In the US, there has been a law that restaurants and businesses have to allow access to disabled people, including guide dogs. It is also widely known that when a guide dog is wearing its vest/uniform it is to be considered "at work" or "on duty" which is why people shouldn't try to pet or address the dog directly. It is a common courtesy and basic respect for anyone to ask permission to pet a dog in public before doing so because the dog may be anxious, fearful or aggressive around strangers.
Also because it may distract them from doing their duties and it can put the life of their owners in danger! So if you see a pup with a little vest on, please don't bother them! ☺ edit : correcting my grammatical mistakes lol
There are actually laws that require restaurants to allow service dogs in Korea too, but not many people know and many restaurants still refuse them. I think it's hard to prosecute then as well and they only get a small fine I think
As an American it's almost soul-crushing to know that what we have is considered an improvement in other places, cuz even our disability services aren't very good at all if you don't live in a city. Government aid usually sucks too, which is really unfortunate. Let's all hope for improvements around the world together, because people deserve to be treated with care and respect.
Right. But it's ok to proud of what has been achieved. At the very least, this will show what's possible to other countries. Perfection is the enemy of good. Like the other commenter said, hoping isn't enough.
Everything the government "helps" with, they ruin. It'd be better if everyday normal people made an organization or asked for donations to fix it our selves.
I would recommend watching videos on the people that fought for disability rights. In the United States these things like ramps, and buses didn't just happen out of the goodness of everyone's hearts. Civil and disability rights activists really went to the mat to make them a reality. It's very touching to now look back and see people with disabilities get arrested and dragged off the capital steps for example. So many of the things we now take for granted were very hard won by our predecessors, and there is always room for improvement.
I would love to see them watch something on the capitol crawl and Jennifer Keelan (the 8 year old girl that dragged herself up the capitol steps with other disabled protesters).
it should have been easy to set all this up cause no one knows when it might be you in a wheelchair, or have an appointment and you can't even enter the building. unlike fantasy or utopia we are all different and trying to get millions of independent minds and wills to help others even if it cause a small inconvenience if very hard but it's possible
I lived in Korea for a few years and the change is very very stark. I worked at a restaurant in Canada and we had a regular who was a young Korean man in a wheelchair. He was no older than 22 and had to leave Korea after his accident because it was simply impossible for him to live. He had to change his entire life and learn English. I can't imagine how hard that must have been. Canada has a long way to go with accessibility. But Korea needs to learn how to even be aware of people different from you. Very sad. I hope things change.
My dad was one the last few people with polio in Korea and Buses would just drive off before he could get on. He had to buy a car even though he was pretty poor to be able to get to work and stuff. Couldn't find jobs because of it either. The lack of disability awareness was one of the big reasons our family moved to the US
Here in Norway, we still have a long way to go, it's the same for everyone. But newer toilets for handicaps usually have a sign, with the text "Disability toilet, not all disabilities are visible" That text is really good, and something everybody should understand
That must have been devastating. There is no perfect society. Here in UK, we keep pushing, we keep wanting for better treatment of disabled people (physical and otherwise).
That was my 1st thought while watching this. If my family member or myself were in this situation, I would find a way to Immigrate. Life is so difficult & no one asked to have a disability. People should be more kind & patient. Always put yourself in someone else's shoes & think how You would want to be treated.
i smiled at how the passengers got out first to let him exit and waited for him to go in before entering. In switzerland its the same thing, even apart from disability it is always custom to wait on the side of the door for everyone to exit before going in. I myself have come across many people with different disabilities in both bus and tram. For example there was a blind woman who always got in one stop after me and sat in the front seat (3 first seats reserved for elderly and disabled people, arranged in a way that is easily accessible). The seat was always left empty as people automatically reserved it for her without a word. Just a known rule for everyone driving that tram at 7:45 lol And in the old trams who are harder to access they always put one special wagon that is lower than the older ones with a special entrance and a disability button which makes the door stay open for longer than the regular one, which i find a neat thing to have. Honestly, i always kinda saw it as expected, a natural thing to have, and only when i left Switzerland i realized how rare it is to have this kind of accessibility and silent understanding of jumping up when a guy in a wheelchair struggles to get up the ramp or moving aside to let a blind person move through without interruption. Hope this can be an inspiration for people to make a change, even if its simply by being more aware and help out
@@LOLWAAHH there is very much a lot of infrastructure that is very accessable, but when that fails it is important to have people that support you and aren't rude or annoyed about something you can't change :)
Austrians are amazing people. I was moved and impressed by their attitude towards people with disabilities. The country is also impressive and very beautiful-- amazing nature, architecture, landscapes, infrastructure, etc. Austrians should be proud.
i'm not austrian, but i am australian and our country is pretty much the same !! everyone makes way for others to leave first before boarding and we help others with disabilities whether they're in a wheelchair, elderly or pregnant. watching the clips from korea made me so mad because things like that never really happen where i'm from
In America accessibility is still something people are fighting for. We still have a long way to go when it comes to treating disabled people as humans. They deserved better.
This is one area Americans have zero excuse to be self deprecating. Rights for the disabled and treatment in general are VASTLY better than anywhere else In the world. From simple interaction to laws in place to general outlook.
Bro the dog walking out the shop after being refused literally made be bawl my eyes out. Look at his sad little face, he just wants his human to have some food 😭
Even in the west, there are still a lot of people who do not understand disability and what it is like to live as a disabled person. My older sister was born with a very rare disability so this topic is very close to me, you chose great videos and I am so glad that you're opening up this conversation, even if its only a little.
15% of the population shouldn’t control the masses and this is coming from a physically disabled person. It sucks, but we are the first to be shoved to the lion.
Exactly. I see a lot of people with autism and other (at least mental disabilities) get treated very badly and laughed at. The ones with physical disabilities, if you know what I mean, usually get ignored but are also made fun of as well. We may imcrease access and stuff but the way ordinary citizens treat them needs to be better
@@liamlowenthal8476 The best. I'm mid 20s - Autistic and have chronic back pain (scoliosis). So cool when people give me looks for taking a little more time with stuff. I feel you. Things are getting better but the pace is way too slow.
It is not perfect in US, but definitely better than many other places. My student last year needed to be in wheel chair and I very quickly found out even the oldest building in our University has accessibility and she was able attend classes with very little problem. They also gave her special parking permit!
Not all universities are equal though. I was visiting one for an event a few years ago and the only accessible door was actually broken, and too narrow for me to push myself through. The bathroom doors were awful, and impossible to maneuver in to. The elevator was barely big enough for myself and my partner to use. There are so many challenges being a wheelchair user. Things people never even realize. I’m lucky that I can still stand and walk. Life would be so much harder if I couldn’t do even that.
@@czerniana I think size of campus and amount of staff are important because at my university it seemed that everything was working well enough on that end, I don’t think many of the accessibility entrances were problematic, and a lot of professors would put in their intro emails to tell students to please email them about accessibility especially for older buildings. But if there’s a really old campus building and it has issues I could understand constant issues.
@@NotMykl No university campus's are dicks for that kind of thing. You have to register as a disable person to not get a ticket for parking in a disable parking. I got parking tickets because my state permit expired one month before the end of the school year. I had been parking for 3 years in the same spot you would think the campus police would know me parking there is legit. I have hand controls. The parking Department would not give me the last month of parking access on campus until I got a new permit. The state would not give me a new until I saw a doctor. I sitting there in front of them in a wheelchair.
I used to work at a veterinary clinic in the US. So I learned not to touch working dogs. I remember one dog was so serious with his harness, then when the owner took off the harness for his checkup, she gave him a command to relax, and he suddenly became like a normal dog, bouncing around and wanting belly rubs. Guide and service dogs are so amazing
It’s their sign work is done, they can be so serious aren’t they? But once it’s of they become silly ones. It’s amazing. One of my pups is in training for emotional support dog for a girl with autisme and it was surprising witch one would make the best connection with her. He followed his dad who is my emotional support dog although not trained and she became so relaxed. Now if she’s having problems Thor goes to her and cuddles and her parents say she goes from very high to the point of aggression to soft and falls asleep with him and he’s only 12 weeks old now. Yes he’s training has started in a private setting because a specially trained dog from an organization is so expensive and only a few are lucky to get one. So the government gave private training center the option to give it too and with the dog of the person want. They test them and as for the girl her parents have to follow also a course about behavior and how to support her and the dogs needs. It will take probably more than a year but so far all goes well.
I had a customer who complained to my manager because I allowed a visually impaired customer with a guide dog enter the store. She kept saying the dog was too big and might attack her children (her children weren’t even with her when this happened 💀) and we kept trying to explain that a guide dog isn’t just a pet and that they’ve had training. At the end, she had the audacity to say “if you tell him to leave you won’t lose me as a customer” like girl bye, I’d rather not see her again.
People are so irrational about dogs though. “He might attack my children” - dogs don’t attack unless provoked or if they’ve been raised badly. Anyone with an aggressive dog won’t bring it in public because they don’t want their dog getting killed for acting up, nor would they want anyone hurt. Most dogs are peaceful. I can’t say the same of children who I see try to stamp on pigeons, kick animals, throw stones at people, or mess up restaurants by pouring the food and sauces everywhere… Animals should be more accepted honestly, they’re usually even better behaved.
I would say I’ll check you out, so the costumer can eat in peace. Belgium has the same thing dogs aren’t allowed in a lot of restaurants or where food is served. But a guide dog some try to say no dogs allowed even if they are certified and wearing their vest. I have sometimes heavy panic attacks but my dog isn’t trained by a certified company. So he’s often not allowed in only outside seatings. He knows how to calm me down. In Germany my dogs get they’re water often before we get ours and they are allowed even in pretty fancy restaurants we travel there a lot. They also ask if they can cuddle our dogs and if they are allowed a treat. Thats what I would love to see around the world for people with guide dogs. Rienna my border collie girl blocked me from going to the toilet we didn’t know what the problem was I had a blood pressure drop and nearly felt down. My husband and the lady could catch me in time. And no they aren’t specific trained to do so. But she found it amazing that the dogs where so sensitive towards my needs. I don’t abuse it because they aren’t officially qualified and aren’t allowed to wear the jacket. The only thing I can do is tag their leash to make aware that I have ptsd and panic attacks and blood pressure falls. But I’m not one that goes often away without my husband or daughter or son. I learned some skills to subdue it.
Ironically, the first thing I noticed about the Korean bus is that the driver secured the wrong part of the wheelchair; the strap was hooked onto the frame near the handles, which could be dangerous with a sudden stop. With my city's public transportation, they train drivers to secure the straps to the base of the frame, near the wheels, so that the wheelchair is more stable.
That was such an excellent point that one of the ladies brought up, "Would you tell me that I couldn't bring my eyes in here?". If you're blind, your guide dog is, for all intents and purposes, your vision. As an older, but not old, woman of 61, who must use a walker to get around, I still bump into, at times quite literally, issue related to access and freedom of movement, even in a country that is quite accommodating to the disabled. Trying to get my walker around some some stores can be a challenge. Last winter I had a cop do a U turn, stop next to my friend and I, and start berating us for walking at the side of the road, instead of on the sidewalk. Mind you the sidewalk was covered in a thick layer of ice, which was topped with about half a meter of snow. I told him that it was impossible to push my walker through snow that deep. He responded by saying "It may be inconvenient...". It's not inconvenient, it's impossible. It's difficult to even walk through that much snow, and many, many people were having to walk on the road. I'm old enough to know myself well, and I know that I don't suffer fools gladly, so I walked to the side and sat down. My friend doesn't get pissed off as quickly as I do, so I let him deal with it. I so wanted to say to the officer, "If you have so much time on your hands, then get out and shovel the damn snow off the sidewalk!" , but I had no desire to see the backseat of a police car from the city that's considered to be the murder capital of Canada.
Its odd to me that your area of Canada doesnt have a snow law like we do in Michigan. All sidewalks must be shoveled by businesses or residents by a certain time frame or they get fined...
For being such an advanced country in many ways, it's shocking how behind they are in terms of disability awareness and adaptations. I have a Korean friend in a wheelchair who visits Korea often. The first time he went he felt so dejected and had a miserable time getting around. It really needs to change. It does a lack of empathy...as well, the treatment of animals is the other area Asia really shocks me.
Well asians are fast pace and don't like waiting for others. Your friend a inconvenience to real human who takes public transport and have better places to be. It's tragic that people like the disabled live among us. That's why we try to hide them from the public so it doesn't ruin our image 😂
@@DDRjasonThis has to be trolling, i cannot physically believe someone could be so heartless. If it is, it truly says everything about the type of person you are. Legit any disabled person is more of a human than you
My friend and I were just in Korea for the first time and he’s blind. But every time we rode the subway someone let him sit down in their seat and people didn’t seem to mind too much when we had to walk slower or figure stuff out. I’m glad my friend was able to have a good time and after seeing this I’m glad people were patient with us
You guys may have just met some considerate folks. Or for some people, it depends on the disability and how much they perceive it to inconvenience/interfere with what they want to do. Like, it may have cost those people nothing to let your friend sit in their seat while that guy on the bus in the video felt an need to get off the bus so urgently, he didn't want to wait for the bus driver to get to a safer area to help the guy in the wheelchair get off the bus 🙄
They most likely help out more if you’re a foreigner. Especially if you’re white. It really be like that in Asia. They generally care more about how others perceive them and their country.
well its very different when you are blind and on a wheelchair. its takes more time to get accommodated if you are in wheelchair since the bus driver has to assist you, which means waiting longer before the bus starts moving again
I wish people would realize dogs won't ruin their food service dogs are a necessity for some people I hate people who complain about it Dang my comment blew up I'm just gonna put this here ☠️ if you have fear or a phobia or are allergic to dogs say smth don't freak out or yell SAY SMTH or if you can't sign or signal to someone stop complaining and getting mad because people want to eat
Fr. They literally save peoples lives. I went off on someone like a week ago for harassing and an old woman and her service dog in the middle of the street. People need to learn when to mind their own damn business .. that’s the issue.
I feel like this is a situation where not everyone can be accommodated for. There are also people with severe dog allergies who do not excpect to run into a dog in a restaurant while peacefully eating. That said, I thing restaurants should put a notice (outside the restaurant and into their webpage) whether they allow dogs (only service or all) so then everyone knows what they’re getting into. I think that way the people who need a service dogs would know beforehand where they can go and people who don’t want to run into dogs know where they can go (and I’m pretty sure there would be places of both kind especially if they were forced to decide + they could advertise then as dog-friendly or service dog-friendly restaurant to get more well know/liked)
@@Meye55 no. no places should disallow service dogs. i get your point about dog allergies but that solution is just not okay. you cannot refuse someone because of their disability and what they need to accommodate their disability that is ableist and extremely wrong. instead there should be dog free designated areas within a restaurant that allows dogs.
