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Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 4:42 pm
by Pandas
Im legally blind, i think 20/400 in one eye and 20/370 in the other but my vision is able to be correct through laser surgery to be perfect or close enough that i don't need glasses. SO i don't know why you have "cant be corrected to (blah blah)"
Regardless, my vision is actually getting better on their own, i've learned to focus my eyes alot and it's getting much better.
There's really no "experience to have" because with glasses i can see fine as well, or what i think to be fine. *shrugs* Just like living without it in my opinion. Guess it's all on how ya look at it :3
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 5:06 pm
by Numb
neio wrote:Numb wrote: I've lost my sense of smell already, and that in turn has reduced my taste slightly. Oddly enough, my hearing has improved through all of this.
I've heard losing smell can be quite traumatic. Was yours a gradual loss, and does it bother you much?
It was gradual, and only completely stopped working last year, but I didn't have a problem with it. I just look at the advantages of my condition and any other ailments, like being able to use the bathroom immediately after some guy who makes it impossible for life to exist in there.
Pandas wrote: Hence that name numb? Woah, thats instense O.o
That was actually a happy accident, I didn't realise it had a meaning like that until a week after I first took it. I just used the word numb because I thought it sounded cool
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 5:31 pm
by Munchenhausen
Forever_ambivalent wrote:It's really annoying how much of a jerk people can be towards people with these conditions. It isn't the nicest thing when people are being so negative about your condition but I suppose other people here have had it a lot worse.
Mental health problems in a nutshell
now I sound like a tumblr kid
As far as physical goes, the best I got is a mild Congenital Tinnitus.
Constant ringing in my ears, for as far as I remember. It's strange thinking I have never heard actual silence before...
Eh, you don't miss what you never had.
Also my right knee has been playing up for a while now.
Probably should take more care of it.
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it
Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 2:26 am
by SpunkySix
Probably severe asthma, seeing as I already have a milder form of it and not much else wrong physically.
Kind of hard to just "select" a disability though...
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:57 pm
by Jobriq
Found out I have Bicuspid Aortic Valve in April and I’m at the hospital for a routine echo and I remembered this place exists.
Not really a disability though. Might need a valve replacement in 20 years but BAV doesn’t affect me orherwise
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:31 pm
by Siphonata
Has anyone got Visual Snow Syndrome? I honestly find it fascinating how if my focus shifts, I can occasionally see clear floating circles or lines that fall down or how surfaces are covered with a faint static (akin to TV static).
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:58 pm
by hdkv
Well, I'm legally blind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it?
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:28 pm
by Peorth
hdkv wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:58 pm
Well, I'm legally blind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Better than being illegally blind!
As for me, I have a (fairly, if such a thing can be called that) mild case of cerebral palsy with spastic diplegia, I also have a VP shunt.
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it?
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:04 am
by BountifulDawn
Hello, new poster to the forum. I see the poll is long gone but figured I would hang out and say hello.
As of posting, I have visual disabilities and am blind.
- Retinopathy of Prematurity Stage 4 with Lattice Degeneration.
- Missing Vertebra in my spine.
- Venous insufficiency.
If anyone has any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them.
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:00 pm
by Retornodelogay
Browsing the forums and randomly coming across this thread, so just wanted to contribute to the statistic. Would love to see how many people voted blank to compare but oh well, what can you do with a 14 year old post.
As for me, I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a somewhat rare (mostly due to missed diagnoses if you ask me) genetic connective tissue disorder. It affects... basically everything, because connective tissue tends to, you know, connect stuff. I'd say my case is on the milder side of the spectrum and most related issues are under control, but I already have osteoarthritis and suffer frequent dislocations (particularly on my shoulders and hips) and I have pathologically bad balance due to terrible proprioception. I use a collapsible cane from time to time that I always carry in my backpack, but other than that I seem healthy from an outside perspective.
I also happen to be autistic which funnily enough is a common comorbidity of Ehlers-Danlos, but I guess that doesn't count! Wouldn't be able to tell which one is more 'disabling' either, lol.
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:32 am
by kaizenOramara
I have a neural tube defect called spina bifida myelomeningocele, with a whole litany of complications. I think that, and the fact I also was a wheelchair track athlete in high school, is what made KS so relatable for me.
Re: If you *actually have* a physical disability, what is it?
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:11 pm
by Sleepy_0
I'm not a native English speaker, so I used a translator.
I have an arrhythmia.
Not only that, but my lungs and liver are not in good shape.
I had pneumonia as a child, and the medications I was on as a child were enough to damage my liver.
I also have dermatomycosis and farsightedness.
Well, I think I'm pretty healthy, though.