After decades of struggling with my behavior and being misunderstood, I finally got my diagnoses and treatment plan. Still under observation. Got a hurricane of feelings but mostly liberation 🙌🏼
Oh, to wake up one day and see that accessibility & inclusion for those with mental and physical disabilities is the norm, not the exception.
One of our local drugstores has adopted the talk/don't talk shopping basket system. It would've worked if the store managers and staff weren't hard-pressed to automatically approach all shoppers.
Once I had an asthma attack inside the store and leaned against the display shelves to stabilise my breath. The store manager approached and instantly launched into their automatic sales spiel. After I asked him to please stop because I'm trying to breathe, he pouted and left without another word. 🫠
Sometimes I like to play this game where I count the number of times I'm sidetracked by side quests before remembering my Original Task™️. If the latter even happens.