It’s disrespectful in several ways. First, as I pointed out, not all conditions are the same. People use the term interchangeably to refer to both people with cognitive disabilities and some people with physical disabilities, but its original meaning was a diagnostic term for certain levels of cognitive disability.…
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Yep, my son is classified as Level II. His physiatrist and PT have both told us they expect independent walking, and it’s just a matter of time and continued work. We’re also looking into the possibility of Botox in the next couple of months.
Not at all painful, asshole. First, you realize that not every condition is the same, right? And second, regardless of the condition that someone has, they’re entitled to be treated with dignity and respect. That is, until they demonstrate that they’re nothing more than a subhuman piece of shit, like you. Then I’ll…
So go ahead and mock people who have cognitive or physical disabilities for whatever it is that they’ve done that deserves mocking, NOT for the fact of having a disability. How is that distinction difficult for you to understand?
In the same position, as I posted in reply to someone else’s comment above. It’s not the physical aspects of his disability that scare me, it’s the knowledge that he’s going to face this kind of bullying at some point in his life. Best of luck to you and your son.
Feel free to say what you want, and the rest of us will feel free to conclude you’re an asshole. There’s no difference. Both instances are intended to mock someone by insinuating that they’re a person with cognitive disabilities, and by extension, that people with cognitive disabilities deserve mocking. So fuck you.
Your post made me tear up. My 2.5-year-old son has spastic diplegia CP and wears AFOs. Luckily, it’s relatively mild in his case, but his gross motor delays mean that he’s still not standing or walking independently. We’re hoping to get him up walking within the next year, but it’s always going to be an adjustment for…
Summer dinner, as many nights as my husband will let me get away with it: Tomato sandwiches, on untoasted Vienna bread; corn on the cob with tons of good Irish butter and salt. If I’m feeling fancy, I’ll add some fried zucchini, maybe do some strawberry shortcake for dessert.
Another vote for Escape and Stolen Innocence.
My BIL and ex-SIL were both going through some shit before they got divorced, and were both using a combo of alcohol and Ambien. It got weird. One night, she repeatedly prank-called my inlaws in the middle of the night, and another night he tried to sign her up online for the military. Neither one had any recollection…
I think part of that is due to the fact that symptoms of Zika infection are pretty mild and flu-like. Most people probably aren’t rushing to get tested if they think they’ve come down with a mild bug. Pregnant women are more likely to be on high alert and therefore test for it.
I had a burrito and a taco AND I’m pregnant. Not sure pants are on my agenda for the rest of the day, office dress code be damned.
You didn’t answer the question. You called the headline manipulative. It was not manipulative, it was a factual summary of the interview’s contents — a woman had an abortion at 32 weeks, and told her story to Jia. Moreover, if you had read the article, you’d know that the procedure she underwent was legal — i.e., she…
Manipulated in what way? Just because you don’t like late-term abortions doesn’t mean that’s not what this was. This woman had an abortion at 32 weeks, as is her right.
My heart breaks for this poor woman and her husband. I had a pregnancy three years ago in which everything seemed to go wrong with no real explanation, though it never reached the catastrophic levels hers did. My son was born at 31.5 weeks, approximately when they terminated, so it hits home in a very particular way.…
Way to miss the entire fucking point.
I felt like the Road to Hana was overhyped in the danger department. We were almost deterred from driving it by people who said how narrow and twisty it was, but it was fine. Now the Kahekili Highway, on the other hand...I legitimately feared death at several points. It’s way twistier, more narrow, and doesn’t have…
It can be hard to be the person who isn’t drinking when everyone else wants you to, but just remember that you owe more to yourself than you owe to any one of those people. Don’t let them make you feel bad about wanting something good for yourself.
I’ve known with both of my pregnancies at 3.5 weeks (i.e., 1.5 weeks after conception). I start feeling shitty as soon as implantation happens, so I peed on a stick early both times.