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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:43 pm
Sorry this sounds a little bit un-sensitive. Both my misses and I are on disability. Of course, not all disability is the same, and not all are visible.
Hers is more visible than mine. For example, we both need a walking cane just in case, but not all the time.
When it comes to disability, as far as competition is concerned, is there a rule book out there that define if you qualify in competition for disabled athletes? Does it has to be lose of limbs, lose of control of limbs including paraplegic, loss of one eye, loss of hearing, and something similar? How does the rule deal with "invisible illness" like severe fibromyalgia, lupus, and rheumatic arthritis which the sufferer occasionally will be perfectly healthy, but when flare up the sufferer will be totally unable to even move? I suffer from one of them.
For the record I have the usual blue handicap parking plate, and also the right to use para-transit service in my local area. Like a lot of handicap motorcyclists I rely on riding sidecar outfit and know how to ride trikes very well. I don't own a street motorcycle (ie. 2 wheels). I always request wheel chair service whenever I travel by air, even if on the day of travel I feel good and can walk perfectly fine.
I feel very embarrassed to even suggest I am disabled when compare with veterans who lose their limbs due to war, even though at the same time the only movement I could have on certain days will be my elbows. I could not even hold a pistol without dropping it.
Hers is more visible than mine. For example, we both need a walking cane just in case, but not all the time.
When it comes to disability, as far as competition is concerned, is there a rule book out there that define if you qualify in competition for disabled athletes? Does it has to be lose of limbs, lose of control of limbs including paraplegic, loss of one eye, loss of hearing, and something similar? How does the rule deal with "invisible illness" like severe fibromyalgia, lupus, and rheumatic arthritis which the sufferer occasionally will be perfectly healthy, but when flare up the sufferer will be totally unable to even move? I suffer from one of them.
For the record I have the usual blue handicap parking plate, and also the right to use para-transit service in my local area. Like a lot of handicap motorcyclists I rely on riding sidecar outfit and know how to ride trikes very well. I don't own a street motorcycle (ie. 2 wheels). I always request wheel chair service whenever I travel by air, even if on the day of travel I feel good and can walk perfectly fine.
I feel very embarrassed to even suggest I am disabled when compare with veterans who lose their limbs due to war, even though at the same time the only movement I could have on certain days will be my elbows. I could not even hold a pistol without dropping it.