Read a post from someone with ADHD, downplaying their (adult!) sons ADHD as mild and seeking advice on how to make him do something with his life because the poster has a drive and had success because they refused to give up after being diagnosed.
I told them they had internalised ableism.
This is a very common thing with disabled people, including myself. If you get frustrated with or expect others with the same disorder as you to just be like you, because you did it so obviously they can too: you are ableist. Some of it comes from ignorance, some of it comes from self hatred.
If this resonates with you, spend 2024 ridding yourself of those chains. Appreciate everyone where they’re at, and stop holding them to the expectations you have for yourself.
It’s hard enough dealing with disabilities, even harder when people ostensibly within the same community are also holding you to impossible standards.
