[Developmental Disabilities] Another Self-Introduction

Hello! I'm Hii-san.

I have already
introduced myself in my first article.

But!
This time, I will write again
about the traits I have.🙇🏻‍♀️

In a nutshell, I am a department store of developmental disabilities .

I have various conditions, almost as if I am trying to
complete a collection of developmental disabilities and related illnesses/disorders.

It might get a bit heavy, but
I would appreciate it if you could read until the end.🌷

● What are developmental disabilities in the first place?

Developmental disabilities is a general term for various traits.
Major developmental disabilities include

• ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

• ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

• LD (Learning Disabilities)

and so on.

Some people have just one of these,
while others have a combination of several.

● The disabilities and illnesses I have

I will list the five disabilities and illnesses I have.
Before you read on, I want to let you know.

From here on, it is super long.

① ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

This is the main developmental disability I have.
In my case, it is mainly

• prone to being impulsive

• I have absolutely no attention span. I am incredibly inattentive.

• Zero planning ability.

• Easily distracted by immediate rewards
  → making me prone to scams or
  tending to procrastinate on tasks I need to do.

These are some of my traits.
To put it in perspective,
it's like a car with broken brakes and the accelerator floored🚗³₃
.

If you keep the accelerator floored, you get tired quickly.
So, (especially before treatment),
at the end of the day,I would often be unable to move, as if I were deadvery frequently.

② ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

This is the secondary developmental disability I have.

I mainly have the following traits:

• I can't read the room and often make comments that make things awkward
  (and I don't even realize when it creates a scene).

• I extremely dislike doing things I'm not used to.

• I am pointlessly perfectionistic. I only think in terms of 0% or 100%.

• I lack imagination, especially the ability to imagine how others feel.

Because of this,
during elementary and middle school, I had
constant relationship troubles... How terrifying...😇

③ Dyslexia (Reading Disorder)

This is one of the LDs (Learning Disabilities) I mentioned at the beginning,
and it causes difficulties in reading text.

When I try to read any kind of text,
the letters move, blur, or glow, so
I am really, truly bad at reading books.

☕️ As an aside...
Since I've seen things this way since I was little,
until I became an adult, I didn't evenquestion that letters blurring was normal.

𓂃𓈒 𓂂𓏸

Why do I, as someone with dyslexia,
continue to write on note?

In fact, because I have dyslexia, I discovered
how to write engaging note postsand I'd like to share that with you✍🏻

I have even received comments like this
from those who have read my work♪

▼ Click here for details

④ APD (Auditory Processing Disorder)

When there are several people talking,
I can hear the voices as sounds, but
I end up in a state where I cannot make out what is being said.

At its worst, even in a one-on-one conversation,
there are times when I cannot hear
what the other person is saying at all.

Thanks to this trait,
pretending to listenhas become a skill I'm better at than anyone else!👏

⑤ Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Out of the five disabilities and conditions,
this was the first one to be discovered.

It is the only one that is not a developmental disability,
but it is said to be deeply related to developmental disabilities.

No matter how long I sleep at night,
during the day, I am hit by an intense sleepiness
that feels like being dragged into darkness 💤

I was so sleepy during the day that in high school,
I would sleep through every subject except P.E.lol

● Developmental "disability" is just a name

Everything listed so far is a trait I carry.
Wow... that's a long list lol

There are still other troublesome traits I haven't listed,
but I don'tdislikeany of them.

It is true that developmental disabilities
often lead to difficulties in living in society.

However, I don't believe they are disadvantages at all;
I simply think that a person's traits
are being labeled with the negative word
"disability."

When you really think about it, there are positive aspects too!

For example,
thanks to the impulsivity unique to ADHD,
I was able to suddenly decide to start this blog.

Also, because of the perfectionist traits of ASD,
I write my posts until I am satisfied with them
before sharing them with everyone,
so I have absolutely no regrets when I look back at them! ✌🏻

In other words...
rather than a "disability," aren't developmental disabilities actually individuality?

"It is precisely because I have a developmental disability that I am who I am today."

I can say that with my head held high.

✻*˸ꕤ*˸*⋆。✻*˸ꕤ*˸*⋆。✻*˸ꕤ*˸*⋆。

When talking about myself, developmental disability is
an essential part of who I am.

From here on out, I will continue to face my traits well
and get through this hard-mode life!

Thank you so, so much
for reading this far!

That's all from Hee-san ˙ᵕ˙ )ﾉﾞ