Knowing when to hold instead of when to fold...

The disabled community is not often of one mind when it comes to bias. After nearly 15 years requiring a wheelchair for ambulation, I generally remain positive about the future despite loss of job, income and other side effects of using a wheelchair. Many disabled persons have this sense of being wronged, complain discrimination - the ubiquitous 'they' have it in for me because I am...y'know, disabled.


Does it exist? Sure. Is that a problem? Depends on your perspective. At my age, perhaps employers wouldn't consider hiring, a wheelchair is equally disdained.

Yet, I have contempt for anybody in this state who reflexively argues that discrimination rules the world. To wit, I need to be prepared for an interview, performed my research, and ready to engage the interviewer. Just like everybody else. The world cannot confer me any special entitlements. Yeah, the 'chair is a problem to some employers. Yet all things being equal, eliminating me from consideration for whatever reason is their right. I may have the quicker thinking reflexes, than the interviewer, but hey, it is their business. Not a decision based on [their lack of] intellectual prowess.

Although I have been considering how to acquire income independently. Forget my legs, my brain is up to the challenge. Do I have the courage to chuck my employ and try? Attention must be paid, so let me see...