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>how do you deal with disabilities, thing wrong with you out of your control.
Same as with disabilities in normal life. Understand your disability, look where your limits are and what you can do to make your weaknesses less bad. Then live with it.
I'll use my own experiences as a case example:
I won't say the name of my disability, because that's basically doxing (it's very rare) but it's a muscle disease. Basically any muscle except organs is somewhere between 40-60% weaker than it should be, and doesn't grow really even if I exercise.
In practical terms I am able to have a normal life, but I am super weak, so I need a railing when walking up stairs, I can't sprint or jump, I get out of breath when walking too fast and I can't lift heavy stuff.
So I adapt:
My pack is on the lighter side, because I know I can't lift as heavy as most people.
I carry hiking poles, because I have a harder time walking on uneven terrain and if I fall I will need a tree or rock to get back up (I have to crawl on all fours or my knees to get there first). Hiking poles also work as a sort of improvised railing when walking up stairs without a railing or steep elevation.
I limit my hikes to have shorter daily distances compared to healthy people. I look at maps before to make sure it's not too much elevation (which will fuck me more than normal people).
When I set up my tent I do so next to a tree or something solid I can use to get up from the ground.

Anyone who has lived with disabilities for a long time will know ways they adapt. When I am with people at a party or something I instinctively scan the rooms for where I can get up should I fall or where I can sit without needing help to get back up. Is that chair high enough? Could I turn on that couch so I can get on my knees before standing up or is it too narrow? Where am I least likely to have to ask someone for help? Going /out/ with a disability is the same as everyday life, just the challenges change a little. (cont)

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how do you deal with disabilities, thing wrong with you out of your control. bad eyes, joints, anything else that can hinder you?