hi I'm back with more disabled etiquette for the ableds
if you're able bodied and see a disabled person very clearly walking in a straight line on one specific side of the sidewalk please be the one to dodge them
people with vertigo or positional problems, blind people, people with uneven gaits; they may all prefer to walk next to a wall to orient themselves and/or avoid bumping into others as much as possible
when I'm out with only one crutch or my cane, I always try to have it on the side of the street that other people don't walk, as to avoid people kicking it as much as possible
not to mention, a lot of disabled people, specially wheelchair and crutch users, can't easily swerve to avoid you
also, disabled people may be familiar with which parts of the sidewalk are more broken or difficult to traverse and have an established path we walk to minimize falling potential and/or pain
also please please please keep in mind that almost walking into a disabled person and then giving them a wide swerve is still quite rude, unless the street is packed and you have no choice please just start walking on the other side of the sidewalk when you see us, which is probably like half a block away. there's no need for you to pretend we're invisible until you almost hit us
thank you very much