A lot comes down to people's attitudes even more than built-in accessibility. The accessibility equipment in Austria wasn't as good as some places, but because the people were understanding, he was able to get around just fine. By comparison, there are more laws about it here in America, but people's attitude can be really bad. It doesn't matter if there are handicapped spots and ramps if people park in the handicapped zones, and I can't tell you the number of times I got trapped inside my first apartment because people would park not just in the handicapped spot but ON THE SIDEWALK RAMP, blocking it fully with their car. People would do this almost daily just so they wouldn't have to park a little further away and walk, and for that I would get trapped and be unable to walk my dog or leave for school. All the accessibility in the world will not fix attitudes, unfortunately.
that's incredibly true. i saw a person in a wheelchair that was having extreme trouble getting through a narrow cobblestone-type path in an outdoor garden when i went to the netherlands, and almost immediately two employees rushed over to help. we the tour group were waiting behind, and all the dutch people were very patient- just took it as an opportunity to talk and relax. very different than in america, where employees may or may not be helpful and people may or may not be forgiving/understanding
That's when you have to call in to get the cars fined or towed if they do not have a handicap permit. Or both if they are on the sidewalk ramp. Some people do not care until they are forced to care or at least pay mind to it. I've personally only had a few experiences here in the USA about people disrespecting the spots, but it is hard to tell if they have a disability that isn't visual. The most annoying ones I find are the people who take the motorized vehicles in stores just because they dont want to walk, but again, it's hard to tell at a glance if they have a disability that is unseen. But i have seen a few who absolutely did not need one and took them more to keep control of their 6 kids who wanted to wander off every which way otherwise... so she used the chair to fucking keep their attention and let them mess with it. I myself look able bodied and in my 30s, but face excessive chronic pain that often gets me bed bound and unable to care for myself. Many people assume I'm lazy because I'm heavier, but i can't walk for more than a few minutes without full back spasms or fainting spells from LOW blood pressure. So sometimes i get the judge looks but rarely.
People are extremely selfish and entitled when it comes to automobile use in the US. I am a pedestrian due to vision disability and it can be very annoying. I have seen people park in the fire lane of a grocery store for many minutes to "get something really quick" leaving their hazard lights on. Other times they will park in a space where I'm standing, with my cart, waiting for a ride share because I have no other way to get my groceries home. As if I was standing there with my cart for no reason. I don't feel most people are this selfish when they step outside of their car, just when they are driving or parking. That's to say nothing of basic road safety concerns like not looking right for pedestrians before turning right.
Neurodivergence seems to suffer from the same lack of awareness in many cultures, including Korean culture. I have an academic editing business and have had so many clients--from Korea and other places--with undiagnosed neurodivergences. They hold a sense of shame surrounding the idea of actually getting evaluated. One of those clients had such severe dysgraphia that it really limited her possible career paths (she could only choose careers that would require little to no writing/record-keeping). If she'd had a diagnosis and appropriate accommodations, she could've had a lot more options. Her spoken language skills were excellent, so the dysgraphia was made even more obvious.
I've read about expats and tourists having difficulties getting their usual ADHD medications in Japan. ADHD is still quite stigmatized and very under-diagnosed. Even in the US, Neurodivergence is definitely behind visible disabilities in terms of awareness and stigma. I'm 27 and was just recently diagnosed with ADHD, though I figured it out for myself at 14. I'm also autistic, but will likely never have a formal diagnosis, because it's difficult and expensive to get one as an adult - two mental health professionals have agreed that I'm autistic, but those particular ones don't diagnose it. There are a LOT of people who remain self-diagnosed for this reason, as well as some ableism issues. For example, being diagnosed as autistic has been a factor in people losing custody of their children... We're making progress, but we have a long way to go.
My ADHD medication is illegal to have in Japan, so if I ever went there I'd have to go without my meds for the entire trip. So basically I'm never going to be able to go to Japan cause that would suck a lot.
@@ms.wilson6439 it's brain types that are not average. People with autism, adhd, brain injuries and many, many other brain differences fall under the neurodivergent umbrella.
Went to a great psych here in Busan, South Korea. He had trained in the UK and was unphased when I disclosed my neurodivergence - and he spoke decent English. He went through possible other conditions, including ADHD in a really professional manner. It took going to a handful of different doctors but there are doctors at least that understand things here in a relatively progressive way. Was heartening given the amount of ignorance, particularly in working class areas of Busan, I encounter each day (for non ND-related things). As I'm sure you're aware, there are more shows show-casing autistic people here, too, which is great; hopefully awareness will grow that way and the stigma will go - particularly as there must be an enormous number of autistic Koreans that are fearful or unaware of their neurodiversity and that there are numerous others like them.
Right now the transit network in my city (Toronto) is doing a campaign to bring awareness to invisible disabilities (meaning disabilities you can't notice just by looking at someone). They also have "please offer me a seat" buttons available for free if you need one. I really appreciate that because as a younger person who "looks able-bodied", it's always nerve-wracking asking people for a seat, or not giving up my seat to someone, because I worry I'll be judged as just lazy or something. People have mostly been good, but I have gotten a couple of dirty looks from people who I guess thought I was just being selfish.
The accommodation is for people that can't use the normal way use the system. I don't know what invisible disability will do. If they are able to use the system as normal. that's what make it invisible. I would say it's none of their business if the person doesn't consider themselves disable and are using the system as normal.
This. One of my disabilities can be invisible at times (on a good pain day, which is to say I can push through it without assistance), but it can become visible when I have a bad pain day, when I must take up my cane. On my worst days, which I thankfully have not pushed myself into recently, I may even require a wheelchair. Yesterday, I walked without my cane just fine, but now, in the wee hours of the morning, I am tossing side to side in bed because of it and how bad it has become, mainly in my knees/legs. Long periods standing or walking, very cold weather or extremely hot, lack of enough sleep, etc. are all things that can determine how well I’m able to tolerate my pain that day and thereby hide my disability more. However, it’s not like the pain just sets in ‘after a long day’, it doesn’t arrive by schedule or at select times, it can be unpredictable, happen at anytime, and the pain can become so severe I can hardly walk. It is during these times I get worried about being caught out and about without my cane. I love leaving the house and just being able to have both my hands free and do errands, but should I begin to feel bad pain, others will not realize my mobility is deteriorating rapidly. So if I get on a bus without my cane but my pain is screaming in my joints, I could press such a button to request a seat and others think me selfish or entitled when they see no visual ‘evidence’ of my disability. It sucks, it really sucks. I hope things continue to improve and more awareness continues to be advocated for. Even with the cane sometimes, due to just being young and people assuming that means you must have no disability, people can give dirty looks or purposefully make things harder. It also kills me that people think a leg bouncing up and down must mean there’s no pain, when in fact it can actually be a sign there’s A LOT of pain and it’s making it hard to stay still lol
Someone dear to me has an invisible disability and is young and "looks" able-bodied. Sometimes he can function okay without many special accommodations, but other times it is very difficult to walk and he needs to be in disabled parking. Yet people get so angry if someone in disabled parking isn't in a wheelchair.... do you think they hand out disabled placards and plates for fun? No one has one who doesn't need it. Save your rage for the able-bodied soccer mom in the disabled parking spots because "it'll only be a minute!" not the disabled people whose disabilities are invisible to you. Edit: Another disabled loved one pointed out that lack of accommodations for people with disabilities, including invisible disabilities, has extremely limiting effects on autonomy and social life. So the disabled person, unable to function in an inaccessible society, is trapped at home. This reality is terrifying to me.
I'm currently slowly losing my ability to use my body normally, I'll most likely be disabled in a few years. Appreciate you learning about disability life and hope there's alot of empathy in this video.
I love living here, but after many years, honestly, this highlighted the thing I dislike the most about living in Korea, which is the "빨리빨리" or fast/impatient culture that exists. Most Koreans are so nice, but as soon as they get on public transportation they become so rude (especially on busses, just like in the video shown). Luckily I've found ways to avoid some of this, as there is a "slow bus" (a relay bus that's always parked at the bus stop and only leaves when the next same # bus arrives) near where I live. I always take it to work bc the bus drivers of that bus always come to a complete stop and let ppl sit down and leave without being hurried or moving.
Man, these girls are extremely humble for being so young. That shit really gives me hope for the next generations. People really are mostly trying to be good, we get caught up in so many thing that turn us into the impatient people that can't wait for a handicapped person to get off the train. Or be so unsympathetic to the plight of someone who literally can't be without an animal companion. Honestly, bless of all y'all and wish you the best, we gotta root for us each and make the world a better place.
Unfortunately most people don’t pay any attention what happens around them when they start listening music. It’s like „I’m not here, so don’t bother me „
@@zerotodona1495 guide dogs go through a training process of 2 years on how to guide thier blind owner around outside their home. So no a dog is not a dog. They are some dogs that are cleaner than humans, but I guess to you a human is just a human too, and the blind should just stay home and not venture out to eat at a restaurant, go shopping and enjoy nature with the aide of thier dogs.
@@zerotodona1495 it’s not as though the dog is running about slobbering on everything. People with guide dogs take very good care of their hygiene and the dogs are trained not to wander or touch anyone.
I think an important think for Koreans and everyone watching to know is that this access and awareness did not come easy. There is a famous event called "The Capitol Crawl" where wheelchair users crawled up the stairs leading to the US capitol as a demonstration and protest over the inaccessibility of public spaces. It was on March 12 of 1990. It was a major cause for the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) getting passed later that year. Many places are still inaccessible, and disabled people still face much discrimination, but it does seem like our public awareness is high than in many countries.
It's absolutely wild to me that almost every time I see photos of the Capitol Crawl, they're in black-and-white to make it look like it happened so long ago. Like no, man, that's the year Fresh Prince came out. It was NOT that long ago at all.
Disability awareness is a great topic that should be given more attention. It’s something that is relevant. As always, OSSC’s reaction videos are entertaining as well as informative. They just never disappoint.
My mother was disabled, unable to use her legs. She always had praise for the care the US has for the disabled. She could go anywhere in the city she wanted by herself because of this. All restaurants and most businesses are required to have wheelchair access. She said several times that if she had been born anywhere else, her life would have been so much harder. RIP ma!
Several things: 1. THANK YOU so much for doing a video on this. I have a few disabilities, some of which are invisible and one is invisible unless I'm using my cane (it shouldn't matter, but I'm in my 30s). I think it doesn't matter where in the world anyone lives, speaking about and advocating for those with disabilities needs to be done, which brings me to... 2. We often feel lesser, whether that's because of internal things we are struggling with or because others make us feel that way. For example, when the K restaurant owner said other patrons would be uncomfortable, I instantly thought, the woman with the guide dog must feel uncomfortable all the time. People should understand (this refers to everyone around the world) that just because someone has a disability, doesn't mean we are useless or a burden to society. 3. Personal story time. I have a disease called ankylosing spondylitis and I've had it for decades. It's gotten to the point where I am now disabled. I've had a couple of surgeries, over 100 procedures, work with both Western and Eastern medicine to try to slow the progression of my disease. But at some point, there's a chance I'll become wheel chair bound because of how aggressive the disease is in my body. I didn't ask for this. I didn't do something for this to happen (which shouldn't matter). I was born with the gene and a few other things that made this happen. While my body may be starting to deteriorate, my mind isn't. I mean I get depressed and sad sometimes when I go to my docs and they tell me bad news, but otherwise my mind works just fine. I'm just as smart, and I'm mentally just as capable. I think a lot of people see disabled people in too negative a light. All we want is to be treated as everyone else. If I saw a pregnant woman struggling, I'd help her. If I saw an elderly person struggling, I'd help them. If I saw any human physically struggling, I'd offer my help. It makes no sense to me why people see us as lesser than when we are just as human as the next person. (Rant over). 4. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you. The more people who see this, the more people will be slightly more educated. I can't thank you enough. Much love to the cast and crew! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I am not disabled, but several people in my life are, including someone with your condition. It seems that a lot of people have two modes: "you're fine" and "you're useless". I don't think someone has to have a "use" to be worthy of dignity and respect, but even outside of that, there's a lot more nuance and levels of ability and it's nobody's business but the person! I know people who can more or less function in society with limited accommodations, I know people who function in society with many accommodations, and I used to know someone who could not function in society. All of these people are worthy of dignity, respect, and privacy.
Having an adult child and a parent with a mental illness, advocating for that as well. *Someone's human rights shouldn't rely on others traditional expectations.*
So glad you all are bringing awareness to this topic. Are kids in Korea taught about disabilities in school? Even if so, it seems that the lack of exposure is what puts people with disabilities in Korea at a disadvantage. For example I learned not to pet guide dogs when I was really young because I saw one and they told us we couldn’t pet it when it was working
It depends on the level of exposure kids have with disabled individuals, and the person’s disability. When I was younger, I was told to always ask a person in a wheelchair if they needed help pushing, especially if they appeared struggling in a crosswalk. But sadly also, discussions of minorities aren’t typically taught in school.
It varies, but my friend's parents literally sent them abroad bc of their autism, if they hadn't left they would've been put into a mental hospital where they live. I think things might be changing now, but my friend is still here and not there so idk.
this. it has to start young, and it has to become commonplace or things won’t change. i moved to a big city to raise my kids specifically so they’d be exposed to and learn about as many different kinds of people as possible as they grew up. when you see people everyday with different abilities, wildly different career paths and values, of different cultures and different languages, they are not strange to you. when i was growing up, i’d met one black person my entire life, don’t remember any asians at all, never saw a guide dog or even a blind person with a cane, older women especially stayed home, wheelchairs were for hospitals. it’s unfamiliarity that makes people uncomfortable, defensive, or dismissive. i still struggle with internal reactions to some things, but my kids don’t bat a lash. except when they see someone being bullied or in need of help. then, they pay immediate attention and take action as they see the need to. i am proud of them.
I live in Korea and I would love to volunteer to help disabled people or bring awareness. This is such a good content and I hope this will help as I saw cases where people got annoyed by people in wheelchairs 😢
i remember i watched someone on youtube showing how waterparks in the US give lots of alternate access to disabled people. i was so amazed as i grew up in Indonesia and many people here really don’t have awareness for people with disabilities, not just physical disabilities, but also developmental problems like autism and down syndrome. i have an 8yo brother who has autism spectrum disorder (asd) and i am one of the lucky people who can afford therapy for him like physiotherapy and speech therapy. many people here still see my brother or other people with asd as “crazy” or speculate that the mother has used dark magic or whatever..
