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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Woah. I guess in your woRLD, OP, disabled people are only allowed to… sit home by themselves and be “disabled”? What does that look like to you? Sad, lonely and housebound?

The actual answer is that a disability doesn’t necessarily preclude living a happy and healthy life. It just means that to do that, you may need accommodations that some employers are not willing or able to extend.

Maybe your neighbour still has to attend many appointments per week with RTs, physiotherapists, primary care team, pain control team. Perhaps before and after those tennis games, she needs extra rest, medication, pain control, etc. Also, not every tennis game is at the level of Steffi Graf. Disabled people play all kinds of sports.

As far as vacation, I’m not sure what is your point. People with disabilities do get to go on vacation. One of my dearest  friends, a senior woman without had polio as a child and has significant physical limitations, has travelled the world, including some exotic location. She travels with her fairly significant limitations in mind.

As far as book club and the like… do you feel that people with disabilities should be hermit shut ins with no brains, hobbies, or friends?

People with disabilities are able to, and should be encouraged to, live healthy, active, and fulfilling lives. [/quote]

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This thread shows an utter lack of understanding of what is disability. OP and others want to see the stereotype of only physical disability and that's it. After a bad car accident I was in I had severe cognitive issues that left me barely - and I mean barely - able to do my job. But I hid it and masked and made mistakes and tried to power through and it was awful. I can see that if there was no hope of recovery, I would have absolutely thrown in the towel. [b]But I could read fluffy novels and play tennis if I wanted to. I just couldn't remember my colleague's name whom I worked with for five years, or remember how the Zoom functions worked, etc.[/b] [/quote]

Well isn’t that convenient![/quote]

What exactly is convenient about this situation? Explain to me how any of this is "convenient?" Or do you just think TBI is funny? [/quote]

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