hello lovely people so i recently posted
a video about migraines
and it seemed like some people were a
little surprised at what migraines
actually feel like if you've no idea how
bad a migraine is
you've never had a migraine and it made
me consider other surprising things
about
becoming disabled there are disability
misconceptions if you will
particularly about actually becoming
disabled
because shockingly not all people are
actually born with their disability
that's a little misleading on my card i
was actually born with my disability
it just decided not to properly start
smacking me in the face
until my late teens probably because i
was such a
weird-looking child yeah no that's my
natural hair color
anyway i didn't know i was disabled i
didn't really know what being disabled
was like at all
and i definitely had some misconceptions
and maybe you do too maybe that's why
someone sent you this video
or maybe you just like learning new
things or maybe you're really painfully
aware
of all of these and you just need a bit
of solidarity whether you're disabled
yourself or you
love someone who is you'll probably
relate to these and please do leave any
others
in the comments below so here are 10
surprising things about becoming
disabled
number one it doesn't actually get you
lots of attention
you really think it would but it won't
no one
actually throws you a party yeah
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and you'll probably lose some friends
that you thought you could actually
really count on
but you can use the internet to make
cool new ones
number two you also won't be getting
lots of money
that whole benefit scroungers faking it
for the disability money thing
no no one could be asked filling in a
70-page document for that little money
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number three no team of glamorous and
witty doctors who pent up sexual
chemistry
and a burning desire to find the truth
at all costs will be attempting to
diagnose you
in fact you'll probably just spend many
hours on the internet
attempting to diagnose yourself and then
finding a doctor that hasn't
the time to agree to the blindingly
obvious on the plus side
you would now be excellent at medical
pub quizzes
uh i think you'll find number four there
will not be a miracle medical cure
unless the doctors realize that the
thing that they told you was
the progressive thing and then going to
kill you and then isn't
actually at least not until you're old
anyway it's a
it's best not to search for the golden
bullet but try to fit your life
around your body instead
number five you won't be getting the
medical mobility equipment
that you need i mean unless you're
willing to wait for many many years
or you're just loaded and can buy them
from your own money
anyway you're probably gonna have to ask
a charity for help if
you can't wait
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and that's in england i mean i i can't
even begin to imagine what it's like
without the nhs number six if you need a
carer all the time
you you don't actually get a camera all
the time
they probably drop in for like half an
hour a day to move you check you've
taken your meds
and then leave
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also if you have any kind of disability
that affects your cognitive process
or mental health you will struggle to
fill in
all of these forms and access the help
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number seven people will talk to you all
the time
random people about really personal
things they will also touch you
even when you don't want them to they
will take the thing you need
and put it where you can no longer reach
it to be helpful
and they will expect you to say thank
you
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number eight people will not talk to you
or touch you they will get really
awkward they'll walk around you in a
massive circle
and talk to the able-bodied person
behind you
they'll ask your sign language
interpreter what your favorite drink is
ask yourself i'm right here bless those
silly sausages
number nine the world isn't actually
that accessible
remember how you used to not see
disabled people that much or you'd think
oh disabled people don't come here
anyway
or even well they could go somewhere
else to eat
no no why don't five people have a
disability they're they're just sitting
at home because it's actually really
hard to get into loads of buildings
10. you still have a voice no matter
what anyone tells you
no matter how the world might sometimes
make you feel
you're still you disabled people have
voices we can speak
up and we can decide what others need to
know about our situations and when we
need to stop
sharing and protect ourselves we know
best what accessibility really means so
if a gathering is being planned an event
a new building
a school it's important to include
disabled people in the planning of it
there are many things that you learn
when you become disabled these are just
10 of them
so those are just my 10 things but
please add more of your own down below
in the comments
i hope you've enjoyed this video and i
shall see you in my next one
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you