tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post7341404100221564133..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: A Drunk, An Elevator ... you know the restDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-78682475408932149622010-10-12T20:20:05.937-04:002010-10-12T20:20:05.937-04:00djsvubpeqnpwxufpm- Nail Fungus Treatment, vClrelY....djsvubpeqnpwxufpm- Nail Fungus Treatment, vClrelY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-81906491011626631492010-09-18T11:51:33.350-04:002010-09-18T11:51:33.350-04:00Men do that to me, as a woman, all the time. They ...Men do that to me, as a woman, all the time. They just make up their minds that they have do it their way and have to "conquer" the task. And that goes for sober or drunk! I hope more men will learn to control their tempers and listen to others when things don't go the way the expect, because angry drunks are scary!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977239196370538454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-10958176105855256502010-09-17T15:49:10.273-04:002010-09-17T15:49:10.273-04:00Oh Dave, I'm so sorry you had to go through th...Oh Dave, I'm so sorry you had to go through that.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791317184998122691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-20503802396859618102010-09-17T10:46:49.750-04:002010-09-17T10:46:49.750-04:00One part of this whole situation that really gets ...One part of this whole situation that really gets to me is that people just climbed over you to get to the elevator the first time. Where was their empathy? Their sense of fairness? Their humanity? People in the larger culture don't think that we autistics have any empathy, and yet, I'm quite certain that it was "normal" people treating you like you weren't there. Believe me, I would *never* have done that, at any point in my life; I would have been thinking "This man needs some space to get into the elevator. I need to give him that space." I wonder why people think autistic means "no feelings" when they themselves act without any sensitivity at all, and I'm left reading posts like this and wanting to cry.Rachel Cohen-Rottenberghttp://www.journeyswithautism.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-53934762132542865132010-09-17T08:49:54.091-04:002010-09-17T08:49:54.091-04:00I think you and everyone in the elevator did the r...I think you and everyone in the elevator did the right thing. You can't reason with a drunk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-84313654025069064102010-09-17T08:30:36.750-04:002010-09-17T08:30:36.750-04:00What a terrible thing to have happen! I think, upo...What a terrible thing to have happen! I think, upon leaving the elevator, I might have taken the opportunity to not only thank him (as you did), but also to say "Thanks for your help, everybody - I really appreciate it!" Perhaps a little dose of shame might jar them out of their apathetic inaction, and prod them to lend a hand the next time a person in a wheelchair is accosted by someone.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171428636839043425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-15292763235360256212010-09-17T08:26:38.048-04:002010-09-17T08:26:38.048-04:00Teaching people to listen (whether with ears, for ...Teaching people to listen (whether with ears, for hearing people, or with their eyes, for us deaf people) is often much harder than teaching people to speak up. I've run into my share of hearing people who (can you see the irony saturating this situation?) don't know how to listen. And yet the metaphor that many hearing people choose for people who don't listen is "deaf." Seems to me the metaphor needs fixing, given that it never seems connectted to reality.Andrea S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-15576859131691898842010-09-17T07:01:26.688-04:002010-09-17T07:01:26.688-04:00That must have been absolutely frightening! But th...That must have been absolutely frightening! But there were others in the elevator. No one came forward to lend a hand? Even to just lend a hand to the man trying to get the bag off your wheelchair? Even if only to try to keep him calm? <br />But good thing you kept your cool, it could have gotten worse. good thinking.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792117187001612101noreply@blogger.com