#your expert opinion

When will people learn that disabled people don’t have to prove anything to you and that I especially don’t care about your opinions on whether someone is “disabled enough” to meet your arbitrary standards?

Most disabled people I know have had the experience of people not fully believing their symptoms. It takes people years to get diagnosed. And then people still don’t believe them.

Believe people when they say they are in pain. Believe people when they say they are struggling with something. I’d rather believe the vast majority of people who are dealing with very real struggles than worry about the others. I don’t care if some people are faking. I really don’t.