Hello disabled comrades! This week, I am feeling very relieved for the ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Palestinian hostages. I hope we are all doing okay. If you’re just surviving, barely making it through — I see you and I’m proud of you; and I hope this week brings you a little joy.
As always, we ask that in order to participate in the weekly megathread, one self-identifies as some form of disabled, which is broadly defined in the community sidebar:
“Disability” is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.
Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.
I’m not sure what you mean by this, could you elaborate?
“My child/employee has [insert medical condition]? Meaning they need special attention that I can’t provide or afford? No, I think it must be that they’re just “special”. We’re all different. ADHD can be a superpower! Just look how well I did. You don’t need therapy/medication/tailored environment. Just suffer and get through it, at whatever physical/mental cost! You don’t deserve a comfortable life.”