disabilityhealth:

Sometimes I use t-rex logic for my joint pain: 

If I don’t move it, maybe it won’t hurt me

How abled people treat mentally disabled people in comparison to physically disabled people

disabledtalk:

lesbeux:

[Text description: A diagram that begins with “Are you mentally or physically disabled?” and then branches off.  One branch is labelled “mentally” and another “physically”.  Both end in “like shit”.]

thatautismfeel:

That autism feel when you flat iron your naturally wavy hair and then you can’t stop touching it because it’s so silky and smooth and soft and stimmy

#spoonieprobs

cfids-man:

chronicpain09:

do other spoonies have those moments when your on your floor in agonizing pain and you think you should go to the ER but then your just like “nah they wont help anyways” so you just continue to lie there 

Yes, I’ve waited to see if I was going to die

“High-functioning” is not reassuring me; it is reassuring you

pleasedontcallmenormal:

I heard the word “high-functioning” six times when I got the results of my Autism assessment. I hear it again every time my parents tell someone I am Autistic. The sentiment is there every time someone tries to tell me me I really have Asperger’s and not Autism. 

They think they are complimenting me. That they are reassuring me that I am still somewhat human- somewhat worthy of respect. They don’t understand that every time they use this word to describe me, my anxiety only increases.

The thing about “high-functioning” is it becomes an expectation. More than an expectation: a requirement.

When you’re respected for being  considered high-functioning, it implies the “low-functioning” people don’t deserve the same respect. 

And you’re left knowing that people don’t truly respect you- but the image you put on to survive. And you know that if you let yourself slip in their eyes into the “low-functioning” category, the respect they have for you slips away too.

Will you still be respected if you have meltdown or go non-verbal in public?

Will you keep your friends if you flap or rock around them?

 Will the world still respect you when you’re no longer just a shy,slightly awkward, quirky “high-functioning” aspie?

Will the world still accept you when you are no longer their Sheldon Cooper?

And if not, then what?