for fucks sake

why isnt there like... a class on known disabilities in school

literally, i just learned about Visual Snow, something that i feel like i should've known is A Thing for ages and ages, not all disabilities are visible, why the fuck are we not increasing awareness of them???

knowledge of these things *allows* people to understand and/or anticipate them, it also decreases the whole "you're just making this up" since whatever you learn in school often is more trusted than whatever people learn "random people" to trust for

seriously, some people live with this shit, and nobody knows about it

literally 1 or 2 classes, just listing the various types, or the various categories, or the ways people *can* have disabilities, would be immensely helpful

arghhhh

@ShadowJonathan some people live with this shit and don't even realise that *they* have it because it's never been described properly.

I thought everyone just had all this shit in their field of vision and this was normal.
@lucretia ? what'd you have?
@ShadowJonathan as far as I can tell, Visual Snow. I heard it described by someone on fedi a while back, and then I looked it up, I just assumed all this visual noise was how everybody's vision functioned.
It's not really impairing in any way for me, it's more inconvenient than anything. I know it's often associated with migraines which luckily I haven't had to deal with for many years now.