i am the perfect target
daylight sparkling off my teeth as i laugh too loud, sing too deep, be too much…
ADHD Archive
10 Nov 2015
On Being Different – a poem
20 Oct 2015
My Experience With The American Education System (Or, The Importance of Education for Disabled People)
I was fourteen years old, just out of the mental hospital. My mom and I had tried to get me enrolled in public high school, but they expelled me for “truancy” before I was even enrolled. I would find out later that this required a sort of trial that… Never. Fucking. Happened.
30 Jul 2015
Mental Illness and a Chronic Illness
On top of having OCD, EDNOS, BPD, and ADHD, I also have IDDM — Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
Basically, I’m a type 1 juvenile diabetic. And the mental health care system isn’t equipped to deal with that, so every time I go into the hospital, I come back with diabetic ketoacidosis.
Fun.
28 Dec 2011
My Partner With Asperger’s (Gabriel)
I started to read an anthology written by partners of people with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) called Asperger’s Syndrome and Adults… Is Anyone Listening?. I only managed to read a handful of the pieces before I put it down in disgust. Mostly, I was hoping for tips on how to be a good ally. Instead, I […]