![]() My disability causes a great deal of anxiety for never knowing when I’ll become life threateningly ill, but I am not making my symptoms up and I’m not a hypochondriac. Worst of all many people think my disability is fabricated and that I am crazy. I’ve been purposely excluded from participating in activities because people would not accommodate or try to understand my disability. ![]() I’ve had people in the medical profession doubt my disability. I’ve been laughed at for asking about the use of latex gloves at restaurants. But it wasn’t until I was older when I realized how oppressed I was for being different. ![]() I’ve always known that I was different from everyone else and I had to work a lot harder with my disability in order to function within society. An accessible analysis of the psychological dynamics of oppression and privilege. Having a disability in life has taught me a lot about society and their willingness to accept other’s differences. They want people to acknowledge their loss of ableness and know that people without a disability have invisible privilege. ![]() People with disabilities want their disability recognized. ![]() For those reasons, many people don’t take people’s disabilities into consideration. When having an invisible disability, like me, many people don’t believe or don’t truly understand your disability. ![]()
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