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ziparumpazooBut it does make me wonder if nobody told you it was a disability, would you know it was?
I have a rescued kitty with neurological damage that makes her walk like a drunken sailor and fall over at the drop of a hat, and an injury short after birth that left her blind in one eye. She's now almost ten years old, a sweet, affectionate cat, who doesn't take any BS from anybody, protective of her family, loves camping, fearless in the face of Roomba, and is oh so proud of herself for figuring out how to *finally* climb onto the counter since we've moved the furniture around (she doesn't have enough muscle control in her back legs to jump more than a foot or two, and boy does it she milk it when she's feeling lazy and wants somebody to life her onto the bed). The things is, she's never known anything different. She's just grown up learning to do things differently than other cats. Just don't sneak up on her blind side if you value your ankles.
(and yes, I realize being human is not like being a cat and that there are other social and political issues in play. Just makes me wonder, is all)
I have a rescued kitty with neurological damage that makes her walk like a drunken sailor and fall over at the drop of a hat, and an injury short after birth that left her blind in one eye. She's now almost ten years old, a sweet, affectionate cat, who doesn't take any BS from anybody, protective of her family, loves camping, fearless in the face of Roomba, and is oh so proud of herself for figuring out how to *finally* climb onto the counter since we've moved the furniture around (she doesn't have enough muscle control in her back legs to jump more than a foot or two, and boy does it she milk it when she's feeling lazy and wants somebody to life her onto the bed). The things is, she's never known anything different. She's just grown up learning to do things differently than other cats. Just don't sneak up on her blind side if you value your ankles.
(and yes, I realize being human is not like being a cat and that there are other social and political issues in play. Just makes me wonder, is all)
Via the network
Date: 2011-09-30 07:38 pm (UTC)My late lamented cat lost one eye after an epic series of medical dramas, and adjusted with commendable resilience. I think as long as animals aren't in pain, they're very adaptable.
Re: Via the network
Date: 2011-09-30 09:23 pm (UTC)Animals are very adaptable. They could teach us humans a thing or two. I had a dog who lost an eye in a fight and seemed completely oblivious to the fact for the rest of her life. She just loved when kids would come over "to see the one-eyed dog" and could not understand when they were disappointed to discover she wasn't actually a cyclops.
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Date: 2011-09-30 09:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-30 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-30 10:39 pm (UTC)*nod* I was just this night talking to a judge, and there was one case involving the planned deportation of a child back to Bosnia...which was halted thanks to his judgment; the support of his (safe) family and the medical system made all the difference in the world.
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Date: 2011-10-01 12:02 am (UTC)