Top 20 cringe worthy things that people say to disabled people in the street. Experiences please.

[rcwallace21]

We have all had times where people come up to us in the street and say stupid things.

Please share your experiences below.

I use an power chair and last week someone said that I shouldn't be on the pavement with it and do I have a licence for it. Me: (thinking) 'where else am I meant to go and the licence joke is so old!'

[April89]

Aged about 12, I once walked past a preacher in the middle of the city centre who stopped mid flow when he saw me walk past, looked me up and down and then said: "Don't worry. Jesus still loves you" - should bloody well hope so giving you'd tell me CP was "sent to try me", pretty damn sure my Jesus wouldn't use you as his mouthpiece!

[Nuala12 in reply to April89]

Wow, that's bad. And no, I don't think he would.

[Nuala12]

Probably a toss-up between "Where's Mummy?" while I was looking at a display case in a museum, and "Are you dying?" from someone who was 46 years older than me, and had been in the same class for six months. I said (truthfully) that Mummy was on holiday in Orkney. I was 28.

[rcwallace21 Administrator]

I've had a similar experience with a preacher asking me if she could pray for me and god will give me a purpose and hope!!!!