Officer Gives Disabled Woman A Ticket For A Crime That Would Be Basically Impossible For Her To Commit

Despite advocacy and inclusion efforts, ableism still runs rampant in society and causes many able-bodied people to feel uncomfortable and unsure of how to act around those who are disabled.

Officer Gives Disabled Woman A Ticket For A Crime That Would Be Basically Impossible For Her To Commit. Despite advocacy and inclusion efforts, ableism still runs rampant in society and causes many able-bodied people to feel uncomfortable and unsure of how to act around those who are disabled. Logically, you would think that there are some people who are above that kind of reaction, like medical providers and first responders. But based on one disabled woman’s encounter with a police officer, that is far from the truth. The woman was given a ticket for a crime she couldn’t commit, and the officer refused to back down when he realized he made a mistake. The disabled woman and adaptive athlete shared her story on TikTok, where she goes by the username @slightlyoff.balance. She was able to get access to the police officer’s bodycam footage,...