Why am I so focused on saving energy? Because I need it to do things like go to this demonstration. If you are disabled, you have an energy budget. You only have a limited amount of it, and when you go over budget, you get massive debt – physical illness, breakdowns, or simply unable to take care of yourself for a while. And if I want to do anything other than just keep myself alive, I have to cut corners. I simplify everything. And because I do, I can be happy about things like standing on a street corner and yelling at politicians when they go to a fundraiser, because I know there are many other disabled people who could never, no matter how much they saved their energy, go to such a demonstration, even at the price. to be exhausted afterwards. And they have an even greater risk of dying from health care than I do. «Прошу не учитывать прошедший год при подсчете моего возраста.
Я им почти не пользовалась». – Не про меня. Пользовалась. Вообще, жить в эпоху. As always, I will vote in every election and thoroughly research each candidate and each issue. I won`t ignore local elections, but I will ignore political ads and focus on the candidate`s skills and background. Here is a picture of me at a recent protest against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act; the sign reads, “Don`t let us die.” (People with disabilities like me run the risk of dying if we don`t get health care, and that`s not an exaggeration.) We wear party hats because the ACA turned seven, so we have a “birthday party.” It`s a candid photo taken by a journalist, so it`s not a posed image. По разным данным на американской границе со стороны Мексики сейчас находится от 2.500 до 3.000 граждан Украины, планирующих пересечь границу по так.. Once you know that, once you know that your primitive and animal self reacts to humans in exactly the same way, you can measure your reaction with a little more wisdom.
Your lizard brain just looks at someone and says, “Are they going to give me a disease? Could we have healthy babies together? ” and doesn`t care about anything else. In reality, this “ugly” person could become your best friend for life; Or you might find her personality and wit so charming that you fall in love with her, despite what your primitive lizard brain tries to tell you about her appearance. Because there`s so much more to a relationship than this “ugly/pretty” early reaction. Let`s analyze that. Why do I look “ugly” in this photo? I will strengthen relationships with non-white people in my neighborhood. My LGBT friends know I`m there for them and I won`t let anyone lash out at them. I will continue my research on disability so that Americans with disabilities who die as a result of neglect, abuse, or murder are not forgotten. I will keep in touch with other people with disabilities and share tips on survival. I have a free couch and have no problem letting anyone sleep on it when they need it. For me, that means I`m not going to do much differently – I`m just going to work harder on it.
I have always been aware of how quickly and seriously a country can go wrong. I am German-American, naturalized. My country of birth went very, very badly in the 1930s, even though most Germans are good people. Americans are also good people, and I will not allow what happened in Germany to happen to my adopted country. So what`s your plan? Q: What will you do now that Donald Trump is elected president? A: I will do my best to help the minorities who will be most affected – poor, disabled, Hispanic, African American, LGBT. I`m already volunteering, but I`m going to take a close look at what my priorities should be, where I can do the most good as a single adult. I`ll probably work in the pantry again, as I`m pretty sure they`ll need extra labor, as food aid is harder to get and inevitable economic problems shift people from “working poor” to “hungry working poor who aren`t paid enough to keep eating.” As a single adult, I have more free time than people who care about their family. I am limited in energy and ability because of my autism, but what I can do, I will do. Some people with disabilities look “ugly” like that lizard brain because they are sick or because their faces are not symmetrical.
These are signs that if you`ve mated with them, your babies may not be as healthy. But even judging whether you could have healthy babies, “ugly” is a terribly inaccurate standard. Nowadays, if you wanted to tell if you could have healthy babies with someone, you`d just go to the doctor and get checked. But there is something behind it, something that we should all be aware of, because when we are aware of it, it causes much less harm. It`s like this: humans have some sort of evolutionary survival mechanism that tells us to stay away from disease and mate with those who are healthy. Hence the terms “ugly” and “pretty”; These are just approximations of whether you are healthy and fertile. Сегодня имела увлекательнейший диалог с урожденным американцем, который в душевном порыве помогает семье ураинских переселенцев. Для него это первый.
I will keep abreast of the news and I will not neglect international news. I`ve never done that – I usually listen to BBC news – but I`m going to focus on that now because I can`t trust my government to have the best interests in the world in mind. I will not ignore tragedies simply because they are on the other side of the world, and if my government does something I do not like, I will protest. But “ugly” is something your primitive self sees. It`s not something invented by your humanity or your compassion or your ability to communicate and empathize. “Ugly” is a concept that has been around since our ancestors laid eggs.