Why Will PWD Ranking And Various PWD Social Pecking Order Hierarchies Always Exist Within The PWD Community?

***Why Will “PWD Ranking” And Various “Disability Social (Pecking Orders) Hierarchies” Always Be Ingrained And Always Exist Within The PWD Community?***

Ever since the PWD Community has always existed, there has always been “PWD Ranking” and various “Disability Social (Pecking Orders) Hierarchies” within the PWD Community. It seems like that “PWD Ranking” and various “Disability Social (Pecking Orders) Hierarchies” will always exist and will always be ingrained within the PWD Community.

Here is one example of a Disability Hierarchy that I found on the Internet.

***Disability Hierarchy Chart***
1. Wheelchair Users (At the top of the Disability Hierarchy)
2. Quads and Parapalegics
3. Amputees
4. Vision Impaired and Hearing Impaired
5. Neurodiverse
6. Cognitvely Challenged
7. Mentally Ill
8. Others… (At the bottom of the Disability Hierarchy)

According to the the example of the above “Disability Hierarchy” that I have found, I will be considered and acknowledged to have THE HIGHEST RANKED DISABILITY STATUS within the PWD Community by certain PWDs since I am FORCED to use a manual wheelchair (WC), and two Power Mobility Devices (PMDs) which are an electric power-chair and an electric power scooter.

***There are various different types of “Disabilities Hierarchies” within the PWD Community.***

I know that Non-PWDs (Outsiders) and Mainstream Society (Outsider Society) has treated PWDs and the PWD Community like “dirt” in various ways throughout time. I know that are various PWDs that ARE AGAINST “PWD Ranks” (PWD Ranking), and various “Disability Social Hierarchies” (Disability Social Pecking Orders) within the PWD Community for various reasons. I also know that there are some PWDs that are FOR AND WILL ALWAYS subscribe to “PWD Ranks” (PWD Ranking), and various “Disability Social Hierarchies” (Disability Social Pecking Orders) within the PWD Community for various reasons.

I think that one reason why various “PWD Ranks” (PWD Ranking) and various “Disability Social Hierarchies” (Disability Social Pecking Orders) will always be ingrained and exist within the PWD Community is because it is one way that some PWDs might use to try to make themselves feel better about themselves.

Here are the questions that I want to ask:

1. Why will “PWD Ranking” and various “Disability Social (Pecking Orders) Hierarchies” always be ingrained and always exist within the PWD Community?

2. What are reasons on why some PWDs will always be for and subscribe to “PWD Ranks” (PWD Ranking), and various “Disability Social Hierarchies” (Disability Social Pecking Orders)?

