FAT LAZY ♿️ DISABLED PEOPLE
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Quote Tweet "NOT ARSED I LOVE THE ROYALS I'D RATHER PAY TAX FOR MEGAN MARKLES DRESS THAN PAY FOR SOME FAT SKANKS WITH SIX KIDS THAT CANT BE RAMMED TO GET A JOB AND CLAIM DISABILITY" (Quote Tweet)
Im reacting to a tweet, implying that all disabled people are lazy can't be bothered to get a job. This is so far from the truth. I have never met a lazy disabled person. I feel the government isn't dong enough to help change peoples perceptions of disabled people. It feels like the government are letting people believe that we are lazy
After suffering my spinal cord injury i have really had to adapt in life. So Im sowing you my disability lifestyle to raise disability awareness. as a disabled woman and a woman in a wheelchair who is paralysed, I thought it would be interesting for you to see, and hopefully give you some inspiration and motivation so that you can live more independently. wether you are paraplegic or quadriplegic i hope that i can help you.
i have lots of interesting disability videos, a lot of videos on how to cope with a disability and living life in a wheelchair, wether you are a girl boy woman or man. i have some paraplegic exercise videos, and advice. its important to keep your fitness levels up as much as possible as this can when physically and mentally with depression.
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I don't want to get into the royal wedding Im addressing the fact that disabled people are always stereotyped, labled lazy and a drain on society. This needs to change!!!!! Please feel free to share the link on your socials. XXX
Wheelsnoheels - Gem Hubbard Would it be alright if I tweet out this video?
yes please spread the word!! xx
I worked for 30 years paying my tax until I had to stop due to ill health, and please let it be known that my hospital and doctor appointments had to be taken as holidays arrrh! So I could keep my job....and volunteering a pay cut to keep a job.... need I go on?
Well said my lovely
My father was disabled with MS. He was heavy because he could not exercise as much as he got a little older and had worse and worse symptoms. He hated that he could not work. He was a electrical architect. People would stare at him. I am comfortable around disabled people and chose special education as my career. People at his funeral said nasty things like that he looked good because he did not have to work. My mother died when I was 5 and he raised my sister and me. Just that for a disabled person is work. We lived off disability and we never had enough of many things including food. We would get dinners for holidays from the church. People like that don’t understand how much a disabled person works just living. I like your channel because you address so many things for disabled people. Thank you. We do need more education for people.
I’m fat, disabled, but not lazy. I’ve probably accomplished more than a lot of able bodied people🖕🏽♿️. Also, Disabled people who are less able are still humans and still contribute with their unique life perspective, love, knowledge, lots of things. People are not just how much money they can make.
Well said. :)
Well guess what, I work to pay for that fat people who have better electronics then I do
Thank you! I desperately needed to see and absorb this fact.
It really saddens me that people even think like this yet alone post it online
Why is there such a need to judge/ belittle/bully people
Not all disabled people can work (myself included ) but I feel saddened that people think like that
We need more kindness in the world not rubbish like this
Sadly the government are a lot of the problem behind this
I have been disabled for five years now. I had to give up work. I was a workaholic I always feel guilty about not working. I would give up my benefits in a heart beat if I could get my health back. It will never happen. Why should we have to feel inferior? Yes a lot think we get everything paid for . As you say we still have to pay for dental etc.
Yeah its a terrible miss conception people have.
Good for you Gem
The problem with social media is that the dregs of society can spout out their hate and prejudices hiding behind their computers. So, yes, i do not pay attention to these sad sad people. I use people in the case very loosely.
I have EDS and it is an invisible but extremely painful disorder. At times, walking is so painful! I am forced to use a scooter for long distances and have had people actually tell my co workers that I am just lazy. That is hurtful. If they could spend a day in my shoes....
I've been heavy my entire life and am on benefits for a mental disorder... I've always been very physically active... But just over a year ago I got stenosis and RA in my spine... I lost the ability to walk stand for longer then about 5 minutes... I literally kill myself everytime I go shopping because I refuse to use my walker and I under absolutely no circumstances well ever use the motorized carts... I would rather be carried out on a stretcher when I collapse from the pain then abid the nasty looks I get for using any mobility device... It's infuriating....
I was having a bad morning, and the title of this video just wrecked me...I am crying. My disability hit me at a very bad and awkward time in my life; it's one of the most painful and embarrassing facts of my life that I was never able to finish school, and unfortunately I was never in a condition to get a job, either.
