Disability is not always immediately visible. But whether or not you can tell if a person is disabled—if they say they are, they are. In fact, if someone tells you they are disabled—you don’t argue with them. They know themselves better than you ever will. Redditor CaptDeliciousPants found themselves in a tricky situation when another […] More
People with intellectual disabilities struggle to be understood and respected. As society still expects disabled people to somehow function normally, these people suffer at the hands of social stigmas as well as situations in daily life that are not adapted for them to deal well with. Redditor u/Throwra_sunshine03 found herself fighting against her own husband […] More
The topic of service animals has become an unnecessarily fraught one across the United States. Service animals are well-trained, highly sensitive, and useful animals who very much have a job to do: keep their owner safe. They are usually not pests or in any way distracting or detracting from a space. Redditor advice-throwaway1256 is planning […] More
There are many benefits to riding public transportation: It’s easy, cheaper than a personal vehicle, and it’s good for exercise. The largest detractor, for some anyway, is that public transportation is open to the whole public. Chances are high that you’ll see something you don’t agree with at some point during your transit. What happens, […] More
The way people use condiments is varied, and quite honestly, to some of us, it’s gross. We all know somebody who puts ketchup on pizza, or mayonnaise on their french fries, or hot sauce on something that most assuredly does not need any more flavor or spice. Reddit user TATastyFood loved hot sauce, and so […] More
Drawing boundaries is a difficult task, especially amongst roommates, since you have to cohabitate it. If your roommate has a disability in addition, there’s a lot to negotiate there. That’s the situation Reddit user jadamson98 found himself in: a disabled roommate, but one who kept crossing his boundaries. He found it difficult to assert them, […] More
Ableism is discrimination directed at disabled people. THROWAWAY7079371 experienced some ableism firsthand, directed at his little sister, while planning his wedding—and is on the precipice of a serious crisis because of it. On the popular subReddit “Am I The A**hole?” or “AITA,” he detailed exactly what happened: “Aita For arguing with my fiancee and refusing […] More
What’s in a name? A term of endearment? A nickname? And is it ever your responsibility to change it because someone else doesn’t like it? What about if the reason they don’t like it comes from legitimate trauma? One Reddit user, who opted to go by nicknamethrowaway_1, found herself caught in the middle of a […] More
Family are meant to be the people who least judge us and our significant others, but sometimes they end up being the exact opposite. And when family levee judgements against us and our significant others, it hurts more than pretty much anything else ever could. Redditor Kaiahi found herself in such a hurtful situation that […] More