Thank You.
Both me and my only child are Social Security Administration Registered Certified Recognized Disabled Persons With Disabilities. (SSA-PWDs)
Both me and my only child are Medical Legal Registered Certified Recognized Disabled PWDs. (MLRCRD-PWDs)
I am a Registered Certified Recognized Member of the Ectodermal Dysplasias International Registry. (RCRMEDIR-PWD)
SSA-MLRCRD-PWD — RCRMEDIR-PWD — PWDRHIP — Wowasakeikcupi!
To Skinsfan: Mainstream Society (Outsider Society) has a completely different Disability Hierarchy which is “the LESS Disabled a PWD is, the HIGHER up the PWD is on the Disability Hierarchy and the MORE Disabled a PWD is, the LOWER the PWD is on the Disability Hierarchy within Mainstream Society (Outsider Society). I have heard time and time again by various PWDs that “the MORE Disabled a PWD is, the HIGHER up a PWD is on the Disability Hierarchy within the PWD Community.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: Every legitimate PWD is a “Certified-Registered Disabled PWD” one way or another even though a PWD might not be getting SSI and/or SSDI. Example: A PWD is “Certified-Registered” as Disabled by a licensed Physician in order to get a Handicapped Parking State Permit. The PWD is then listed on Department of Motor Vehicles (DVM) state records as a “Certified-Registered Disabled Driver” even though the PWD might not getting SSI and/or SSDI. Yes, Stephen Hawkins and Christopher Reeve are Certified-Registered PWDs by the fact that their Physicians have medically documented and medically certified them as having SEVERE Disabilities and a patient’s medical records CAN SERVE AS A LEGAL DOCUMENT IF NEEDED. (I know that Christopher Reeve is deceased.) Thank you for your acronym “DaPPoDA – Disabled and Proud Parent of Disabled Adults”. It is very much greatly appreciated! I will put your acronym in my private list of PWD Community Acronyms Language List.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: The only reason why I put “Registered Certified Recognized Disabled PWD” in all of my posts is to let people know that I am an actual legitmate Disabled PWD and that I am not a member of the A-DPW (Admirers, Devotees, Pretenders, Wannabes) Community.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: If you have a Handicapped Parking State Permit, then you are listed on your state’s
Department of Motor Vehicles (DVM) state records as a “Certified-Registered Disabled Driver” which means that you do have “Disabled PWD Registration Certification” by the state.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: The state in where I live at, you have to have a licensed Physician to medically certify you as a Disabled PWD on the Handicapped Parking State Permit application in which you take the Handicapped Parking State Permit application back to the DMV in order to get to get a Handicapped Parking State Permit. Yes, you are correct about Fake/Pretend PWDs can and do fake their Disabilities in order to get various Disability Accommodations and Disability Benefits (SSI/SSDI). I will always complain about Fake/Pretend PWDs scamming the government in order to get various Disability Accommodations and Disability Benefits (SSI/SSDI). I will report all Fake/Pretend PWDs that scams the government in order to get various Disability Accommodations and Disability Benefits (SSI/SSDI) if I have solid proof that a Fake/Pretend PWD is scamming the government in order to get various Disability Accommodations and Disability Benefits (SSI/SSDI).
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: To be completely honest with you, I will always complain about the A-DPW Community for various reasons.
To Skinsfan: Persons with Mental Retardation or with Mental Illness has always been towards the bottom of the Disability Hierarchy within the PWD Community. BEFORE I was FORCED to use a manual wheelchair (WC), and two Power Mobility Devices (PMDs) which are an electric power-chair and an electric power scooter, I was at the VERY BOTTOM of the Disability Hierarchy within the PWD Community and had the LOWEST PWD RANKING within the PWD Community. Since I am now FORCED to use a manual wheelchair (WC), and two Power Mobility Devices (PMDs) which are an electric power-chair and an electric power scooter, I am now at the VERY TOP of the Disability Hierarchy within the PWD Community and have the HIGHEST PWD RANKING within the PWD Community.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: Thank you for the weblink. I visited the webage and read the article. It was very interesting to read.
To Skinsfan and Teddy & Chiliswoman: Here is the weblink of where I found the Disability Hierarchy Chart that I posted if you both are interested.

http://epilepsy-paula.blogspot.com/2008/07/disability-hierarchies.html

To lioness: When I was growing up, I was virtually isolated from the PWD Community and knew nothing about
“Disabilities Hierarchies”. It was after I became an adult when I began to do
“Disabilities Studies” on my own by reading various Disabilities books written by various PWD authors is when I became aware of “Disabilities Hierarchies” and I also found various PWD websites that talks about
“Disabilities Hierarchies”. I then became aware that there is internal fighting and internal discrimination within PWD Community. When I became aware of “Disabilities Hierarchies”, internal fighting, and internal discrimination within PWD Community, I was absolutely stunned because I always thought that the entire PWD Community had the attiude of “One For All And All For One” but is not the case. There is tribalism within the PWD Community. I have read about tribalism within the Deaf Community and the Autism Community also.
To lioness: Please visit these web-links for they will prove my point(s) in what I have been saying.

“Coming Home to Disabled Country”

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze20h45/essay/guest/cominghome.html

Is Clubhouse Philosophy Breaking Down?

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze20h45/essay/clubhouse/notdisabled.html

Invisible Disabilities: FAQ List and Essay

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze20h45/disability/id_faq.html

To lioness: Here is one more web-link for you to visit for it will prove my point(s) in what I have been saying.

Owning Up to the Pecking Order and Prejudice Within the Disability Community

http://newmobility.com/articleViewIE.cfm?id=65

Here is the full title of the last web-link.