But as another note, the US is pretty bad when it comes to autism. I was basically bullied out of my middle school as a kid by the staff, it was bad. And the most common "therapy" autistic kids get here is not supported by autistic people because it seriously traumatizes people, and the guy who founded it didn't consider us people.
One of my favorite TH-camrs is Molly Burke. She's blind and is big advocate for people with disabilities especially blindness. Her videos are very educational and she's even documented the process of retiring and receiving new guide dogs. One problem we still have is people sometimes pretend to have service dogs or assume that all service dogs wear vestd/ have the same uniform. It was so sad to see some of the people in these videos treated so badly. I understand that some people can be in a hurry, it's important to be aware of disabled people around you because they might need extra help even if that means just being understanding and waiting for them to get on or off.
I love Molly Burke too! She does so much to bring awareness to the needs of the blind community... and even though we have the ADA laws that are supposed to make businesses, transportation, etc more accessible, there are still accessibility issues, such as Uber/Lyft cancelling rides once they know someone has a service/guide dog... or businesses refusing access to service/guide dogs... handicap automatic doors not working, a lack of ramps, or other obstacles making the accessibility feature unusable.
@@captsparrowslady it always makes me mad hearing about people going against the law and not allowing service dogs in places especially Uber/Lyft because it happens a lot. In Molly's case her dogs are her eyes and it's their job to help her get around safely. There are so many different types of service dogs and not all of them wear vests. Molly does so much for the blind community and we need more people stepping up and being a voice/spokesperson for other disabilities as well. We all need help sometimes. I've been trying to figure out what I can do for Epilepsy.
Thanks for the video ! I love how Youngju has blossomed . She used to barely participate or say anything when she first became an on camera personality . She now has become comfortable and really lends herself to participate . And I am very happy for that ! 😃😃
i got teary eyed with gratefulness and thankfulness watching this. here in singapore, the disability awareness is still a work in progress and it has definitely progressed over the years. For those who are wheelchair bound, they are able to board public buses and trains easily, other passengers would wait, give way and help when need be…just so thankful and happy that the public transport committee has made all these changes as it was easy to bring my late father and grandmother out easily without relying on taxis
this is the kind of content i want to see while watching this channel. theres a ton of KR YT content out there but cultural differences and perception is important for me, as when I take my trip next year to KR i would enjoy and prefer to learn as much possible. I was totally unaware of the state of handicap treatment in KR, this is really actually incredibly surprising. my experiences in japan were very different from the proffered look into the KR public transportation and food industry when it comes to this. I have seen plenty of guide dogs inside restaurants although in more urban environments as my experience with rural japan is very limited. however on public transportation i have never seen anyone not honor priority seating ever. if someone elderly gets on its either a quick gentlemen or lady gets up without even offering the seat, seemingly acting in such a way to make sure the person getting the seat doesnt even have to thank or acknowledge them. I will say though as an American, offering my non priority seat to women got ALOT of smiles and giggles. HOWEVER there were women who definitely gave me the vibe a man had never done this before or it happens very rarely so take that however you will. 99% of the time when boarding a tube in Tokyo / Osaka / Kyoto the priority seats are empty, while in rural areas.... most of the folks were elderly and it seems very local with the usual suspects riding day by day in their same seats, which gives rural public transportation an incredibly positive, homely, and surreal feel. id say only when the car gets about 70%+ capacity do you see non priority people sitting in priority, and they are always young and talking 😅 please have more content like this, this brings me back for more videos!
As a disabled person, people may be fighting for accessibility but I doubt we'll be seen normal. No matter what, we'll be always different from the whole society. It's the saddest part about being a disabled person. I still haven't accepted my disability yet even after 21 years. It's really hard. But I'm getting there.
All it would take, for a start, is basic education on disabled people and disabled rights, taught in public schools. Been disabled all my life (25 years), and all the ableism I've experienced was from a lack of knowledge; general ignorance. Remember, you're a human being first. The disability can't and doesn't take away from that truth.
Nobody is normal. Even people who look physically "normal" can be mentally distorted. So don't ever feel out of place just because you differ physically to others, we all have something different about us, even if it's not visible. I do not have physical disabilities but I know for sure I am far from normal regarding my mental wellbeing. But I won't consider myself ill, I'm just different and there's nothing wrong with that. Accessibility isn't there for you to be considered "normal", it's so you can live a more comfortable life and have a more enjoyable experience. Do not seek the approval of others, what matters is you can achieve your day to day goals in an efficient and comfortable manner.
@@Nicole-kc1vx I look physically normal but I'm completely deaf with CI. I struggle with listening and speaking. And I don't know how to use sign language. I'm in between disabled world and abled world. I've been rejected by both non-disabled people and deaf people. I don't know if I ever fit into one. There's a lack of connection for disabled people whether if it's mentally disabled or physical one. That's what I'm pointing out. You're right. I need to stop seeking for validation. Society has it's standards, and there's no need to meet them. I'll try to do my best to focus on myself and learn to appreciate the life more often. Thanks for opening my eyes.
This is so sad and true. ㅠㅠ Korea is not very accessible at all for physical disabilities. I have been injured twice, and lived here on crutches for more than 6 months. I ended up getting quite depressed because it was so difficult to get anywhere, that I just stayed home alone most of the time. I can't imagine what it's like to live in a wheelchair and experience this your entire life.
Korean friends please advocate for your fellow Koreans with Disability! You can help their voices be heard. The world should be accessible for everyone.
as someone living in asia, its all too familiar to me how disabilities here are either ignored, mocked and have lack of support from family or the government. I realized this when my grandma had to be in a wheel chair for a long time. she was LIVID. she didn't want to use it. and because i was a preteen then i didn't understand why she hated it so much.
When I lived in Korea, I was really stunned by the absolute absence of disability in public. In 15 months I don't think I saw a single person using a wheelchair or even a walker or cane. Most stores had a step up to get in, no ramps in sight. Half the buildings don't have elevators. I remember thinking "my grandmother could never come here." Disabled people deserve to live full lives in public. Accessibility is a human right.
Saying "what can i do for you?" And "I'll be the one to say I'll help" is honestly a great step in a very positive direction. All people can really ask for is a little change. Even if it's slow.
As someone from the US, with many disabled friends, it's really hard to see these girls be so impressed with our accessibility because I know ours is still so lacking in many places. Sad to hear it's worse in a place like South Korea, where my general impression of transportation and public spaces is that they're nicer and better designed than in the US.
Most people really don’t think about how different disabilities are treated in different places. For instance I have Tourette Syndrome (a neurodevelopmental disorder that caused ‘tics’ involuntary sounds and movements) and as someone who wants to travel, that is really something I have to consider. I feel more comfortable with the idea of going to English speaking countries as I can better explain my disability but also because there’s more awareness there(usually due to advocacy groups). And I find that because of the cultures, in English speaking places, most people are more willing to ignore ‘strange’ or ‘outrageous’ behavior. People are generally being exposed to it more whether through media or education and that means that I am less likely to have a negative experience with people when I’m out and they see me ticcing. But one of the things I have to be aware of, especially in terms of potentially going to other places, is that people won’t know what my disorder is and I won’t be able to explain due to language barriers. I won’t be able to explain why I’m causing a commotion in public and explain to them that it’s involuntary which could potentially put me in danger depending in how people react. Many other countries are lacking in advocacy groups due to people not getting diagnosed as the disorder may not be as well known there which leads to a lack of public knowledge. It’s something that I have to consider, am I comfortable breaking social norms in a place unfamiliar to me or should I stick to places where more awareness has already been raised? I don’t want to be limited by my disability, however I do have to think about my safety as you can just never predict how people will react.
Here in the Uk, its actually a statutory law that people with disability are not allowed to be discriminated against at work or school. Was pretty surprised by it when I first arrived too
I'd love to see a similar video, but regarding education for students with disabilities. In the States, public schools are required to provide a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to all students. This could look like having someone read the problems on a test to someone with reading/vision issues, providing speech and physical therapy for students who need it, placement in a contained classroom with special equipment, teaching life skills to help with independence (like toileting, laundry, or cooking), providing a para-educator for a student needing one-on-one assistance, or even regularly sending a teacher to a medically vulnerable student's home. I hosted an exchange student from SK a few years ago. Since his father was a teacher, I asked him how students with disabilities receive their educatation. He had no idea. He did say something like he hadn't seen one. Maybe he just went to a small school. I'd love to know more about how that works in Korea.
I broke my foot in Korea (ironically while getting off a bus) and it was hell. I wanted to make a joke but seriously, it sucked. I was there with a broken foot for two weeks and I spent the first inside because I was too terrified to try and handle Korea’s terrain on crutches. But once I did get out and going, there was very little assistance. Thankfully I’m strong enough I could handle stairs with crutches and one leg, but I still fell down multiple times (once while taking the stairs up to an orthopedics clinic 😭). People often watched me struggle to open doors and wouldn’t really offer to help. Even when I fell and broke my foot people just walked past me. It’s tough out there not gonna lie. But some places were better than others. There are still so many people in Korea who DID go out of their way to help and take care of me and I don’t want to overlook them. It’s more just Korea as a whole and systematically isn’t quite as comfortable for those with disabilities. Life with one foot (even if only temporarily) isn’t easy. But in America I can still have a somewhat normal life and normal experiences. I know there are facilities available to me everywhere, i am granted that expectation. And it’s just a part of the culture to help each other out more (I’ve rarely ever had to open a door myself in the US, machines and other people do it for me). So, that experience really opened my eyes to how disability is viewed between the two countries. And while the Us has much to learn, I would much rather prefer going through this experience in the US.
Ask wanted to point out that the second I was on crutches, it’s true you really never see people with injuries, on wheelchairs, crutches, nothing. It was really surprising.
It is true. I think the value of not wanting to make another person feel uncomfortable sometimes allows or causes Koreans to avoid engaging in new situations which are actually uncomfortable for themselves. For example, one of the women in this video mentioned how she would feel flustered (and I am not slighting her - she is being honest and most Americans also feel flustered in such a situation) and that would make the person with the disability feel flustered as well, in comparison to the Austrians who seemed more comfortable helping their fellow passenger. But which would make someone feel more uncomfortable? Being helped when they needed it or being ignored? And every time we do something new, we get better at it so eventually we are not uncomfortable. (I know this goes against the evidence of the bus passengers, but those people weren’t officially engaging with the disabled person, so they don’t have the same kind of responsibility regarding his emotions as they would once they decided to help him.)
to be honest, while I'm in the US, and i used to open door for people, i realized that maybe they want to open it themselves and feel normal? while online, i learned that it's "sexist behavior", although i don't care about that, but some might. and i don't like being pitied, and the random ass kissing, and the helping, just because i don't like talking, and they think I'm an mute.
I’ve been told in a lot of countries, disability is seen as something to be ashamed of cause you “are a burden on society”… That thought absolutely breaks my heart….
@@stefthorman8548 The only Burden is that type of thought process that limits humanity. what a Burden it must be to think like this about those who cant help their mental or physical situation. I would take them in our society over someone like you any time or day. YOU are whats wrong with it not Them, I hope you get educated and learn some empathy and common sense, we as humans should never see the disabled as "burdens" they are not chores they are life that deserves help and respect just like you or me.
I’ve never really thought about this. Cause in the US, when I’ve taken the bus and someone was in a wheelchair the bus driver always got up to help them even tho it was kinda a long process. But I do think there should be for accessibility for them in the US.
I think that perception has to do with the Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990 which was meant to normalize life as much as possible for people with disabilities in the US. We see people in wheelchairs now and think nothing of it.
I just want to say how refreshing it is to see people so willing to learn things and admit lack of awareness - especially saying something like "I should be the first to learn." Here in the US it is so frequently seen as something shameful or as a sign of weakness to admit that you could stand to learn things or have gaps in knowledge, or that the way you have done something might not be the best for those around you. It keeps people from growing - and all of us could stand to grow and be better for the sake of making others' lives easier. I so admire people who are truly eager to spot ways they can help improve the lives of those around them.
The last bit broke my heart and I'm a guy. Society can be so cruel. I pray and hope that the sick, the needy, and the handicapped all get the help they need.
As a disabled person, I am glad you discussed this today. It's important to see things from others point of view at times. Thank you very much for doing so.
When I was in school as a young girl, we had a program that had students required to work and learn for a year with our special needs peers. It was so amazing for me, I volunteered 3 more years in a row. Education is so important.
As a disabled American in a pretty good place for disability, people are extremely judgemental and make it hard to go out. Especially being young and having been disabled physically my whole life, people assume it's simply because someone is lazy or did something to deserve their physical issues. Disability awareness doesn't equal acceptance. Even when it comes to finding work there are laws to help disabled people find and keep work but jobs can simply hire like 3 disabled people and give all the jobs that could be done by a disabled person to regular people because they don't want to have to give the extra patience it may take to have them. And the system is built in a way that you have to be so disabled you can barely walk or move in order to be able to qualify for any assistance other than food. This last week my spine has been so bad I can hardly move, but thats not what it's always like, sometimes I can get out of bed and do things I have to so because I'm young, apparently my life still has a lot longer to go before they can imagine using any tax payer money to help me survive and expect me to break my body into being broken, not be born broken.
3:36 That kind of stuff happens in The States too. It really makes you feel like a burden. When I lived in a major city during grad school, I developed mild agoraphobia because of how rude and uncaring people on public transportation were. I was a cane user with lung problems and so couldn’t always shout when the doors wouldn’t open. The disabled seating also wasn’t always near a stop button/wire. Not to mention many bus stops had no seating. Overall, it was just horrible. Subway train, street trams, buses, long distance trains… All were difficult. I think I have trauma because this video made me cry remembering all those rude people and difficult moments. 😅 Now I am a rollator user living in the suburbs and taking car services (similar to Uber). It’s better but still frustrating because of drivers who reject my ride at the last minute because they see the note that I have a mobility aid or don’t properly help or who mishandle and break my rollator.
I recently came back to Korea after living in America, and I will say that even though schools teach kids to treat disabled people the same, I know they won’t in real life because they won’t see them often. It’s like the disabled people in Korea are hiding because they are ashamed of what people will say about them and their disability. I personally think Korean society needs to be socially developed more and not discriminate people because of what “they can’t do”.
