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happy disability pride to
- disabled people who live with their parents or carers
- disabled people who dropped out of school because of their disability
- disabled people who struggle to feel like they "count" as disabled
- disabled people who feel like their conditions are treated like jokes by others (ibs, ocd, menstrual disorders, etc etc.)
- disabled people who feel like they aren't seen by the wider community
- disabled people who feel like they're taking one step forward and two steps back
- disabled people who get stared at and hate it
and so on! disability pride is for every disabled person but it's nice to get a shout out and feel part of the community !
You know what, happy Disability Pride Month to everybody who is always the youngest patient in the waiting room at your specialists' offices.
disabled people: i’m not able to work anymore
insurance: can you do a bunch of work to prove your disability to us so we can confirm you can’t work
When you've been told your whole life that expressing any emotional reaction is dramatic so now you can't tell the difference between whether or not your emotional reaction to something is dramatic or normal
Can we just take a second to acknowledge how absolutely traumatizing and terrifying it is to lose your health? Feeling yourself decline, not knowing if you’ll get worse, but knowing the permanency of your new reality, is scary.
Often we don’t hear about the fear that comes along with health decline. We are praised for being strong and for enduring so much. We try to keep going despite the terrifying feelings of knowing there is no going back from this. There’s a lot of trauma we face, a lot of grieving, and a lot of repressed fears.
So I’m just here to say that these feelings are valid and you’re not alone.
gtfolaurie