To the haters, don't fucking worry. Especially for people like myself who were never in a position to earn our own money and pay taxes, *the government doesn't waste much time or money on us*. Hell, it barely assists those of us who USED to be able to work and pay our taxes, or God forbid, those of us that SOMEHOW STILL DO. I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel, like I always have, and I can only hope that life is a little bit better for the others.
WnH, I'm sorry you had to see that awful message. You're the best of us, and I wish you nothing but happiness. 🙏🏻💜
Even when I was severely ill with ME/CFS and mostly bedbound and needing to sleep like 18 hours a day, lazy was NOT the word. I worked a hundred times harder than able-bodied people just lying there keeping alive and attempting to meet a fraction of my basic daily needs on my own. While trying to fight for recognition and needed care and basic respect. And those even sicker than me and practically comatose are working even harder. “Aggressive resting” is the hardest job I’ve ever had. What’s this obsession people have with productivity? We’re all worth something even if we are unable to “contribute.” Opinions to the contrary really eat up disabled people. Really wish people would stop playing the disability/welfare police! They have no idea what people go through. It’s so hurtful to be judged all the time and it makes me think so much less of people who make these judgments and comments. And what the heck does a person’s body size have to do with their character or even their health or lack thereof?? Ugh. People are so fatphobic and uneducated, it’s appalling.
Idk about the UK, but in the US, it's so hard to get disability, to the point where many people who need help can't get it because they can't get to/ pay for a doctor's appointment to get all the forms and documentation required.
That sucks. Fortunately here in Australia Medicare came in a few years before HEDS really kicked in when I was in early twenties. But had migraines and fatigue all my teens. Diagnosed in my 30s. I'd have been screwed if I had medical bills when just beginning career.
Thank you for being such a passionate voice for us all Gem. I have to be honest, this made me cry. I worked so hard to become a staff nurse & worked for 17 years for the nhs, looking after other people. I am now too ill to work, I have a genetic condition which means I will never be well enough to work again, short of a miracle. How I wish I was back on those wards, even doing night shifts, but it’s not possible. To be classed a lazy......... angry doesn’t even begin to cover it! We need to act, all of us together, we have to change this perception of us!
we really do. :)
Recently went out and got told wasn't allowed in club as I'm in a powerchair. Then also needed toilet but no disabled loo!
Ive had that too. x
The sad moment when you answer is no to 90% of the question (can you) 😢
I'm so sorry, Love. This stuff is so amazingly hurtful and toxic and painful for us. Here is the thing: even if we WERE a drain on resources, that is the point of an empathetic and caring society. Like, we take care of our elderly people because we aren't heartless assholes, and we should care about people who are disabled and can't financially contribute for the same reasons.
We are human beings. We deserve as much access and assistance as we need to participate in life. Period.
Definitely we deserve to live our lives like u all do ♿️💖
Nobody says "we should stop providing for our newborns because they dont do anything for society"
STOP EATING PIES!
I saw this on FB earlier after it was shared by an acquaintance, and it upset me so so much! People have no idea how hard it is to get disability benefits! Like you said in that statistic, most people said they didn't know anyone with a disability, but that just shows that most people's perception of disability is very skewed.
To be honest, I would have been just as upset if they hadn't included disability in it, as I absolutely hate the 'benefit stereotype' thats portrayed. Looking after 6 kids is a feat in itself! All benefits are for people who need extra help with income!! And lets be honest, the money on benefits doesn't exactly go far! Thank you for your video on this!! x
Yes your right. I agree with you, even if it didn't have "disability" in it, its still stereotypical. Child care for under 5's is about £600 pm or more......
Thank you, thank you, and can I say it again? THANK YOU for saying this! I have chronic fatigue syndrome. I can't tell even begin to count the times I have been accused of being lazy. I am not a wheelchair user, but I may soon need to invest in one as my Lyme Disease has been reactivated due to a car accident. I won't need it all the time, but I am already having to use a cane and if things progress the way they have, if I'm to go out anywhere where I'm on my feet a lot, I may need one. I'm currently trying to get on disability myself. I have been accused of just being too lazy to work so I'm trying to get disability when there are "so many people out that who are worse off then you and deserve it more" It's so so frustrating. Not only dealing with the crap that we do that our own bodies do to us but then to have people say things like that? Wow. Unreal. Again thank you for sharing this!
Dear Gem:
You are neither lazy, nor a skank.
I believe the same principles apply to the majority of disabled persons.
For government assessors/ and society:
Please recognise our daily struggles.
