Why is it that disabled people are made to feel like they should be apologize for their disabilities and accommodations? Like, it feels like I have to constantly apologize if I'm not projecting the best health at all times. But all of my apologizing (for that) is a sham. No, I'm not sorry that I get so burntout I need to regularly take days off. I'm not sorry I need you to shut up for a moment because sound is painful to me. I'm not sorry I forgot about that assignment because I dissociated through you assigning it. I'm not sorry I need to stim. I'm not sorry that I just ticced. I'm not sorry that I can't talk right now. I'm not sorry I can't stand around for a while without finding a chair. I'm not sorry I need to step outside for a moment. I'm not sorry I have to sleep in. I'm not sorry I can't go in today because I'm too anxious. And I'm only barely sorry I couldn't get whatever thing you needed done because of my executive function issues. Yet if I don't grovel enough for forgiveness for accommodating my disabilities, I know others won't be willing to in the future, and that's with an official autism and adhd diagnosis, and being medically recognized by my therapist with a dissociative disorder.