At 9:35 oh yeah. I work retail and we are a pet friendly business, there are a lot of times my coworkers and I go nuts and pet the dogs. But when we see that vest on, even though it kills us b/c we wanna love and pet, we ignore b/c that dog is working. Vest on equals working.
It's important to not forget that even in America, we've still got a long way to go with disability rights and access. Not to mention, the accessibility we have is relatively recent and started in the 70s due to massive disability rights movements led by amazing disabled activists protesting from various backgrounds. It also took decades of PSA pushes from the government.
In Wallonia (Belgium), buses have large places for strollers, wheelchairs and places for all kind of people who have needs. I was specially amazed when my fiancé's cousin went here, he was in a large wheelchair (those who look like a armchair with footrest attached). The family took the train and was literally escorted by some employees because there are no automated systems for those heavy chairs :)
In Canada we have buses that are for seniors and disabled one, they will pick you up at home and drop you off where you are going . There is no extra charge for this
While there is no extra charge, individuals have to sign up for those services ahead of time and trips with them have to be booked. An individual is then giving a "time"when they will be picked up from their home and again from the location. You are completely at the mercy of that bus - if it's running late - you will be late. You don't get extra time on the pick-up if they drop you off late - because that's a different bus. If you miss your pick-up bus - you don't get another. The ability to be able to take regular transit buses makes life much easier for individuals with disabilities. You don't have to wait around for hours after a doctors appointment for your bus to pick you up. You don't have to plan days a head of time to go to a shopping center.
@@katherinecordero472 I never seen a free bus for seniors and disabled people in my city unless it for dr. Appointments. But it’s a hospital van. (USA). There’s another transportation but it costs more for basically 2 trips. Plus you have to call 2 business day before ride appointment. This is for shopping and etc. Maybe free for the seniors and disabled living in senior apartments. More improvements needed.
This is a really telling comparison on how the society you’re in is what makes a Disability. When people are willing to help one another, without making anyone feel like a burden or something to be endured, everyone benefits. Access helps everyone.
What I wish was also talked about is how not okay it is to grab or push someone's wheelchair without their permission. Maybe that would never be an issue in a country like Korea but I still think it's important to address.
The earnestness with which you guys approach these topics is so awesome. Everyone is always so passionate about what they’re watching and learning. It’s chicken soup for the soul honestly especially as someone who works as a caregiver for people with disabilities and works to give them more independent lives.
It's a balance of knowing when to be helpful and not be helpful. The guy in the US was a young low level Para. which means he has the balance, function and strength to do almost everything by himself. The guy in Korea he was a low level Quad so has balance issues less function and strength. He remarkable even getting out in Korea or even in the USA in a push chair. The point is they are not apple to apples in comparison was people in wheelchairs. I know guy in wheelchairs who would not have a problem getting on the bus in Austria. There are a lot of times people get in my way and take up my time offering help. By the time I explain I can do it myself. I would had already of done it. So they were a hindrance. I am nice about it. You should let a person be as independent as possible. Here is something that has been a bur under my saddle. When I have been on the side of the rode change my tire flat. The 3 times it has happen no one has ever stopped to help.
There has been a huge amount of labor from disabled people to get to the point that we are in the US. I’m a wheelchair user and there are still so many things not set up for being disabled. I wanted to add that it’s considered very poor manners to touch someone’s wheelchair without getting permission. Our mobility aids are like an extension of our bodies so consent is important.
They should do a video where they have a translator and have both American disabled individuals(which I am and would love to make it a teaching experience) and a Korean disabled individuals as long they are ok with it talk to them about all the extra work it takes and how emotionally and physically difficult it is for disabled individuals and they can see the difference between the cultures from just random individuals who aren’t TH-camrs who will make disability seem easier than it is especially for more disabled individuals like myself( in some ways)
Disability rights started in the US. One of the forerunners for disability rights just passed, Judy Human. I had the pleasure of interviewing her last year for a documentary. Its taken really seriously in Bay. I cant speak for the rest of the US. It could be better though.
This is very important, the other day in Boston I was out with friends and they haven’t used the green line before, but when we got on I saw where they chose to stand (which was a clearly empty space). I instead walked over and held onto a railing on the other side of the cart. My friends later joined me and asked me what was wrong and I told them “I’m sorry but I along with you guys cannot stand there, it’s a space for the handicapped people. That’s why I couldn’t stand there”. There was also a sign right next to it. We also have a sign for seats on trains/buses strictly for people who are in a wheelchair, pregnant, of old age, people with service dogs and or has crutches. So for us it’s something we definitely fought for to be installed, cause I remember as a kid it definitely remember not seeing anything like this. It makes me happy for how times have changed and for the better.❤️
It's sad that there's so much I love about Korea, but man the differences. Issues being foreign, immigrant, Black or Brown, being a woman, LGBTQ rights, fatphobia, ageism, even being unattractive can afford you being treated awfully in that country. And now disabled??? It's crazy. The United States had it's issues but I've never seen this level of flat out attempt not to understand as I've seen with many Koreans (especially older generation). I'm so glad that channels like yours exist to really bring to face what needs to change and to also compare and contrast the issues each of our countries have. I want to thank these girls for being the future of Korea and showing anyone with any difference that they can be accepted for who they are and whatever capacity they live. ❤️
Me and my moslem friend love KPOP so we decide to trip to Korea. And someone pull off my friend hijab, and many people look at her from head to toe with judging face. Korean citizen is pretty racist indeed.
I am impressed with the empathy these women have, once being made aware of the situation. I don't think their society is hopeless, they just need activism and awareness to change laws and customs. It still is not perfect by any means in the US, and it has taken many decades to be as much improved as it now is.
I have a therapy dog, which is different from a support dog. They are not legally required to let my dog in. I have only been refused by one restaurant. I've had my dog 10 years.
As a person born with a physically disability and dependent on a wheelchair, this video is a little emotional for me.. We want to be able to do everything a non-disabled person can do while and don't want to be a burden or inconvenience others.. I also have a hard time asking for help because I was born in a time when the world wasn't accessible or even friendly to people with disabilities.. Although it has gotten better in the US, there are still people and places that get away with discrimination..
I went to a large university in the US that had it's own bus system and students were the drivers. A local lady in an electric wheelchair used a bus one day and the student driver knew exactly what to do without any awkwardness. I'm not physically disabled so I can't speak to what the common experience is for someone who is, but it just showed that even a student driving a bus part time can be taught how to properly accommodate a wheelchair user.
All the buses I've seen in Scotland either lower or pop out ramps for wheelchair users, the elderly, and people pushing prams (it's at the driver's discretion so they'd probably do it if they saw someone using crutches too etc) . In my experience, most people are very polite on public transportation and never rush these passengers. Possibly because there are so many that everyone is just used to them needing more time and care. Thanking the drivers is also a must. 😂 People are definitely likely to jump in and offer help if someone needs it.
Yeah in my city almost all bus drivers lower the front by the tire for anyone to get on. The only times I find a bus driver hasn't is if I'm alone at the stop (I'm an able bodied teenager) and the bus is behind schedule. I've also seen drivers kick people off of the bus for sitting in wheelchair seats when someone needed it, although it has only happened maybe 2 or 3 times in the 9 years I've been riding public transport.
I'm from spain and when i was a kid, i had a friend whose dad had a guide dog. There were so many places that he couldn't go to because they wouldn't let dogs indoors. I lost contact with that friend years ago, but i sometimes see his dad on the street :)
Wow, I’m so grateful these girls grew from this experience and if they can spread awareness for those with disabilities that would help make the world a better place.
I had an opportunity some years ago to go to Korea to teach and life got in the way. I didn’t end up going. I have often thought of that missed opportunity over the years. Every country and culture has their problems so I don’t idealize any people but Koreans have often struck me as a people open to learning and a people who are honest with themselves. These are qualities I value and qualities not easy to come by. I still hope I can go there some day. Look how open these lovely people were to a different way of doing things. I find this is very consistent amongst Koreans.
Awareness is a step in the direction for positive change. Learning to be considerate and compassionate to others leads to a more harmonious life for all.
As a follow up to this video, it'd be nice to invite some disabled Korean youtubers! The main one I know is OneShotHansol, and his friend, who has a guide dog features in his channel a lot, there's another Korean man, the one you featured in this video from the channel Weracle It'd be nice to invite them and have an open discussion! America still has a long way to go, but I hope korea tries to successfully implement the anti discrimination law so people can live with support from the law.
I remember when I was in Korea someone was trying to get off the subway, but the gap was too big, and their wheelchair got stuck in the gap. the doors were closing, and some people nearby ran to help. I didn't notice at first my back was to the door but thank goodness he made it out. I remember someone asking, "Are you coming in or going out?" It was a scary experience to be honest.
here in the Philippines, there's like no space for wheelchair in public buses or trains, actually almost all public transport. Not sure if the gov't doesn't prioritize it or our country is just poor that it really can't be done. My mom is disabled and I was forced to buy a small car so she can travel. What's good here is, wherever you are, people are willing to help once they see you need it. Honestly I have never taken my mom's wheelchair out of our car cause once people see my mom having a difficulty getting out of the car or having trouble standing, they come to us whatever they are doing. For that I'm really thankful to my fellow Filipinos!
even til this day, even when disabilities have been around for so so many years, people are still treated as 'inferior' because of certain idiots. and unfortunately these idiots aren't even uncommon. i hope the world learns to value people with mental and physical disabilities more, they're equal to everyone else. being born with something that makes you different doesn't mean you should be spat on by society. my heart goes out everyday to people (and animals) with disabilities, i pray for a better world.
The thing as an American I can be proud of is the Americans With Disabilities Act. That was a game changer for the physically and mentally disabled Americans. Ramps, special parking spots, easy access to buildings like elevators for those in wheelchairs and that's just infrastructure. There's also guide dogs for the blind, those with PTSD, and special medical dogs for diabetes. Hell there is even braile for the blind in a lot of cases. We are not even getting into job and education accommodations. Back 35 years ago you were SOL when it came to going out in public or on a public bus. Thankfully, here in America the disabled at least can go out in public and get around thanks to these accommodations. Everywhere else in the world you are not that lucky if you are disabled.
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i hope videos like this get shared in schools to start teaching kids at a young age how to help their fellow human. plus itll be good for them to know what they can/cant do for the person. plus i know kids get excited around animals, so teaching them young not to bother the working animals will be beneficial as well
I used to live in Minneapolis, MN and the bus system for wheelchairs was good. Every bus was outfitted for wheelchairs and all the drivers made sure the passenger was strapped in. We all had to wait to get on but no one complained and they always made sure the wheelchair got off first.
I had an experience one Friday. The first driver of the first bus I was one secured me the wrong way and I felt unsafe the whole bus ride. The second driver on the second bus also secured me the wrong way and I felt unsafe for that ride too.
We need to remember that all the privileges that you see in the US were hard won battles. Americans also had to fight for these rights, so if you don't see something working in your country, you have the privilege and right to fight for a change. And I agree, education and compassion over derision and guilt.
A bit similar to the situation in Japan. While it's a bit more common to see someone with a wheelchair take the train with ease, and bus drivers are helpful with them as well. Getting around the city via sidewalk and into and out of buildings is quite difficult. Many places don't have ramps or elevators and are halls or doors are too narrow. Even a lot of side walk curbs are too high to get on and off of including the ones by cross walks.
in america its pretty illegal to deny entry to a service animal also its prohibited asking to see the service dogs license. you can either ask "is it a service dog and what disability has the dog been trained for"
Even in the US, it's not great in some places. At my college, a friend of mine who uses a cane was put on the third floor of the dorms, and the elevator broke often. She ended up missing classes or having us get food for her because sometimes the stairs were too dangerous. Disability rights are a fight in the US, though fortunately not as difficult to combat as in other countries.
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In the US, there has been a law that restaurants and businesses have to allow access to disabled people, including guide dogs. It is also widely known that when a guide dog is wearing its vest/uniform it is to be considered "at work" or "on duty" which is why people shouldn't try to pet or address the dog directly. It is a common courtesy and basic respect for anyone to ask permission to pet a dog in public before doing so because the dog may be anxious, fearful or aggressive around strangers.
I'm not american nor I live in the USA,but I've heard some of those dogs might feel desorientated.
Also because it may distract them from doing their duties and it can put the life of their owners in danger! So if you see a pup with a little vest on, please don't bother them! ☺
edit : correcting my grammatical mistakes lol
You do not want to distract a service dog while it is working. This could potentially endanger the handler(owner).
I wish that were actually common knowledge here, but you'd be surprised how many people either don't know or don't care
There are actually laws that require restaurants to allow service dogs in Korea too, but not many people know and many restaurants still refuse them. I think it's hard to prosecute then as well and they only get a small fine I think
As an American it's almost soul-crushing to know that what we have is considered an improvement in other places, cuz even our disability services aren't very good at all if you don't live in a city. Government aid usually sucks too, which is really unfortunate. Let's all hope for improvements around the world together, because people deserve to be treated with care and respect.
Dont just hope. FIGHT for improvements.
Right. But it's ok to proud of what has been achieved. At the very least, this will show what's possible to other countries. Perfection is the enemy of good. Like the other commenter said, hoping isn't enough.
@@hydevanhelsing5063 you mean vote for the right people to represent you in congress
Everything the government "helps" with, they ruin. It'd be better if everyday normal people made an organization or asked for donations to fix it our selves.
Now put into perspective that in underdeveloped places like africa, if you're stuck in a wheelchair you're kinda fked
I would recommend watching videos on the people that fought for disability rights. In the United States these things like ramps, and buses didn't just happen out of the goodness of everyone's hearts. Civil and disability rights activists really went to the mat to make them a reality. It's very touching to now look back and see people with disabilities get arrested and dragged off the capital steps for example. So many of the things we now take for granted were very hard won by our predecessors, and there is always room for improvement.
I would love to see them watch something on the capitol crawl and Jennifer Keelan (the 8 year old girl that dragged herself up the capitol steps with other disabled protesters).
@@HelloMello91 The documentary is called "Crip Camp".
it should have been easy to set all this up cause no one knows when it might be you in a wheelchair, or have an appointment and you can't even enter the building. unlike fantasy or utopia we are all different and trying to get millions of independent minds and wills to help others even if it cause a small inconvenience if very hard but it's possible
@@aishakhatib685 Ahh yes!! Thank you so much!
Yes! We didn't always have awareness in the US. The people have to speak up and demand change!
