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/Usidore_ Jul 19 '20

Yep. Expect a back kick to the crotch if that ever happens!

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u/azrealscars Jul 19 '20

You nust be good at jumping if you can weet your leg high enough for a nut kick

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u/Usidore_ Jul 19 '20

In the scenario they're lifting me up...

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u/azrealscars Jul 19 '20

I'm surprised you're legs are long enough to reach down that far

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u/Usidore_ Jul 19 '20

I don't know what you're imagining, like they're holding me way over their head or something (good luck doing that with ease, I'm 80lbs). But people have literally picked me up and I have actually kicked them in the crotch. It's not a stretch.

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u/azrealscars Jul 19 '20

I was just going for the short jokes

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u/Usidore_ Jul 19 '20

Oh, you failed.

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u/azrealscars Jul 19 '20

Yeah they were shit but tbh I was only going for what I thought was obvious. I just hope it wasn't too mean and I'm sorry if it was

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u/Usidore_ Jul 19 '20

Maybe frame them more as jokes and not as questions like you didn't know what was going on next time lol

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u/azrealscars Jul 20 '20

Yeah your right I thought it was obvious but I'm the one who said it so of course I thought that

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