u/Fresh_Independent_74

Please stop suggesting all disabled passengers use non-emergency medical transportation. That only goes to MEDICAL appointments. Believe it or not disabled people have jobs, social lives, and run errands like anyone else and have places to go and be other than medical appointments.

This goes beyond simply providing a useless suggestion, it is assuming disabled people all need to be supervised 24/7. That is incredibly patronizing. Disabled people go places alone, like any other adult. Sure SOME disabled people have aides or caregivers but not all do, or they may only have one some hours of the day but not all the time.

This automatic assumption that "being disabled" = "needs someone with us at all times to supervise us" is condescending. So because someone with a health issue could theoretically have symptoms anywhere, that means they should never leave their house alone? Even if they know how to manage those symptoms through medications etc? They need specialized, disability-specific services and care ALL THE TIME, for every errand they ever run? Do you have any idea how expensive that level of round-the-clock care would be and that health insurance will NOT provide you with assistance you don't actually need?

I have a rating of 4.65 and I am always polite, always standing where I am supposed to, do not slam the door, do not eat in the car, and do not have body odor. The only thing I can think of is that I use a folding wheelchair which I store in the trunk, but I get in and out of the car independently and don't need any assistance, and it should not be legal to rate someone poorly based on having a disability. I wish I could see why I am getting rated low. I also always order an XL so there is enough space for the folding wheelchair and always tip 25% at minimum

I am looking for suggestions of hobbies I can do when I have a migraine. I am more sensitive to sound than light and cannot tolerate any sound at all when I have a migraine. Please suggest activities that are silent and ideally also low-tech

American here, I noticed there have been a lot of questions here and in r/AskAnAmerican on our protests, so I decided to make a documentary about it

Since links are not allowed in the post body I will comment with the link

I feel like my friends who were never Swifties don't understand why this is so hard for me. I didn't think a snark sub would either, but after seeing a similar post get positive reception, I am taking the chance because I need to process this

I am a former fan, I wouldn't say I was necessarily a Swiftie because I didn't follow her personal life or frankly care much about who she was as a person outside her music, but her music and more importantly, the fandom community meant a lot to me

I got into her music during the Eras Tour so maybe some would say I was never a real fan to begin with. But it was a really dark period of time in my life. I was battling severe illness and in and out of the hospital. At one point I didn't think I would survive. Her music, but mostly, bonding with other fans in Livestream watch party comments section, gave me something to focus on other than my illness, a reason to keep fighting

Ultimately I set a goal to go to the Eras Tour. I was still very ill and this felt like my last chance to see her live. She wasn't coming anywhere near where I lived, and it was a lot of logistics to save up the money over months, coordinate flights, hotels and everything, especially since I planned on going solo. It was my very first cross country solo trip

I won't hesitate to say this trip was a life-changing experience for me. It taught me that I was more than my illness, that I could still have goals and dreams and achieve them, and could travel on my own. It gave me the courage to move across the country the following year, to a city where I'm much happier now

All this is to say it has been very painful for me to come to terms with who Taylor Swift is as a human being, especially in light of certain recent information, like the invites to her wedding. I cannot stand by this anymore, as someone who considers myself politically progressive

But it's hard for me to feel like my memories are somehow tainted, or worse, like I may regress and lose all the gains I made in my personal development if I sever ties from that part of myself

I keep reminding myself that it was never really about Taylor. It was about finding a passion, finding a sense of belonging, challenging myself to set a goal and reach that goal. And I could do all that without a celebrity I've never met and never will meet

Does anyone else have complex feelings about losing your connections to the fandom?

I am 40 years old and live in an assisted living facility due to various disabilities and health issues. Next to me the next youngest person here is 55. I have lived here for 6 months but lived in a different ALF before I moved to this one. AMA

I have had MOH for 2 years and have tried to detox from my abortives many times. Every time I do I end up in the ER and ultimately end up giving up. The longest I ever lasted was 5 days. Generally I take abortives daily and am in agony if I don't. I don't know what to do. Yes I have tried bridge therapy and yes I am on a preventative (5 preventatives actually including Botox). I've even gone inpatient 3 times in the past year. Nothing works and I still am in unbearable agony every time I try to discontinue abortives. I don't understand how other people do it. Part of the problem is I am suicidally depressed if I go even 48 hours without leaving the house, so I need the pain managed enough that I can actually function and do things and not have to stay home in sensory deprivation as that would result in a different kind of crisis and psych ward stay. I don't know how people cope with that either.