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by mgkimsal 1275 days ago
Someone else goes to the store for them. Or they get driven to a dr appt. Sometimes 'disabled' really is more debilitating than people expect.
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Sure. But a lot of times it’s not. As a counter point, I have a relative with cerebral palsy that has a shockingly normal life for as disabled as she seems to me. In a lot of ways it’s terrifying to see her getting around but she lives a very full life. People, in spite of disabilities, need not just be warehouses until they die.