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while me post most about nonverbal nonspeaking because intellectual/developmental disabilities, here something about become nonspeaking after/because medical crisis in 2022 & tracheotomy & muscular dystrophy, by alice wong.

I Lost My Ability to Speak After Surgery — Here’s What the Passy Muir<em>®</em> Valve Means to Me

The Passy Muir® Valve was created by a disabled man to enable people like activist Alice Wong, who have experienced tracheostomies or are ve

overview: “This is a 2-3 minute audio letter to the late David Muir, a disabled man who invented the Passy Muir® Valve, an attachment that enables people with tracheostomies to speak. As a newly nonspeaking person, this letter allows me to share my thoughts on the desire to speak and reflections on silence.”

I paused to consider the phrase “dignity through speech.” There is dignity in silence too. Silence does not mean a person is voiceless, as there are millions of nonspeaking people who use gestures, sign language, writing, technology, and other means to communicate with the world.

I live in a world of silence that is not lesser or devoid of richness. My reality is just different. Silence forces me to be more thoughtful and intentional in considering what I want to say and how I say it when I type into my speech-to-text app, which listeners to this letter are hearing now.

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The worlds of speech and silence intersect and overlap. Silence isn’t static or limiting. Silence is not an empty void. Silence has a landscape of its own. Silence has its own dimension, a space that enables another way of thinking and being. There is dignity in all forms of communicating.

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-otomy: meanings & etymology

the suffix "-otomy" is a medical term that means to 'cut into' or 'make an incision' in part of the body. it derives from the greek word 'tómos', which means "cutting, sharp, separate".

examples below depict victorian dialogues of a tracheotomy, a surgical procedure creating an opening in the neck and trachea, which then allows for a tube to be interted in order for ventilation or the prevention of blockages in the windpipe.

sources: -https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/tracheotomy-management/introduction-the-history-of-tracheotomy/EA716B78D9316D3D27B6B7C46436EB1F- https://www.jaypeedigital.com/eReader/chapter/9788184489293/ch1

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Someone please help me understand.

I called to see if I qualified for the Covid vaccine, since it's not currently available to the general public in my state unless they are 65 and older, a healthcare worker, or age 16+ with an approved pre-existing condition, and I discovered that tracheotomy patients and ASTHMA PATIENTS are not eligible for the vaccine.

But you know what is? Obesity.

Now, I'm not fat shaming; all bodies are beautiful (and I have a BMI of 50, after all) but what exactly is it about being obese that makes that demographic more at risk from the disease than asthma and tracheotomy patients, people with genuine pulmonary conditions? This is a genuine question, someone please help me understand. If there are any healthcare workers familiar with this subject, I would love an answer.

So, I can still get the vaccine (for which I am grateful, don’t get me wrong) but not for my actual pulmonary condition... CDC, whyyyyyyyy?

(Anti-vaxxers, don’t clown on this post.)