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Gifted, also, disabled
Sep. 6th, 2012 10:31 pmHaving an invisible disability sucks!
I am NOT a poorly performing normal abilified neurology registrar, I am an incredibly high functioning ADDer damn it!
I am REALLY sick of my bosses (who are NEUROLOGISTS!! for fucks sake, and therefore should KNOW this stuff) saying, well yes, you do have ADHD, and we do work you INSANELY hard and SLEEP DEPRIVE YOU ALL THE TIME but you are just going to have to get over it and start acting normal, and stop being emotionally volatile, and pay attention and all.
SERIOUSLY, this is like telling some one in a wheel chair that, yes, they are in a wheel chair, but they just need to get over it and deal with the stairs anyway. Ramps? Nooo, that would be unreasonable. No one else needs ramps so why should you?
Just because I look like everyone else doesn't mean I can act like them. I am not suggesting that they cater to my every whim, or that I get to stomp around and act like the bitch queen of the universe, and get to hide behind my diagnosis and no one can touch me because of it, but seriously, they are just NOT being fair to me here.
Some days I wish I could walk around with one of those signs pinned to me like legally blind people have...
"I have ADHD. I am often socially retarded and will likely seem weird to you (except in one-on-one situations or palliative care, where I kinda rock (I am also prone to tangents) ) I apologise in advance for anything I may say that might make you cry...the bathrooms are that way"
I am NOT a poorly performing normal abilified neurology registrar, I am an incredibly high functioning ADDer damn it!
I am REALLY sick of my bosses (who are NEUROLOGISTS!! for fucks sake, and therefore should KNOW this stuff) saying, well yes, you do have ADHD, and we do work you INSANELY hard and SLEEP DEPRIVE YOU ALL THE TIME but you are just going to have to get over it and start acting normal, and stop being emotionally volatile, and pay attention and all.
SERIOUSLY, this is like telling some one in a wheel chair that, yes, they are in a wheel chair, but they just need to get over it and deal with the stairs anyway. Ramps? Nooo, that would be unreasonable. No one else needs ramps so why should you?
Just because I look like everyone else doesn't mean I can act like them. I am not suggesting that they cater to my every whim, or that I get to stomp around and act like the bitch queen of the universe, and get to hide behind my diagnosis and no one can touch me because of it, but seriously, they are just NOT being fair to me here.
Some days I wish I could walk around with one of those signs pinned to me like legally blind people have...
"I have ADHD. I am often socially retarded and will likely seem weird to you (except in one-on-one situations or palliative care, where I kinda rock (I am also prone to tangents) ) I apologise in advance for anything I may say that might make you cry...the bathrooms are that way"
