tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post7926832023351344729..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Me ... I`m fine.Dave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-1400814251745001062015-10-16T03:29:48.480-04:002015-10-16T03:29:48.480-04:00A breath of fresh air, to be asked about you as a ...A breath of fresh air, to be asked about you as a person rather than you as a disabled person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-52457501437274101502015-10-15T11:39:09.731-04:002015-10-15T11:39:09.731-04:00I'm with Kristine. I'm sure the comment wa...I'm with Kristine. I'm sure the comment was well meant but I don't feel it was well said.<br />If your experience of travel is dominated by experiences related to disability, that's your experience, I can't see that there's another experience aside from your experience as a disabled person.<br />Maybe there's a comment that goes, what about the stuff that bothers me when I'm travelling? Doesn't that bother you too? And then there is Kristines comment above, it's a privilege that I don't enjoy to have headspace to evaluate and even stress about food on the road.<br />That's my take on what I've read here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-23666379446771499122015-10-14T10:34:55.975-04:002015-10-14T10:34:55.975-04:00I get and appreciate the question. It's nice w...I get and appreciate the question. It's nice when someone asks to see behind the usual public shtick and know how you're really, truly, individually doing.<br /><br />But when it comes to travel, I can't separate the disability stress from the travel stress. It's all the same package. And frankly, I have a hard time listening to non-disabled people talk about travel stress. I feel like they don't know the first thing about it. Long waits, missed connections, lost luggage, food on the road, hotel beds, etc just don't feel like real problems to me. Not when you know perfectly well that you're going to eventually arrive perfectly safely to your destination, and you'll be able to freely use any and all facilities/services along the way, without even thinking about it.<br /><br />I don't mean to be that person, the one who demeans other people's problems. And I always am sympathetic to people complaining about these things; we all need to vent about life's annoyances sometimes. But there's always a little piece of me wishing those were the kind of problems I could spend my worry points on.<br />Kristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06868874343026873104noreply@blogger.com