“Just because I look normal and speak normal, that doesn’t mean I don’t have a major disability.”
These are the words of 24-year-old Ste Walker, who took to Facebook to spread the message that it is never okay to judge a book by it’s cover.
Ste, from West Yorkshire. suffers from a severe case of Crohn’s disease, and took to the social media site to raise awareness and share the frustration of having people judge him for using the disabled toilet because he “looks perfectly fine”.
Since it was posted on October 25th, Ste’s status has gone viral, with 30,000 likes and 10,000 shares.
Detailing the hidden complications of his illness, he writes:
“People are too quick to judge these days, just because I look normal and speak normal, that doesn’t mean I don’t have a major disability,”
“To look at me I look like any normal guy my age, but that’s because I want you to view me like that….look a bit closer tho [sic], or ask me questions, and you will soon realise that I have a major illness.”
People are too quick to judge these days, just because I look normal and speak normal, that doesn’t mean I don’t have a…
Posted by Ste Walker on Sunday, October 25, 2015
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