Are you disabled?

I don't see how needing glasses is necessarily a birth defect though. I didn't need glasses until I was 16, as a child I had perfect vision. My nearsightedness is a product of my environment, not of genes, it has nothing to do with 'birth defects' or inherited disabilities. Neither of my parents need glasses either... I do agree that a lot of people out there are crippled by ignorance though. That is one disability that is mostly a personal choice, so I have little patience for dealing with people like that.

hi there GardenGerty i am disabled in one way and thats a learning disablity i had it since i was young i dont know but i know i was tested 5 years ago and i do have a intellleual disablity i know some people say that i don't look like a have a disablity but i really do i still don't know myself how i do these discussions but anyways. my friends husband had a hit to the head with a numbchucker and he is brain injured how sad is that and he has dieabates as well my friend helps him with his sturggles and my friend has dislexia but it is sad it must be hard for her but i support her like she supports me as well it takes me awhile to learn things but i get there slowley and i do have s support worker from disablity servies from Australia thats where i am from and god has blessed Australia so much and i know that god has blessed your country too are you from the usa at all thanks for this discussion have a great day ok

Well, according to this I must be diasbled, as I wear glasses. I have to agree that ignorance is a huge issue with diasability. I would hesitate at naming any minor medical problem a disability though. For a start, being officially disabled entitles one to certain government benefits, such as a health care card. My nephew has Aspergers, and his mother told him it is not a disability, but I think she is wrong. The child should know the truth.

Most of my husband's whole family are nearsighted and I was told that I was disabled because I had lazy eye and I was left handed. I was very upset. Do you mean to tell me that I got my left handedness because my mother may have eaten the wrong thing,that the doctor was not careful enough? I mean when you are disabled, people are supposed to be extra nice to you and give you privileges that normally you would not get. And where is the disability allowance? No I nor my husband are disabled because we inherited something from our parents.

I am ignorant in so many things lol..especially computing so that makes me cronicaly disabled! How sad is that? Well I will try to arm myself with courage and forbearance and with this dicrepid and broken back try to blunder forth into the Unknown to make my first million.

Hi Gardengerty, finally, I'm here.(^^,LOL) I love the quote. It is very true. We all have our own disabilities and it is our duty to go beyond them. And learn more each and everyday so we may become better persons. I have my own disabilities too, like my snail pace, but I strive for the best everyday and learn to improve little by little. By the way thank you for the support and friendship. I'm very honor to have you as a friend. More blessings! (^^,)

yes I am disabled, I cannot go out of the house in winter I cannot walk. but when I do go outside people don't necessarily see my disability, I have a sore back and can't walk far but it is what is called an invisible disability. I don't think people will ever understand disabiities unless they have them themselves.

I think this very true. It's just that my disability is more obvious (I'm in a wheelchair and have spastic involvement in all of my limbs due to my Cerebral Palsy). I spend a good majority of my life trying to convince able-bodied people that they are not so able-bodied or independent as they've been thought to think they are. It's a uphill battle, let me tell you.

Wow...when I first read the topic line I thought no, I'm not disabled but then after reading the rest of the discussion I guess to a point I am. I wear glasses, thick ones, have since I was 12. As for ignorance, I don't think I am but then there are some things that I know nothing about or have a hard time grasping. !!HAPPY EASTER!! **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

well yes to a degree I am certainly not ignorant but no amount of wishful thinking will give me back the use of myleft arm left that way from a smashed shoulder and a shoulder joint replacement which really does not particularly help; so I still cannot lift my left arm up to grab something off a shelf and allthe self knowledge in the world will not change that.it is a disability. I can cope with it and work around it but that does not change the fact that I cannot lift it.

I am starting to wonder if I am emotionally disabled in some way. I figured at age 34 I would be more settled than I am. I wanted to prove to the world that I could do it even if I was. I mean I am smart and so on so why can't I make it? I am depressed about the thought of having to live off the government. Is that going to be it for me? I didn't think I was that bad off...