So, I'd think that my boss was trying to make me crazier than I already am, if I thought he were smart enough to pull something like that off on purpose. As it stands, my declining mental stability and the amusement it seems to give him as all been do to a series of 'happy accidents' it would seem. In the past two months he has completely gone off ( Read more... )

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I mostly manage to do things for myself. Putting out trash and putting away my shopping are totally beyond me though, so (after much arguing from family and friends) I finally caved and booked a carer to come in once a week for 2 hours. They were supposed to put away my shopping once it was delivered and do any light domestic stuff I needed doing ( Read more... )

My primary care doctor sucks. I have to date gotten into fights with her three times, all regarding her being unable to respect my ability to make decisions about my own care.

One of the worst things about her is that she is weirdly buttmad about physical therapy.

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hey, sorry for posting again in such a short period of time! i just wanted to let you all know about a tumblr about disabilities i co-run with three other women ( Read more... )

Cut for disabilist slurs.

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I have asthma and I also have acid reflux disease. Both of these conditions mean that I cough. Now, 99.9 percent of the time I cover my mouth when I cough, but on occasion my hands are full or I'm wearing so many layers of clothes I can't raise my arms up high enough to cover my mouth ( Read more... )

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Ok, I need to vent about this. My roommate is new to town and new to being without a car, and apparently today she took the bus to Walmart to go shopping. When she returned she went on a 20-minute long rant about how terrible the bus system is. Now I'm a bit biased, and maybe she just had a bad experience, but I happen to think our bus system is ( Read more... )

Lately I've been seeing the concept of the "gifted, magical, successful disabled person" being held up as a shining example of what all of us poor, lazy, not-trying-hard-enough disabled people could do if only we had a positive attitude and TRIED HARDER ( Read more... )