#ActuallyAutistic #Adhd #AuDHD #dyspraxia #hyperphantasia #neurodivergent
I feel like I’m not always fully situated in my body and my senses. My thoughts are so vivid and so intense they sometimes feel more real and more strong than reality. Sometimes I have to take a moment to remember I have a body, and am on an earth, in a room.
It’s not quite dissociating. It’s more just being really in my head all the time? I come back to earth and it’s…not dull. But just so solid and less nebulous.
The amount of times I’ve seen “well if you can’t do that on your own you’re never gonna make it in the real world.”
Buddy, I have friends and family in the real world. They love me and, believe it or not, don’t wanna throw me to the wolves.
And actually, lots of disabled people with my same needs and less privilege die or go homeless. So your “you might as well just die 😊.” Eugenics take isn’t as cute as you think it is.
Disabled people are allowed to need help.
#ActuallyAutistic #NeurodiverseSquad #disability #disabled
Normalize disabled people needing support.
Normalize us needing to live with our parents for longer—without accusing us of being “giant children,”. Relying on friends and family to help us with basic tasks like cooking, cleaning, driving, time management, etc. without accusing us of “weaponized incompetence,” or “leeching off others,” and without telling us “your disability isn’t an excuse to burden others”.
the-jennster