• j4k3@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    40
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    8 months ago

    I can tell you first hand that disability is not at all like this binary mentality. This was a major injustice to what disability is really like. It reflects how stupid people really are and a judge that should be disbarred. Today is my 10 year anniversary of the day I was disabled by an idiot driver. I could likely toss a tree like this if I tried. It might cost me a few weeks of not sleeping more than 2 hours, but it is my right to take such a risk if I choose. Only stupid people view disability as a binary state. There are levels of misery and limitations you can not fathom. I can’t hold posture for long. You can’t imagine how miserable that really is. I can’t sit up. Laying down most of the time is awful. Simply getting dressed and driving anywhere takes longer than my sustainable limits and pushing past those limits means I will need several days to weeks before I can get back to my standard level of inadequate sleep I have experienced for 10 years now.

    • Jennykichu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      8 months ago

      Well said. Most disabilities are not obvious if you’re just viewing someone for a minute or in this case, even less. Someone could be able to walk 1000 feet but need a wheelchair to travel a mile.

      Also Christmas trees are not heavy? My great grandma could probably toss one if she needed to and she’s 97 and also couldn’t work pretty much any job.

      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        5
        ·
        edit-2
        8 months ago

        5’ trees can weigh 30kgs, that’s enough for most healthy people to permanently injure themselves. Not a fucking chance your grandma is tossing one dude… total bullshit.

        Also, the lady is trying to use a year old collision, where’s the claim information for this injury if it was related to the collision? Why only go see a doctor a few days after a tree tossing.

        The tree injured her, not the collision in this situation.

        Insurance sucks, but read the damn article lmfao.

    • weew@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      A local insurance company tried to deny a claim because the person was “caught” horseback riding. As if sitting on a horse on a flat trail is some kind of extreme physical activity.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      11
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      Only stupid people would hurt themselves just to have some fun and expect everyone else to pay or make up for it.

      The judge made the right decision here, she hurt herself and is blaming someone else instead of taking responsibility for her actions.

      Being sick or injured means you cannot do everything a healthy person can, that’s just an unfortunate fact of life. Other people shouldn’t have to suffer and pay just so you can do something dangerous, there is plenty of other options available.

      Look at it another way in this particular case, even a healthy person could permanently injure themselves throwing a tree. And she wants to blame something that happened a year before? Get over yourself.

      Most people have no issue going out and having fun, but they don’t want to do the physio and recovery, since it’s no fun and also costs money. It’s usually this, they could have fun, but than they need to pay for physio, so they have fun and bitch instead.

        • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          arrow-down
          7
          ·
          edit-2
          8 months ago

          Collision 2017, tree tossing 2018. No doctor would have recommended doing a tree toss if she was already dealing with an injury. And if she wasn’t, why would she blame a year old collision instead of what happened a few days before.

          Read the article yourself maybe…

          • Jennykichu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            edit-2
            8 months ago

            Collision 2017

            Either she collided with herself or you are sensationalizing the facts to support your point that disabled people are second class citizens .

            • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              edit-2
              8 months ago

              car she was travelling in was hit from behind in an accident in 2017.

              From the article, the collision happened in 2017. Maybe just read the article mate…?

              There is no such thing as a traffic “accident” an accident means there is no one to blame by definition. All vehicle incidents should be referred to as collisions.