Crip Caste – Owning Up to the Pecking Order and Prejudice Within the Disability Community
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: What I have posted is truth. It is information that I have read in some PWD books that has been written by PWD book authors and that I have also read on various PWD websites.
To lioness: You are welcome. There are people that will want you to think that “all is well” within the PWD Community.
“Not all is well” within the PWD Community for various reasons. When I learned of “Disabilities Hierarchies”, internal fighting, and internal discrimination within PWD Community, it greatly saddened me because of the various divisions within the PWD Community. The entire PWD Community needs to be united as one instead of being divided. The entire PWD Community needs to remember the saying “United We Stand, Divided We Fall”. It is bad enough for the PWD Community to suffer discrimination from Mainstream Society (Outsider Society) but it is something else when there is internal discrimination within PWD Community. Internal discrimination should never happen within PWD Community.
To Skinsfan: I would have to rank you towards the bottom or at the very bottom of the Disability Hierarchy within the PWD Community.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: I am glad to see that you do acknowledge that the Disability Hierarchy does exist within the PWD Community. I am also extremely glad to hear that there are people who are trying very hard to erase the Disability Hierarchy and it’s impact and are working together Cross-Disabilities which is needed within the PWD Community. Thank you for posting The Justin D’Arts puppet Troupe web-link. I visited the website and found it very interesting.
To Skinsfan: I find it extremely funny that you would rank me at the bottom of the Disability Hierarchy. You forget that I am now a WC user and a PMD user in which using a WC and two PMDs WILL put me at the VERY TOP of the Disability Hierarchy within the PWD Community whether you like it or not. If you beat the incredible huge odds against you in getting SSI, I will still rank you towards the bottom or at the very bottom of the Disability Hierarchy within the PWD Community due to your MILD Disabilities and SEVERE Depression.
Last comment is intended for Skinsprincess.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: Thank you for the additional information. I already knew that are different Disabilities Hierarchies that are in existence within the PWD Community. PRIOR to me in posting my question I found several Disability Hierarchy that WC users are NOT at the top of some others Disabilities Hierarchies that I found.

1. Blind or Deaf (Top of Disability Hierarchy)
2. Spinal Cord Injuries
3. Congenitally-Caused Disabilities such as Spina Bifida
4. Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illnesses (Bottom of Disability Hierarchy)

1. Mild physical Disabilities that are easily overlooked by the general public. (Top of Disability Hierarchy)
2. More visible physical and sensory Disabilities (Paraplegia, Cerebral Palsy, Blindness, Deafness, etc.)
3. Developmental Disabilities
4. Mental Illness (Bottom of Disability Hierarchy)

1. Visible, Non-Physical Disability
2. Non-Physical and Non-Visible Disabilities (Bottom Of Disability Hierarchy)
Here is another Disability Hierarchy.

1. Physical Disabilities and Visual Disabilities (Top of Disability Hierarchy)
2. Hearing Disabilities
3. Mental Disabilities and persons who are perceived of having mental Disabilities (Bottom of Disability Hierarchy)
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: The reason why I posted these four other Disabilities Hierarchies is to simply demonstrate the fact that there are different opinions on which Disability (Disabilities) is/are at the top of the main Disability Hierarchy within the PWD Community. As you probably already guessed by now, I do go by the first Disability Hierarchy that I posted that has the WC users at the top of the Disability Hierarchy.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: Here are some of the Disability books that I have read:

1. The Everyday Advocate – Standing Up For Your Child With Autism
2. Ask And Tell – Self-Advocacy And Disclosure For People On The Autism Spectrum
3. Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book
4. One Person At A time – Citizen Advocacy For People With Disabilities
5. Disability Awareness – Do It Right – Your All In One Guide How To Guide – Tips, Techniques And Handouts For A Successful Awareness Day
6. The Ragged Edge – The Disability Experience From The Pages Of The First Fifteen Years Of The Disability Rag
7. No Pity – People With Disabilities Forging A New Civil Rights Movement
8. Nothing About Us Without Us – Disability Oppression And Empowerment
9. The Disability Rights Movement – From Charity To Confrontation

This is just a very small listing of a larger amount of Disability books that I have in my personal library.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: What I post is information that I have learned from Disability books and Disability websites, my interactions with other PWDs, my personal observations, and my personal experiences of being a PWD. I do realize that some of my personal PWD viewpoints are controversial which does goes against the grain but all of my personal PWD viewpoints has come from my personal experiences of being a Disabled PWD.
To Teddy & Chiliswoman: Here is another Disability book that I have read:

10: The Case Of Terri Schiavo – Ethics At The End Of Life
To Skinsprincess: The only reason why you said in what you did is because you are angry with me that I will not rank you higher on the Disability Hierarchy within the PWD Community.
To Dan: I do understand that you are not attacking me personally. One reason why I place such an extremely high emphasis on what I put on the end of every post is due to the fact that there are FAKE/PRETEND PWDs in mainstream society that try to pass themselves as actual legitimate Disabled PWDs and to establish the fact that I am an actual legitimate Disabled PWD who is a medically legally registered certified recognized Disabled PWD and that I am NOT a FAKE/PRETEND PWD. Yes, there are various types of segregation/discrimination within the PWD Community which will always be around. Concerning the division of PWDs on Local, State, and Federal levels, this type of segregation of PWDs on Local, State, and Federal levels will always be around due to the fact that it will always designate on what type of services/support a PWD is qualified/eligible for on Local, State, and Federal levels.
To Dan: The PWD needs to have an “Official Diagnosis Label” that has been given to the PWD by mainstream society in which a PWD needs if the PWD is going to recieve services/support on Local, State, and Federal levels which does lead to segregation of PWDs on Local, State, and Federal levels.
To Dan: The segregation of PWDs on Local, State, and Federal levels will put PWD against PWD for various reasons.
Wheelchair (WC)
Power Mobility Device (PMD)
Permanent Handicapped Parking Space State Permit (PHPSSP)
Registered Certified Recognized Member of the Ectodermal Dysplasias International Registry (RCRMEDIR)
Medical Legal Registered Certified Recognized Disabled (MLRCRD)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Person With Disabilities (PWD)
Person With Disabilities Rank Has Its Privileges (PWDRHIP)
Wowasakeikcupi! (Taking Back The Way!)