Most of us are neither lazy, nor try to work the system.
Life dealt us a poor hand -- I would prefer to have a perfect life, and a fulfilling job.
I never react to videos, I'm a silent subscriber, but I just had to react to this! How you described all the troubles someone has to go through just to live their life with a disability was amazing. You used so many examples that people who are healthy never think of that can be challenging!
I’m only 24 years and my body is getting worse every day (I have EDS) and I’m getting more and more disabled, something that is hard to accept.
And as you said, we don’t have a choice, we never choose to get a disability like you choose what you want to eat for dinner! This is the last thing I would choose for in my life. But now that I have it, I have to live it. And people who are so closed minded don’t really help with living my life to the fullest because of the discrimination against disabilities
Your last sentence caused me shivers ''disability doesn't discriminate'', it can happend to anyone at anytime.
I love your videos and your content
Im really glad that my passion in this video comes across. This topic is something Im very passionate about. Im so honoured to have you has a subbie, thank you for your support. I really hope that my videos help you though hard times. Please feel free to share this video on your socials, it really helps push them out, and spread the message.
:) Gem xxx
I'm a UK 18-20, but that's more influenced by my disability, not the other way round. I have EDS, so most exercise is off limits and because I have limited ability to work, paying for swimming or healthy food is difficult. And according to 23&Me, I have a gene that correlates with being bigger, which makes sense because I'm skinny compared to most of my dad's family.
I could say so much! But long story short I AGREE totally with absolutely everything both video and comments but want to add a little about the negative perceptions of hidden disability and pain (I have ehlers danlos, syndrome autism and an eating disorder amongst others- the latter isnt hidden as although improving my bmi is currently 14 but that doesnt seem to count) Having to justify myself on a daily basis and seen as lazy, and a fraud, but the moment I need my walking stick or have a cast or bandages from injury or surgery view of me changes so dramatically both from strangers and friends.
Secondarily i worked until I was forced to leave due to my health and had no choice but to claim disability and it was the hardest most stressful thing to do in my life. Originally I was denied it whilst lying in a hospital bed and had to appeal (apparently very common tactic by the government) Ive been "reassessed" almost yearly since and do more forms to prove i am still disabled (Ehlers danlos is a degenerative genetic condition autism cannot be cured) As well as face-to-face assessments. I am so thankful for my Mums help as due to my conditions I would not have managed it alone. As well as stressful it is mentally draining and depressing when I usually focus my world on what I can do when the forms are all about everything I cant do.
I returned to education to enable me to return to a profession where I could use my mind more and earn enough money on part time hours to come off benefits. Unfortunately I have recently had to give up university 2 years in due to my health and too much time in and out of hospital. It was never through want of trying. It has been tough, i have not given up because thats what people do. We fight, some of us just have to fight harder than others.
...That was meant to be short! 😅🙄
I have epilepsy and autism an am limited to the distance I can travel to work and when I can work due to my local busses. Iv been looking for a job for 8 years. Iv had temp jobs, I apply for job, Iv been to plenty of interview but as soon as I mention I have epilepsy or I can only work x hours due to my busses they just don’t want to employ me. Those that do offer employment to disabled people in my local area either aren’t employing right now, want people to start work at 6 am whitch I can’t do as I can’t drive and the busses don’t even start running till 6am, or they want me to work till 10pm meaning I wouldn’t be able to get home as the last bus home is at 10pm. So realistically the head offices of businesses just make it sooooo difficult for me to get a job. Iv had good experiences in shape where the managers have been willing to keep me on aft r my temp placement till head office decide to terminate my temp contract rather than renew it to a permanent one as the stores cant afford to keep so many staff in the store and are getting rid of people. It’s just sooooo frustrating. Many people want to work. Many of us have hidden disabilities that people would never know about. People definitely need to stop judging and realise those that don’t work aren’t always lazy they just can’t find a job often or are medically unable to work.
I don't work currently but I really really want to! I've had job offers and things have always fallen through when it comes to HR and adaptations. So I've stayed at uni longer (which equally has had big access problems) so I can go into research...which isn't a very stable career but I've been offered EVERY job I've gone for and then it's come to nothing. Technically the law is on my side but starting at a company that you've already threatened legal action against is hardly a good position to be in!
Alongside uni I'm doing intense physio multiple times a week so that hopefully I'll need fewer adaptations and can work in more buildings etc.
Whether you are working or not life with a disability IS hard! I have 3-4 medical appointments a week and I'm finishing uni.
Sharing your rage!
