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Please don't trivialize peoples stuggles by offering pithy anecdotes.
by TylerE 2y ago
Please don't trivialize peoples stuggles by offering pithy anecdotes.
- tivert 2y ago> Please don't trivialize peoples stuggles by offering pithy anecdotes. I think you're mistaken, I didn't trivialize anything. If anything's being trivialized, it was the value of quadriplegic people, who some internet rando blithely declared as all being incapable of having a "fulfilling life."
- karencarits 2y agoI read his comment as an attempt to add nuance; people paralyzed from the neck down have various experiences. For example, in this study [1], only 12% of those with tetraplegy rated their quality of life as poor or very poor [1] https://www.termedia.pl/Quality-of-life-in-patients-with-tetraplegia-and-paraplegia-after-traumatic-spinal-cord-injury,116,42596,1,1.html https://www.termedia.pl/Quality-of-life-in-patients-with-tet...