WC PMD PHPSSP RCRMEDIR MLRCRD SSA PWD — PWDRHIP — Wowasakeikcupi!
What exactly is a social heirarchy in the disabled community?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiKq8zEayOYMKlxYfSbM6KIjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090326053513AAqnGgq

Disable in america?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtU60kdFkLwW8FcvTQ3ZB5MjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080505083230AArZtaE

A Quick Outline On Various Disability Laws

Differentiating people on the basis of disability is a crime. Still, many people do not refrain from committing such atrocities every now and then. A daily newspaper is a real proof to this. Every day at least one such incidence is reported.

To safeguard the rights of disabled, certain laws have been formulated and acts have been devised by the American government. Under the umbrella of law, they have been given a considerable amount of protection.

In America, the disability law is regulated by the American with Disability Act (ADA). The provisions of this Act prohibits discrimination against people or individuals with any kind of disabilities. It protects them to face disabilities everywhere, be it office, home, educational institute or a public utility place.

Under the American Disability Act, disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment, which limits substantially some or all the major important activities of an individual.

Under this act, alcoholism is included as a type of disability. But the other undesirable social behaviors are excluded from being a part of this Act. For instance, various disorders in one’s sexual behavior like pedophilia, compulsive gambling, transvestism, and pyromania are excluded. But ADA does not however lists all impairments under it.

Further, ADA aims for reasonable and equal accommodation for all the disabled without any biases. The departments and agencies that can enforce the provisions under ADA are the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Justice. Apart from them, the state can pass the disability statutes. The statutes that prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities include Fair Housing Act, Individual with Disabilities Education Act, Rehabilitation Act and Air Carrier Access Act.

It is considered unlawful to discriminate any body on the aspect of denying the selling, renting or even accommodating a house, just because of an individual who is suffering from any kind of disability. This is all covered under the Fair Housing Act.

Under the Rehabilitation Act, there is prohibition of discrimination on the basis of the programs that are conducted by the Federal agencies of the States. The air carriers are prohibited to discriminate against people having any kind of disability, under the Air Carrier Access Act. Last but never the least, the Disabilities Education Act asks the various public schools, free public education to the children who are disabled but still eligible to get such kinds of education.

Disability Allowance: Understanding The Various Clauses

It is the duty of a welfare state to take care of its citizens and provide all possible support and relief that they may require from time to time. It applies specifically to those who are socially, culturally, linguistically or physically in disadvantageous position. That’s the reason why a special allowance is provided to the disabled in many countries across the globe.

Disability Allowance or Disability Living Allowance is a governmental aid provided to those who fall within the category of the disabled as defined under the relevant law. Broadly speaking, one is entitled to a disability allowance if one suffers from any such disability that makes one incapable of taking proper care of oneself. You may also get the benefit if you have serious difficulty in walking.

However, disability allowance is available only for those who are below the age of 65. Those who are above 65, are only entitled to an Attendance Allowance. The allowance is independent of whether or not you work or have any savings or not.

In case one is terminally ill with little expectation of living any longer than six months, there are special rules to ensure that the allowance is processed quickly and without hassles.

Not every one who is disabled gets the same kind of allowance, as it depends on which of the ‘components’ you are entitled to. There are two components and some may be entitled to one while some for both. If you cannot take due care of yourself and need assistance in it, you are entitled to the ‘care component’, and if you are unable to walk without help, you are entitled to the ‘mobility component’. It is possible, as mentioned earlier, for one to be entitled to both the components, in which case the amount paid is higher. The amount also depends upon the extent to which the disability affects one.

The amount is deposited into any account you wish to use and which provides for it. One may also have it collected by someone else on one’s behalf.

The associated benefits of disability allowance is that it increases the amount of money one gets from other schemes like Pension Credit, Income Support, Working Tax Credit and others.