I made a documentary about ableism in my Work Of Art class. My group's goal was to highlight the voices affected by ableism and what we could do better.
This was awesome! I love how you showed disabled people with a variety of ages, occupations, and disabilities and highlight how looking "normal" does not protect them from discrimination. There are some harsh stories in there that I think a lot of able-bodied people do not recognize such as that person who fell down the stairs of a burning building because rescue crew left them to die. Great work and thank you to all the people who made this possible!
Great documentary, I had two follow up questions. The first came about when listening to the folk who said calling EMS during a seizure can make it worse for them, what should bystanders do instead? I ask because as someone not medically trained when I see someone in distress my first instinct is to call for help. The second question which has a few parts is in response to someone that said, when someone says they are disabled not to inquire further, and I understand and don’t want to pry further but systems designed for disabled people can be and are abused by able bodied folk. Don’t we have the responsibility to make sure that these limited resources are going to the people that need them? How would we do this without asking follow up questions?
Tldr 3 min to react. Stay. Fucking. Calm. Find a buddy around them. Keep them aware and ask them questions before calling. -havent watched the doc fully thru yet but my sibling has seizures so wanted to at least answer that first question as we stopped taking them shortly after they had them. Hospital first time 2 hour long seizure. EMS second and third time both hour long seizure. We realized that the hospital couldn't do anything but "stick needles in the wrong places while they're shaking" so we just monitor symptoms and do what we can for them. (10:37 goes over this a little) As a bystander you would first start a timer and check if anyone knows the person, usually and hopefully a person around them would know them and if it's a normal event for them or their first time. If it's someone's first time take em to a hospital or call EMS just to get it in file for most people. See how active and aware they are. Ask them questions. Name, age, do you want hospital/EMS, birthday, color of something, numbers, keep them engaged whether or not they decide to call for extra assistance during the event. Hopefully they have someone they can call to watch over them for a few hours. If the person is unconscious, unaware, and alone, call EMS right away. Might sound circumstantial but honestly just stay calm because they're freaking out more than you could ever be in that moment
After contacting the person, they said that the response from @MasonStanley-ut9jr is appropriate and gets the message across correctly. For your second question, that is what we are all trying to figure out as a society. It is a complicated situation where we can help those who need it, but each person has their own boundaries when it comes to their disabilities. The best thing I can say is, to be patient and respectful. If you know someone with a disability, you could ask them what they think about how to help. But there are still some people out there who like to keep it to themselves. So respect all disabled people, and if you see something, say something! That's the first step to having a better tomorrow.
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This was awesome! I love how you showed disabled people with a variety of ages, occupations, and disabilities and highlight how looking "normal" does not protect them from discrimination. There are some harsh stories in there that I think a lot of able-bodied people do not recognize such as that person who fell down the stairs of a burning building because rescue crew left them to die. Great work and thank you to all the people who made this possible!
this is a great piece, wonderful job
Great work on this!
Great documentary, I had two follow up questions. The first came about when listening to the folk who said calling EMS during a seizure can make it worse for them, what should bystanders do instead? I ask because as someone not medically trained when I see someone in distress my first instinct is to call for help.
The second question which has a few parts is in response to someone that said, when someone says they are disabled not to inquire further, and I understand and don’t want to pry further but systems designed for disabled people can be and are abused by able bodied folk. Don’t we have the responsibility to make sure that these limited resources are going to the people that need them? How would we do this without asking follow up questions?
Hi there! Let me get in contact with the person who was talking about the seizures and I will get back to you!
Tldr 3 min to react. Stay. Fucking. Calm. Find a buddy around them. Keep them aware and ask them questions before calling. -havent watched the doc fully thru yet but my sibling has seizures so wanted to at least answer that first question as we stopped taking them shortly after they had them. Hospital first time 2 hour long seizure. EMS second and third time both hour long seizure.
We realized that the hospital couldn't do anything but "stick needles in the wrong places while they're shaking" so we just monitor symptoms and do what we can for them. (10:37 goes over this a little)
As a bystander you would first start a timer and check if anyone knows the person, usually and hopefully a person around them would know them and if it's a normal event for them or their first time. If it's someone's first time take em to a hospital or call EMS just to get it in file for most people. See how active and aware they are. Ask them questions. Name, age, do you want hospital/EMS, birthday, color of something, numbers, keep them engaged whether or not they decide to call for extra assistance during the event. Hopefully they have someone they can call to watch over them for a few hours. If the person is unconscious, unaware, and alone, call EMS right away.
Might sound circumstantial but honestly just stay calm because they're freaking out more than you could ever be in that moment
After contacting the person, they said that the response from @MasonStanley-ut9jr is appropriate and gets the message across correctly. For your second question, that is what we are all trying to figure out as a society. It is a complicated situation where we can help those who need it, but each person has their own boundaries when it comes to their disabilities. The best thing I can say is, to be patient and respectful. If you know someone with a disability, you could ask them what they think about how to help. But there are still some people out there who like to keep it to themselves. So respect all disabled people, and if you see something, say something! That's the first step to having a better tomorrow.