Not telling your kid they have a learning disability, chronic illness, mental illness etc. so they can “feel normal” actually does the opposite. They will not feel normal if they do not have the context to understand that their normal will be different from that of their peers.
i think what ppl who don't like cats do not understand is a cat will scuffle with u even if it likes u. sometimes more. a cat biting you or kicking you isn't because they hate u its because they are little predator animals and they like to play. they're also 2 feet tall and don't have hands and their mouth is the only thing they can Get Stuff with and it's full of tiny razor teeth. not their fault!!
Hey. You. The American teenager inexplicably reading this. Don't join the US military. You're better than that. The military is a bunch of cops. Are they technically diverse and inclusive? On some level, kind of, almost. But their job is to kill people. They kill innocent people every day. They abuse their own members, especially their members who aren't white cis het middle class Christian men. The US exists through perpetual violence against the global working class, including its own working class. The military is how it carries out a large portion of that violence. You deserve better. You're better than that. Don't join.
There is so much “positivity” surrounding the idea that you can do anything. No matter what. Regardless of chronic illness, mental illness or whatever else. You just have to put your mind to it.
And you know what? That’s bullshit. There are things we can’t do and we will often feel ashamed or harm ourselves trying.
Even if someone else with a similar experience can do something, it doesn’t mean you should automatically be able to. Even if you could do the same thing yesterday, it doesn’t mean you always have to be able to.