Still I do feel bad as I am unable to physically step
up and help my wife and I hate the fact that she end's up doing all the heavy
lifting. I am so thankful that she understands but to the untrained eye many
people view me as a regular guy when they know nothing about my story. It's the
same thing when total strangers give me dirty looks when they see me parking in an accessible parking space. Even other
people with disabilities at times can be very ignorant to the fact that not
every disability is visible. But they are not there when my leg gives out
causing me fall or when I trip over a simple pebble on the ground, it's the main
reason why I tend to walk with my head down looking for anything that may trip
me up. At times it makes me look anti-social since I am always looking down. The facts are only those close to us at times can truly understand our
physical limitations, but all too often total strangers make snap judgments
simply because they don't know any better. They see the international sign for
accessibility being someone in a wheelchair and automatically think that is
what everyone with a disability looks like. The facts are ignorant people will
always judge others and sometimes we make the mistake of caring what they
think. Currently I am slowly becoming okay with other's seeing my wife carrying
the things I find too heavy. If they look at me as a lesser man or think I am
not a stand-up guy because of this, I don't let it bother me as I can't expect everyone to understand my situation.
After all I can admit I may look like a tough guy who can carry my own weight
but little do they know looks can be deceiving. In the end, it is truly unfortunate that in this day and age some people still have a stereotypical view of people with physical disabilities.
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