| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 4/19/2006 7:34:40 AM | I guess it's more of an accidental disability, but I broke my leg in two places about 4 years ago. I have a plate and 9 pins. Usually it doesn't bother me, but in the winter it kills. It makes my whole leg ache and makes me limp, which otherwise I can control. The plate doesn't keep the temperature of my body, so when it's cold out, the plate stays cold, even hours after my leg has warmed up. I can't run, and I have to walk downstairs sideways, because one of the breaks was near my ankle and has made the ankle pretty rigid. In the morning I look like frankenstein because it takes about an hour for the ankle to loosen. You get used to it though, meh..
The disability I've had the most trouble in my life with though, is about 5 years ago, my generalized anxiety turned into full blown social phobia, and I barely left the house for a year. Since then it's gotten a lot better, almost to the point of non existant, but I'll never be comfortable with large crowds, excess noise, and any room without a clear exit. Obviously stress agitates it, so I try to keep things as mellow as possible on a daily basis, and am really good at it.
I think a lot of people hate that stuff though. In some situations I've realized it's a bit of a deal breaker. People think if you have any sort of mental illness that your just plain crazy, and don't give people credit for handling things themselves, especially without medication. It's funny that people hear that about me and totally forget that regardless, I work full time, raise a son by myself, organize big social events through my work, and in general cope with the world pretty well. I've also had depression on and off since childhood, but handle it without medication as well. I did the whole anti depressant, anti-anxiety thing for years, but taking a bunch of uppers with downers, well, obviously, only makes matters worse. I have forms of alternative treatment now.
I noticed a lot of people have hearing problems. I thought a couple years ago I was going deaf, because certain pitches of people's voices had always been hard to hear. I went to a doctor and found out that, because of a lot of childhood respiratory illness, my entire respiratory system stopped developing around the age of 8 or 9, including my ear drums. They're actually in perfect condition, just so small that low bass and high notes overwhelm them. Weird eh? | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 4/19/2006 3:43:16 PM | True, each person has different disabilities, thats how humans are. But, I'm wondering why someone would ask others on a website to name their disabilities. We should rejoice in our differences, and be tolerant and kind to all.
Elphaba | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 4/20/2006 6:15:52 PM | | Hi, Elphaba108 I think the reason is that the person wants to see if the other person has disabilities just like the other person so its easier to relate to the person. Anyways I have 12 different disabilities and most of all I don't know who I am!=) | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 4/20/2006 6:28:54 PM | I wouldn't really call mine disablilites because I've learned to live with them, but I have arthritis in my knee due to a skiing accident and 2 botched surguries on it. I'm also fairly blind, but glasses are my friend as are contacts. My friends call them the beer goggles, because for persons with good eyesight, to wear my glasses will make you feel quite drunk :P. I'm also allergic/intollerent to oranges. This is the worst of all, because it's cut out a lot of food and drinks. Also, companies do not have to list orange on lables, so it's almost like taking a chance everytime I try something new. Grr... Anyway, I've always believed that although a disability may prevent you from doing a particular thing well, you make up for it in other ways. My uncle (he's Downs) is my living proof of that. 
Keep your heads up and be happy...
-Lee | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 5/29/2006 1:11:58 PM | Hi, I have alot of disabilities, most of all I have two different pshcke's. It is not a multipersonality disorder basically I have been too truamatized, it feel like I am two people sometimes but the part that is too much for me to even begin to handle is buried inside, I've seen alot of doctors, tried alot of medications etc. but when the other part comes out I can't move phsically, can't talk, can't responed in any way, I can not be fixed, I'm just learning to accept it which isn't easy because basically I have to erase my past, also at the sametime the new part of me I have to rebuild, which on the bright is a gift in a way the rebuilding part. I can't function in normal social settings, my former friend I have lost because of this disabilitiy, I can't work, except for at home, but anyways Shadowall I'm sorry your uncle has Down's, my uncle has it too. It's funny how people don't take the time do understand about other people with disabilties, no offense to anyone=) I could go on days and days about my disabilities, but I'm trying to erase them, in my opinion but get judged like a cover on a book and don't realize that if the book would just be open and read so many good things could come from it, and also some alienate or ridducle or are afraid of the unknown. I apologize for saying that, I know there aree people out there who try to understand and try to help cure the person, but what I learned, in my opinion, if you want to help the person just be with the person and keep them company, and help them if you can but if that isn't possible just keep them company, and mabye time would help to understand how to help them, just like reading a book the beginning is different than the ending. I apologize if I offended anyone=)    | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 5/29/2006 1:46:16 PM | Most apparent disability for me is that I am overweith....2nd is that I am a stubborn B*itch Battled depression for a bit but have since learned valuable lessons to remove that problem....good post OP....gets people thinking | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 5/29/2006 3:46:02 PM | 2 annoying recurring things: cluster headaches and iritis~
cluster headaches are a little different than migraines if you've had them you knowwhatimtalkinbout. they SUCK. Iritis~ inflammation in the eye you have to use steroid drops for and sometimes keep your eye dilated during/so cute having one huge dilated pupil! YESSSS!!!...worst case for me was when I could only see bright light out of one eye. | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 5/30/2006 8:05:01 PM | I have a hearing loss since birth., and read lips. I'm going through the process of getting a cochlear implant....Actually still trying to get approved through insurance....(the CI surgeon already gave the 'go ahead'.)
