Where Do We Draw The Line?
May 7, 2010
I have a question for you tonight, readers. It came up in a discussion I had with some people today. I asked them whether an allergy could or should be described as a disability. One thought that an allergy definitely isn’t a disability, another said that an allergy could be disabling at times.
Personally, I have spent my life around such severe disability that to me, allergies don’t come close to being anything similar. My question to you is, readers, what do you think? Should allergies be classed as disabilities? Where do we draw the line between what is and what isn’t a disability? Please discuss.
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Same Difference 
I think it is impossible to draw a line, except a big fat fuzzy one.
Many people on the autistic spectrum consider themselves not to be disabled and others have difficulty getting people to accept they have a disability.
Allergies might surely be disabling at times. A severe allergy to something common in the environment might have a big impact on life, making you unable to do things other people take for granted.
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