.

I did dribble once, well more than once as I can't always drink things fine, and then people treat me like im dumb. All cause of a little spilled juice/tea.

Indie_Kid

When I used to volunteer, there was a lady who is deaf. All she asks is that if you talk to her, that you face her and speak clearly.

cattermole

How do you all speak to someone who is really severely disabled and unable to talk for themselves?

Just curious (not a criticism) because my experience is that even those with disabilities sometimes talk in a different voice to someone who is really profoundly disabled. Even professionals working with them for years on end.

My daughter would blank anyone who did that. And would never do something twice to prove herself to them. She communicated through a kiss (putting her lips together) for a yes but it was very subtle so most people didn't have the patience to communicate with her including some family.

She found it extremely frustrating, but she understood far more than people gave her credit for.

I was in a pub with a severely disabled friend a few weeks back and some guy came over to me, all animated and said "don't I know you from the Cafe in the village?", I said "no I'd rarely been there". I knew it was her he recognized as she was a regular there. I pointed out to him that she could speak for herself so perhaps he should ask her!. She laughed when he'd gone and said "I think he was a bit thick!"

Indie_Kid

cattermole wrote: »

How do you all speak to someone who is really severely disabled and unable to talk for themselves?

The only person I've met in this situation is a friends son, although I've only really said hello to him. He doesn't talk and his response is to stick his tongue out at me if I talk to him.:rotfl:

mazza111

singlehouseholder wrote: »

On the topic of using public transport. Has anyone any experience of not being able to board a bus because buggies are in the wc section? I'm yet to use public transport and to be honest the thought of it fills me with dread.
My horror scenario being, I wait for a bus, board bus , pay fare, only to see the wc sections are taken up by buggies. Then what happens? Should the buggies be folded up and child put on parents knee? Should I alight the bus, taking my ticket/refund with me and wait for the next bus?
How does it work ? Thankyou. I am a relatively new wheely, July 2013, after going down the formal complaint procedure with my local wheelchair services I am now the proud passenger of an invacare xlt and want to get the most out of it, and my life. Thankyou.

One of our local companies now tells all buggy users that they must be prepared to fold their buggies if a wheelchair user needs the space. It's not gone down too well.

KxMx

I heard mention of a legal appeal going on at the moment. The current position is bus companies cannot discriminate against anyone, which means not asking buggies to move/fold in favour of a wheelchair. This is being appealed against.

I don't yet know the outcome of the appeal and the post above me is interesting.

cattermole

Interesting re legal case but I disagree they have a duty that is somewhat stretching the Equalities Act.

At this rate buggies will rule!! I hope commonsense prevails and they loose the case for buggies!

KxMx

cattermole wrote: »

Interesting re legal case but I disagree they have a duty that is somewhat stretching the Equalities Act.

At this rate buggies will rule!! I hope commonsense prevails and they loose the case for buggies!

I couldn't agree more, wheelchairs to my mind have priority over buggies and hopefully the law will cotton on.

The best article I can find is here although it's short.