I'm a firm believer in making space for marginalized people. I am a minority in many ways, except that I am white. I acknowledge that privilege, and try to use it to benefit others.
December 12th is always an emotional day for me. It's my late wife Barbara's birthday, and the #grief wells up and spills out.
Today was absolutely just such a day. And to top it off, my roommate went off on a rant about how my depth of feeling on that topic is wrong and unhealthy. Not her words. I cleaned it up.
I had a huge meltdown as a result. Now I'm exhausted, and in pain. I'm turning in for tonight. I hope.
"Woman told exhaustion was just ‘A-level stress’ overcomes debilitating diagnosis: Elizabeth Hope, who was diagnosed with ME, has since overcome her adversity to become an award-winning wheelchair dancer"
Disability At Home:
"This website documents the ingenuity and creativity that caregivers and disabled people, including those with chronic illnesses, use every day to make home accessible..."
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"When someone leaves a note on a car or makes a comment, they are making rash judgments about someone they’ve never even met and enacting a gross injustice on someone who faces daily obstacles already.
"4. If someone would like to help those with #disabilities, there are better ways to do this than by leaving notes on someone’s car or making disdainful comments... You can spread the word that many disabilities are invisible and learn more about why disability and illness are often considered “invisible.”..."
"Those with #disabilities face hurdles every day the able-bodied cannot fathom. If you are concerned that the #disabled are getting a “privilege” that is somehow “undeserved,” you are entitled to your opinion but please don’t act on it."
"an OCR investigation revealed a State denied a
prospective parent with #ChronicFatigueSyndrome & other disabilities the opportunity to become a foster parent"