one thing i will always hate is people treating me like me being HSN and having many disabilities and disorders gets me "unconditional love and acceptance" and that it's all easier for me. when no, it really isnt at all. higher needs folk can still be abused, neglected, unacknowledged by family and caretakers, it's all real, it's all possible.
since my currently legal guardian, legally what i call my mother, took me under her care, i have not been cared for properly at all. medically neglected, she's denied the existence of my autism even though its always been here clear and loud, denies my disabilities to this day and makes my life much harder than it already is and so much more.
people wont understand, that being HSN doesn't shelter me from neglect and abuse from my family, it actually makes me way more vulnerable in that situation compared to others, because im not independent at all.
"you all are always accepted and understood" no, not exactly, we dont. what about specialised schools for the disabled exploiting higher support needs children? what about the dehumanisation from society and even caretakers? being institutionalised into mental hospitals? posts online from parents who are so disappointed their child is born this way? the constant infantilism? comparing us to little children who know nothing, speaking about us saying "she/he/they has/have the ""mental age"" of a one year old", what about the higher support needs folk who COULD HAVE continued education who wanted to and had the ability to pursue further education but were denied of doing so just because they have higher support needs?
do you call all of this our "always" "unconditional love, respect, understanding and acceptance" ? because i don't.
so please and thank you, get rid of this mindset that "HSN folk have it easier and get accepted and loved all the time".
