Able-Bodied Questionnaire

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. You are such an inspiration to everyone.

1. What do you think caused you to be able-bodied?

2. When did you get diagnosed as an able-bodied person? 

3. Do you think it’s possible that you are faking your status as an able-bodied person for attention?

4. Is your status as an able-bodied person permanent?

5. Does being able-bodied impair your ability to have sex in any way? If so, please provide extensive details of your experiences and/or examples of these experiences here.

6. Do you know Taylor Swift? They’re able-bodied as well.

7. Have you tried to cure your able-bodiedness?

8. Have you ever tried praying to fix your able-bodiedness?

9. Do you ever feel guilty asking for accommodations due to your able-bodied condition?

10. Aren’t you too young to be able-bodied?

11. Are you ever afraid that you’ll be too dependent on assistance if you lean on your able-bodied condition too much?

12.  Why do you focus on your able-bodied condition so much?

13.  Why do you feel the need to police other people’s language about able-bodied people?

14. Do you ever wish you weren’t able-bodied?

15. What is your exercise routine like? How do you manage your able-bodied condition?

16. Aren’t you ashamed to be out in public with a condition like yours?

17. Your partner must be able-bodied as well. If not, explain how and/ or why you met.

18. Are you planning on having children? What if they have a condition that is similar to yours?

19. Your life must be difficult. Have you ever considered euthanasia?

20. Why do you feel entitled to have everything accessible to you? This condition doesn’t affect enough of the population to be relevant.

21. Do you get good parking?

About the Author

Ryland McGinniss is a first year History and English major with a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies. He loves to do advocacy work whenever he can, and honestly you'll probably see some of that reflected in his writing. When he's not busy with writing, he listens to music and one of his most prized possessions is his concert t-shirt collection.