[ST] [SA] Arisia Elevator Management

[Shira Lipkin]

>    Back on topic: Speaking as one gimp, I would wear the blue badge. When
>    I crash, I crash hard, and walking/standing/anything is very
>    difficult. Why not ask the disabled attendees what they think? There
>    may be no issue there.
>
>  I'm _not_ disabled (usually), and I have a problem with this.
>
>  Put it this way- is someone in a wheelchair's time _more_ important
>  than someone who might appear able to take the stairs, but does
>  not?
>
>  If you say "it is" then I say a word you can't say on TV.

I say no. So you don't have to cuss.:)

The way I'm viewing this, it's not a time issue. It's a pain issue. If
a person has difficulty standing/walking without pain, I think it's
kind to let that person scoot ahead so they can sit down and be in
less pain sooner.

>  And I suggest you consider "over-entitlement" as another word.
>
>  My time and my comfort are _just_ as important as yours.

Yes, they are.

But people have different thresholds for comfort.

>
>  I've spent months walking with 2/3 of my right foot unusable and you
>  know what- pain hurts the same whether you're handicapped or not.

It does. I wouldn't refer to myself as handicapped; my pain levels are
variable. Sometimes I can dance. Sometimes I can't walk. I don't own a
wheelchair, and I've been resisting buying a cane, because I'm a
stubborn little wench and I will push my body to and past its limits.
So I'm not glaring up at you from a wheelchair and saying "I am
gimpier than thou!" But I'd like the option to get up to my room and
get horizontal quicker when my body craps out on me. And I'd totally
support you having that option, too. Because yeah, pain sucks.

--'song
about a 6 on the 1-10 pain scale today



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