tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post7576914306047804917..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: It's A Choice! Oh Shit!Dave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-88759130207844091612016-02-19T07:59:16.884-05:002016-02-19T07:59:16.884-05:00Aw, man, it's TGIF day, and you made me cry. I...Aw, man, it's TGIF day, and you made me cry. In a good and thought provoking way, but man, yep, I totally understand. I'm a dwarf you see, and my wife, not a dwarf, sees people gawking at me, and it makes her really ANGRY. Me, I'm sort of used to it, I notice it, and shrug my shoulders. My wife likes to say, "In all my years studying for my doctorate in psychology, there is a technical phrase I learned that describes these folks who stare: People suck!"<br /><br />You, me, and the rest of the disabled community: We are far more affected by what society thinks of us, than by the limitations of our actual "disability". Great post: I've book marked your blog, and will visit more often!<br /><br />Frank_Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707525224938640688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-87310613164166223422016-02-18T17:06:33.627-05:002016-02-18T17:06:33.627-05:00I am guessing some of the issue may be that people...I am guessing some of the issue may be that people who are comfortable and accepting of people who are different in one aspect (for example, having a face shaped very differently from most other faces) have more difficulty being comfortable and accepting of other kinds of difference (such as weight or certain types of disabilities). And in cases where a person has different attitudes depending on the type of difference, they may have some rationalization for why difference X, Y, or Z are acceptable but difference A, B, or C are not. For example, a person may decide to embrace differences that (in their perspective) "cannot be helped" and are outside a person's control, but may decide to reject people with differences that they perceive, assume, or believe to be within the person's control. The rationalizations that they use to justify why one type of difference is okay and another is not prevent them from recognizing that their behavior and response to these differences is actually not okay.<br /><br />Hope this makes sense.<br />Andrea S.http://andreashettle.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-75186351157099282792016-02-18T12:50:11.074-05:002016-02-18T12:50:11.074-05:00Love your comments
It is frustrating and sad.
Our ...Love your comments<br />It is frustrating and sad.<br />Our daughter would attend facilitated 'friendship' groups and at the time of the group the kids would be inclusive, but put the same kids in a high school lunch room and 90% of the time there was no carry-over :-(...but as an optimist there was the other 10% of the time. Along those lines, the kids that played Unified Sports have been far more inclusive outside of the playing field...<br />Stevie Wonder, Dead Pool... we may be on the winning team yet :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222476148926313980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-32319080909340267982016-02-18T11:57:32.876-05:002016-02-18T11:57:32.876-05:00It's easy for people to pass judgment on other...It's easy for people to pass judgment on others, but much harder for them to do so on themselves . . . it seems even in Canada - the politeness nation on the planet. Ron Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852385982605070675noreply@blogger.com