Before we start can i just say, how much i freaking love Demi Lovato's documentary
Simply Complicated.
I'm so proud of her for being so raw and honest and opening up to the world
in a way that can help soo many people.
I am obsessed!
Like i could literally watch it again …. huh maybe i will!
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Well hello everyone and welcome back to my channel,
or if you are new, hello welcome to my channel, my name is Sophie.
And yes you would be right, I am in my dressing gown and my pyjamas,
but as you can probably hear from my voice, I have been sick and when I get sick it just
aggravates all of my other illnesses which is just the reality of chronic illness.
And today was one of those days where I, wanted to make a video but i have been sick
and i haven't had a chance and today's my only day
so i was like i really wanna film it but i don't feel
brilliant so we're just gonna roll out of bed.
Basically what i mean to say is i'm just a stubborn little cow and i still wanted to
upload a video for you guys this week, so….
we're doing it my dressing gown and it's my channel and …
who says you have to get dressed!?
Not me!
And you know what..
I woke up like this.
I have a question for all of you, or … well…
okay a few but i mean shhh….
who's counting?
Why is it that we are taught that the colour of our skin doesn't define us and shouldn't
effect our relationship with people?
Or our gender or our religion?
But there's no-one really showing that just because you have a disability, it doesn't
define you, And that you should be treated any differently
or judged or… bullied for having a disability?
I know not everyone listens to what they're taught,
but I don't see these things being taught in school or by friends or family,
or people in the public eye.
i mean, whether it's invisible or visible, that doesn't mean that you should be treated
any differently and it doesn't effect what you
you know, what you can do.
I have hearing loss… does that effect me doing cheer?
no!
Things might have done differently but it doesn't mean that i'm any less able to
do it. and before i start getting hate comments or
anything, i know that it is not everyone.
this doesn't apply to everyone.
I know that sometimes when you don't know that much about a disability or an illness,
you don't… you don't always know if they need adjustments
or if they're someone that likes to talk about it.
At the same time, you shouldn't like,
treat them differently from the get go unless they say they need something.
Does that make sense?
Now i know this is kind of like similar-ish to my video from last week,
but… this is
this is how we get treated as someone with a disability.
And, it's really hurtful because we are still
humans at the end of the day.
And we still have feelings and when we get rejected or we get people being rude to us
because we have some form of disability or,
we get you know, people make access really hard when it just
doesn't need to be like, i was watching Molly Burke,
which i have talked, i have talked about her before and she was
saying in her video that, she's had restaurants make it really difficult
for her to bring her guide dog in when she is
100% entitled to it.
And they're like no.
Like, there's treating someone different and there's just making the adjustments
that someone needs so that they're still able ti do what everyone else
is doing.
I've had people that will notice my hearing aids and then just suddenly stop trying to
hold any form of conversation with me.
And it's a bit like … what?
That's a little bit rude and hurtful that just because,
i have hearings aids and my hearing isn't the same as yours,
you don't wanna bother holding a conversation because,
i'm more than capable of holding a conversation, if you're looking at me.
And if my hair was down, you wouldn't have seen them and you would have carried on that
conversation and you woulda been chatted and carry on laughing.
I saw the other, hmm on, i think it was on FOX news maybe?
A guy that has down syndrome was rejected by numerous amounts of girls to go to prom
with him, probably just because he has down syndrome
and maybe looks a little bit different, and that
like, honestly, that hurt me but then when you carry on reading the article or seeing
the video, there was 1 girl who heard that he had been
rejected and she, out of the kindness of her heart,
went and made an effort to take him to prom and make it the best night she could for him.
And she didn't even know him but she had heard what had happened and sees past the
disability.
Rather than seeing the disability and stopping she sees past it.
And doesn't let that effect what she thought of someone and she ended up having a really
good night.
And so did he.
And FOX surprised them.
Honestly, a lot of the time, people that have disabilities
or illnesses, have a kinder heart.
Like, don't get me wrong, like obviously there's exceptions to the rule,
but like a lot of the time they've experienced stuff and they know how stuff feels that they
will be a lot kinder and like they enjoy life in a very different way.
I know that a lot of it is just down to lack of understanding.
It's not even necessarily that you're being nasty or you're being rude or like,
whatever, you just don't understand.
But all you gotta do is ask.
Tell me this, how would you feel if someone treated you really badly or was nasty or
couldn't see through disability?
How would that make you feel?
Because, i'm betting it's going to make you feel pretttttty darn crappy,
and if it doesn't, then you're part of the problem.
No offence… well, kind of.
I'm not saying it to be mean but it's just how it is.
If you don't see that that can be really hurtful to someone,
treating them this way, just because they have a disability or an
illness, that is out of their control…..
And as always this was a bit of a rant, but it was also like a 2 pointer,
people that don't have disabilities, please just see through disabilities, it doesn't
change the person and it doesn't make them any less of a human with
feelings.
And if you are someone with a disability, you are 100% not alone so i thought,
hey, it's like a 3 in one video.
It's like a mini rant, it's like a help other people that are feeling
alone that have disabilities and are being treated like this.
And it's a way to try try and…
teach people …..
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And i think that is all for today's video so..
thank you for watching,
Keep Watching Stay Strong
And Stay Safe
Bye Guys
i know that it is hard to believe something that you don't see, i get that.
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