Is Heather McCartney disabled?

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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    When I was in the States it seemed like everyone had one of those blue badges. Do they hand them out for free to anyone or something?
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Collin wrote:
    When I was in the States it seemed like everyone had one of those blue badges. Do they hand them out for free to anyone or something?
    Basically, all you have to do is get a Doctor to sign a form saying you need one. One trip to the DMV later, you have a blue badge.
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  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    how about we take motorized carts and close spaces away from morbidly obese people at the supermarket would that be better?

    a morbidly obese person is that way because they choose to be. they are arrogant with their carts and expect everyone to jump out of the way; or at least levitate.
    but here we have a scam. reach 300 lbs and get social security. a friend is a caregiver for these people and it's all self inflicted. not only is there social security but all the states benefits too.
    most disabled people strive to get everything out of life they can. they are still people don't forget. i recall someone with a new type of leg setting some kind of running record. but i'm sure he has bad days. so it's hard for anyone to judge except maybe thier doctor.
  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    hippiemom wrote:
    I don't think of anyone who is disabled as being TOTALLY disabled, and I don't think many people do. My mom can't walk, but she can do many other remarkable things ... she has a disability in the walking department, that's all.

    I don't know, I've never been one to get too caught up in semantics. When I'm disabled, I refer to myself as a cripple or gimp. Your daughter is what she is, the word doesn't change anything. Anyone who knows her knows that, and who really cares about everyone else?

    the term disabled is compared to the majority. the government says women and minorities are disabled; sometimes refered to as socially disadvantaged. i do agree with what you said. i knew a social security judge who was so strick; the running joke was that he'd tell a completely paralized person to get a job as a speed bump.
    i refer to disabled as unable to work at a normal job in a normal setting.
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    onelongsong wrote:
    the government says women and minorities are disabled
    The government says no such thing. It says that they are discriminated against, which they sometimes are.
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  • Rushlimbo
    Rushlimbo Posts: 832
    There is a rumor Paul McCartney pulled off her false leg and beat her with it, screaming "Dance for me, whore....dance for me !!" If you can dance on one leg you are not disabled, IMO.
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  • tooferz
    tooferz Posts: 135
    technically, i've been classified as disabled by social security. i don't much like the term but i guess thats as good a word as any to cover all the different types of mental and physical handicaps while being politically correct.

    physically, i'm not totally disabled IMO. to look at me you wouldn't really guess i was. given enough tequila and pain pills to block pain (and a good nap before going out), i can go dancing. it takes about a week to recover from it, but only my family and closest friends know how hard it is on me and why it's it important to put myself through that.

    my point is this... heather has lost a leg therefore she has a disability. yes, she seems to get along well with her prosthesis but do we know if it hurts to use it, wears her out or her reasoning behind wanting to dance? besides, weren't the 'handicapped' changes, disability act, etc., made specifically so the disabled could be a part of the 'normal' world? if so, then why are people complaining about her taking part in the 'normal' world? that's almost like saying since a handicapped person used a non-handicapped stall in a bathroom, they obviously don't need to have the special one so let's remove it.
  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    Wouldn't you think that this would be an uplifting thing for people who are "disabled"??? Someone who has a prosthetic leg, is showing that no matter what perceived limitations a person may have, due to a handicap, they can still go out and enjoy life just like people who are not handicapped. People have way too much time on their hands to bitch about things which have little or no relevance in daily life.
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  • deadmosquito
    deadmosquito Posts: 729
    Rushlimbo wrote:
    There is a rumor Paul McCartney pulled off her false leg and beat her with it, screaming "Dance for me, whore....dance for me !!" If you can dance on one leg you are not disabled, IMO.


    i'm not sure if this is true or not, but am i a bad person for laughing at the mental picture i got?
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Rushlimbo wrote:
    There is a rumor Paul McCartney pulled off her false leg and beat her with it, screaming "Dance for me, whore....dance for me !!" If you can dance on one leg you are not disabled, IMO.
    He clubbed her like a baby seal.........:D
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    dunkman wrote:
    its disabled.

    i got that from the British Council of Disabled People themselves... if they use, we should :)

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=disabled&meta=



    who knew dunk was so PC. ;)


    and in regards to ms. mills...honestly, i have no idea. just b/c the woman can manage to dance with her prosthetic limb, does that mean she is no longer 'dsabled'...? i would simply say it proves nicely for her that she has adjusted VERY well to her handicap...and that's wonderful.



    oops...i see now, chromiam already beat me to the point. :)
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  • moeaholic
    moeaholic Posts: 535
    dunkman wrote:
    when you see how she dances then you'll wonder what disability she has... apparently the girl can fucking move!!!!

    i think thats where they are coming from!

    no, i won't wonder because i know she's missing a leg. christ, what if they take away her parking privilege because she can dance and say a month later she breaks her prosthetic leg and has to use crutches. would it still be right to make her park further from a building because "damn, she tore shit up on stage a few months ago"?

    anyway, this is just stupid. people need to buy larger size panties. collectively, they're getting way too tight.
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    tooferz wrote:
    technically, i've been classified as disabled by social security. i don't much like the term but i guess thats as good a word as any to cover all the different types of mental and physical handicaps while being politically correct.

    physically, i'm not totally disabled IMO. to look at me you wouldn't really guess i was. given enough tequila and pain pills to block pain (and a good nap before going out), i can go dancing. it takes about a week to recover from it, but only my family and closest friends know how hard it is on me and why it's it important to put myself through that.

    my point is this... heather has lost a leg therefore she has a disability. yes, she seems to get along well with her prosthesis but do we know if it hurts to use it, wears her out or her reasoning behind wanting to dance? besides, weren't the 'handicapped' changes, disability act, etc., made specifically so the disabled could be a part of the 'normal' world? if so, then why are people complaining about her taking part in the 'normal' world? that's almost like saying since a handicapped person used a non-handicapped stall in a bathroom, they obviously don't need to have the special one so let's remove it.

    :) Thank you girl. Perfectly said.
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    onelongsong wrote:
    a morbidly obese person is that way because they choose to be. .
    Not always...
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    redrock wrote:
    Not always...

    :) Thank you.

    That comment actually got me thinking about starting a whole other thread.

    I really take umbrage to people discriminating and making assumptions about the morbidly obese.
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    redrock wrote:
    Not always...

    thats right.. some of them have powercuts and so then they have to eat the contents of their fridges incase stuff goes off...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    dunkman wrote:
    thats right.. some of them have powercuts and so then they have to eat the contents of their fridges incase stuff goes off...

    Well I really thought that you would be smarter than that.
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  • dunkman
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    Jeanie wrote:
    Well I really thought that you would be smarter than that.

    and i thought you'd be smart enough to know i'm not smart enough to be smarter than that... ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    dunkman wrote:
    and i thought you'd be smart enough to know i'm not smart enough to be smarter than that... ;)

    Ouch! Talk about brain strain!! Was that even English? :p

    I don't think you are not smart enough, I just think, as usual, you were hoping to get a bite. And you got it! ;)
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeanie wrote:
    Ouch! Talk about brain strain!! Was that even English? :p

    Oui!


    what kinda bite was i after?? :confused: i'm afraid you've lost me on that one
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.

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