There are 48.9 million Americans with disabilities - that is 1 in 5 people has a disability. Of those...1 million are wheelchair users. For every 250 people, there is a wheelie person. October is Disability Awareness Month, with an emphasis on Employment. Jobs. Job-jobs.
Have you ever noticed that one of the first things humans tend to ask one another upon initially meeting, is "So....what do you do?"
In real conversation, that is a total downer. But it is animal habit, just the same, to try and find something in common with our conversation partner during happy hour beyond the obvious weather. Sometimes, this code of conduct gets skipped over in my personal encounters, and heads right to the "So....what's wrong with you?"
I wish-wish-wish I could toss out on the card table snarky answers to some of the inquiries:
"Were you born that way?"
"Hell, no! I was hatched."
"What happened when you were born?"
"The stork crash-landed...it was like...bad."
"Were you born that way?"
"Hell, no! I was hatched."
"What happened when you were born?"
"The stork crash-landed...it was like...bad."