coming back to say hi and to do my due diligence on asking about your disabilities. is there any particular aspect of it you find the easiest to talk about? to others or just internally. what’s some progress you’ve done in the past year? no matter how big or small
hiii alaska thank you!! this genuinely means a lot :,) quick side note i dont really consider it an obligation or due diligence i just want to be open for ppl to learn!!
also quick disclaimer hiiii my name is aimee (any prns, my emoji is 🦼) and i hold all our disability confidence and knowledge!!
the easiest thing for me to talk about is kind of hard because i dont necessarily feel like its hard to talk about any of what i personally deal with? the only thing i can think of right now is, with our EDS specifically it causes issues that are “TMI” to talk about (and im not going to talk ab that without consent) that a lot of people wouldn’t guess that it causes! i find that aspect harder to talk about due to the nature of it so im kind of answering your question backwards lol. i guess the easiest thing to talk about is what accoms i use and how it afflicts my daily life! this kind of goes for our mental illnesses and disorders too
some progress is we’ve gotten way more comfortable w using our physical aids as well as did a lot of internal work to learn how to deal with our DPD and HPD specifically! obviously we’re still learning but we have a really great and patient support system that im really thankful for
one of my favorite disability related moments of this year was talking to our partner (@rab-ler) about how he feels about us using our wheelchair in public and learning more about its perspective on it :) long story short hx made us feel very loved and cared for
ty again for asking alaska sorry for being the yapper !!!!
