#selfdxisvalid

[antichristangelbabes]

I know I’m really fat now, but it’s mind boggling how far back my fingers and thumbs go when I bend them. They were always like this. I showed my bff (who has hEDS) a picture of me from 10 years ago when I weighed less via text, she drew circles at the points where my arms bend the wrong way. They’ve always done that too! She texted me back saying “babe, you have EDS arms!”

When I was a child, say, up until I was 9, I used to freak out my teachers because my arms bent the wrong way all the time. The horror on their faces confused me as an autistic person. I had no idea why they were so scared.

[neurodiversityclassroom-blog]

#SelfDxIsValid

Too often, valuable community members are silenced based on their diagnosis status. This causes harm to all of us, as insights are lost, internalized ableism and oppression strengthened, and gatekeeping is favored over helping people. Beginning on Tuesday, February 9, we will be tweeting in support of self diagnosed advocates as active, fully valid community members. Please join us. Use #SelfDxIsValid Thanks for your support!