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Post by ridge on Sept 13, 2017 23:34:07 GMT -5
www.disabledsportsusa.org/sport/hunting/themighty.com/2016/08/when-hunting-for-disability-fakers-hurts-real-disabled-people/3. Questioning the legitimacy of disability contributes to the vulnerability of disabled people. My physical abilities fluctuate significantly, and many of the reasons I use a wheelchair are not apparent to onlookers. Although I can stand and walk very short distances, the pain, fatigue, exercise intolerance, and risk of fainting make me unsafe after just a couple minutes. I fear the judgments of people who see me stand from my wheelchair to reach an item on the shelf or walk to the back of my car to set up my wheelchair. In trying to make sense of what may seem to be conflicting cues about my functionality, some people assume I must be faking my disability. I continually question how to move and look based on my abilities and the space that I inhabit on any given day, to avoid attacks on my legitimacy as disabled. For many disabled people, the performance of “disabled norms” becomes part of daily survival to avoid skepticism, devaluation, and violence. In my personal experience, From <https://themighty.com/2016/08/when-hunting-for-disability-fakers-hurts-real-disabled-people/>
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Post by hartman756 on Sept 14, 2017 16:59:52 GMT -5
Some know what I am going through right now and I struggle with it myself with what I can/should do and the reality of my limitations . There is a large range of ability depending on the day. On good days things are good and I can still do a lot , on bad days things are bad and I struggle to do many basic things. No schedule on if it is going to be a good day or a bad day and that is the hard part for people (including myself ) to get an understanding of. A lot has to do with the crusade against certain meds where I never know if a script is going to be renewed or not . When they get cut off suddenly for no reason at all like is happening to many including myself I am suddenly in the situation where the bad days quickly outnumber the good days. Another thing is when the health problems start mounting there can be more days spent with Drs than days without regardless of any ability to function in a normal way. I agree with the article that more harm than good comes from assuming someone is faking to scam the system .
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