Obviously, she can't have a standing up for long job like dog walking or post lady. But she could have a sitting job at a desk. I suppose maybe her leg would ache after a while so she could have more days off or a part time job.
I think it's unfair to call her disabled, when she probably doesn't want to be labelled like that. She wears leggings every day so no one sees that it's a plastic leg. She doesn't wear skirts. She wants to be normal and do normal things and be treated the same. She can't Hoover up for long because her bad leg tingles and makes her nauseous. But her husband helps her. He gets 'carer's allowance' because when he's not at work he cares about her and does the things she hasn't managed to do that day.
I'd like to think Dane would care about me if I needed to have my leg off. Even if he didn't finish hoovering.
I think there's a fine line between being disabled and... well... abled. Most people could get a job, but your only DIS-abled if your UNable to get one for a certain reason, like there being no flat buildings left, or if your blind and they need a surgeon. What stands up as a disability at the moment? an alcoholic who cant get a job because hes too wasted to drive there? A guy with no arms because he cant flag the bus down? its confusing. For example; Someone has a car crash and they are in a wheelchair. Are they disabled? I don't know. They're not unable. They could answer phones and earn money that way. Unless they can't move their arms either. I think if you want to go to work but your in a wheelchair, you should be allowed but I have never seen it. Except my friend Dan. But he only answered phones at night in the taxi rank so he was still sort of disabled.
I think there should be a rule that every building should be ok for wheelchair access. I went to a pub once and even I nearly didn't make it up the steep steps. There wasn't a lift or a ramp or a stairlift. So no one who couldn't walk or struggled to walk, could go there. But the food was nice. So in effect, they are discriminating against a certain type of person. Dangling a carrot. "We have nice food but you're not allowed any because you can't reach it." It should be against the law.
I have a similar problem, come to think of it. In some shops, I can't reach the high shelves and have to ask. I know midgets will struggle more than me, but it's humiliating having to ask for help all the same. Especially if its tampax.
My mum is even shorter than me and when she's fuelling up her car she can't see the numbers on the pump meter. That's not fair. If we buy trousers, we have to buy 'short leg'. People with one leg don't have to buy trousers called 'one leg'. There'd be riots and all sorts.
People take the glasses off your face and laugh, and try them on. If I nicked Sue's leg, I'd be disgraced in the paper. Why are certain things disabilities and certain things not?
I have one leg... Take a plastic one... Ooooh, still disabled.
I cant see... Take a pair of glasses.... Not disabled.
Without my leg I can't walk. Without my glasses I can't see.
Am I missing something? I would think that Sue wanted the leg so she could be ABLE to do normal things. So then she shouldn't be labelled as disabled.
I would like to make a new political party where everyone will be treated the same. Gays can adopt, stools are dotted around tall shelved supermarkets, white people can wear dreadlocks, old people can rap. Why not? It would be fun to be normal. And I'm not even that weird. I rarely get stared at, but the people that do, would love my party to take power. I'm going to be the prime ministress, and you're all going to love it.
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