Bendy Me

Sep. 3rd, 2014 08:30 pm
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So, I spent a couple of hours this afternoon doing an interview (via email) for DiversifYA (a website that advocates for more diversity in YA fiction, one of the precursors to #WeNeedDiverseBooks) on living with HMS/EDS. It was intriguingly difficult to answer the 'What was it like growing up with HMS/EDS?' question as no one I knew had even heard of it at that point, and my bendiness didn't become noticeably disabling until 24/25-ish - I knew there was something going on, but never realised there was a disability (or three) lurking. I'm not sure it's actually possible to discuss the growing up experience without bringing in the dyspraxia and neurodiversity, as the bullying certainly didn't draw a distinction between them! But again, no one had heard of them at that point (late 60s to early 80s).

I'll post a link when it goes live.

Date: 2014-09-04 12:52 am (UTC)
shehasathree: (neurodiversity)
From: [personal profile] shehasathree
Ooh, fabulous, look forward to reading it!
/Fellow bendy, here via [personal profile] kaberett.

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