I'm gonna curl up into a defeated ball and have a good cry today.

This denial runs so deep - people will decide they simply “don’t do sick” and shun you if you can’t hide your disabilities.

I’ve had it happen with friends & family. If my sickness remained invisible - I was tolerated. If I could no longer hide? I was abandoned:

Finally - wear a mask. Show us that you want to prevent catching (and spreading) covid. That you understand your good health is a gift and it’s not worth risking. That you care about your community.

Fight with us - not against us. /end

I share this to plead with ppl to stop assuming you know better than a disabled person who’s lived with their condition for years (or their entire life).

Who’s spent all their energy looking for solutions & trying to find help. Who’s had to grieve the lack of help available /22

This is never - and will never - be acceptable. The human body is an incredible thing & it can compensate to endure tremendous amounts of suffering. With chronic illness this often happens slowly over time. Your body gets used to the pain & disease process and learns to adapt /18

You have no idea how much these comments hurt. How deeply your words cut. It leaves a mark every time & we begin to pull away.

Many of us are leading incredibly lonely lives because we have to set boundaries to avoid these hurtful & ignorant comments. /9

It’s been heartbreaking to watch. For me personally… the hardest part is when it comes from people who are meant to love you. People who’ve been in your life for ages and witnessed your struggles first hand. Who now doubt how sick you are. /5

That veneer of pretending is gone. Replaced with hatred that ranges from subtle gaslighting to outright eugenics.

People will tell us to “stay home forever” before they will even consider taking a small step to keep us safe. They support euthanasia policies that target us. /4

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