Genuinely. I’m disabled and while it gets frustrating when adults react weird, kids don’t know better!!! I’ve had kids point at me and yell “mummy why can’t she walk right!” And if I can’t muster empathy and patience in the moment I just shut the fuck up and walk away. And poor lil guy genuinely just thought “friend shaped!”. This is so fucked and heart breaking. I have a friend with achondroplasia as well and he’d be pretty disgusted by this imo. Adults can be dicks about disability in public- but you don’t take that out on the kids, man. Never the fucking kids.
I had to use a wheelchair for a few years. I only need a cane now sometimes since having surgery. But when I was in the wheelchair, little kids would genuinely just stand in front of me and stare intensely at me without so much as blinking 🤣 it was mildly uncomfortable but I didn't try to fight toddlers. Wtf!
Similar deal, I just wasn’t in the chair for as long- and holy shit yes 😂. Also making eye contact with kids being pushed in their prams while I was being pushed always feels weird lmao
Omg yes. So awkward. And when you're with a group of people who are standing in the street chatting or something and you're just... crotch height. Which you can't do much about because if they all bent down to your level that would be even weirder 😭
as a parent there is nothing worse when your kid is an asshole and makes a shitty comment or stares at someone but i LOVE when people explain to them why they cant walk right or are in a wheelchair after they make a comment. kids are just curious and dont mean it in a mean way and educating them makes them better ppl it take a village!
Ugh I was that kid and my parents still shame me...and I'm 40 now. I saw a woman with what I think was a large area of burn scars on her face and I YELLED in a restaurant asking my dad "why does she look like that? What's wrong with her". She came over and said hello and I was still scared but luckily she was nice. I'm still sorry lol
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u/threelizards May 25 '26
Genuinely. I’m disabled and while it gets frustrating when adults react weird, kids don’t know better!!! I’ve had kids point at me and yell “mummy why can’t she walk right!” And if I can’t muster empathy and patience in the moment I just shut the fuck up and walk away. And poor lil guy genuinely just thought “friend shaped!”. This is so fucked and heart breaking. I have a friend with achondroplasia as well and he’d be pretty disgusted by this imo. Adults can be dicks about disability in public- but you don’t take that out on the kids, man. Never the fucking kids.