'A lot of being sick when you’re young is mourning the life I don’t know I’ll get to have anymore.'
asked 14 young people who are chronically ill and disabled what they wish able-bodied people knew about what it’s like to be sick and young. Some said they wish their able-bodied peers understood the mental and emotional toll their condition can take. Others said they're sick of the assumptions made about them, like that they're automatically brave, or lazy because they can't do everything their peers can.
Are hospitals and surgeries and medication and specialists scary? Sure, but what other choice do I have? People saying I’m brave for going through what I have show me that they think being disabled is a death sentence and a tragedy they couldn’t imagine themselves going through.
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