#UMMMM actually I’m neurodivergent and I experience this too

[ionlytalktodogs]

I don’t really get why able-bodied people see a post that’s really obviously about physical disability and feel the need to make it about neurodivergence or LGBTQ rights or something. Like okay great you, as an able-boded person, can relate to me. Do you…want a prize? You know…it is okay for things to not be about you. It’s okay if you see a post about physical disability and you don’t say “yeah well… I’m not physically disabled and this applies to me too!!!” You don’t need to say that. I know you probably don’t mean it this way, but it comes across as talking over physically disabled people and I just don’t really appreciate it.

Especially when it comes to autism. I’m autistic. I don’t need to be educated about autism. Chances are, if a post of mine can apply to autistic people, I already know that. I’ve just chosen to highlight physical disability. And that’s okay. Maybe sometimes certain posts just…aren’t for you.

I’m trying to find a way to say this without being rude because I understand the desire to relate to others. But I also feel like talking over physically disabled people, as an able-bodied person, is…annoying at best. I just think if you have to say “well actually this applies to (something else) too” maybe just…don’t say that. It’s okay if a post is about a specific thing. You could just…make your own post. Idk.

#time to get hunted for sport I guess #I’m just tired of making posts specifically about being physically disabled and getting a million people saying #UMMMM actually I’m neurodivergent and I experience this too #I KNOW. I’M NEURODIVERGENT. I KNOW. #but I chose to highlight physical disability in this post for a REASON. #it just comes across as talking over me #I make plenty of posts about being autistic and neurodivergency in general #other people do too #maybe just…stick to those posts?? or make your own?? rather than talking over others about their experiences?? #idk #whatever #I despise being talked down to about neurodivergence as if I #a lowly physically disabled person #could NEVER understand the ~trials and tribulations~ of being neurodivergent #when I’m literally autistic and I have adhd and dyslexia and several other conditions that are sometimes considered neurodivergent #idk is Tourette’s considered neurodivergent? I think so? ocd and schizophrenia are sometimes? idk I don’t really care I’m just going off on #a tangent now