“Congrats - you’re old! Maybe this year you will try and be normal again.” This was a birthday message I received from a relative. They’re referring to my disabilities and to my Covid caution. They consider both “abnormal”. 🧵 on compassion, normalcy & chronic illness. /1
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I’m sick & tired of the insinuation that being disabled means we’re abnormal. That we simply need to “try harder” and we will no longer be sick - or that our illnesses are a personal failing. Temporarily abled people always seem to think it’s OUR fault we are sick. /2