The United Self-States of an American Idiot

The ableism existed before the diagnosis did, gang. Ableism isn't strictly confined to the DSM, it's based on what society sees as 'crazy', which often has nothing to do with actual mental illness.

It's been eleven years (wow) since the original 30 Days of DID ask meme was created, and there Still isn't one that is not largely parts-focused. So I made my own.

Some questions still pertain to parts but they are much more few and far between than the original ask meme. Answer what you want to, skip over what you don't like. This is all in the name of getting to know yourself better and sharing only what you feel comfortable sharing.

To be clear because unfortunately I have to be, this ask meme is for those with a complex dissociative disorder (so not just DID!) whose experiences with parts are inherently disordered.

The FBI cut the phone lines during the 1977 disability rights sit-in. Then they turned off the hot water.

They locked the doors from the outside. One hundred and fifty people were trapped on the fourth floor. Half of them used wheelchairs. The government assumed they would leave.

Kitty Cone was thirty-three. She had muscular dystrophy. Her muscles were failing, but her logistics were flawless. She knew how to organize people.

The federal government had promised to sign regulations protecting disabled Americans from discrimination. The policy was known as Section 504. They printed the promise on paper. Then they stalled. Without a signature, it was just typography.

The protesters entered the regional Health, Education, and Welfare building in San Francisco on a Tuesday morning. They took the elevators to the director's office. They brought sleeping bags and catheters. They informed the staff they were not leaving until the law was signed.

By sunset, the police surrounded the exits. Kitty sat near the windows. She organized the floor plan. She assigned committees for security and sanitation. She kept her medication in a small cooler.

According to federal memorandums released decades later, the strategy to end the occupation relied on medical attrition. The building was not equipped for long-term habitation. The FBI calculated that a population requiring ventilators, specialized diets, and daily medical aides would voluntarily evacuate if the environment became sufficiently hostile. They instituted a blockade.

The blockade went into effect immediately. No food deliveries allowed. No medical supplies permitted through the lobby. Guards stood at the main doors checking identification.

Kitty's muscles deteriorated faster under the physical strain. She couldn't walk. When the phone lines went dead, the fourth floor lost contact with the press. The government waited for the quiet.

Kitty dropped to the floor. She realized the barricades were designed for standing adults. The police had blocked the hallways at waist height. They hadn't blocked the linoleum.

The floors were covered in cigarette ash and spilled coffee. She dragged her body through it. She crawled under the barricades to reach the restricted elevator shafts and unguarded offices.

She carried notes in her pockets. She found a single working payphone the FBI missed. She called the local news desks. She called the mayor's office.

She crawled back. When her arms failed, someone pulled her by her ankles. The Black Panthers heard the news reports. They crossed the police lines with hot meals. The FBI could not stop them without a riot.

They shut off the elevators, so she crawled.

The occupation lasted twenty-five days. It remains the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in American history. On April 28, the Secretary of HEW signed the regulations without a single alteration.

The protesters left the building the next morning. They went back to their apartments. The Rehabilitation Act regulations laid the groundwork for every accessibility law that followed. The HEW building still stands on United Nations Plaza. The elevators run on a schedule. The doors are heavy glass.

Kitty Cone: the woman who crawled under the barricades.

Source: Kitty Cone's oral history, Bancroft Library.

Verified via: National Museum of American History.

The FMSF(a group of abusers who accused doctors of implanting false memories into their victims when their victims were diagnosed with DID and started remembering their trauma) accused many people including Ross of implanting false memories in court cases that were... thrown out due to lack of evidence. And many times the accusations against Ross... were accusations against other doctors who happened to be using Rosses ideas. The FMSF tried to use the idea of false memories to demedicaize DID and prove the fantasy model. The Grey Faction just stole their talking points and didn't let them die with the FMSF.

The beams out of his eyes? He actually collected data on the bodies electromagnatism for that, used the scientific method to make hypotheses and explore it through a scientific lense. And his main noted use of it was in a science fair where he tried to use the bodies natural electromagnatism to channel it through the eyes so that those with mobility issues could turn appliances on and off by looking at them, in a paranormal challenge. This was of course twisted into oh my goodness he thinks you can shoot beams out of his eyes by the FMSF/GF.

Unfortunately the majority of what you will find on him, including the basic Wikipedia page, has been completely been taken over by FMSF/GF lies about him. You need to dig further to get to the root of what happened than what you see on the surface. And if your source links back to the Grey Faction in any way know that it is anti-CDD.