For Disability Pride Month, one thing I'd love abled bodied people to figure out is how to speak to someone with chronic health issues without implying that if they themselves had the disabled person's health conditions, they would end it all. I promise you life goes on- even with health issues.
I've had people say things like "I'd rather die than do that" about the most "mild" stuff like dietary restrictions.
(Not minimizing the burden of dietary restrictions at ALL, they are huge and emotional and very complicated, but what a weird hill for people to pick is my point.)
yeah!! I have Celiac disease and people tell me all the time that they'd rather die than not be able to eat bread
like okay, lol, sorry to hear that bread is the only good thing in their lives, hope they feel better soon, lol
I feel that, I'm lactose intolerant, so I'm okay with some things (cheese, yogurt) but other things like milk will set me off. While it's not do or die like some others, the side effects are horrible and I'd rather avoid them rather than be in pain on the couch for hours
Idk people don't get that when something in your body changes and you have to adapt, you just adapt because most people want to live regardless of the problem (barring like, extreme cancers and other diseases that make any reasonable QoL near impossible)
