I sometimes wish I could carry an assisted communication device around with me. But since I can speak, people expect me to say my words out loud instead. And when I do, I sometimes sound like I have an intellectual disability even though I'm a grad student. It's like I have the thoughts but I can't translate them into words in real time.
When people read my writing, they're shocked I can write so well. They're like, "You wrote this all by yourself?" I so much want to say, "Of course I did. My degree is in journalism, you twit!" Of course if I actually said that to their faces, I'd be accused of being "rude".
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"There is difference and there is power. And who holds the power decides the meaning of the difference." --June Jordan