Volunteer Accused of Having “Disability” Fights Back

A young woman who volunteers at a community garden is shocked when she finds out that she’s been accused of having a disability by another volunteer. The volunteer, who has been working at the garden since the beginning of the lockdown, notices that other volunteers and the coordinator treat her differently.

After confronting the coordinator, she finds out that another volunteer told her that she had an intellectual disability and the mental age of an eight-year-old child. However, the young woman, who is in college and has normal intelligence, denies having any disability. The coordinator accuses her of acting like disabled people are “lesser” or that she doesn’t want to be associated with them.

What do you think? Is she the a**hole for correcting the rumor in this situation ?

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Volunteer accused of having a disability fights back

A volunteer at a community garden is fighting back after being accused of having a disability by another volunteer. The volunteer coordinator, who was told the false rumor, has been treating the young woman differently and talking to her slowly. The coordinator asked if the woman was comfortable working alone, but when the woman replied that she was 20 years old and didn’t have any disability, the coordinator accused her of acting like disabled people are “lesser”.

The young woman is now looking for neutral opinions on whether or not she was in the wrong. Read on for the comments and reactions to this surprising situation .

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