Disability Characteristics and Political Correctness

a.k.a. Looking Past People with Disabilities Reloaded

This video is a response to CoquiDave's reply video. I talk a bit about poltical correctness and think out loud about different kinds of disabilities

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• thebashar99
• coquidave
• dave
• disabled
• disabilities
• ignorance
• cripple
• political
• correctness
• deaf
• hearing
• impaired
• handicap

[TheBashar99]

Just FYI, when I reviewed the uploaded video I realized that when i say, "the strained speech of cerebral palsy", it can be misinterpreted to be "strange speech". I said "strained" and had no intention of saying strange. Apologies if anymore mishears that.

[janesprints]

How about human?????? (from an aspie viewpoint from within a spectrum family)

[kimmijo]

HAHAHAHA, good one!

[bigrider2806]

i call myself a cripple, mainly cause i hate all the pc rubbish around now.

[danagasta1]

I just say people, unless the disability is part of the story I'm telling or whatnot. Otherwise, it doesn't really have any bearing on anything LOL.

[AniramSB]

I agree that most people without a disability do not know exactly how to react to disabled people. On the other hand, I am highly empathetic and want to interact with people that appear to be "starving" for interaction, and do the best I can to interact with them. My son is autistic and I've learnt a lot about disabled people in the past few months,

[AniramSB]

(cont.) but even before I was a mother, I remember having a mentally challenged neighbor whom I was always kind to. He was also a lot older than me, as he was probably in his 50's and I was in my 20's, but I always treated him well. One day he invited me to come over to his place and play chess.

[AniramSB]

(cont.) I told him that I didn't know how to play chess and he said he would teach me and I accepted the invitation. I remember begging my boyfriend to go with me because I did not want to give the guy any wrong impression. When we arrived at his place, he was dressed up, offered us coffee and taught us how to play chess. I felt really good about spending those hours with that guy.

[AniramSB]

(cont.) I could see that it meant something to him. So yea, even though I fear giving the wrong impressions and fear saying something wrong, I still take the risk and interact with them, because to me there is nothing better than making people feel good and worthy, disabled or not.

[MusicalAspie]

You seem to have good intentions, but I believe you are thinking about this too hard.I don't think that disabled people are as fragile as you might think.I think that the best advice I can give you is to never make assumptions about anyone or their abilities.Approach with an open mind and without preconceived notions.A lot of people make assumptions about me, and they are usually wrong.

[tastysalad]

perfect!thanks man!