Its so hard. And access to jobs is terrible. Some days i wish I had a stable job, that i could go to, then come home and shut the door and for get it. Get paid ever month. xx
had to adopt the house everything but ad to pay all myself no help
a friend of mine is in the local counsel and very concerned about me getting arond ob the street ,bad pavement and so so he invited the county counsel to have al drive around by them selfes
My girlfriend is fat and disabled, but not by choice. Her environment has so little wheelchair accessibility that it's not really possible for her to actually be active or productive. She's never had the chance to have an independent life, because even something as simple as a walk in the park is something that she relies on her parents for. Where she lives in Japan, ramps, elevators, ect aren't really very common, whereas they're so standard where I live in the Netherlands that it actually blew her mind when she saw it.
We both want to build a life together over here where she'll have an easier time getting around and having a level of independence. What really struck me is that despite me being perfectly willing to provide for her in whatever way I can, she repeatedly brought up that she wanted to find a part-time job once she moved, and clarified that she does actually intend to work if she can. I find that really respectable.
Although to be honest, I don't personally consider laziness to be a problem. I have full respect for disabled people who do choose to work, but for those who would rather not because doing so would cause them physical or emotional distress, or because moving around is too difficult for many jobs to be feasible, I think it's entirely fair that those people are cared for by our society.
Thank you so much for this, immediately shared on FB. D.L.A was always meant as a way of aiding in liberating people who were disadvantaged by the World being "unable" to "deal". If they knew how hard it was to claim these benefits then they wouldn't dismiss us so easily. Thank you for enlightening people in so many ways.
very well done for talking about disability.peoples views/judgements very SNOTTY NOSED .do you do a blog/newsletter .MARK
People like that are just rude, arrogant and judgemental. I have spina bifida and use a wheelchair full time. There is more to my disability than being unable to walk as I actually had to explain to a close friend and she was most apologetic. I am unemployed and that is not through choice. Not at all. Being unemployed has taken a toll on my mental health. People don’t allow me to do things and then the same people turn around and label me lazy. It’s very unfair.
A close friend of mine who has Muscular Dystrophy I wanted to have her over to my house. We tried to get her in my front door using her portable ramp, but that just wasn't feasible. We ended up having her go through my garage and into the backyard, where she was then able to get in through the back door where there is only a small threshold vs the 2 steps up and then a threshold up to the front door. We put her ramp up by the back door and it was effortless after that for her to get in. If she had a manual chair, she probably could have gotten in the back door without even needing the ramp.
Thank you Gem for such a powerful video! You are an inspiration and I love watching your videos for videos for hints and tips as a new ‘wheelie’ I am a secondary school teacher...I am ‘built for comfort’ but I am definitely not lazy. I work long hours and I have to use a chair as I regularly fall over and I’m safer sat down. I am very lucky to be working with amazing children who have embraced my need to use a chair and ask questions about my needs. They want to know more about disabilities and I am proud of the fact that I am slowly teaching my guys that the word ‘disabled’ isn’t one to shy away from. It’s okay to ask questions, it’s okay to want to know more as with knowledge comes change.
I get cross when I hear that disabled people are a drain...I work bloody hard to get to work every day. I do have PIP but that pays for the extra bits I need...my salary as a teacher keeps the roof over my family’s head and without my work I think I would crumble.
Yes, I do need to use a chair to help me be a teacher and I do get frustrated but I adore my job and I am grateful everyday I am able to do it. I am rocking my wheels!!
Sadly there are some people out there who believe everyone out there except them is cheating the system in some way and they are the ones being screwed, and no amount of reason, logic or even the most basic mathematics will change their mind. Hopefully they’re in the minority though and the rest can be reached.
I am disabled via a medical issue created by military service, and I have been labeled as a liar and a fake.
This makes me so sad. This has been such a reality for me. I don't let people know I claim any benefits as it just creates such a stigma. Also had an assessment recently and they lied on the form and said I can walk 20 plus meters when that's not possible for me. It's hard enough when society makes you out to be a fraud let alone when the assessors do too. I don't like to think about what I can't do and being told I can do more than I do hurts me so much.
Being disabled adds so much to our monthly spending.
Recently I read a tweet saying that 'disabled blue badge spaces should only be 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday, because truly disabled people don't need to be out any other time' it's so sad that people are this uneducated.
Thank you for making this video. I hope when our children our older they are able to change the perceptions and not continue this 'scrounger' mentality x
Smiling Cricket Appeal if you haven't already!
