humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
My Son Loves Pink, and I have Zero Problems with that.
I will start by saying that my youngest son is among the most extraordinary person I've ever met. Since he was born, we can see that he was just different. One year ago, he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with sensory processing disorder (SPD), seeking type (he loves to seek sensory input). He lacks eye contact, always hums, runs in circles, wiggles a lot, and mostly plays alone or beside his brother. He is very independent. At four years old, he can eat by himself, put together a 100-piece puzzle, knows the alphabet, remembers all the colors of his favorite characters while coloring, loves to sing, and can laugh at any joke, especially if it's about farts.
By Alvin Garcia3 years ago in Humans
Let’s Talk Sex and Disabilities
Hear ye! Hear ye! Disabled people have sex! I know can you believe it? Disabled people are in fact people - huzzah! When I first googled sex and disability I laughed. The alternative questions that popped up alongside made me consider a lot of things and boy you able-bodied do have some funny questions: 'Can disabled people have sex?', 'Can disabled people get turned on?', or 'Can disabled men still get it up?'
By Rosie J. Sargent3 years ago in Humans
Finding permission to be happy again: Chapter One
I remember watching the sun come up. The way the light peered in the windows always reflected the quiet promise of another day. You looked at me, and kissed my forehead like you always would. We were both calm, in the moment, at peace. After our usual morning pillow talk, I rolled over to grab our baggie to roll up our wake up fuel. You took my laptop, and you put on Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers. You closed your eyes and started singing. You weren't performing, you weren't trying to be funny, you were simply in your element. I remember watching you and thinking "I am so fucking in love with you."
By Rose Lawrence Brown3 years ago in Humans
America's Most Segregated Cities
Introduction In this article, we'll look at some of America's most segregated cities and explore the reasons for segregation in American cities based on our research. We'll also examine the consequences of segregation, including increased crime rates, poor health outcomes, and educational inequalities.
By Terry Mansfield3 years ago in Humans
Never Underestimate the Kindness of Strangers
Wednesday was a gorgeous day here in the Chicago area. Thus far, Autumn has been grand, just like it’s supposed to be, but often isn’t. The temperatures have been balmy, the colors, glorious and for once, all felt right with the world.
By Sherry McGuinn3 years ago in Humans
Misfortune and the Common Man
In this age not many misfortunes are composed. It has frequently been held that the need is because of a scarcity of legends among us, or, in all likelihood that cutting edge man has had the blood coaxed out of his organs of conviction by the suspicion of science, and the brave assault on life can't benefit from a mentality of save and caution. For some explanation, we are frequently held to be underneath misfortune or misfortune above us. The unavoidable end is, obviously, that the terrible mode is obsolete, fit exclusively for the exceptionally positioned, the rulers or the royal, and where this confirmation isn't made in such countless words it is most frequently suggested. I accept that the everyday person is as able a subject for misfortune in its most noteworthy sense as lords were. Apparently this should be clear in the illumination of current psychiatry, which puts together its examination with respect to classific definitions, like Oedipus and Orestes buildings, for cases, which were established by regal creatures, however which apply to everybody in comparative profound circumstances.
By Jeremiah Chinedu3 years ago in Humans
Do you have what it takes to stand up to a tyrant ?
In 1961 a series of experiments were carried out by Psychologist Stanley Milgram. In the experiments, volunteers were divided into two groups “Teachers” and “Learners” along with a “Supervisor” wearing a lab coat. The learners were strapped to a chair and asked to recall a list of words, and for every mistake they were given a shock by the teacher on the instruction of the supervisor. The intensity of the shock increased with each wrong answer, the victims moved from small grunt to excruciatingly painful cries.
By Saad Shabbir3 years ago in Humans
The Nightmare continued
Remember me? Lol, Lawd have mercy. Now I had written a story about my nightmare health experience that I went through last year. I was feeling better and feeling like I could get my life back on track. And for a month or two, everything was fine. Let’s recap: In November of 2021, I had two fibroids removed that were on top of my uterus. Combined, they were the size of a football. I had given the doctors consent to remove my uterus if they found more fibroids. After surgery was performed, they told me everything else was benign and my uterus was clean. Great news. But the thing about fibroids, is like bad news, they come back and boy did they come back.
By Tee Richardson 3 years ago in Humans
The Lost Scrolls of Nestor & Tinka 2022
Getting warmed up The first Sunday morning, one of our favorite age-old traditions is 'the song' with our friends The Dregs at 9:30 AM. Right before the song begins, we are playfully warming up our voices. Nestor sings, "mi mi mi," and it slowly becomes an ego-maniacal, "Me. Me. Me...Me!"
By Tinka Boudit She/Her3 years ago in Humans
Beliefs Got Nothing To Do With It
I’m not one of those people that gets super pissed every time some ignoramus spouts off about how global warming is a hoax, or the earth is only 6000 years old, or any other such silly thing. In my view, there always has been, and always will be, a subset of people who simply lack the capacity or the desire or the intelligence or whatever it is, to comprehend and/or accept basic facts about the universe and the world we live in. I simply acknowledge that and move on, I most definitely am not out pounding the pavement, evangelizing for the scientific worldview, no matter how many science journals or science based media outlets tell me I should be.
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Humans