Designing Woman, Is this similiar to the Borg Implant? (other than the fact that CI uses a magnet, not a screw?) I tried to email you about this, but you won't accept email from me because I'm too old.....you can reach me, though....
~DC~ | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 9/3/2006 5:42:58 PM | Addison's Disease! What is that? If I had a nickle for every time I heard that. . I would be one rich woman! lol
Ok. . here goes!  Anatomy 101; Adreneal Glands, located on top of the kidneys, about the size of a pea pod or so. Provide a couple of important homones and chemicals required by the body.
Outer cortex; adrenaline (still works - amazingly enough)
Inner cortex; cotorzol (this is the part that doesn't work with Addison's Disease)
So what is it and why do we need it?. . . to live, get better after sickness, the stress hormone. . there are a ton of reasons.
Not a disability as per sie, but it does provide me with some interesting limitations.
1. I get tired. . . I can sleep for hours, and wake up up feeling more tired than when I went to bed.
2. Stress. . . this is killer, cause too much of it makes my immune system crap out! (probably because I don't double my medication to refect what my body would do in that case . . . lol)
3. Fuzzies. . . (my terms I'm sure). This is what happens to my brain when I get too overtired. . . it gets fuzzy! 
4. Meds. . . get to take them for the rest of your life. . and too much will make you heavier than you want to be. . . and man is it hard to take off! 
So that's mine. . . I don't know if it makes me more tolerant than some people, because I don't look at 'what people are or are not' in life. . . tend to see more 'who they are, and how they treat others' first.  | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 9/11/2006 11:37:08 AM | | My disability is I have abnormally small hands and feet. They are the size of a 5 year old's. I am also only 4'6". I am quite active and do everything else everybody else does. I think one of the more common misconceptions that people assume about me is that I don't have an average intelligence level. I have a B. A. in Fine and Applied Arts. I find most people's misconceptions about short people are formed mainly because they've never met any not because they are mean or ignorant. However, there are still mean and ignorant people out there. | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 9/11/2006 3:30:06 PM | How about invisible disabilities? I have brain damage caused by a ruptured anuerysm (blood vessel) in my brain - NOT DRUGS. And suffered a stroke because of a brain full of blood.
A year ago I was in a wheelchair, couldn't walk. Couldn't talk.
Now I can walk (mostly lol) and talk (mostly lol) but the disabilities i suffer because of these things are invisible to those who either don't care or don't see...
thanks for asking! Peace out  | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 9/11/2006 10:39:42 PM | Walking can sometimes be painful for me due to a botched up surgery on my right foot.
I have asthma and chronic bronchitis that I was first diagnosed with when I was about 5 or 6 years old.
Maybe the foot problem came along to balance out the other problem.
If I can't run or jump around much, I can't run out of breath. | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 9/12/2006 7:27:40 AM | Hi, I can't relate to alot of people, I guess alienation would be the best word for it. My other disabilities are Schizoaffective Personality Disorder, Acute Catatonia, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Post Truamatic Stress Diorder, Severe Anxiety and Panic attacks, Claustrophobia, Agoraphobia, Amaxophoibia, Social Phobia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Chronic Diffuse Pain, Chronic Nightmares and Night Terrors, Short Term Memory problems, Dslexia, ADHD I think that is about it hard to keep track sometimes.  | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 9/16/2006 9:24:23 AM | Well I'm finally glad that someone else has been diagnosed with "Addisons Disease" For the longest time i was told it affected 1 in 100.000 ... and i was trying to think why my # had to be called so soon. But i see that there is 2 of us with the same diagnose. Now, I feel a lil better knowing that somebody else can understand just what it does to the body.
wishing U the best of Luck, cuz i know it takes a whole new meaning to trying to control what Ur body wants and needs mostly.  | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 9/16/2006 10:48:53 AM | My arthritis is getting worse they are giving me a wheelchair now I'll need a woman to clip my nasty toenails, and wipe my ars...Anyone wanna get married? Oh and brush my dentures after you buy them for me.   | |
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| Disabilities...(and the misconceptions)...what's yours?
Posted: 9/22/2006 11:52:09 AM | | My co-workers sister was a perfectly healthy person to look at but she had a blood clot on the brain and suffered a stroke. They do not know what her long term disabilities will be but her short term disabilties are slurred speech, painful movement, and blurred vision. the doctor said the blood clot could not have been avoided but the stroke could have. Everyone needs to take care of themselves and not let things go. | |
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