Questions, continued

How should I act when I meet a disabled person at a social gathering? There it would be normal to say, “hi”, yet at what point, if at all, should I mention the disability, and what can I say that’s neither hurtful, nor annoying, nor tactless?

All of life is a learning curve – and mine has been perpendicular, at times! Being disabled offers no special access in itself to wisdom, tolerance or kindness. But, with the benefit of some hindsight, I might say that meeting people at social gathering...