What's Wrong With You? How To Answer As A Disabled Person

Visibly disabled people are often asked intrusive questions by strangers, like "what's wrong with you?" and "what happened to you?"
But we deserve privacy and not to be asked personal, and potentially traumatic, questions about our medical information.
I've been working on a reply that I'm comfortable with and have come up with "I don't share my personal medical details with people I don't know." I hope this helps those who are finding it difficult to know what to say.

[@Sazra]

‘What’s wrong with you’ is such an insensitive way to ask your disability. I just ask it back to the person who asked. 🤣 I’d much rather someone asked my disability politely so I can be an advocate and spread awareness. 🙌

[@whentaniatalks]

It is! I find it quite overwhelming to be asked, even politely, when I’m just going about my day. To the point where I pretend I don’t hear people and move away. I think it’s a trauma thing for me and something I’m working on. ❤️

[@Sazra]

@@whentaniatalks That makes total sense. It’s not like we go around asking this to people with diabetes, arthritis etc.

[@whentaniatalks]

@@Sazra Or asking random people how their last cervical screening or prostate exam went! 🤣

[@Sazra]

@@whentaniatalks exactly 🤣

[@cxrx2425]

Nahhhh you need to say some bull shit

[@whentaniatalks]

I have a friend who comes up with some really outlandish situations in response, but I can’t quite pull it off yet - I’m working on it.