Sarah Camley Thank you. Ive sent off for the mandatory reconsideration. The anxiety is overwhelming but I don't want to sign off on lies x
Thank you for your comment. Ive heard so may horror story about the assessors lying. I read an article that one woman secretly filmed her assessment. The assessor lied so much!!!! like what is going on here!!!! Its pretty scary. xx
Smiling Cricket, I had an extremely nasty woman assessing me one time. She lied on my form - which I read later as I'd requested a copy - and the letter I received from them said I was lying about about my condition because 'people with your injury don't sit like that'! I've given up fighting for another blue badge as fighting the council people in charge, the doctors (responsible for not diagnosing and treating my subluxation in time), the 'benefit people' and the chronic pain and disability has worn me psychologically down. Wishing you all the best xo
People don’t understand how hard it is for disabled people to get disability its interviews after interview meetings after meetings I can’t work I’d love to just at this moment in time it’s not physically possible I try my god dam hardest but I work for family and friends I help my family with there kids it’s hard for me I’d love to but hospital appointments being sick 5!out of 7 days of the week if I could get up every morning get dressed and go to work I will but until I can I’ll be deemed fat lazy and a money scrounger 🤬😡🤬😡
When I was doing an apprenticeship the staff at the business were either in wheelchairs or they had learning difficulties. So I know about disabled people who work. I hate it when people say people on benefits are fat and lazy.
You haven’t heard what I had. It started with a support worker who was there to actually help me find a job!! Ok I’m not physically disabled but that woman had me in tears. I was apparently according to her too disabled and emotional too get a job and I’ll never find one.
I've also found some of them are the most discriminating of all. Also some assume you are intellectually disabled when that isn't part of HEDS
Thank you for bringing awareness to this!! I live in the US and am disabled!!! I live in a split level house that I have not been in the upstairs of the house in almost 3 years!!! Just not able to do so in a chair!!! So I get what your saying!! On another note,there was sone major fraud going on with disability, but in the last few years, they have really cracked down!! I’m an amputee , AK, and my disability actually got taken away 6 months as I missed an important piece of pairs updating their system!! I’ve since got it back, but it was fight!!!
Oh dear. Im glad you got it back. But yeah the battles are just so draining. :S
Dear Gem I just wanted to write you a note to thank you for being an advocate for those with disabilities as I myself have a genetically inherited disability from birth. It is so encouraging to hear your point of view on this subject. Even though I live in the U.S.we have many of the same problems here with attitudes by those who are not disabled who think they know everything about a subject like disabilities yet are ignorant of what we must go through to do the simple tasks of just living. Once again thank you.
Thank you for trying to educate people who aren't just ignorant, but have a bad attitude also. I am not a wheelchair user, but I have a good attitude and i try to educate myself so that I can be a better person. My best friend has a disability and she has opened my eyes to the discrimination that she faces. I have restricted mobility, but not enough to call it a disability, but I get a small taste of what my friend goes through every day. People tut at me because I don't walk quick enough. They give me dirty looks because I can't stand too long without having to sit down due to pain. I'm sorry there is such ignorance in the world.
Thank you for sharing. Im really happy you have found my channel. Please feel free to share it with your friend if you feel it appropriate. :)
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Thank you for this video, and all the others that I’ve seen (I’m still “new” to RUclips). I’m a recovering quadriplegic in California, USA. Thank you for standing up for us! For years I’ve considered making my own videos to show “our world,” and how we live, because society does not truly understand the effort, the planning, the time, etc. that it requires to complete a simple task when one is paraplegic. I would love to connect with you more and learn from your experience(s).
October 8th, 2014 I got a flu shot (my first ever, and honestly didn’t want it. I’m not “anti-vaccine,” but didn’t feel it was necessary. A friend was having a baby and wanted all friends to get vaccinated). 12 hours after the vaccination I was a quadriplegic, barely alive. I developed a rare neurological disease, Transverse Myelitis from the flu shot.
After a lot of time in various hospitals I left “paraplegic,” with limited fine motor skills. I have continued to fight every day for improvement, and also adjusting to a completely different life being wheelchair-bound. The misconceptions that surround receiving disability is truly shocking. As I’m sure we all could, I could easily make a 2-3 hour video based strictly on what strangers have (ignorantly) said to me.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos highlighting the misconceptions of anyone with a disability, how a disability can affect every aspect of one’s life (as well as friends/family), and also showing that a disability doesn’t lead us to have a less-fulfilled life! I’d love to connect with you, as we can help further the education in our societies and fight for so many areas that our cultures lack in regards to needs. Hugs and much love!