I lived in Korea for a few years and the change is very very stark. I worked at a restaurant in Canada and we had a regular who was a young Korean man in a wheelchair. He was no older than 22 and had to leave Korea after his accident because it was simply impossible for him to live. He had to change his entire life and learn English. I can't imagine how hard that must have been. Canada has a long way to go with accessibility. But Korea needs to learn how to even be aware of people different from you. Very sad. I hope things change.
I would imagine since moving, the people in Canada were more receptive to him than had he remained in Korean.
So was it better for him?
My dad was one the last few people with polio in Korea and Buses would just drive off before he could get on. He had to buy a car even though he was pretty poor to be able to get to work and stuff. Couldn't find jobs because of it either. The lack of disability awareness was one of the big reasons our family moved to the US
I had class with a korean mother who’s son had down syndrome. They moved here for the same reason.
🥺💙 that sucks
Here in Norway, we still have a long way to go, it's the same for everyone. But newer toilets for handicaps usually have a sign, with the text "Disability toilet, not all disabilities are visible" That text is really good, and something everybody should understand
That must have been devastating. There is no perfect society. Here in UK, we keep pushing, we keep wanting for better treatment of disabled people (physical and otherwise).
That was my 1st thought while watching this. If my family member or myself were in this situation, I would find a way to Immigrate. Life is so difficult & no one asked to have a disability. People should be more kind & patient. Always put yourself in someone else's shoes & think how You would want to be treated.
As an Austrian the clip of the man in the wheelchair getting help from random strangers made me very proud of my country!!
i smiled at how the passengers got out first to let him exit and waited for him to go in before entering. In switzerland its the same thing, even apart from disability it is always custom to wait on the side of the door for everyone to exit before going in. I myself have come across many people with different disabilities in both bus and tram. For example there was a blind woman who always got in one stop after me and sat in the front seat (3 first seats reserved for elderly and disabled people, arranged in a way that is easily accessible). The seat was always left empty as people automatically reserved it for her without a word. Just a known rule for everyone driving that tram at 7:45 lol
And in the old trams who are harder to access they always put one special wagon that is lower than the older ones with a special entrance and a disability button which makes the door stay open for longer than the regular one, which i find a neat thing to have.
Honestly, i always kinda saw it as expected, a natural thing to have, and only when i left Switzerland i realized how rare it is to have this kind of accessibility and silent understanding of jumping up when a guy in a wheelchair struggles to get up the ramp or moving aside to let a blind person move through without interruption. Hope this can be an inspiration for people to make a change, even if its simply by being more aware and help out
looks like the accessibility is shit tho
@@LOLWAAHH there is very much a lot of infrastructure that is very accessable, but when that fails it is important to have people that support you and aren't rude or annoyed about something you can't change :)
Austrians are amazing people. I was moved and impressed by their attitude towards people with disabilities. The country is also impressive and very beautiful-- amazing nature, architecture, landscapes, infrastructure, etc. Austrians should be proud.
i'm not austrian, but i am australian and our country is pretty much the same !! everyone makes way for others to leave first before boarding and we help others with disabilities whether they're in a wheelchair, elderly or pregnant. watching the clips from korea made me so mad because things like that never really happen where i'm from
In America accessibility is still something people are fighting for. We still have a long way to go when it comes to treating disabled people as humans. They deserved better.
But it’s much better than it was for the last few decades.
@@taoist32 true, still has a very long to go sadly
We definitely do. Even with the amount of progress being made it’s not enough yet.
Maybe for mental disabilities, but for physical disabilities, america is probably the most accessible friendly country on earth thanks to the ADA
This is one area Americans have zero excuse to be self deprecating. Rights for the disabled and treatment in general are VASTLY better than anywhere else
In the world. From simple interaction to laws in place to general outlook.
Bro the dog walking out the shop after being refused literally made be bawl my eyes out. Look at his sad little face, he just wants his human to have some food 😭
he's such a good boy. he is very good at his job. people are just rude and dumb.
Kind of sad when the dog has more manners and the people are the ones acting like lousy mutts.
Even in the west, there are still a lot of people who do not understand disability and what it is like to live as a disabled person. My older sister was born with a very rare disability so this topic is very close to me, you chose great videos and I am so glad that you're opening up this conversation, even if its only a little.
When you work as a disability support worker you truly realise how inaccessible the world is
15% of the population shouldn’t control the masses and this is coming from a physically disabled person. It sucks, but we are the first to be shoved to the lion.
Exactly. I see a lot of people with autism and other (at least mental disabilities) get treated very badly and laughed at. The ones with physical disabilities, if you know what I mean, usually get ignored but are also made fun of as well. We may imcrease access and stuff but the way ordinary citizens treat them needs to be better
I particularly enjoy the people who think if they can't see your disability then you must not have one.
@@liamlowenthal8476 The best. I'm mid 20s - Autistic and have chronic back pain (scoliosis). So cool when people give me looks for taking a little more time with stuff.
I feel you. Things are getting better but the pace is way too slow.
It is not perfect in US, but definitely better than many other places. My student last year needed to be in wheel chair and I very quickly found out even the oldest building in our University has accessibility and she was able attend classes with very little problem. They also gave her special parking permit!
It's called a handicap parking permit and it is not 'special'. Anyone can get one with a doctor's note.
@@NotMykl that’s not true at all.. you can’t just go and ask for one if ur perfectly fine💀 not “anyone” can get it.. u have to qualify for it
Not all universities are equal though. I was visiting one for an event a few years ago and the only accessible door was actually broken, and too narrow for me to push myself through. The bathroom doors were awful, and impossible to maneuver in to. The elevator was barely big enough for myself and my partner to use.
There are so many challenges being a wheelchair user. Things people never even realize. I’m lucky that I can still stand and walk. Life would be so much harder if I couldn’t do even that.
@@czerniana I think size of campus and amount of staff are important because at my university it seemed that everything was working well enough on that end, I don’t think many of the accessibility entrances were problematic, and a lot of professors would put in their intro emails to tell students to please email them about accessibility especially for older buildings. But if there’s a really old campus building and it has issues I could understand constant issues.
@@NotMykl No university campus's are dicks for that kind of thing. You have to register as a disable person to not get a ticket for parking in a disable parking. I got parking tickets because my state permit expired one month before the end of the school year. I had been parking for 3 years in the same spot you would think the campus police would know me parking there is legit. I have hand controls. The parking Department would not give me the last month of parking access on campus until I got a new permit. The state would not give me a new until I saw a doctor. I sitting there in front of them in a wheelchair.
I used to work at a veterinary clinic in the US. So I learned not to touch working dogs. I remember one dog was so serious with his harness, then when the owner took off the harness for his checkup, she gave him a command to relax, and he suddenly became like a normal dog, bouncing around and wanting belly rubs. Guide and service dogs are so amazing
It’s their sign work is done, they can be so serious aren’t they? But once it’s of they become silly ones. It’s amazing. One of my pups is in training for emotional support dog for a girl with autisme and it was surprising witch one would make the best connection with her. He followed his dad who is my emotional support dog although not trained and she became so relaxed. Now if she’s having problems Thor goes to her and cuddles and her parents say she goes from very high to the point of aggression to soft and falls asleep with him and he’s only 12 weeks old now. Yes he’s training has started in a private setting because a specially trained dog from an organization is so expensive and only a few are lucky to get one. So the government gave private training center the option to give it too and with the dog of the person want. They test them and as for the girl her parents have to follow also a course about behavior and how to support her and the dogs needs. It will take probably more than a year but so far all goes well.
Wow! He's a true professional!
I had a customer who complained to my manager because I allowed a visually impaired customer with a guide dog enter the store. She kept saying the dog was too big and might attack her children (her children weren’t even with her when this happened 💀) and we kept trying to explain that a guide dog isn’t just a pet and that they’ve had training. At the end, she had the audacity to say “if you tell him to leave you won’t lose me as a customer” like girl bye, I’d rather not see her again.
People are so irrational about dogs though. “He might attack my children” - dogs don’t attack unless provoked or if they’ve been raised badly. Anyone with an aggressive dog won’t bring it in public because they don’t want their dog getting killed for acting up, nor would they want anyone hurt. Most dogs are peaceful. I can’t say the same of children who I see try to stamp on pigeons, kick animals, throw stones at people, or mess up restaurants by pouring the food and sauces everywhere… Animals should be more accepted honestly, they’re usually even better behaved.
I would say I’ll check you out, so the costumer can eat in peace. Belgium has the same thing dogs aren’t allowed in a lot of restaurants or where food is served. But a guide dog some try to say no dogs allowed even if they are certified and wearing their vest. I have sometimes heavy panic attacks but my dog isn’t trained by a certified company. So he’s often not allowed in only outside seatings. He knows how to calm me down. In Germany my dogs get they’re water often before we get ours and they are allowed even in pretty fancy restaurants we travel there a lot. They also ask if they can cuddle our dogs and if they are allowed a treat. Thats what I would love to see around the world for people with guide dogs. Rienna my border collie girl blocked me from going to the toilet we didn’t know what the problem was I had a blood pressure drop and nearly felt down. My husband and the lady could catch me in time. And no they aren’t specific trained to do so. But she found it amazing that the dogs where so sensitive towards my needs. I don’t abuse it because they aren’t officially qualified and aren’t allowed to wear the jacket. The only thing I can do is tag their leash to make aware that I have ptsd and panic attacks and blood pressure falls. But I’m not one that goes often away without my husband or daughter or son. I learned some skills to subdue it.
This is a toughie for me. Yes, service animals should be exempt but I have seen so many people abusing that designations
@TrueMonkeyNinja you're the other end of the spectrum about pets and just as uninformed as the lady irrationally afraid....
@@davidmun1601 its because the workers dont ask the legal two questions they are allowerd to ask
Ironically, the first thing I noticed about the Korean bus is that the driver secured the wrong part of the wheelchair; the strap was hooked onto the frame near the handles, which could be dangerous with a sudden stop. With my city's public transportation, they train drivers to secure the straps to the base of the frame, near the wheels, so that the wheelchair is more stable.
That was such an excellent point that one of the ladies brought up, "Would you tell me that I couldn't bring my eyes in here?". If you're blind, your guide dog is, for all intents and purposes, your vision. As an older, but not old, woman of 61, who must use a walker to get around, I still bump into, at times quite literally, issue related to access and freedom of movement, even in a country that is quite accommodating to the disabled. Trying to get my walker around some some stores can be a challenge. Last winter I had a cop do a U turn, stop next to my friend and I, and start berating us for walking at the side of the road, instead of on the sidewalk. Mind you the sidewalk was covered in a thick layer of ice, which was topped with about half a meter of snow. I told him that it was impossible to push my walker through snow that deep. He responded by saying "It may be inconvenient...". It's not inconvenient, it's impossible. It's difficult to even walk through that much snow, and many, many people were having to walk on the road. I'm old enough to know myself well, and I know that I don't suffer fools gladly, so I walked to the side and sat down. My friend doesn't get pissed off as quickly as I do, so I let him deal with it. I so wanted to say to the officer, "If you have so much time on your hands, then get out and shovel the damn snow off the sidewalk!" , but I had no desire to see the backseat of a police car from the city that's considered to be the murder capital of Canada.
@@possum7861 Yah, he was an idiot.
The phrase is "for all intents and purposes." Intense is an adjective and intent is a noun in this use case.
Its odd to me that your area of Canada doesnt have a snow law like we do in Michigan. All sidewalks must be shoveled by businesses or residents by a certain time frame or they get fined...
There's a murder capital of Canada? I'm sorry to hear that.
@@dawnchesbro4189 🤓
For being such an advanced country in many ways, it's shocking how behind they are in terms of disability awareness and adaptations. I have a Korean friend in a wheelchair who visits Korea often. The first time he went he felt so dejected and had a miserable time getting around. It really needs to change. It does a lack of empathy...as well, the treatment of animals is the other area Asia really shocks me.
Well asians are fast pace and don't like waiting for others.
Your friend a inconvenience to real human who takes public transport and have better places to be.
It's tragic that people like the disabled live among us. That's why we try to hide them from the public so it doesn't ruin our image 😂
@@DDRjason ok troll. Hope you're never in a situation where you're no longer "a real human ". Whatever the fuck that even means.
@@DDRjasonThis has to be trolling, i cannot physically believe someone could be so heartless. If it is, it truly says everything about the type of person you are. Legit any disabled person is more of a human than you
Asians dont have the same vibe as the west. In the west we have the “civility” and advanced stuff but still we embrace the crude stuff
My friend and I were just in Korea for the first time and he’s blind. But every time we rode the subway someone let him sit down in their seat and people didn’t seem to mind too much when we had to walk slower or figure stuff out. I’m glad my friend was able to have a good time and after seeing this I’m glad people were patient with us
You guys may have just met some considerate folks. Or for some people, it depends on the disability and how much they perceive it to inconvenience/interfere with what they want to do. Like, it may have cost those people nothing to let your friend sit in their seat while that guy on the bus in the video felt an need to get off the bus so urgently, he didn't want to wait for the bus driver to get to a safer area to help the guy in the wheelchair get off the bus 🙄
They most likely help out more if you’re a foreigner. Especially if you’re white. It really be like that in Asia. They generally care more about how others perceive them and their country.
@@bmona7550 bingo
@@Emmie1 also if you look foreign.
well its very different when you are blind and on a wheelchair. its takes more time to get accommodated if you are in wheelchair since the bus driver has to assist you, which means waiting longer before the bus starts moving again
I wish people would realize dogs won't ruin their food service dogs are a necessity for some people I hate people who complain about it
Dang my comment blew up
I'm just gonna put this here ☠️ if you have fear or a phobia or are allergic to dogs say smth don't freak out or yell SAY SMTH or if you can't sign or signal to someone stop complaining and getting mad because people want to eat
Fr. They literally save peoples lives. I went off on someone like a week ago for harassing and an old woman and her service dog in the middle of the street. People need to learn when to mind their own damn business .. that’s the issue.
I am scared shitless of Dogs bit if a real Service and Support dog does it's job, I am all for it. Sadly humans can also be quiete stick up arses.
There’s also the problem on how that would be regulated. I doubt they are willing to spend the money and time
I feel like this is a situation where not everyone can be accommodated for. There are also people with severe dog allergies who do not excpect to run into a dog in a restaurant while peacefully eating. That said, I thing restaurants should put a notice (outside the restaurant and into their webpage) whether they allow dogs (only service or all) so then everyone knows what they’re getting into. I think that way the people who need a service dogs would know beforehand where they can go and people who don’t want to run into dogs know where they can go (and I’m pretty sure there would be places of both kind especially if they were forced to decide + they could advertise then as dog-friendly or service dog-friendly restaurant to get more well know/liked)
@@Meye55 no. no places should disallow service dogs. i get your point about dog allergies but that solution is just not okay. you cannot refuse someone because of their disability and what they need to accommodate their disability that is ableist and extremely wrong. instead there should be dog free designated areas within a restaurant that allows dogs.
