" Stop expecting disabled and inveterate ominous people to accommodate to an unprocurable world , then separate them they ’re inspirational when they ’re drive to . "
In case you were unaware, an estimated 1.3 billion people experience “significant disability,” according to theWorld Health Organization. That’s 16% of the world’s population. Despite this significant percentage, people with disabilities are still struggling every single day to navigate a world that refuses to properly accommodate them. Here are 19 photos that prove it:
1.When people make sweeping judgements about why employees are on disability at work:
2.When people call them “inspirational” for adapting to their inaccessible environment:
3.When people don’t see them in crowds or at dusk, so they have to make adjustments for safety purposes:
4.When people’s judgement affects their own self-worth:
5.When people assume EVERYONE can just leave the country if the going gets tough:
6.When people carelessly block things like ramps and wheelchair lifts:
7.Or when they have a useless ramp:
8.Or create a freaking maze:
9.When their partners are punished for trying to accommodate them:
10.When people without disabilities park in handicapped parking spots. This person somehow managed to take up three:
11.No, really, it’s a huge issue:
12.When grab bars are placed in the least convenient places:
13.Or when they’re in the right place, but something else is in the completely wrong place:
14.When “professionals” in the health care field are completely useless:
15.When schools straight-up ignore their accommodation requests:
16.When snow-plowers disregard the importance of sidewalks for many people:
17.And when cities in general don’t keep their sidewalks in check:
18.When people leave their shopping carts in the middle of the aisle:
19.And finally, when businesses don’t even try to sound sorry about not being able to accommodate people with disabilities:
