All pain comes from a lack of awareness. The people who go out of their way to help people with disabilities aren’t doing anything wrong. In fact, they’re doing the right thing. Also understanding that if you are someone with a disability, it may be more difficult to do the things they want to help you with but you also want to do it yourself many times. Which is also right. People need to be aware of the truth and help each other grow and communicate properly.❤️
Yes they are, if they're doing it without permission, just like with anything else people should always ask permission. A lot of disabled people don't want to be helped unless they ask for it, such as a stranger pushing their wheelchair out of nowhere when they didn't ask for it. It's similar to how you shouldn't touch other people's belongings without their consent. It's all about respect.
Thank u I'm severely dyslexic and a perfectionist abused as infant and had Scarlett fever at 3 now also visually impaired I try so hard to make things work I need some assistance with technology and papers it all mixes in my head no matter how I try to sort it been artist and crafter all my life do it ur self creative problem solver it's harder to do something s one thing I need to work on more than others not be such a perfectionist stop being critical of myself give myself some credit and grace not let critical words of others get the best of me not hold it against them they have things they haven't dealt with thanks so much
As a disabled person I agree with everything in this video except when Cheryl says parents should let children stare. Letting them stare is not letting them see. It shows that it is ok to treat people with disabilities as freaks to be pointed at. When I get treated as a freak by children in a public place I want to hide or get away. I don't like being in shopping malls and having an audience.
I know how you feel, I spend every moment in the grocery store regretting I get fatigued and sometimes fall when it's rainy so strangers have to help me up because my father would accidentally leave me behind but the worst part was the children who will ask their parents "what's wrong with her?" So often I turn away or if it happens in school I will respond "nothing.."
I agree. It’s very uncomfortable when people stare at me since I use a walker to help me walk. I wish that people would come up and ask me questions instead.
@@PinkHawk191 I don't like the questions either unless the other party plans on getting to know me as other than a disabled person. Otherwise they often can see nothing but the disability. And 99.9% of the time there are no plans for friendship on any level.
you re a powerfull woman, and might you look into being a comedian? I recognize using humor, sometimes a very morbid or hard humor, to cope and keep going, with a smile in my heart.
let them stare and then engage them in conversation only by participating in society will people learn that disability forms a normal part of our society
As a person who was born with a disability I %100 with Cheryl I hate when people when stare at me !
All pain comes from a lack of awareness. The people who go out of their way to help people with disabilities aren’t doing anything wrong. In fact, they’re doing the right thing. Also understanding that if you are someone with a disability, it may be more difficult to do the things they want to help you with but you also want to do it yourself many times. Which is also right. People need to be aware of the truth and help each other grow and communicate properly.❤️
Yes they are, if they're doing it without permission, just like with anything else people should always ask permission. A lot of disabled people don't want to be helped unless they ask for it, such as a stranger pushing their wheelchair out of nowhere when they didn't ask for it. It's similar to how you shouldn't touch other people's belongings without their consent. It's all about respect.
one of the best tedx talks I have seen. thank you. i hope this reaches more people.
Thank u I'm severely dyslexic and a perfectionist abused as infant and had Scarlett fever at 3 now also visually impaired I try so hard to make things work I need some assistance with technology and papers it all mixes in my head no matter how I try to sort it been artist and crafter all my life do it ur self creative problem solver it's harder to do something s one thing I need to work on more than others not be such a perfectionist stop being critical of myself give myself some credit and grace not let critical words of others get the best of me not hold it against them they have things they haven't dealt with thanks so much
As a disabled person I agree with everything in this video except when Cheryl says parents should let children stare. Letting them stare is not letting them see. It shows that it is ok to treat people with disabilities as freaks to be pointed at. When I get treated as a freak by children in a public place I want to hide or get away. I don't like being in shopping malls and having an audience.
I know how you feel, I spend every moment in the grocery store regretting I get fatigued and sometimes fall when it's rainy so strangers have to help me up because my father would accidentally leave me behind but the worst part was the children who will ask their parents "what's wrong with her?" So often I turn away or if it happens in school I will respond "nothing.."
I agree. It’s very uncomfortable when people stare at me since I use a walker to help me walk. I wish that people would come up and ask me questions instead.
@@PinkHawk191 I don't like the questions either unless the other party plans on getting to know me as other than a disabled person. Otherwise they often can see nothing but the disability. And 99.9% of the time there are no plans for friendship on any level.
you re a powerfull woman, and might you look into being a comedian? I recognize using humor, sometimes a very morbid or hard humor, to cope and keep going, with a smile in my heart.
let them stare and then engage them in conversation only by participating in society will people learn that disability forms a normal part of our society
they all kind disability.