Hello lovely to meet you., thanks for sharing Thanks for watching my vids. Im glad they are useful. always happy to share ideas for new video content so please feel free to email me or message me on instagram. :) also please feel free to share my links on your social. xx
Able bodied people don’t know what the hell they are talking about, and they are entitled. I have a bachelors degree and part of a masters degree. I worked about 16 years until I was laid off through no fault of my own, along with a bunch of my coworkers. Now that I can no longer work, because I have ever in my life shown that I could work, I will be living on $700 a month. If I had never worked, I’d be living on $2,000 a month. So I am being punished because I worked, and I also have to listen to the hot takes of able bodied people who have never been disabled, and don’t know what they are talking about.
Thank sounds crazy. The system is crazy sometimes. So you paid all that tax and now you are punished!!!!
The rehearsal hall we're working in at the moment has no disabled toilet. Tonight I'm off from rehearsals because ironically enough I'm enough nauseous worrying about lay-offs in my fifth job that I could well need to throw up, so my workplace tonight just wasn't accessible.
Oh dear I hope your ok. xx
I think some people need a designated chair user for educational purposes. We fight every day just to get out the house and live our lives the fullest we are ABLE or brave enough to try and push harder for (depending on risk, determination and so on) but we also take on extra stuff like jobs, RUclips channels and blogs, hobbies, jobs, charity work, parenting, educating, dealing with assumptions, excessive costs, creating ways of doing things like stairs- we have to use almost as much energy planning as an abled person does actually just doing it and then we still have to push our bodies and tools to do it. Yes there is the fat “lazy” stereotypes BUT we don’t know the situation behind it, they could be battling depression and stuff. I have another wheelchair if anyone would like to try living life in my situation (as a genuinely friendly offer) we ASR’s strong, powerful, warriors and we are awesome. I might not be good at all the PC stuff but I’d never say anything purposefully hurtful or offensive so I hope this isn’t hurtful to anyone.
Makes me angry but I'm a person who wants to believe there's good in everyone
Oh Gem, tweets like this one make me so angry,too! I can really understand why you wanted to make this video!
People don't want to think about what could happen to them, they only see the now and now they are fine, aren't they?
They hear about a friend of a person they know from wherever that had an accident and is now on rehab because of that accident, BUT they don't say: this person is now disabled. They say: he/she is going to get well soon after rehab.
Noone wants to think about disbility. I know, everyone should think about things like that more often and make plans for a maybe future disabled life. Home accessibility, workplaceaccessibility and so on, just as you mentioned! Big problems for us that have to think about that now, cause there's no other way. A year ago they sent me into early retirement, cause I couldn't work anymore.
I have MS, I am fatigued everyday, I have numb feet, I can't walk more than 5 steps without a cane or rollator, I was a busdriver. Noone would like to have a busdriver with MS, right? So I went home with less than half of the mone I had when I was working, but paying for rebuilding my home, my wheelchair, my medication, my bigger car cause of the wheelchair and so on.
I worked for all my life after I left school also, paid my taxes also.
I would give almost everything to return to work, I loved my job so much, not to be chronically ill anymore! But I can't.
I am not lazy, I am not fat, I am not ruining the State because I retired early.
It makes me mad to know that most people do think this way, when they hear I am retired. One thing I hear so often is: You din't look sick! How does anyone look when he is sick? green or yellow face or what?
I have to live with less than half of the money I had when I was working! If I wasn't married and my husband would help me with all the costs, I would have to find a nice space underneath the bridge for a place to sleep.........Gem, the world isn't fair and you will never have 100% pros on this topic, but you raise awareness with this video! I sent it to my daughter and son and they are going to share it with their friends also! Awareness is the keyword I suppose. I like you!
Thank you for taking the time to write and also share it really helps get the message out there. Lots of love my friend. xx
We’re not lazy, we are warriors. These angry people couldn’t last a day in our situation.
Britany Harden exactly...
Britany Harden you are so right. Some people think it’s a joy to be stuck inside some days because it’s not worth the energy to do anything more. Some people think it’s a choice.
As Gem says put them in a wheelchair for a week, they wouldn't be able to do it
"We're not lazy we are warriors" That is the truest line on the whole net!
@@christinemackie6976 : Thank you! I couldn't say it better!
