Hello! Sorry for the late mega last week. How are my disabled comrades doing?
As always, we ask that in order to participate in the weekly megathread, one self-identifies as some form of disabled, which is broadly defined in the community sidebar:
"Disability" is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.
Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.
In my experience people will do everything but admit that your situation is hopeless. Maybe it’s idealism where they think that if you just believe in it enough then everything will get better. And if it doesn’t get better then it’s your fault for not trying hard enough.
I think a lot of them don't want to accept how luck has influenced their success. They don't want to accept that if they'd had the challenges someone else has had, they wouldn't have been successful either.