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special shout-outs to people who:

• won’t get better

• are terminally ill

• can’t be adequately treated/treated at all

• can’t afford treatment

• will die soon

• considered/are considering MAiD

• have problems that aren’t temporary

• have diseases that aren’t being researched

• are angry about being disabled/sick

• are sad about being disabled/sick

• are bitter about disabled/sick

• don’t want to joke about their sickness or disability

we’re still deserving of community

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wdym we laid together on their couch for like forever WDYM IM GNEUINLEY CONFUSED 😭😭😭

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we’re cooked 😭

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DAY 26 - Fidgeting

When autistic folks feel anxious, bored or restless (among other things), fidgeting can help us burn off & regulate energy, so we can focus & get through otherwise difficult tasks & situations. If it doesn't harm or hurt anyone, don't make a big deal out of it.

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My tattoo artist told me his teenage son came out to him as trans by giving him a bunch of blue cupcakes and a greeting card that said "it's a boy!"

"That's cute," I said.

"It was NOT cute!" he snapped. "I thought he was pregnant."

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7 🙁🙁🙁 BUT THAYS NOT A TERRIBLE THING !!!!!

rb with your straight number

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Sorry for infodumping about my special interest out of nowhere, you said a keyword and it activated my unskippable dialogue

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me when someone randomly pats my back:

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DAY 20 - Executive Dysfunction

Oy... nothing quite like struggling so much to organize all the things you could do (or need to do) until you can't do any of them. It isn't always like this... but man, I wish it never was.

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Something I think people who don’t live with chronic illness don’t understand is that there is a big difference between resting to get better and resting to avoid getting worse.

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me once the first fall cold hits:

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It would be really cool if I could stop randomly feeling insanely depressed out of nowhere

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yeah, sorry i exhibited symptoms of the disorder i told you i have. it will happen again because i have that disorder and will continue having it. hope this helps!! 🫶🫶🫶

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boomers be like "nobody had autism or ADHD when I was a kid!"

probably because back then, neurodivergent folks were dismissed as "insane" or "r-worded" and were thrown into mental asylums. and before that they were straight up just given hard drugs or lobotomies.

it's almost like as time goes on and technology/research evolves, so does our understanding of human beings and the inner workings of the mind.

WEIRD, RIGHT?

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My controversial opinion is that I think chronically ill people should be able to fight one doctor a year

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btw disabled people. please make things easier for yourself in any way you can. shit is hard enough already we don’t need to refuse ourselves any help we can get