it's disability pride month!!!
hi Tumblr. I'm going to tell you all about my disabilities now. I've been suffering from an actively worsening condition known as hypermobile Ehlers Danlos, a connective tissue disorder that makes my body a minefield of overworked muscle, missing or damaged connective tissue, and rapidly deteriorating joints! Since my diagnosis in 2024, my condition has steadily worsened and I had to quit my first ever salaries job and move state to somewhere I could get insurance and care that I need in part because of this condition. In addition, I have both inherited and post-traumatic chronic pain which interplays with the musculoskeletal pain that hEDS worsens. I also live with major depression and cPTSD, both since I was younger than 15, though the diagnoses would not come until college as my parents never believed in mental health and altogether stopped believing in medicine while I was in high school. (you can imagine how this impacted their closeted trans child)
In addition to this, I'll be meeting with my doctor this month to discuss the possibility of an emerging autoimmune or similar immune disorder, as recent labs and historic worsening of illnesses have indicated to be possible.
if you do one thing this July, support the disabled people in your life by putting on a mask, listening to their accessibility requests, refusing to isolate them from your life on account of something they cannot control, and above all by taking their needs seriously.
jbbartram-illu
prguitarman
baratheonpilled
tangentwithtanner
