Disability
#487: I use a wheelchair, and people are condescending as fuck.
Dear Captain Awkward: I’m woman in my late 30s who uses a power wheelchair due to a medical condition that causes severe physical fatigue. Often, strangers – retail staff, waitstaff, members of the general public – assume that because I use a power wheelchair, I have an intellectual disability. I don’t. I have a university […]
#398: I’m tired of explaining my medical condition and food choices to “helpful” folks.
As of 11/29/2012, comments on this entry are closed. Hi Captain! I’ve had type 1 diabetes for nearly my whole life (18 years), and I’ve graduated college and moved away from home. As I’m very open about having T1D, I’m often asked about what diabetes is, what the difference is between type 1 and 2 […]
#239: How can I make my husband get his health on?
Dear Captain Awkward, My husband and I have been together for four years, married for two. We generally have an awesome relationship, but there’s this one thing that’s getting on my nerves. He doesn’t look after his health.
#188: Dealing with a coworker with a severe mental illness.
Dear Captain Awkward: I have a coworker diagnosed with bipolar. Let’s call her Cosette. Cosette and I work in the same field, and share many colleagues. When I moved to my current job with Cosette, our colleagues told me about her diagnosis. Some did this in a really ableist sort of way (“Look out for […]
Reader Question #40: How do I ask my boyfriend to take better care of me?
Hi Captain Awkward; I have a boyfriend. We’ve been together for 7 years (next month, anyway – so 6 years and 11 months). In those 7 years, obviously, things have happened. His dad died, right after I met him (and man – I felt like Typhoid Mary, for a bit!); my dad developed diabetes and […]
Reader Question #15: Noisy Oxygen Tanks At The Opera
Dear Captain Awkward: OK, here’s a bit of an awkward situation for you: Very elderly folks, at the symphony or the opera, with one of those oxygen tanks that gives a very audible puff of air every three seconds, and makes a noise like a clockwork sniff. I’ve been at many performances when one of […]