People don’t under stand what it’s like to lose a job u love due to disability they should try being in constant pain for most of there adult life or like your self gem in a chair people don’t realise how easy they have it (I didn’t till chronic pain turned my life upside down)
I dislike this article oh my goodness you handled this person ( rolling my eyes) I am disabled because I worked to hard, developed arthritis and bones block the signals when I walk so I past out. So I not think I got this being lazy.i finally found a wheelchair to use. My condition seems to worsen as time goes by.
This person has no idea what she speaks of and I got a lovely picture of prince William at the wedding.
We should weight certain posts as their cultural level are.
My mom was doing a report on the ada in the USA and asked me what I thought the biggest thing that needs fixed is she told me that she thought access I said people’s perception
I can’t count the number of people who tell me they’d love to stay home and sleep all day but when I’ve been in so much pain I have to wake my aid in the middle of the night to help me strech or rub my legs or need help to open a bottle of drink in the morning because my Hand are too knumb and not working
Yea they really want to trade me 🤦♀️
I'm sorry this person wrote this - but it's just the same old damning attitude of the ignorant, it comes from a total lack of education or awareness. It's so important to counteract such comments with the truth, and you have done that beautifully Gem. My personal take, having suffered a SCI, is that in some cases injuries cause such dire pain and exhaustion it can simply be too much to continue work - this is my case. I worked incredibly hard prior to my accident, I had a burgeoning career, but that all came to a sudden halt the moment I had an accident. We all have a story, we all have suffered, and it is so important to teach others to treat people with love and understanding. That is what this person has highlighted, unwittingly. Keep up the good work! x
This is a bit lengthy but it is a piece of an essay taken from the “Beyond Suffering Bible”...Joni Earekson Tada. Who became quadriplegic at a young age from a diving accident.
“God’s law tells his people to care for those with disabilities. This included punishing those who oppress people with disabilities and rewarding those who rescue and assist them. God’s Word inscribes compassion for people with disabilities within the charter of Israel. For example, “Do not insult the deaf or cause the blind to stumble. You must fear your God; I am the LORD” (Lev 19:14). Notice that obeying this command is an expression of fearing God. Similarly, “Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road” (Deut 27:18). Mistreating people with disabilities brought severe punishment because God loves and cares for people affected by disability.”
Also there is a beautiful story of a boy named Mephibosheth who was injured and made lame at 5 years old. His nurse had accidentally fell on him. Later though; King David took him under his wing and he ate at the Kings table. Well taken care of.
Thats lovely. If only everyone saw it form that point of view. x
I didn't become disabled until I was in my 50's. I retired from my job that I had worked for 35 year's. I still get that "look". I am trying to reinvent myself. I use a manual wheelchair because I want to stay as active as possible. I go to the gym. Etc. Disabled people are NOT lazy!! THANK YOU for this video!!
This has angered me as i use a wheelchair because i have a muscle conditions and i am paralyzed in one leg it doesn't work and have got a part time job as im 16 going on 17 i hate tbese people my uncle is letting me take over his company and he is a van man who diliver s and he has made hus vans hand control ed for me and 2 others
My condition didn't start deteriorating until after I broken my hip in the military, (before I was diagnosed), people still call my lazy, and I am eight months pregnant, newly in a wheelchair. :(
HEDS people get that ALL the time.
God I love you! I just discovered you I've been disabled for almost a year I had a stroke found out I had a tumor in my brain found out it was cancer! my left side was paralyzed I'm stronger now but still can't walk without aid of a wheelchair or cane...i have to do chemo pills to keep my cancer from spreading! I can't work anymore I've been suffering from depression but I'm doing better! And thanks to you you give me hope! Thank you sweetie for being on RUclips I know you're not lazy either am I...and I'm going crazy cause I can't do many things I use to do! And I want to thank you again for you are a inspiration to me!!
That makes me so angry. Also not all disabilities are visible people will judge you because you don't look disabled.
Sadly some humans leave a lot to be desired. Thank you for making this video. There are only two reasons that some disabled people don’t work. 1. Employers discriminate against them. 2. They are too chronically ill/ disabled to be able to carry out work.
The fraud point is one of my personal crusade points. It angers me so darn much. The government are quite happy to use the right wing media to push their cause of stripping support from those who not only need the support but deserve the support as they have, in the majority paid their national insurance contributions and taxes for years before/ during and/or after their disability occurred.
So right. xx
The Real Mythril YASSS! EXACTLY!
