25% of people are disabled in the USA, and about 20% are disabled globally.
It's common from what I've seen online and in person for disabled people to have more than one medical condition and/or disability.
Disability is defined as "a physical or mental condition that hinders a person's activity and movement, or their senses." -Paraphrased from Google Search
70% of disabled people live with family.
47% of young adults aged 18-35 live with their family.
80% of disabled people dont have a job/cant work.
About 1 out of 2 people only have a highschool degree. And 1/2 people have an associate's degree. 1/3-1/4 people have a bachelor's. 1/5-1/6 people have a master's degree.
50% of the USA population earns low wages, or below a stable income, below $35K/year.
About 20-30% of autistic people do work. The rest can't work, either because they are mentally unfit for working (can't work within a job system) or they don't have the correct accessibility or accommodations made for them to work.
I'm doing perfectly fine. I'm not a failure.
The systems are actively working against me to make it as hard as possible for me to get by.
Every year I grow older is a CELEBRATION, NOT another noose around the neck. Growing older is a good thing.
My worth as a person isn't boiled down to education, money, house, car, job.
My worth is in me as a person. I'm just grateful for another year alive.
And I hope that one day, I won't fear growing older, because it sucks being scared instead of happy that you've survived another year.
