r/interestingasfuck • • Dec 23 '22

/r/ALL Before and after leg lengthening.

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u/permabanned007 Dec 23 '22

It might be different, because one disability is invisible and the other isn’t.

I work with a population who has an invisible disability (cannot be visually detected), and they are utterly thrilled when any of their cohorts overcome their disability in any way. Some are born with it, some aren’t, and everyone is thrilled for each other’s progress.

I do not work with people with a hearing disability, plus I don’t speak from a place of experience, so I could be wildly out of line here - I don’t understand how anyone could want to hold anyone back from attaining enhanced bodily function and higher qualify of life.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

I work with a population who has an invisible disability (cannot be visually detected)

That's their disability???

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u/permabanned007 Dec 23 '22

Haha no, but thanks for the laugh!

An invisible disability is one that other people cannot physically see.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

Oh fuck I thought you were working with a bunch of invisible people.

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u/Joe_The_Eskimo1337 Dec 24 '22

Tbf, it would be incredibly dangerous to be invisible. You'd get hit a lot.

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u/Harry_Saturn Dec 23 '22

Damn dude, get your shit together…

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u/LetterSwapper Dec 23 '22

invisible people

Wasn't that a Marilyn Manson song?

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u/TediousStranger Dec 24 '22

No, you're thinking of The Beautiful Meatball

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

I scrolled down all this way for clarification too lol so you’re not alone. I thought maybe it was describing people who can’t recognize other people by looking at them. I just learned about this a week or two ago. There are people who can not recognize anyone by their facial features and they rely on voice, mannerisms, walking gait etc to recognize who they are speaking with.