A broad brush painting all. Some need it some don’t. I earn way too much to qualify so I can be skeptical myself (yes a para). Unfortunately, there is a high percentage that do scam the system. For example, in California, one in eight drivers is considered disabled. Really? 12% of the driving population cannot walk more than 200 ft or only with great difficulty? No wonder all the parking is always full. When it is, by law one can use two spaces with a permit and I had a car vandalized because of that. Somebody wrote all over it with a marker that they were going to teach me a lesson for using two parking spaces which I need to transfer.
I would just like to weed out those that don’t truly need it in order to help those that truly do need it.
I would love to meet you
60% of us are unemployed because we either physically cannot work or - like me - have been DENIED work. My usefulness to society (if work is how you gauge it) ended when I was 27. I've just turned 50. I am effectively on the scrapheap. I have no idea of what I am capable of because I was never encouraged by my "special" school to find out. They told me I should work in an office, so I did. It ended badly. I naively trusted people to treat me fairly, but I have been thrown under the bus. I don't have the skills or equipment to even do what you do. Depression makes me feel useless and unmotivated. I only have a minuscule Civil Service pension to look forward to in ten years. I'm surprised you don't get free prescriptions. I did when I was working. I had an exemption certificate. Please check it out - you may have been misinformed.
Thank you for your comment. Im sorry that you feel you were let down. I plan to make a video about working with a disability. Struggles etc. I wonder if we can think of something that you can do??? How are you at office type work now? I have a few ideas for you. :)
I'm not able to work because of my physical and mental health. I am on benefits aswell. So am I a drain on society? Gem please reply to my message.
I've been disabled since birth too
hey lovely. No your not a drain. You have a disability like many of us, which makes working difficult for you. Benefits are there to support people in day to day life. they are there for a reason. xx
where did you message me? I can't see anything? xx
I am in a wheelchair
I'm not disabled myself but one of my friends is a she is the most hard-working amazing girl that I have ever met in my entire life!! She did tall flags and was in a few parades for a year!!! That ISN'T lazy!!!
Totally agree with the tweet
How?
Well.. I VE seen fat lazy disabled people wearing better stuff and purchasing better electronics then I do
@@djjosham ok? How do you know they are lazy? Also how do you know they receive money? You're just assuming things about complete strangers.
@@EmilySuydam I wouldn't worry too much about him. He sounds like a bored troll.
Hey! Great video! So, last night I was in a dilemma. I went to a ysa activity with multiple church wards around my area. There was a dance afterwards and people kept asking me to dance but I didn't know how to in an electric wheelchair. It was in a park so I couldn't bring my manual. I need help on how to dance in a wheelchair. I look and feel ridiculous! 😂😂 I don't know how to slow dance either
Well I just tend to go for it. Check out ruclips.net/user/ChelsiesJourney92 she has some grate tutorials for dancing in a wheelchair. xx
Chosen disability.
Walk with stick all things
As awful as this sounds your the 'right kind of disabled' ie visable. The person who wrote the tweet ( probably) didn't mean visable disabilities they ment the ' fakers ' who intact just have a hidden disability. A lot of people ( some doctors included) think that if they can't see it it's not real. People who have hidden disabilities are treated so badly because of this. There are so many people who think they are the disabled police or just straight up ignorant.
I'm glad that disabled youtuber like yourself are becoming more mainstream hopefully this will help.
Gem has a hidden disability - HEDS. I do too. Because doctors know so little about us, they've missed a broken leg bone though I said I thought it was broken. Another time I went around for nearly two years with several doctors including a rheumatologist telling me I had nothing wrong. I had a nearly completely ruptured tendon.
Well wasn't this a triggering video lmao.
I'd be perfectly fine for people to claim disability, my mate and his family are genetically obese and can barely walk, and I'm fine with them claiming it, it's just when perfectly fit people claim benefits that bugs me
TKB wanfor it actually very very very rare fakers claim disability and to be fair you aren't able to decide someone faking. If you saw me you'd think was a faker due to people's opinion on what a cripple looks like.
oh no, I'm not talking about disability benefits, I'm talking about the normal benefits you get if you don't have a job. I'm talking about the *ahem* the "FAT SKANKS WITH SIX KIDS THAT CANT BE RAMMED TO GET A JOB" They're who I'm iffy with, like that woman who was on This Morning where she said that she was addicted to being pregnant and didn't care that she was a waste of space and taking in 12 times more than she should be getting. Can't remember if she used it for her kids or mostly for herself. it's when people who are completely fit and just claim benefits that is just meant to support you when you're between jobs. And sorry if I was sounding agressive, that wasn't was I was intending to sound like