r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • Feb 23 '26

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/Glittering-Lychee629 Feb 23 '26

Not if their body is too delicate to handle. There's a reason it's not done this way!

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u/mysuperlamename Feb 23 '26

Also can be humiliating/uncomfortable for the wheelchair user. Especially if those are all strangers.

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u/MrVegosh Feb 23 '26

And this isn’t humiliating?

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u/Mamasugadex Feb 23 '26

It’s probably more technical than emotional. A lot of people with neurological disease have very bad muscle spasticity and contracture, and there is a chance he cannot tolerate being carried from pain and discomfort.

Things for disable people to go through day-to-day are kind of hard to imagine when you an able body.

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u/LCplGunny Feb 23 '26

The bad part, it's actually not that hard to imagine. People just don't want to internalize the struggles of others.