Demystifying DGD

^^THIS

We really need to have a discussion as to why we can’t access healthcare: most people with DGD are people of color, and a significant portion of us are also women. We get overlooked in the job market normally, but the emblem is always the final nail in the coffin. It’s why white people with DGD can rise to popularity despite not even attempting to manage their symptoms, meanwhile people like Alan are vilified because someone recorded him crying after dropping a milkshake. 

We are being purposefully kept in poverty, which, in turn, keeps us from obtaining life-saving services. 

They want us to die.

I went through the same exact thing. This might be hard to hear, but people will reject you for being what you are, will avoid you because they don’t want to become attached to someone who they think will leave. Maybe they’ll even think that you’re violent towards others because of stereotypes created by the horror industry, by movies like Splat. But you are stronger than they give you credit for. The first thing you need is a support group. Parents, aunts, cousins, a Dilg facility that has an open-access program, friends-- whatever and whoever you can get. Because they will catch you when you falter and hold you when the world gets too cruel, and you will need that. The second thing is a fixation; we do well when we have things to turn our attention away from the pain of our bodies and the harshness we direct towards ourselves. I like the sciences, I like things that are straightforward that I can take apart. My work-wife Yasmine likes working with clay, something about having a tangible product as the results of her labor makes her feel good. You have to find what works for you and own it. Stick to a Dilg diet, whenever possible, the commercial ones lack a lot of vitamins the human body needs which, as you can imagine, makes all of our symptoms worse.

Oh, honey, I was told the same thing. And it's not true. Full stop. My beautiful husband-- who has been my husband for ten years going, now-- doesn't have a tumblr, nor do any of my wonderful friends, ht we DO have facebooks and we regularly meet up in person. Here is a convo we had in our group chat last night:

And really? Just say that you hate disabled-- sorry-- “those with pre-existing conditions”-- and go. You won’t cover the costs of living at a facility, but you’ll charge us four times as much to stay at an “AHIP approved” facility. You won’t cover the cost of actually helping the DGD community, but you’ll approve autism “cures” and allow insurances to condone the literal poisoning of thousands of vulnerable people.

We have to be on guard at all times for policies dressed up in nice words. Look for the dogwhistle terms!!!!