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RE: “Strange Days” or “My Week Without My Meds”
It's funny (not "funny haha like a clown", mind you), but the first thing I started thinking of, as an IT guy, is ways for you to communicate so that you wouldn't have to use a phone. People don't understand - it's like, "Well, you lost your leg. Have you tried walking on it anyway? Or maybe growing a new one?"
And yet we persevere. Not just with our limitations, but against the rampant ignorance that only comes from a first- or second-hand understanding of the struggle. Thank you for your praise, and thank you for your comments, as well!
Hahahaha! This is it exactly!!!
So glad to run into you too :)
Me, too!
I have a family member who falls into the Autism Spectrum, and his father was getting a bit impatient with the fact that he was pushing 30 and was still exhibiting some behaviors like a teenager. And the "growing a new leg" analogy was the same one that the mother used to describe to the father how their son was not going to develop in the same areas as others. Fortunately, it opened the father's eyes and his patience grew, and he also acknowledged the areas in which his son excelled. So there is hope for people to learn about those of us who have a few extra obstacles in our paths.
It's always a wonderful development when someone "gets it." I will keep that analogy with me too :)