How do you know how long to look at a cripple person?

I dont want to be rude staring at them but its rude to not even look at them too right? Like someone in a wheelchair you cant just act like they dont exist so how long can you look at one before it becomes rude?

This is a serious question

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SomeMichGuy · M

...if this is serious, you might want to say "crippled", but why do you need help just being human?

Treat them like anyone else: smile warmly say hi...

They didn't shift species, emotions, etc., by being in a wheelchair.

SoulAsylum · 36-40, M

@SomeMichGuy i am serious. I have no social skills so i feel odd of i dont look at them and if i do i dont want them to think im staring you know.

SomeMichGuy · M

@SoulAsylum Well, just think of them as *people*. All the "-ism"-s about people really come down to this:

NOT treating others as persons in the sense which *you* expect/demand for yourSELF.

So...use the Golden Rule. Treat others how *you'd* want to be treated.

If you were in a wheelchair, would you want people to stare at YOU? Probably not. So don't.

Look at that person as much as you look at others.

Social stuff is hard.