They/Them || 22 years old || Diagnosed DID system || "One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason." || Love is a human right || Black lives matter || Abortion is healthcare || Free Palestine || FABIA
disabled ppl we need to start lying to nosy people okay? you tell me i'm too young to need a cane and i will tell you point blank that maybe you should tell that to the guy who ran me over. you don't get an explanation of my health issues you get lies and depending on how much of an asshole i want to be that lie will be anything from a humble car crash to a 1 billion lions attack. mind yr business.
"i could never live like that" well maybe you'll have to because this happened overnight. yeah you heard me i was the most able bodied man in the world but then one morning bam i woke up disabled. yeah you could have that too. there's no cure either you'll just wake up one morning and now you have to live like me
I literally woke up one day and was suddenly disabled. The extreme stress of caring for my dying grandpa triggered the onset of an invisible chronic illness, and I could no longer stand up. At all.
Now, most of the time, you'll think I look like an able bodied, average person. But when the symptoms hit, they hit hard. I have laid flat on the cold, dirty Walmart floor, and I would never have done that given an actual choice. Nobody owes you an explanation for their illnesses/disabilities.
An asteroid landed in my front yard and was so radioactive that it rendered me permanently ill, Karen, I'll use the fucking wheelchair if I want.