Being disabled certainly comes with a few benefits. Its also means that there will be some things that are going to happen to you that you can't help but laugh at. I have quite a few inside jokes about my disability that I keep to myself, or I share with close friends. Being a little diffrent is hard sometimes, but there is a funny side to quite a few of the tough things I go through. Sometimes me, my family, my close friends, and other people with disabilities are the only ones who know what I am talking about when I talk about something funny about being disabled. However, today I`m going to try and explain some of those things to you and also some of the little perks I have or have gotten, being disabled. Maybe this blog will help you get a little closer to the disabled people you know. Mostly though, I just hope this blog just makes you laugh and smile, and realize that disabled people can have pretty happy lives. Alright, lets get this comedy show on the road!
1. Lefty- Having Cerebral Palsy, sometimes you have a lot of spastisity, which means you have really tight muscles. My legs and my left hand are all really tight, especially my hand,``Lefty". It`s always moving and it never listens to me. I call it my boy hand, because it`s like having an annoying little brother that always does the opposite of what you tell them. I don't have a brother, but I`m sure those of you that do can understand what I`m talking about. I`m always worried about how `Lefty`` will annoy me, or someone else, especially. I`ll be sitting beside someone, and`Lefty will hit them or something. I get so embarrassed. Someone gets this tap on the shoulder by a stranger and they look at me like I`m some sort of creep or something. Then I`ll have say, `Oh god, I`m so sorry. That wasn`t meant intentionally. Are you okay?`` It can get very irritating. I had to switch desks with someone in my socials class at school so they wouldn't get hit by my hand. Oh man. It just goes on and on. Sometimes when I screw up at home, I`ll say, "It wasn`t me. It was lefty." Then my smart sister will say "Kate, lefty is attached to you" Oh, man. Oh well, I`ll just have to put up with Lefty forever I guess. He is my little brother after all.
2. FREE PARKING!- Someone with mobiility issues or someone who is in a wheelchair can get a parking pass so they can park in the handicapped parking, whitch is a little closer to their destination. This can give you a little handicap sticker that lets you park in special parking stalls. My family loves that!! We`ll be in a parking lot and it will be packed. We can`t find a parking spot anywhere. Then we see a handicapped parking spot. By then, my mom is so excited she has me in the car. She always "Thank you Kate!" So there we go. We got a parking spot, we had a great time at wherever we were, and we didn`t get in trouble. Everyone`s happy! Thank you handicap sticker!
3. Airports- My family has travelled on a plane a few times, and when we have, we have got great service for me. They had a wheelchairs coming on and off the plane. We had someone with us the whole time. It was awesome. We`d come off the plane and there would be a wheelchair waiting on the aircraft with someone to push it! Talk about royal treatment. My goodness! Last time they did that, there was a lineup of people getting off the plane, and they all made way for me to go through first. I went through high fiving everyone, saying "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much!" Going through security can be tough sometimes though. They have to check for bombs in my braces and my wheelchair. It`s like, c`mon, how can there be a bomb in my wheelchair. Really? All in all airport service for my family and I is fantastic. Thank you West jet for making everything go smoothly.
4. Lineups- When my family and I were in Disneyland, the lineups were huge. However, every time, the security guard would come up and whisk us up the line. It was great! Except, so much for teaching me to be patient as a child, and to let others go first! Geez! We went to see Cinderella one day and there was a line up. It was pretty long, not bad though. Anyway, this little girl comes up to Cinderella. Cinderella peaks around the corner and sees me. She said to the little girl "Excuse me" and then pointed at me and said "Come here sweetheart" It's true! Word for word. It was a little embarrassing but it was worth it. Cinderella was my favorite Disney princess from then on!
5. Little children- I mentioned before that sometimes it makes me feel bad when little children stare at me and get a little scared of me. I like little kids. I don't want to scare them. I want to make friends with them. However, sometimes kids get these funny, curious looks on their faces when the see me. They look at my wheelchair and think "What is that toy she's driving? It looks kind of like my stroller except bigger. I wonder if I could get my hands on the controls and drive it! That'd be fun! " Sometimes they get these little smirks on their faces. It's quite cute. Little kids are the best!
6. Surprising people- Now that I use my wheelchair quite a bit more than i used too, a lot of people that don't know me or don't know me very well think I can't walk at all. I can though. Sometimes when I walk, I surprise people. They look at me all awestruck. I look at them and say "Whats wrong?!" "You can walk!" "I know, isn't it awesome!" It's like they have just witnessed a Christmas miracle, just like Tiny Tim in the Christmas Carol. It makes me feel great. It's just another time that I can show people what I'm made of!
7. C.P stands for Crazy Person- I made this up a little while ago. I think it fits me. I can be a little crazy sometimes, as you probably tell from this blog.
8. Complaining about exercising- I've had to do exercises and have had to have a physio stretch me every since I was little. I used to tease them about how hard they made me work. "This is torture! These exercises are killing me" No, the people I work with are very nice. They only make me exercises because it's good for me. It's fun to fake complain sometimes though.
9. Being a speed demon in the school hallways- High school hallways are busy places. It's hard to get through the crowd. However, with my wheelchair, I can zip past everyone like a speed demon. I heard once that people try to get behind me so they get a smooth ride to class. it's like I'm a taxi driver. "Next stop, math class, all aboard!!"
10. Giving kids Wheelchair rides- I don't do this very much anymore, but in my manual chair I used to give the other kids wheelchair rides. I used to get mad because they thought it was so much, and it's not fun all the time being in a wheelchair. Now, though, I can see where they might think its fun. Sometimes I let kids drive my electric on now. Maybe I should start charging them!
|I love sharing these jokes with everybody. Being in a wheelchair does have a positive side, and a few funny jokes that go along with it! I hope i made you laugh. I also hope to have many more funny adventures and write all about them!
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