Maybe you hadn’t been paying attention to what everyone has been saying, so I’ll start with giving you the benefit of the doubt. No one is “whining” about their disability — they are struggling with the impact their disability has on their quality of life. If you are not yourself disabled, then good for you — make the most of it. But the difference between you and someone whose disability impairs their prospects getting a job, maneuvering through the world, doing so with chronic pain, dealing daily with discrimination and humiliation perhaps renders you unable to feel empathy for others who are not like you. That’s a real shame.

I thought I would point out one little thing you may wish to consider going forward on the primrose path – it takes one single moment to go from able to disabled — an accident, a stroke, an act of violence — a small, random thing you did not prepare for, could not see coming, could not do anything about. That’s all. And I certainly hope that never happens to you, or to anyone you love.

But, if it does, I suggest you think back to what you said here. And if it doesn’t? Then try to put yourself in someone else’s shoes …