A lot comes down to people's attitudes even more than built-in accessibility. The accessibility equipment in Austria wasn't as good as some places, but because the people were understanding, he was able to get around just fine. By comparison, there are more laws about it here in America, but people's attitude can be really bad. It doesn't matter if there are handicapped spots and ramps if people park in the handicapped zones, and I can't tell you the number of times I got trapped inside my first apartment because people would park not just in the handicapped spot but ON THE SIDEWALK RAMP, blocking it fully with their car. People would do this almost daily just so they wouldn't have to park a little further away and walk, and for that I would get trapped and be unable to walk my dog or leave for school. All the accessibility in the world will not fix attitudes, unfortunately.
that's incredibly true. i saw a person in a wheelchair that was having extreme trouble getting through a narrow cobblestone-type path in an outdoor garden when i went to the netherlands, and almost immediately two employees rushed over to help. we the tour group were waiting behind, and all the dutch people were very patient- just took it as an opportunity to talk and relax. very different than in america, where employees may or may not be helpful and people may or may not be forgiving/understanding
That's when you have to call in to get the cars fined or towed if they do not have a handicap permit. Or both if they are on the sidewalk ramp. Some people do not care until they are forced to care or at least pay mind to it. I've personally only had a few experiences here in the USA about people disrespecting the spots, but it is hard to tell if they have a disability that isn't visual.
The most annoying ones I find are the people who take the motorized vehicles in stores just because they dont want to walk, but again, it's hard to tell at a glance if they have a disability that is unseen. But i have seen a few who absolutely did not need one and took them more to keep control of their 6 kids who wanted to wander off every which way otherwise... so she used the chair to fucking keep their attention and let them mess with it.
I myself look able bodied and in my 30s, but face excessive chronic pain that often gets me bed bound and unable to care for myself. Many people assume I'm lazy because I'm heavier, but i can't walk for more than a few minutes without full back spasms or fainting spells from LOW blood pressure. So sometimes i get the judge looks but rarely.
People are extremely selfish and entitled when it comes to automobile use in the US. I am a pedestrian due to vision disability and it can be very annoying. I have seen people park in the fire lane of a grocery store for many minutes to "get something really quick" leaving their hazard lights on. Other times they will park in a space where I'm standing, with my cart, waiting for a ride share because I have no other way to get my groceries home. As if I was standing there with my cart for no reason. I don't feel most people are this selfish when they step outside of their car, just when they are driving or parking. That's to say nothing of basic road safety concerns like not looking right for pedestrians before turning right.
@@CrizzyEyeseal true but I've also seen disabled people get harassed in the UK for using the disabled parking parking entitled Cu**s everywhere
@@h.s.6269 Facts I would get the car towed
Neurodivergence seems to suffer from the same lack of awareness in many cultures, including Korean culture. I have an academic editing business and have had so many clients--from Korea and other places--with undiagnosed neurodivergences. They hold a sense of shame surrounding the idea of actually getting evaluated. One of those clients had such severe dysgraphia that it really limited her possible career paths (she could only choose careers that would require little to no writing/record-keeping). If she'd had a diagnosis and appropriate accommodations, she could've had a lot more options. Her spoken language skills were excellent, so the dysgraphia was made even more obvious.
I've read about expats and tourists having difficulties getting their usual ADHD medications in Japan. ADHD is still quite stigmatized and very under-diagnosed. Even in the US, Neurodivergence is definitely behind visible disabilities in terms of awareness and stigma. I'm 27 and was just recently diagnosed with ADHD, though I figured it out for myself at 14. I'm also autistic, but will likely never have a formal diagnosis, because it's difficult and expensive to get one as an adult - two mental health professionals have agreed that I'm autistic, but those particular ones don't diagnose it. There are a LOT of people who remain self-diagnosed for this reason, as well as some ableism issues. For example, being diagnosed as autistic has been a factor in people losing custody of their children... We're making progress, but we have a long way to go.
My ADHD medication is illegal to have in Japan, so if I ever went there I'd have to go without my meds for the entire trip. So basically I'm never going to be able to go to Japan cause that would suck a lot.
What's neurodivergence?
@@ms.wilson6439 it's brain types that are not average. People with autism, adhd, brain injuries and many, many other brain differences fall under the neurodivergent umbrella.
Went to a great psych here in Busan, South Korea. He had trained in the UK and was unphased when I disclosed my neurodivergence - and he spoke decent English. He went through possible other conditions, including ADHD in a really professional manner.
It took going to a handful of different doctors but there are doctors at least that understand things here in a relatively progressive way. Was heartening given the amount of ignorance, particularly in working class areas of Busan, I encounter each day (for non ND-related things).
As I'm sure you're aware, there are more shows show-casing autistic people here, too, which is great; hopefully awareness will grow that way and the stigma will go - particularly as there must be an enormous number of autistic Koreans that are fearful or unaware of their neurodiversity and that there are numerous others like them.
"I'm the first one that needs to learn" , what a beautiful attitude that we all should adopt. Thank you for this video.
Right now the transit network in my city (Toronto) is doing a campaign to bring awareness to invisible disabilities (meaning disabilities you can't notice just by looking at someone). They also have "please offer me a seat" buttons available for free if you need one. I really appreciate that because as a younger person who "looks able-bodied", it's always nerve-wracking asking people for a seat, or not giving up my seat to someone, because I worry I'll be judged as just lazy or something. People have mostly been good, but I have gotten a couple of dirty looks from people who I guess thought I was just being selfish.
That is a really good idea! Kudos to Canada!
I hope Kingston picks up this campaign too.
The accommodation is for people that can't use the normal way use the system. I don't know what invisible disability will do. If they are able to use the system as normal. that's what make it invisible. I would say it's none of their business if the person doesn't consider themselves disable and are using the system as normal.
This. One of my disabilities can be invisible at times (on a good pain day, which is to say I can push through it without assistance), but it can become visible when I have a bad pain day, when I must take up my cane. On my worst days, which I thankfully have not pushed myself into recently, I may even require a wheelchair. Yesterday, I walked without my cane just fine, but now, in the wee hours of the morning, I am tossing side to side in bed because of it and how bad it has become, mainly in my knees/legs.
Long periods standing or walking, very cold weather or extremely hot, lack of enough sleep, etc. are all things that can determine how well I’m able to tolerate my pain that day and thereby hide my disability more. However, it’s not like the pain just sets in ‘after a long day’, it doesn’t arrive by schedule or at select times, it can be unpredictable, happen at anytime, and the pain can become so severe I can hardly walk.
It is during these times I get worried about being caught out and about without my cane. I love leaving the house and just being able to have both my hands free and do errands, but should I begin to feel bad pain, others will not realize my mobility is deteriorating rapidly. So if I get on a bus without my cane but my pain is screaming in my joints, I could press such a button to request a seat and others think me selfish or entitled when they see no visual ‘evidence’ of my disability. It sucks, it really sucks. I hope things continue to improve and more awareness continues to be advocated for. Even with the cane sometimes, due to just being young and people assuming that means you must have no disability, people can give dirty looks or purposefully make things harder. It also kills me that people think a leg bouncing up and down must mean there’s no pain, when in fact it can actually be a sign there’s A LOT of pain and it’s making it hard to stay still lol
Someone dear to me has an invisible disability and is young and "looks" able-bodied. Sometimes he can function okay without many special accommodations, but other times it is very difficult to walk and he needs to be in disabled parking. Yet people get so angry if someone in disabled parking isn't in a wheelchair.... do you think they hand out disabled placards and plates for fun? No one has one who doesn't need it. Save your rage for the able-bodied soccer mom in the disabled parking spots because "it'll only be a minute!" not the disabled people whose disabilities are invisible to you.
Edit: Another disabled loved one pointed out that lack of accommodations for people with disabilities, including invisible disabilities, has extremely limiting effects on autonomy and social life. So the disabled person, unable to function in an inaccessible society, is trapped at home. This reality is terrifying to me.
I'm currently slowly losing my ability to use my body normally, I'll most likely be disabled in a few years. Appreciate you learning about disability life and hope there's alot of empathy in this video.
Life doesn't stop when you have a disability. It just takes some adjusting and critical thinking. I wish you the best!
I love living here, but after many years, honestly, this highlighted the thing I dislike the most about living in Korea, which is the "빨리빨리" or fast/impatient culture that exists. Most Koreans are so nice, but as soon as they get on public transportation they become so rude (especially on busses, just like in the video shown). Luckily I've found ways to avoid some of this, as there is a "slow bus" (a relay bus that's always parked at the bus stop and only leaves when the next same # bus arrives) near where I live. I always take it to work bc the bus drivers of that bus always come to a complete stop and let ppl sit down and leave without being hurried or moving.
Man, these girls are extremely humble for being so young. That shit really gives me hope for the next generations. People really are mostly trying to be good, we get caught up in so many thing that turn us into the impatient people that can't wait for a handicapped person to get off the train. Or be so unsympathetic to the plight of someone who literally can't be without an animal companion. Honestly, bless of all y'all and wish you the best, we gotta root for us each and make the world a better place.
Can I just say that I'm so proud of my home country Austria?! I never realised how patient we are with people who need help!
Unfortunately most people don’t pay any attention what happens around them when they start listening music. It’s like „I’m not here, so don’t bother me „
In Great Britain it is against the law to refuse a person with a blind dog, anywhere
It's against the law in Korea too, but the restaurant personnel don't care, they are breaking the law refusing the lady with the guide dog.
@@ajamzmom4882 I don’t see the issue. It’s about hygiene and a dog is a dog.
@@zerotodona1495 guide dogs go through a training process of 2 years on how to guide thier blind owner around outside their home. So no a dog is not a dog. They are some dogs that are cleaner than humans, but I guess to you a human is just a human too, and the blind should just stay home and not venture out to eat at a restaurant, go shopping and enjoy nature with the aide of thier dogs.
@@zerotodona1495 it’s not as though the dog is running about slobbering on everything. People with guide dogs take very good care of their hygiene and the dogs are trained not to wander or touch anyone.
@@zerotodona1495 Have you ever seen a guide dog in real life?
I think an important think for Koreans and everyone watching to know is that this access and awareness did not come easy. There is a famous event called "The Capitol Crawl" where wheelchair users crawled up the stairs leading to the US capitol as a demonstration and protest over the inaccessibility of public spaces. It was on March 12 of 1990. It was a major cause for the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) getting passed later that year.
Many places are still inaccessible, and disabled people still face much discrimination, but it does seem like our public awareness is high than in many countries.
It's absolutely wild to me that almost every time I see photos of the Capitol Crawl, they're in black-and-white to make it look like it happened so long ago. Like no, man, that's the year Fresh Prince came out. It was NOT that long ago at all.
Disability awareness is a great topic that should be given more attention. It’s something that is relevant. As always, OSSC’s reaction videos are entertaining as well as informative. They just never disappoint.
We usually praise countries like Korea for their public transportation efficiency but never realize it sacrifices the rights of disabled people 😢
My mother was disabled, unable to use her legs. She always had praise for the care the US has for the disabled. She could go anywhere in the city she wanted by herself because of this. All restaurants and most businesses are required to have wheelchair access. She said several times that if she had been born anywhere else, her life would have been so much harder. RIP ma!
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Several things:
1. THANK YOU so much for doing a video on this. I have a few disabilities, some of which are invisible and one is invisible unless I'm using my cane (it shouldn't matter, but I'm in my 30s). I think it doesn't matter where in the world anyone lives, speaking about and advocating for those with disabilities needs to be done, which brings me to...
2. We often feel lesser, whether that's because of internal things we are struggling with or because others make us feel that way. For example, when the K restaurant owner said other patrons would be uncomfortable, I instantly thought, the woman with the guide dog must feel uncomfortable all the time. People should understand (this refers to everyone around the world) that just because someone has a disability, doesn't mean we are useless or a burden to society.
3. Personal story time. I have a disease called ankylosing spondylitis and I've had it for decades. It's gotten to the point where I am now disabled. I've had a couple of surgeries, over 100 procedures, work with both Western and Eastern medicine to try to slow the progression of my disease. But at some point, there's a chance I'll become wheel chair bound because of how aggressive the disease is in my body. I didn't ask for this. I didn't do something for this to happen (which shouldn't matter). I was born with the gene and a few other things that made this happen. While my body may be starting to deteriorate, my mind isn't. I mean I get depressed and sad sometimes when I go to my docs and they tell me bad news, but otherwise my mind works just fine. I'm just as smart, and I'm mentally just as capable. I think a lot of people see disabled people in too negative a light. All we want is to be treated as everyone else. If I saw a pregnant woman struggling, I'd help her. If I saw an elderly person struggling, I'd help them. If I saw any human physically struggling, I'd offer my help. It makes no sense to me why people see us as lesser than when we are just as human as the next person. (Rant over).
4. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you. The more people who see this, the more people will be slightly more educated. I can't thank you enough.
Much love to the cast and crew! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I am not disabled, but several people in my life are, including someone with your condition. It seems that a lot of people have two modes: "you're fine" and "you're useless". I don't think someone has to have a "use" to be worthy of dignity and respect, but even outside of that, there's a lot more nuance and levels of ability and it's nobody's business but the person! I know people who can more or less function in society with limited accommodations, I know people who function in society with many accommodations, and I used to know someone who could not function in society. All of these people are worthy of dignity, respect, and privacy.
Having an adult child and a parent with a mental illness, advocating for that as well. *Someone's human rights shouldn't rely on others traditional expectations.*
austrian here, and dude i am so proud of all our ppl that helped!
So glad you all are bringing awareness to this topic. Are kids in Korea taught about disabilities in school? Even if so, it seems that the lack of exposure is what puts people with disabilities in Korea at a disadvantage. For example I learned not to pet guide dogs when I was really young because I saw one and they told us we couldn’t pet it when it was working
It depends on the level of exposure kids have with disabled individuals, and the person’s disability. When I was younger, I was told to always ask a person in a wheelchair if they needed help pushing, especially if they appeared struggling in a crosswalk. But sadly also, discussions of minorities aren’t typically taught in school.
