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Started March 18, 2019 by @starry

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People don't realize that mental illnesses can be as bad, if not worse as physical problems.

Yep

OCD is overlooked because I physically can, but I won't. I'd hurt myself just to "fix" a small detail.

,, idk if id go so far as to say they're worse than physical problems, but theyre definitely as important and majorly overlooked

I wouldn't say all are worse, but some are. Just like some physical problems are. It just depends on your condition.

i don't know if alopecia counts as a disability
but i can wear a hat in school
sometimes people ask me why and i say a medical condition
and they're like, "what medical condition?"
IF I DON'T SAY THEN DO YOU THINK I WANT YOU TO KNOW!?!

My brother can relate sooooo much. His teachers say nothings wrong it’s just behavior. It’s noooottttt it’s his CP not behavior.

your brother has alopecia??

No, Cerebral palsy. I couldn’t spell it so I just made an acronym. My mom also believe he has slight autism.

i don't know if alopecia counts as a disability
but i can wear a hat in school
sometimes people ask me why and i say a medical condition
and they're like, "what medical condition?"
IF I DON'T SAY THEN DO YOU THINK I WANT YOU TO KNOW!?!

My brother can relate sooooo much. His teachers say nothings wrong it’s just behavior. It’s noooottttt it’s his CP not behavior.

your brother has alopecia??

No, Cerebral palsy. I couldn’t spell it so I just made an acronym. My mom also believe he has slight autism.

oooooooh
interesting

No, Cerebral palsy. I couldn’t spell it so I just made an acronym. My mom also believe he has slight autism.

as much as I understand what you're saying, id like to add something, and just to clarify I don't mean to sound rude but tone over the internet is weird so sorry if this sounds mean I really don't mean it that way.
"slight autism" doesn't exist. someone is either autistic or not. Now if you mean high-functioning autistic, that's different and I have a different thing id like to add regarding functioning labels.
The functioning labels that are assigned to us as autists are very much based on an outsider's ability to notice our autistic traits and can be more dependant on masking than how much our autism affects us in our everyday lives. id like to point out that even for other disabilities, functioning labels are relative. I function well in a one on one conversation but as soon as you put me in a crowd im suddenly much less functional, it strongly depends on environment, not to say that autism or other disabilities don't affect my daily life or the lives of others, but personally I find functioning labels kinda dumb and just wanted to explain that here.
just to say it again, I mean no offense in pointing this out. I had a long conversation with a person yesterday on functioning labels being relative and they didn't understand and I just needed to rant so sorry for the long post

No, Cerebral palsy. I couldn’t spell it so I just made an acronym. My mom also believe he has slight autism.

as much as I understand what you're saying, id like to add something, and just to clarify I don't mean to sound rude but tone over the internet is weird so sorry if this sounds mean I really don't mean it that way.
"slight autism" doesn't exist. someone is either autistic or not. Now if you mean high-functioning autistic, that's different and I have a different thing id like to add regarding functioning labels.
The functioning labels that are assigned to us as autists are very much based on an outsider's ability to notice our autistic traits and can be more dependant on masking than how much our autism affects us in our everyday lives. id like to point out that even for other disabilities, functioning labels are relative. I function well in a one on one conversation but as soon as you put me in a crowd im suddenly much less functional, it strongly depends on environment, not to say that autism or other disabilities don't affect my daily life or the lives of others, but personally I find functioning labels kinda dumb and just wanted to explain that here.
just to say it again, I mean no offense in pointing this out. I had a long conversation with a person yesterday on functioning labels being relative and they didn't understand and I just needed to rant so sorry for the long post

It's fine. That's very informative.

guys it's crazy sock day for downs syndrome

That's cool!

i'm wearing purple black grey and silver ones

I don't have crazy socks on but I can put some on after school!

Rad

I miss that word.