Disabilities/Disorders?

[Radical Dreamer]

I know plenty of blind people who not only use the internet, but have perfect grammar.

Nope. Actually there are braille keyboards and a plethora of programs that'll actually read what's on screen aloud for you. Pretty good stuff.

Wow...so it's really true...wow...

I'm speechless. That is truly amazing of you Corrie.

My other disorder is that no one knows when I'm joking. D:

XD

[Ingemar]

Interesting thought though,back in the day a lot of disorders like ADD and ADHD would have simply been called 'acting up'.

Nowadays, any hint of 'acting up' requires a gajillion pills.

[TriezGamer]

They have manga books that are entirely in Braille.

Oh, duh. I don't read manga so the thought hadn't crossed my mind.

[That Dude]

Well I'm near sighted. Aside from that...I'm pretty sure that I'd have been diagnosed as having ADHD when in fact I just don't like having crap forced down my throat and I'd rather actually use my brain to learn. (Good thing I was homeschooled.) Aside from that I have a problem of randomly getting cuts that I have no clue how they happened. Though I don't think that's a disorder as much as me being a little too adventurous at times.

[K. Ayato]

I wish they made prescription night vision glasses. Some places are really hard to see when you're driving at night. Sure, they'd be beyond expensive, but so worth it!

[SolidÃ…rmor]

Just because I know a lot of us have them, and I have a longing curiousity for such...

As for me, I have a mild case of right hemipeligic Cerebral Palsy
and I have to wear one of these things! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ankle-foot-orthosis.png
That's to control my stability and balance, which especially helps, considering I'm a klutz. My CP affects my right arm and leg, and supposedly my eye as well, which is strange because it's the better of the two. Over the years I've been trying to master my disability, as in not allowing it to get in the way of driving and typing and stuff (I'm going to be driving with a spinner knob and a left footed gas pedal!)
But for an impatient person like me, it's tough especially, because I get frustrated extremely easily. All it seems to do is hold me back in areas I want to pursue, like sports, if I could do sports well, I'd play them, but I cannot...

And I have ADHD Such a fun syndrome~

My 2 year old niece Abigail (Gigi for short) was born at 23 weeks and has a severe case of Cerebral Palsy but she is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. And even though her development is very slow she is in so good spirits. And my older sister is suffering from a case of MS and she's taking medication for it...she's a klutz as well but she's a blessing in disguise. She doesn't let it get her down at all...though we all worry about her she keeps a great sense of humor about it.

[Shao Feng-Li]

Hmm... Nope, not a thing wrong with me. At least, nothing they like to think can be cured with pills.

[PrincessZelda]

I have this weird focusing thing, where it's hard for me to focus on one thing at the same distance for a long time, I'm farsighted, and I have asthma.

[EricTheFred]

I'm pretty sure that I'd have been diagnosed as having ADHD when in fact I just don't like having crap forced down my throat and I'd rather actually use my brain to learn. (Good thing I was homeschooled.)

As an actual ADHD sufferer, I'm not entirely certain what this was supposed to mean, but I can assure you that there is a wide difference between this perception and actual ADHD.

I'm guessing that you are referring to a common, serious misconception of ADHD as being an excuse created by teachers in order to 'drug-down problem children.' This piece of propaganda by anti-educational-system demagogues completely ignores the fact that typical ADHD medicines are stimulants, not tranquilizers.

I need my medication, not because I'm some kind of addict (since I regularly run out and go several days before getting my prescription refilled, I know darned well I'm not addicted. After kicking the nicotine habit about ten years ago, I'm very familiar with what withdrawal is like) but because I would lose my job if I tried to go without it for very long. When my ADHD is in control, I'm just not a reliable employee.

Please be careful what you believe about this, or any other disability which has been plastered with a negative label. You may find yourself accidentally offending an actual victim of it.

[chelle0227]

I just have a small case of Athletic Endused Asthma, and my left ankle has arthritis.

[Roy Mustang]

Disabilities:

Hearing loss

I don't think the other two count as disorders, but I was born with a heart problem and I have HIV/AIDS from bad blood giving to me, when I had my heart surgery at 16 months old.


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[AsianBlossom]

o.o



I'm a self-absorbed hypochondriac. Will be seeking "community-service therapy" soon.

[That Dude]

As an actual ADHD sufferer, I'm not entirely certain what this was supposed to mean, but I can assure you that there is a wide difference between this perception and actual ADHD.

I'm guessing that you are referring to a common, serious misconception of ADHD as being an excuse created by teachers in order to 'drug-down problem children.' This piece of propaganda by anti-educational-system demagogues completely ignores the fact that typical ADHD medicines are stimulants, not tranquilizers.

I need my medication, not because I'm some kind of addict (since I regularly run out and go several days before getting my prescription refilled, I know darned well I'm not addicted. After kicking the nicotine habit about ten years ago, I'm very familiar with what withdrawal is like) but because I would lose my job if I tried to go without it for very long. When my ADHD is in control, I'm just not a reliable employee.

Please be careful what you believe about this, or any other disability which has been plastered with a negative label. You may find yourself accidentally offending an actual victim of it.

No I know that ADHD is real and that there is a need for medication for it and I'm sorry for coming off wrong and being offensive about it. The reason why I said that though is because I know of many misdiagnosed people who are said to have ADHD when in fact they don't.