It varies, but my friend's parents literally sent them abroad bc of their autism, if they hadn't left they would've been put into a mental hospital where they live. I think things might be changing now, but my friend is still here and not there so idk.
this. it has to start young, and it has to become commonplace or things won’t change.
i moved to a big city to raise my kids specifically so they’d be exposed to and learn about as many different kinds of people as possible as they grew up. when you see people everyday with different abilities, wildly different career paths and values, of different cultures and different languages, they are not strange to you. when i was growing up, i’d met one black person my entire life, don’t remember any asians at all, never saw a guide dog or even a blind person with a cane, older women especially stayed home, wheelchairs were for hospitals.
it’s unfamiliarity that makes people uncomfortable, defensive, or dismissive. i still struggle with internal reactions to some things, but my kids don’t bat a lash. except when they see someone being bullied or in need of help. then, they pay immediate attention and take action as they see the need to.
i am proud of them.
I live in Korea and I would love to volunteer to help disabled people or bring awareness. This is such a good content and I hope this will help as I saw cases where people got annoyed by people in wheelchairs 😢
In Korea there is an pervasive cultural focus on speed that can also manifest as an abrasive impatience. It drives quite a lot of safety problems.
i remember i watched someone on youtube showing how waterparks in the US give lots of alternate access to disabled people. i was so amazed as i grew up in Indonesia and many people here really don’t have awareness for people with disabilities, not just physical disabilities, but also developmental problems like autism and down syndrome. i have an 8yo brother who has autism spectrum disorder (asd) and i am one of the lucky people who can afford therapy for him like physiotherapy and speech therapy. many people here still see my brother or other people with asd as “crazy” or speculate that the mother has used dark magic or whatever..
If only people could understand that us autistic people are the coolest ones
But as another note, the US is pretty bad when it comes to autism.
I was basically bullied out of my middle school as a kid by the staff, it was bad. And the most common "therapy" autistic kids get here is not supported by autistic people because it seriously traumatizes people, and the guy who founded it didn't consider us people.
One of my favorite TH-camrs is Molly Burke. She's blind and is big advocate for people with disabilities especially blindness. Her videos are very educational and she's even documented the process of retiring and receiving new guide dogs. One problem we still have is people sometimes pretend to have service dogs or assume that all service dogs wear vestd/ have the same uniform. It was so sad to see some of the people in these videos treated so badly. I understand that some people can be in a hurry, it's important to be aware of disabled people around you because they might need extra help even if that means just being understanding and waiting for them to get on or off.
I love Molly Burke too! She does so much to bring awareness to the needs of the blind community... and even though we have the ADA laws that are supposed to make businesses, transportation, etc more accessible, there are still accessibility issues, such as Uber/Lyft cancelling rides once they know someone has a service/guide dog... or businesses refusing access to service/guide dogs... handicap automatic doors not working, a lack of ramps, or other obstacles making the accessibility feature unusable.
@@captsparrowslady it always makes me mad hearing about people going against the law and not allowing service dogs in places especially Uber/Lyft because it happens a lot. In Molly's case her dogs are her eyes and it's their job to help her get around safely. There are so many different types of service dogs and not all of them wear vests. Molly does so much for the blind community and we need more people stepping up and being a voice/spokesperson for other disabilities as well. We all need help sometimes. I've been trying to figure out what I can do for Epilepsy.
Thanks for the video ! I love how Youngju has blossomed . She used to barely participate or say anything when she first became an on camera personality . She now has become comfortable and really lends herself to participate . And I am very happy for that ! 😃😃
i got teary eyed with gratefulness and thankfulness watching this. here in singapore, the disability awareness is still a work in progress and it has definitely progressed over the years. For those who are wheelchair bound, they are able to board public buses and trains easily, other passengers would wait, give way and help when need be…just so thankful and happy that the public transport committee has made all these changes as it was easy to bring my late father and grandmother out easily without relying on taxis
this is the kind of content i want to see while watching this channel. theres a ton of KR YT content out there but cultural differences and perception is important for me, as when I take my trip next year to KR i would enjoy and prefer to learn as much possible. I was totally unaware of the state of handicap treatment in KR, this is really actually incredibly surprising. my experiences in japan were very different from the proffered look into the KR public transportation and food industry when it comes to this. I have seen plenty of guide dogs inside restaurants although in more urban environments as my experience with rural japan is very limited. however on public transportation i have never seen anyone not honor priority seating ever. if someone elderly gets on its either a quick gentlemen or lady gets up without even offering the seat, seemingly acting in such a way to make sure the person getting the seat doesnt even have to thank or acknowledge them. I will say though as an American, offering my non priority seat to women got ALOT of smiles and giggles. HOWEVER there were women who definitely gave me the vibe a man had never done this before or it happens very rarely so take that however you will. 99% of the time when boarding a tube in Tokyo / Osaka / Kyoto the priority seats are empty, while in rural areas.... most of the folks were elderly and it seems very local with the usual suspects riding day by day in their same seats, which gives rural public transportation an incredibly positive, homely, and surreal feel. id say only when the car gets about 70%+ capacity do you see non priority people sitting in priority, and they are always young and talking 😅
please have more content like this, this brings me back for more videos!
As a disabled person, people may be fighting for accessibility but I doubt we'll be seen normal. No matter what, we'll be always different from the whole society. It's the saddest part about being a disabled person. I still haven't accepted my disability yet even after 21 years. It's really hard. But I'm getting there.
I understand this entirely. Solidarity. 💖 One day, I hope we get there.
All it would take, for a start, is basic education on disabled people and disabled rights, taught in public schools. Been disabled all my life (25 years), and all the ableism I've experienced was from a lack of knowledge; general ignorance. Remember, you're a human being first. The disability can't and doesn't take away from that truth.
Nobody is normal. Even people who look physically "normal" can be mentally distorted. So don't ever feel out of place just because you differ physically to others, we all have something different about us, even if it's not visible.
I do not have physical disabilities but I know for sure I am far from normal regarding my mental wellbeing. But I won't consider myself ill, I'm just different and there's nothing wrong with that.
Accessibility isn't there for you to be considered "normal", it's so you can live a more comfortable life and have a more enjoyable experience. Do not seek the approval of others, what matters is you can achieve your day to day goals in an efficient and comfortable manner.
@@Nicole-kc1vx I look physically normal but I'm completely deaf with CI. I struggle with listening and speaking. And I don't know how to use sign language. I'm in between disabled world and abled world. I've been rejected by both non-disabled people and deaf people. I don't know if I ever fit into one. There's a lack of connection for disabled people whether if it's mentally disabled or physical one. That's what I'm pointing out. You're right. I need to stop seeking for validation. Society has it's standards, and there's no need to meet them. I'll try to do my best to focus on myself and learn to appreciate the life more often. Thanks for opening my eyes.
Thank you for doing a video on disability! I'm disabled and this means a lot.
This is so sad and true. ㅠㅠ Korea is not very accessible at all for physical disabilities. I have been injured twice, and lived here on crutches for more than 6 months. I ended up getting quite depressed because it was so difficult to get anywhere, that I just stayed home alone most of the time. I can't imagine what it's like to live in a wheelchair and experience this your entire life.
Korean friends please advocate for your fellow Koreans with Disability!
You can help their voices be heard.
The world should be accessible for everyone.
as someone living in asia, its all too familiar to me how disabilities here are either ignored, mocked and have lack of support from family or the government. I realized this when my grandma had to be in a wheel chair for a long time. she was LIVID. she didn't want to use it. and because i was a preteen then i didn't understand why she hated it so much.
When I lived in Korea, I was really stunned by the absolute absence of disability in public. In 15 months I don't think I saw a single person using a wheelchair or even a walker or cane. Most stores had a step up to get in, no ramps in sight. Half the buildings don't have elevators. I remember thinking "my grandmother could never come here." Disabled people deserve to live full lives in public. Accessibility is a human right.
Saying "what can i do for you?" And "I'll be the one to say I'll help" is honestly a great step in a very positive direction. All people can really ask for is a little change. Even if it's slow.
As someone from the US, with many disabled friends, it's really hard to see these girls be so impressed with our accessibility because I know ours is still so lacking in many places. Sad to hear it's worse in a place like South Korea, where my general impression of transportation and public spaces is that they're nicer and better designed than in the US.
Most people really don’t think about how different disabilities are treated in different places. For instance I have Tourette Syndrome (a neurodevelopmental disorder that caused ‘tics’ involuntary sounds and movements) and as someone who wants to travel, that is really something I have to consider. I feel more comfortable with the idea of going to English speaking countries as I can better explain my disability but also because there’s more awareness there(usually due to advocacy groups). And I find that because of the cultures, in English speaking places, most people are more willing to ignore ‘strange’ or ‘outrageous’ behavior. People are generally being exposed to it more whether through media or education and that means that I am less likely to have a negative experience with people when I’m out and they see me ticcing. But one of the things I have to be aware of, especially in terms of potentially going to other places, is that people won’t know what my disorder is and I won’t be able to explain due to language barriers. I won’t be able to explain why I’m causing a commotion in public and explain to them that it’s involuntary which could potentially put me in danger depending in how people react. Many other countries are lacking in advocacy groups due to people not getting diagnosed as the disorder may not be as well known there which leads to a lack of public knowledge. It’s something that I have to consider, am I comfortable breaking social norms in a place unfamiliar to me or should I stick to places where more awareness has already been raised? I don’t want to be limited by my disability, however I do have to think about my safety as you can just never predict how people will react.
Here in the Uk, its actually a statutory law that people with disability are not allowed to be discriminated against at work or school. Was pretty surprised by it when I first arrived too
I'd love to see a similar video, but regarding education for students with disabilities. In the States, public schools are required to provide a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to all students. This could look like having someone read the problems on a test to someone with reading/vision issues, providing speech and physical therapy for students who need it, placement in a contained classroom with special equipment, teaching life skills to help with independence (like toileting, laundry, or cooking), providing a para-educator for a student needing one-on-one assistance, or even regularly sending a teacher to a medically vulnerable student's home. I hosted an exchange student from SK a few years ago. Since his father was a teacher, I asked him how students with disabilities receive their educatation. He had no idea. He did say something like he hadn't seen one. Maybe he just went to a small school. I'd love to know more about how that works in Korea.
Honestly I am curious as well.
I broke my foot in Korea (ironically while getting off a bus) and it was hell. I wanted to make a joke but seriously, it sucked. I was there with a broken foot for two weeks and I spent the first inside because I was too terrified to try and handle Korea’s terrain on crutches. But once I did get out and going, there was very little assistance. Thankfully I’m strong enough I could handle stairs with crutches and one leg, but I still fell down multiple times (once while taking the stairs up to an orthopedics clinic 😭). People often watched me struggle to open doors and wouldn’t really offer to help. Even when I fell and broke my foot people just walked past me. It’s tough out there not gonna lie. But some places were better than others. There are still so many people in Korea who DID go out of their way to help and take care of me and I don’t want to overlook them. It’s more just Korea as a whole and systematically isn’t quite as comfortable for those with disabilities.
Life with one foot (even if only temporarily) isn’t easy. But in America I can still have a somewhat normal life and normal experiences. I know there are facilities available to me everywhere, i am granted that expectation. And it’s just a part of the culture to help each other out more (I’ve rarely ever had to open a door myself in the US, machines and other people do it for me).
So, that experience really opened my eyes to how disability is viewed between the two countries. And while the Us has much to learn, I would much rather prefer going through this experience in the US.
Ask wanted to point out that the second I was on crutches, it’s true you really never see people with injuries, on wheelchairs, crutches, nothing. It was really surprising.
It is true. I think the value of not wanting to make another person feel uncomfortable sometimes allows or causes Koreans to avoid engaging in new situations which are actually uncomfortable for themselves. For example, one of the women in this video mentioned how she would feel flustered (and I am not slighting her - she is being honest and most Americans also feel flustered in such a situation) and that would make the person with the disability feel flustered as well, in comparison to the Austrians who seemed more comfortable helping their fellow passenger. But which would make someone feel more uncomfortable? Being helped when they needed it or being ignored? And every time we do something new, we get better at it so eventually we are not uncomfortable. (I know this goes against the evidence of the bus passengers, but those people weren’t officially engaging with the disabled person, so they don’t have the same kind of responsibility regarding his emotions as they would once they decided to help him.)
to be honest, while I'm in the US, and i used to open door for people, i realized that maybe they want to open it themselves and feel normal? while online, i learned that it's "sexist behavior", although i don't care about that, but some might. and i don't like being pitied, and the random ass kissing, and the helping, just because i don't like talking, and they think I'm an mute.
@@stefthorman8548 it's not sexist behavior to open a door for someone that's weird who told you that 💀
I’ve been told in a lot of countries, disability is seen as something to be ashamed of cause you “are a burden on society”… That thought absolutely breaks my heart….
it's true though
@@stefthorman8548 The only Burden is that type of thought process that limits humanity. what a Burden it must be to think like this about those who cant help their mental or physical situation. I would take them in our society over someone like you any time or day. YOU are whats wrong with it not Them, I hope you get educated and learn some empathy and common sense, we as humans should never see the disabled as "burdens" they are not chores they are life that deserves help and respect just like you or me.
I’ve never really thought about this. Cause in the US, when I’ve taken the bus and someone was in a wheelchair the bus driver always got up to help them even tho it was kinda a long process. But I do think there should be for accessibility for them in the US.
I think that perception has to do with the Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990 which was meant to normalize life as much as possible for people with disabilities in the US. We see people in wheelchairs now and think nothing of it.
I just want to say how refreshing it is to see people so willing to learn things and admit lack of awareness - especially saying something like "I should be the first to learn." Here in the US it is so frequently seen as something shameful or as a sign of weakness to admit that you could stand to learn things or have gaps in knowledge, or that the way you have done something might not be the best for those around you. It keeps people from growing - and all of us could stand to grow and be better for the sake of making others' lives easier. I so admire people who are truly eager to spot ways they can help improve the lives of those around them.
The last bit broke my heart and I'm a guy. Society can be so cruel. I pray and hope that the sick, the needy, and the handicapped all get the help they need.
As a disabled person, I am glad you discussed this today. It's important to see things from others point of view at times. Thank you very much for doing so.
When I was in school as a young girl, we had a program that had students required to work and learn for a year with our special needs peers. It was so amazing for me, I volunteered 3 more years in a row.
Education is so important.
