Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (he/she/they): It’s Disability Pride Month! I’m Autistic, and have a bunch of autoimmune conditions (SLE, RA, and Narcolepsy w/ Cataplexy). I’m an author, classically trained chef, and freelance sensitivity reader. Buy my food aversion cookbook COLOR TASTE TEXTURE! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704923...

It’s Disability Pride Month! I’m Autistic, and have a bunch of autoimmune conditions (SLE, RA, and Narcolepsy w/ Cataplexy). I’m an author, classically trained chef, and freelance sensitivity reader. Buy my food aversion cookbook COLOR TASTE TEXTURE! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704923...

Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Bookswww.penguinrandomhouse.com An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips...

I had known about the SLE but when you told me about the RA, I was like, I thought he had SLE. Both? Oh that really sucks, I'm sorry. The only good thing about that is the possibility, with no guarantee, of having one medication work double duty.

I also have Sjogren’s, Raynaud’s, and Polymyositis but didn’t have room to fit them and they don’t have known abbreviations 😬

Oh fuck. I am diagnosed with Raynauds but it only had a very brief period of showing up strongly. Mostly, I just have blotchy fingers and lovely lilac colors under my nails if my hands are cold for any length of time. It's been a while since my fingers went white. I forget about it.

Me: RA *mild* alopecia areata osteoporosis hashi's ADHD IBD GAD I really have to think about them to remember, they get so mixed up. The worst is consistently RA because it's been dxed severe & med resistant most of the last 24 years and has had caused severe joint damage.

It was the first symptom I experienced. I had purple toes in the middle of summer.

That can be very pretty, but not if it's not what you intend. :)

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