Me When The Disability Disables Me: Oh What The Fuck? This Sucks. What The Hell Man!

me when the disability disables me: oh what the fuck? this sucks. what the hell man!

there’s a widespread pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak in the USA right now

ABC News

Whooping cough cases on the rise, nearly 3 times as high as last year: CDC

Whooping cough cases are on the rise with at least 4,864 reported this year, nearly three times higher than the 1,746 cases reported at the

protect yourselves and immunocompromised people. wear a mask if you don’t already.

Autism thing i hate that it’s considered rude to not like a food and not want to eat it. And i hate that i have to be all apologetic about it instead of people just understanding that foods just aren’t for everyone and a person not wanting to eat something isn’t an insult to anyone’s cooking

Sometimes us chronically ill/disabled folk will make the choice to have a day out when we know what the end result will be. We'll go out and have fun knowing we'll be stuck in bed for the next several days.

Even if we take it slow

Even if we only do low-impact activities

Even if we're mindful of our bodies and super duper extra careful

We'll still be recovering for a while.

That doesn't mean it wasn't worth it. It means we weighed the risks and rewards and made a choice. Most of the time I'm at home. But sometimes I'll go out and return with a flare up and some good memories. And that's okay too.