Disabling The Able Disabled
Grocery Store | Right
| April 2, 2013
(I have been in a wheelchair since age three. Despite this, I can push my own cart just fine while wheeling myself around. A customer in the store notices me.)
Customer: “Ma’am, do you need help? One of my kids can help you push your cart.”
Me: “No, thank you; I am doing just fine.”
Customer: “But you’re disabled! You can’t do anything on your own!”
(The customer tries to grab the cart. I hold onto it.)
Me: “I can do it just fine on my own, thank you!”
Customer: “See, that’s the problem these days! You people not accepting help!”
This story is included in our Wheelchairs Versus Ableism roundup!
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