Disabilities suck. They make you feel left out. They take away things that you wish you had. It is much harder to do things. You get left out of things that you wish you could do. Some people are luckier, some extremely unlucky.
But without them, who would you be. They may be a curse, but you can think differently. Get different opportunities that normal people have. Difference should not be shamed it should be celebrated.
#1
As a person with progressive hearing loss, it is hard for me to hear.
My hearing aids malfunction.
They get full of water from humidity.
It’s hard to tune sounds out.
I can’t swim with them
Dogs love them.
My hearing aids malfunction.
They get full of water from humidity.
It’s hard to tune sounds out.
I can’t swim with them
Dogs love them.
But, without them, life would be so much harder. I can hear normally. I can be myself. I can almost hear like other people.
Second “disability”: ADD. Similar to adhd, but not as hyper.
This is a “good” disability because it lets me do things differently than other people. I can hyper focus very well, so that can help.
The problem is that I don’t like doing boring, repetitive work. And that was half of middle school.
This is a “good” disability because it lets me do things differently than other people. I can hyper focus very well, so that can help.
The problem is that I don’t like doing boring, repetitive work. And that was half of middle school.
3points
#2
I have autism and anxiety, and I get overwhelmed easily, and when I get overwhelmed I start to have a panic attack, I wish I didn’t have panic attacks and could just exist normally, but that for sure ain’t happening. It’s just very difficult to deal with my autism and anxiety, and I’m pretty sure I might be slightly depressed, but they haven’t tested me for that, so I guess I’ll never know.
3points
#3
It’s not a disability but it makes me feel isolated at times. I have a few forms of synesthesia and it means that my perception of a lot of things is different from that of a normal person which sometimes makes me feel lonely because I struggle to put into normal words about the way I feel something is. For example, if I want to talk about the taste of a food then I can’t use words like “round” or “orange” to describe it because people will judge me and they won’t understand so I have to either shut up and not say anything or find another way to explain it in normal terms
2points
#4
Well, this might be a long one...
Growing up on the Autism spectrum, when there wasn't an Autism Spectrum ......
So context? Diagnosed on the spectrum at 50..... After 14 years of total meltdown and social isolation...
Bad bits?
Depression, crippling anxiety, confusion. The need to rehearse every damn social interaction, so as to appear normal.... The lonliness as as child.... " he's just shy.","he just likes being alone".... As a teen? " Doesn't join in, talking about sex? Must be gay", "only friends with girls? must be gay"..... Then 1984 came around......
Punk rock, a place to belong, with all the other freaks.....
Good bits?
I can't read sexual signals ( and asexual, anyway.....that bit of my brain just doesn't work!!), so I have had the most beautiful friendships with women, the ability to remove sex from the equation, has meant I have had some glorious, intimate,loving friendships...... So that's a bonus....
And the whole autistic cliché about obsession ( you know, star trek, science, nerdy stuff?),
Yeah, that's true.... I just have an encyclopedic knowledge of punk and Gothic rock.......
( can't remember my own phone number but know Everything about punk rock....)
So OK, autism f* cking sucks, but, you know, it's sort of cool , sometimes.....
Growing up on the Autism spectrum, when there wasn't an Autism Spectrum ......
So context? Diagnosed on the spectrum at 50..... After 14 years of total meltdown and social isolation...
Bad bits?
Depression, crippling anxiety, confusion. The need to rehearse every damn social interaction, so as to appear normal.... The lonliness as as child.... " he's just shy.","he just likes being alone".... As a teen? " Doesn't join in, talking about sex? Must be gay", "only friends with girls? must be gay"..... Then 1984 came around......
Punk rock, a place to belong, with all the other freaks.....
Good bits?
I can't read sexual signals ( and asexual, anyway.....that bit of my brain just doesn't work!!), so I have had the most beautiful friendships with women, the ability to remove sex from the equation, has meant I have had some glorious, intimate,loving friendships...... So that's a bonus....
And the whole autistic cliché about obsession ( you know, star trek, science, nerdy stuff?),
Yeah, that's true.... I just have an encyclopedic knowledge of punk and Gothic rock.......
( can't remember my own phone number but know Everything about punk rock....)
So OK, autism f* cking sucks, but, you know, it's sort of cool , sometimes.....
2points
#5
It's forced me to do some serious self-reflection and a lot of work on myself. In my state, I'm designated as SMI-Severely Mentally Ill. That designation qualified me for disability, but more importantly, it qualified me for health insurance-which includes therapy and vocational rehabilitation. This program is allowing me to go to school at no cost to me. I get to start learning next January so that I can go to work.
1point