r/YouShouldKnow • u/LtSoundwave • Jul 19 '20

Other YSK That many people with a disability consider their aides (wheelchair, etc.) an extension of themselves. You should ask before touching or moving them.

Read this article and was surprised to hear how many people struggle with this. Even if you are trying to help, you should ask first.

www.bbc.com/news/disability-49584591

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u/sycamotree Jul 19 '20

Eh, I mean I don't like when people take them without permission but I usually don't care if people ask to put them on. Sometimes irritating when they look and say "wow you really are blind". I'm aware of how bad my eyesight is lol.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '20

I have a bad habit of this. I only do it to friends. I find it interesting to see how the differant lenses impact vision. It's kinda trippy. Especially if someone has differant strengths for each eye.

I think it's also handy to gain a bit of perspective. My vision wearing your glasses may be a good estimation of your vision sans said glasses. So I know when you are wandering around looking for them I need to get up and help because you literally cannot see them on your own (like my sister) and not becuase you loose everything that isn't bolted into your head (like my mother who can see fine enough without them and just needs them for reading).

Maybe I'm a lazy bastard but I'm not jumping up out of my seat to help my mom track down her glasses. She can find them herself and looses them at least once a day (thank god she switched to contacts). My sister on the other hand looses them about once a month and if they are not in the usual places is plain unable to find them and actually needs help.

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u/sycamotree Jul 19 '20

I'm not legally blind or anything so I wouldn't really need assistance finding my glasses. Or if I do it'd be more on account of my ADHD, not my glasses lol.