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Disabled People Are Sharing The Most Adorable Ways Their Partners Show Them Love And It Will Warm Your Heart
Imani Barbarin in a Paris-based activist who often draws attention to the problems that people with disabilities face, encouraging everyone to face them with a positive attitude. Recently, Imani has started one of the most heartwarming initiatives on Twitter. Under the hashtag #YouCanLoveMeButYouCantHoldMyHand, the woman asked people with various physical and mental illnesses, “What are some of the physical ways your partner makes you feel loved that are different from the way abled people show love?”
"I actually am disabled. I was born with cerebral palsy," Barbarin told Bored Panda. "I asked the question initially out of a desire to see more romances involving disabled characters and realized that to represent disabled romances correctly, the 'regular' romantic signifiers wouldn't apply. For instance, because I walk with crutches and use my hands heavily to get around, I can't hold hands in public spaces, but I'm just one person with a disability so I decided to post the question online."
"I think the love and companionship that disabled people need and desire is the same, it just manifests itself in different ways," Imani added. "Too often, we portray loving someone disabled as burdensome, but the people who have responded are joyous in the way they show they care. That's uplifting to see."
She thinks that the reason why so many people have resonated with the post has a lot to do with loneliness. "These stories are those of hope. We can be loved the way we are and the right person will make us feel more at home in our own skin."
"I specifically want disabled people to be hopeful in reading these stories. I want them to know, myself included, that we aren't a burden or abnormal to love.
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Isabel Care 8 years ago
I don't drop stuff, I just have a personal poltergeist following me around. Bought pretty plastic "glasses" so they bounce when dropped, less to clean up
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Raela beebe 8 years ago
Could be a sensory disorder. I had a friend when I was little who couldn't be touched a lot when she was a kid, I had to be really careful. She's gotten better with it over the years but if She's anxious unless you know her like I do it's hard to know when It's ok to touch her.
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Jacqui Baker 8 years ago
I usually just throw up anything I've taken for the pain but live with codeine/paracetamol tabs on my bedside cabinet , my hubby will get a bucket and put it on a towel next to the bed for me cause he knows any sudden movements (like a run to the loo) make me worse.
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katboxjanitor 8 years ago
Love and gratitude is not 'little' and neither is your expression of appreciation.
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Amanda Raynes 8 years ago
Thats so nice i am heat sensitive with my heart and my man acts like it is new to him constantly
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Sven Mom 8 years ago
I have undiagnosed neuro disorder. My left side sometimes jerks ans pills upward. My typically PASSIVE husband about came over the cart when people in line at Wally World check out were imitating and mocking me behind my back. Was especially proud to have him at my side that day. He is always there for me despite his own pain, missing one leg and preparing to have the other one removed.
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Amanda Raynes 8 years ago
I get left with kids and he looks at me crazy when i suggest he even leave the room. My heart is bad and i am stating to see he just doesnt care
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BarryAllenTheFlash 8 years ago
That is so sweet! It sounds like you guys support each other through a lot.
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Caroline Espenschied 8 years ago
It's good that you hear "I love you" when he says "Did you take your meds ?"... :-)
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Lisa DeJarnette 8 years ago
Me too about being a zombie. Lol. But that just sounds so nice, sweet,kind,reassuring and would make me feel safe and very loved. You're Blessed. Remember that on bad days may help. God Bless <3
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Liz Morea 8 years ago
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Hiroki Shimizu 8 years ago
I was recently diagnosed with a painful, chronic disease, and my fiancee has been amazing. He gets things for me all the time, takes care of pretty much all the cleaning and cooking now, pushes me when I have to use a wheelchair, and has been late to work so he could pick up my medications. The most important thing he does, though, is hold me and calm me down as I process the fact that this is my life now. He reminds me of the things I can do when I feel useless, tells me how strong I am still, and that this is just the beginning- I have options, and together we will find whatever treatment works.
Monica Michelle 8 years ago
My husband waits for me to ask me to get wheelchair pushes. He praises me for all the things I do in a day even if it was one thing. He tells me Every night all the things that he loves about me. BTW we will both completely say we lucked out with each other
Hiroki Shimizu 8 years ago
I was recently diagnosed with a painful, chronic disease, and my fiancee has been amazing. He gets things for me all the time, takes care of pretty much all the cleaning and cooking now, pushes me when I have to use a wheelchair, and has been late to work so he could pick up my medications. The most important thing he does, though, is hold me and calm me down as I process the fact that this is my life now. He reminds me of the things I can do when I feel useless, tells me how strong I am still, and that this is just the beginning- I have options, and together we will find whatever treatment works.
Monica Michelle 8 years ago
My husband waits for me to ask me to get wheelchair pushes. He praises me for all the things I do in a day even if it was one thing. He tells me Every night all the things that he loves about me. BTW we will both completely say we lucked out with each other
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