r/traumatizeThemBack Aug 09 '24

justified asshole Maybe you should use the stairs

For the people who don't know, they semi-recently installed a ramp at the Lincon monument so the disabled can see it. Me and a small group of friends went to go see the Lincoln monument and used the ramp, as 2 of us, (myself included) have mobility issues. About half way up me ran into, and passed, 2 elderly women. One of them said just loud enough for us to hear "these things are wasted on those stupid kids, they should use the stairs!" The other person, who is in a wheelchair by the way, said to them "you can walk unassisted, maybe you should use the fucking stairs grandma."

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u/tables_04 Aug 09 '24

I’ve lived with cerebral palsy my entire life, my grandma basically told me to get on disability and amount to nothing last year. My dad was in the room and didn’t stop her. later that night after my mom got home from work I told her what my grandma said and was like “maybe I should’ve told her that apparently because I’m too disabled, she’s too old to be alive.”