As a disabled American in a pretty good place for disability, people are extremely judgemental and make it hard to go out. Especially being young and having been disabled physically my whole life, people assume it's simply because someone is lazy or did something to deserve their physical issues. Disability awareness doesn't equal acceptance. Even when it comes to finding work there are laws to help disabled people find and keep work but jobs can simply hire like 3 disabled people and give all the jobs that could be done by a disabled person to regular people because they don't want to have to give the extra patience it may take to have them. And the system is built in a way that you have to be so disabled you can barely walk or move in order to be able to qualify for any assistance other than food. This last week my spine has been so bad I can hardly move, but thats not what it's always like, sometimes I can get out of bed and do things I have to so because I'm young, apparently my life still has a lot longer to go before they can imagine using any tax payer money to help me survive and expect me to break my body into being broken, not be born broken.
3:36 That kind of stuff happens in The States too. It really makes you feel like a burden. When I lived in a major city during grad school, I developed mild agoraphobia because of how rude and uncaring people on public transportation were. I was a cane user with lung problems and so couldn’t always shout when the doors wouldn’t open. The disabled seating also wasn’t always near a stop button/wire. Not to mention many bus stops had no seating. Overall, it was just horrible. Subway train, street trams, buses, long distance trains… All were difficult. I think I have trauma because this video made me cry remembering all those rude people and difficult moments. 😅
Now I am a rollator user living in the suburbs and taking car services (similar to Uber). It’s better but still frustrating because of drivers who reject my ride at the last minute because they see the note that I have a mobility aid or don’t properly help or who mishandle and break my rollator.
I recently came back to Korea after living in America, and I will say that even though schools teach kids to treat disabled people the same, I know they won’t in real life because they won’t see them often. It’s like the disabled people in Korea are hiding because they are ashamed of what people will say about them and their disability. I personally think Korean society needs to be socially developed more and not discriminate people because of what “they can’t do”.
At 9:35 oh yeah. I work retail and we are a pet friendly business, there are a lot of times my coworkers and I go nuts and pet the dogs. But when we see that vest on, even though it kills us b/c we wanna love and pet, we ignore b/c that dog is working. Vest on equals working.
It's important to not forget that even in America, we've still got a long way to go with disability rights and access. Not to mention, the accessibility we have is relatively recent and started in the 70s due to massive disability rights movements led by amazing disabled activists protesting from various backgrounds. It also took decades of PSA pushes from the government.
In Wallonia (Belgium), buses have large places for strollers, wheelchairs and places for all kind of people who have needs.
I was specially amazed when my fiancé's cousin went here, he was in a large wheelchair (those who look like a armchair with footrest attached). The family took the train and was literally escorted by some employees because there are no automated systems for those heavy chairs :)
In Canada we have buses that are for seniors and disabled one, they will pick you up at home and drop you off where you are going . There is no extra charge for this
We have that in the US too but the regular buses also accommodate seniors and disabled people.
@@katherinecordero472 we have the same In Canada regular buses that also acomadate the seniors and handicap plus regular people
We have this even in our small town in the US.
While there is no extra charge, individuals have to sign up for those services ahead of time and trips with them have to be booked. An individual is then giving a "time"when they will be picked up from their home and again from the location. You are completely at the mercy of that bus - if it's running late - you will be late. You don't get extra time on the pick-up if they drop you off late - because that's a different bus. If you miss your pick-up bus - you don't get another.
The ability to be able to take regular transit buses makes life much easier for individuals with disabilities. You don't have to wait around for hours after a doctors appointment for your bus to pick you up. You don't have to plan days a head of time to go to a shopping center.
@@katherinecordero472 I never seen a free bus for seniors and disabled people in my city unless it for dr. Appointments. But it’s a hospital van. (USA). There’s another transportation but it costs more for basically 2 trips. Plus you have to call 2 business day before ride appointment. This is for shopping and etc. Maybe free for the seniors and disabled living in senior apartments. More improvements needed.
This is a really telling comparison on how the society you’re in is what makes a Disability. When people are willing to help one another, without making anyone feel like a burden or something to be endured, everyone benefits.
Access helps everyone.
What I wish was also talked about is how not okay it is to grab or push someone's wheelchair without their permission. Maybe that would never be an issue in a country like Korea but I still think it's important to address.
The earnestness with which you guys approach these topics is so awesome. Everyone is always so passionate about what they’re watching and learning. It’s chicken soup for the soul honestly especially as someone who works as a caregiver for people with disabilities and works to give them more independent lives.
It's a balance of knowing when to be helpful and not be helpful. The guy in the US was a young low level Para. which means he has the balance, function and strength to do almost everything by himself. The guy in Korea he was a low level Quad so has balance issues less function and strength. He remarkable even getting out in Korea or even in the USA in a push chair. The point is they are not apple to apples in comparison was people in wheelchairs. I know guy in wheelchairs who would not have a problem getting on the bus in Austria. There are a lot of times people get in my way and take up my time offering help. By the time I explain I can do it myself. I would had already of done it. So they were a hindrance. I am nice about it. You should let a person be as independent as possible.
Here is something that has been a bur under my saddle. When I have been on the side of the rode change my tire flat. The 3 times it has happen no one has ever stopped to help.
As an Austrian, I can be proud of my fellow citizens. They showed off our best side
sadly they think this is the USA.
Accessibility is shit tho - the tram closing before he could even get on?!? Wtf is wrong with that place 😂😂
@@LOLWAAHH the doors close automaticly after a time if no one is blocking the lightsensor. This is to prevent the cold geting in for to long.
There has been a huge amount of labor from disabled people to get to the point that we are in the US. I’m a wheelchair user and there are still so many things not set up for being disabled. I wanted to add that it’s considered very poor manners to touch someone’s wheelchair without getting permission. Our mobility aids are like an extension of our bodies so consent is important.
They should do a video where they have a translator and have both American disabled individuals(which I am and would love to make it a teaching experience) and a Korean disabled individuals as long they are ok with it talk to them about all the extra work it takes and how emotionally and physically difficult it is for disabled individuals and they can see the difference between the cultures from just random individuals who aren’t TH-camrs who will make disability seem easier than it is especially for more disabled individuals like myself( in some ways)
the sad thing is that even american disability access is such a work in progress, so many areas that could still be better
Disability rights started in the US. One of the forerunners for disability rights just passed, Judy Human. I had the pleasure of interviewing her last year for a documentary. Its taken really seriously in Bay. I cant speak for the rest of the US. It could be better though.
This is very important, the other day in Boston I was out with friends and they haven’t used the green line before, but when we got on I saw where they chose to stand (which was a clearly empty space). I instead walked over and held onto a railing on the other side of the cart. My friends later joined me and asked me what was wrong and I told them “I’m sorry but I along with you guys cannot stand there, it’s a space for the handicapped people. That’s why I couldn’t stand there”. There was also a sign right next to it. We also have a sign for seats on trains/buses strictly for people who are in a wheelchair, pregnant, of old age, people with service dogs and or has crutches. So for us it’s something we definitely fought for to be installed, cause I remember as a kid it definitely remember not seeing anything like this. It makes me happy for how times have changed and for the better.❤️
These 4 were so sweet, it melted my heart when they said they need to be better, I'm so glad and it's so cute how they reacted! 😭❤️
It's sad that there's so much I love about Korea, but man the differences. Issues being foreign, immigrant, Black or Brown, being a woman, LGBTQ rights, fatphobia, ageism, even being unattractive can afford you being treated awfully in that country. And now disabled??? It's crazy.
The United States had it's issues but I've never seen this level of flat out attempt not to understand as I've seen with many Koreans (especially older generation).
I'm so glad that channels like yours exist to really bring to face what needs to change and to also compare and contrast the issues each of our countries have. I want to thank these girls for being the future of Korea and showing anyone with any difference that they can be accepted for who they are and whatever capacity they live. ❤️
Me and my moslem friend love KPOP so we decide to trip to Korea. And someone pull off my friend hijab, and many people look at her from head to toe with judging face. Korean citizen is pretty racist indeed.
I am impressed with the empathy these women have, once being made aware of the situation. I don't think their society is hopeless, they just need activism and awareness to change laws and customs. It still is not perfect by any means in the US, and it has taken many decades to be as much improved as it now is.
"Was that man in a hurry? He should have just left yesterday then" LOL true
I have a therapy dog, which is different from a support dog. They are not legally required to let my dog in. I have only been refused by one restaurant. I've had my dog 10 years.
As a person born with a physically disability and dependent on a wheelchair, this video is a little emotional for me.. We want to be able to do everything a non-disabled person can do while and don't want to be a burden or inconvenience others.. I also have a hard time asking for help because I was born in a time when the world wasn't accessible or even friendly to people with disabilities.. Although it has gotten better in the US, there are still people and places that get away with discrimination..
I went to a large university in the US that had it's own bus system and students were the drivers. A local lady in an electric wheelchair used a bus one day and the student driver knew exactly what to do without any awkwardness. I'm not physically disabled so I can't speak to what the common experience is for someone who is, but it just showed that even a student driving a bus part time can be taught how to properly accommodate a wheelchair user.
All the buses I've seen in Scotland either lower or pop out ramps for wheelchair users, the elderly, and people pushing prams (it's at the driver's discretion so they'd probably do it if they saw someone using crutches too etc) . In my experience, most people are very polite on public transportation and never rush these passengers. Possibly because there are so many that everyone is just used to them needing more time and care. Thanking the drivers is also a must. 😂 People are definitely likely to jump in and offer help if someone needs it.
Yeah in my city almost all bus drivers lower the front by the tire for anyone to get on. The only times I find a bus driver hasn't is if I'm alone at the stop (I'm an able bodied teenager) and the bus is behind schedule. I've also seen drivers kick people off of the bus for sitting in wheelchair seats when someone needed it, although it has only happened maybe 2 or 3 times in the 9 years I've been riding public transport.
I'm so grateful people study and work to improve their community's public health.
I'm from spain and when i was a kid, i had a friend whose dad had a guide dog. There were so many places that he couldn't go to because they wouldn't let dogs indoors. I lost contact with that friend years ago, but i sometimes see his dad on the street :)
Wow, I’m so grateful these girls grew from this experience and if they can spread awareness for those with disabilities that would help make the world a better place.
I had an opportunity some years ago to go to Korea to teach and life got in the way. I didn’t end up going. I have often thought of that missed opportunity over the years. Every country and culture has their problems so I don’t idealize any people but Koreans have often struck me as a people open to learning and a people who are honest with themselves. These are qualities I value and qualities not easy to come by. I still hope I can go there some day.
Look how open these lovely people were to a different way of doing things. I find this is very consistent amongst Koreans.
I will also add, they are very humble. I would have loved it there.
Awareness is a step in the direction for positive change. Learning to be considerate and compassionate to others leads to a more harmonious life for all.
As a follow up to this video, it'd be nice to invite some disabled Korean youtubers! The main one I know is OneShotHansol, and his friend, who has a guide dog features in his channel a lot, there's another Korean man, the one you featured in this video from the channel Weracle
It'd be nice to invite them and have an open discussion! America still has a long way to go, but I hope korea tries to successfully implement the anti discrimination law so people can live with support from the law.
The Americans with disabilities act made a huge improvement in the US. But designing for disabled people also helps for the elderly.
I remember when I was in Korea someone was trying to get off the subway, but the gap was too big, and their wheelchair got stuck in the gap. the doors were closing, and some people nearby ran to help. I didn't notice at first my back was to the door but thank goodness he made it out. I remember someone asking, "Are you coming in or going out?" It was a scary experience to be honest.
here in the Philippines, there's like no space for wheelchair in public buses or trains, actually almost all public transport. Not sure if the gov't doesn't prioritize it or our country is just poor that it really can't be done. My mom is disabled and I was forced to buy a small car so she can travel. What's good here is, wherever you are, people are willing to help once they see you need it. Honestly I have never taken my mom's wheelchair out of our car cause once people see my mom having a difficulty getting out of the car or having trouble standing, they come to us whatever they are doing. For that I'm really thankful to my fellow Filipinos!
even til this day, even when disabilities have been around for so so many years, people are still treated as 'inferior' because of certain idiots. and unfortunately these idiots aren't even uncommon. i hope the world learns to value people with mental and physical disabilities more, they're equal to everyone else. being born with something that makes you different doesn't mean you should be spat on by society.
my heart goes out everyday to people (and animals) with disabilities, i pray for a better world.
The thing as an American I can be proud of is the Americans With Disabilities Act. That was a game changer for the physically and mentally disabled Americans. Ramps, special parking spots, easy access to buildings like elevators for those in wheelchairs and that's just infrastructure. There's also guide dogs for the blind, those with PTSD, and special medical dogs for diabetes. Hell there is even braile for the blind in a lot of cases. We are not even getting into job and education accommodations. Back 35 years ago you were SOL when it came to going out in public or on a public bus. Thankfully, here in America the disabled at least can go out in public and get around thanks to these accommodations. Everywhere else in the world you are not that lucky if you are disabled.
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i hope videos like this get shared in schools to start teaching kids at a young age how to help their fellow human. plus itll be good for them to know what they can/cant do for the person.
plus i know kids get excited around animals, so teaching them young not to bother the working animals will be beneficial as well
I used to live in Minneapolis, MN and the bus system for wheelchairs was good. Every bus was outfitted for wheelchairs and all the drivers made sure the passenger was strapped in. We all had to wait to get on but no one complained and they always made sure the wheelchair got off first.
I had an experience one Friday. The first driver of the first bus I was one secured me the wrong way and I felt unsafe the whole bus ride. The second driver on the second bus also secured me the wrong way and I felt unsafe for that ride too.
We need to remember that all the privileges that you see in the US were hard won battles. Americans also had to fight for these rights, so if you don't see something working in your country, you have the privilege and right to fight for a change.
And I agree, education and compassion over derision and guilt.
A bit similar to the situation in Japan. While it's a bit more common to see someone with a wheelchair take the train with ease, and bus drivers are helpful with them as well. Getting around the city via sidewalk and into and out of buildings is quite difficult. Many places don't have ramps or elevators and are halls or doors are too narrow. Even a lot of side walk curbs are too high to get on and off of including the ones by cross walks.
in america its pretty illegal to deny entry to a service animal also its prohibited asking to see the service dogs license. you can either ask "is it a service dog and what disability has the dog been trained for"
Even in the US, it's not great in some places. At my college, a friend of mine who uses a cane was put on the third floor of the dorms, and the elevator broke often. She ended up missing classes or having us get food for her because sometimes the stairs were too dangerous. Disability rights are a fight in the US, though fortunately not as difficult to combat as in other countries.
I totally agree. Access in the cities is sometimes better than in the country, and it depends who is MANAGING the facilities too.