What Are Your Thoughts on Drug Addict Being Considered as Handicapped?
Question by Craptacular Wonderment: What are your thoughts on drug addict being considered as handicapped?
Or how about these examples?
Veterans of war that feel they can no longer communicate with society the way they did before they went to war?
Children/Adults (over 18) that have graduated from foster homes without a sense of family within them, and can’t find their place in society?
Homeless and/or forgotten people – this could be a great many descriptions for the reasons of how and why…
Are these handicaps in your view? Why or why not?
Are there examples you would like to add to this list? Please do.
Allow me to further the details with this:
‘Handicapped and disabled’…. not certain which term is most politically correct..I prefer “differently abled”.. but that phrase hasn’t caught on yet as far as I know…such is life…
These people I have given examples of would be unable to be gainfully employeed in society due to each of their unique situations or circumstances.
What do you believe should be available to them in resources to ‘help them’, or should they be denied resources if you believe they are not disabled to perform in society other than by choice?
Best answer:
Answer by norm
None should be considered handicapped.
Now the drug addicts should qualify as brain dead.
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Overweight people
Alcoholics
People with eating disorders
Poverty
Are these all handicaps as well?
drug addicts make their own choices to get on drugs so there is no handicap there…..war vets yeah i am one and that shit can mess with ya…..the people from foster homes might think that yeah they had a home but the natural parents were not there so i could see why they cant find their way mental issues that are out of someones conscious controll can be a handicap……homeless and forgotten people dont have to be that way there are alot of opporunities in the world
Handicap refers to an environmental barrier not a person.
Disability is the appropriate term, as such, you have to look at the definition of a disability in Federal Law (ADA). Some cases qualify others don’t. My thoughts, NO!
Not Really. – Being Handicapped Is Haveing Down Syindrome A Siezure Disorder. Mentel Retardation. Being In A Wheelchair Not Being Able To Speak Or Walk.
At one time, drug addiction and alcoholism were considered a handicap and they were eligible to receive social security benefits to help with their recovery.
But when our president’s daddy was president, that changed. I wish it would go back. Not everyone can afford to go to a private clinic to get healed. More public dollars should be spent to help them. Because otherwise, we will end up spending more on them from the things some of them steal to support their habit, and on the costs of housing them in prison.
your examples cannot be compared with addiction. any kind of addiction is a distraction for any level of pain, discomfort, or negative feeling. You like to shut your mind of present issues and focus on one and that gives you peace.
It is a search for inner peace not handicap some people follow the bible word to word and live their life off it. They are not weak, they are just making life simpler for themselves and by doing that alone you get a lot of peace of mind, and you become happier individuals.
the above three examples are people who have issues to deal with. if they get into addiction of some sort then they are not dealing with them the right way. in life one must prepare for the worst and move into things head on wat ever the out come of it, dont let it get to you. just follow where life takes you and be honest to your conscience.
OK where i work, it’s a huge corp. and they consider obesity a disability!!! that’s bullsh**!!! i understand some people have thyroid problems or whatever but it is not a disability!!!! go on a freakin diet!!! i was pretty huge before, if i can do it, so can they…veterans, is a different story…unless u have been to war, u wouldn’t understand. they have seen some really horrible things and can’t be right in society. or they have been injured or wounded…drug addicts and alcoholics have no excuse…straiten up your life u looser…same with the homeless, who are usually addicts….LISTEN PEOPLE…IF U ARE ALIVE, LIFE IS GOOD!!! THERE IS HELP OUT THERE!!!! YOU JUST HAVE TO BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE!!! STOP BLAMING OTHERS FOR YOUR ACTIONS!!! ONLY YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF DO THINGS!!!
There is not a living soul, who is not handicapped, in some way or another, we cannot all, do all things, Disabilities is another thing. Many disabilities enable to the point of no advancement, but a Handicap can be over come with a change of activities, training, and encouragement.
They are no handicaps. They are just ppl going through a phase and they’ll get out of it soon . Whether they get out psychologically fine or not that depends on them. So, they must try their best to get out of thier ordeals. They must stick to something concrete and keep on living.
They are all handicapped in the sense that they have difficulty socializing and being productive in society. Productive in the sense that society say is the norm. Each group you mentioned has its own set of problems in socializing and following the norms of society.
I am wondering in what way you are using the word handicapped? Can they function normally in society? Can they work, maintain family relations, pay their bills ect? Or are they handicapped in such a way that they should recieve help in shelter, food, and survival? In that case should society take care of them? These are handicaps that we can not see. I.E. they are not physical handicaps. They do not use a cane, wheel chair, blind, unable to hear ect..
Addictions to drugs and alcohol are handicaps once the addict can not function with out the addiction. When they can only think of getting high and nothing else matters. Then it becomes a handicap. Usually addicts can not stay employed, keep a home, take care of their families. Then you have the children of alcoholics and drug addicts. They too are handicapped in the sense that they have not had the nurturing, and caring that they need to function in society.
It has long been thought that most homeless/ forgotten people are really suffering from mental illness. If that be true then they are handicapped by their mental illness. Mental illness is a huge problem. One that often goes undiagnosised until the symptoms of the illness are causing the person no longer be able to function in society. In the list you mentioned are they really suffering from mental illness? Which came first for the alcoholic and drug addict mental illness or did addiction cause the mental illness?
To the list I would add mental illness, victims of sexual abuse, battered women,child abuse, children of alcoholics, and children of addicts.
Drug and alcohol addiction is an illness (and newsflash, capnjackgirl, so is an eating disorder – a deadly one at that – caused by mental problems, not choice. Anorexics, bulimics and compulsive overeaters need serious help and medical care and I hope to God that if you ever meet one, you’ll show a little human compassion and think before you speak!!!) and must be treated as such. Yes, it begins with the choice to do that first bump or smoke that first rock, but that doesn’t lessen the seriousness of it.
As far as being “handicapped”, it’s a difficult call. On one hand, they don’t deserve special parking or disability checks from the government, however they should absolutely be eligible for free treatment if they want it.
Weak. I was raised around junkies and thieves. I have seen people sink and swim.
I am fat. Exercise, discipline and perseverance will thin me down. I am not crippled just because I am challenged.
And neither is a Junkie.
Society is turning common human behavior into pathology.
Drug down kids that won’t EASILY focus.
Turn lazy people into cripples.
WEAK.
I would probably offer a different kind of assistance to the people who have an actual physical or mental impairment that has been obvious since birth, or the result of an accident or some sort. They need help in reaching their potential physically and/or mentally, and their families are not always able to offer the appropriate or lifelong assistance. There should be educational programs, workshops and assisted living opportunities.
For those who have more of a “social impairment” (the only term I can come up with right now) — drug or alcohol addiction, post traumatic stress, people who can’t find a place for themselves or are unable to manage their own lives — I wouldn’t put them in the same programs with handicapped, but definitely believe in offering separate programs to help. The focus is much more on social rehabilitation, personal responsibility, groups where people can share and support one another, assistance with finding housing and employment and good medical care, etc.