Realistically, what an adult should say to her in this situation is that we don't treat her special because we take pity on her, but simply because she needs it. Look, are we supposed to let people in a wheelchair crawl up the stairs? It obviously is ridiculous. Although from another point of view, she really isn't disabled, she herself stated her hearing weakness can be compensated by an hearing aid. Me needing glasses doesn't make me disabled in most people's eyes, simply because it is so common and easily circumventable.
You're comparing apples and oranges when you are comparing her hearing to correctable vision. To equate to glasses, it would be like if your vision is so poor that even with corrective lenses, you are still only able to correct to 20/200 (which qualifies for legal blindness in the US). There are clearly a range of degrees of hearing and vision loss. So yes, Kanon's still disabled. Disability comes in many forms and appearances, and we shouldn't say that one disability doesn't count just because it is less burdensome than another.
As far as becoming too dependent on the friend, my guess would be Kanon just grew too accustomed to her friend always being there and saying "I don't mind, I'll help you, whatever you need", and just became too reliant on her as a result. It grew to be too much for her friend and she lashed out; which can be understandable for middle school aged kids. They probably just need to sit down and just talk it out.
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