Condescension

 Since I became disabled, I have never been so regularly condescended to. I don’t have any intellectual disabilities. I studied for and got a degree. I also went into debt for it. I was angry when I first went into the hospital. Imagine not being able to communicate. It’s extraordinarily frustrating. When I was in the hospital the only way I could communicate my unhappiness with the whole situation was kicking. I could still do that. Kicking isn’t a good solution and the way the staff chose to handle it was by several people waving their fingers at me and telling me no, like a dog. Again, I don’t have any intellectual disabilities. I felt like I was having an out of body experience. I was watching myself watch people talk at me like a bad dog. Great bedside manner. I should not have been kicking but that was so rude. Just because I’m different from you doesn’t mean that I don’t get what is happening. That is the most common thread in my experience. Being disabled doesn’t change the fact that I’ve been on this planet for decadeS.