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can I take a moment to shout out to disabled writers. to writers who

• can’t spell
• don’t have a natural grasp of grammar or punctuation
• don’t have the energy to write every day, or even once a week
• can’t finish projects
• use language differently than NT people, in ways that can be unusual or difficult to understand
• are told their stories aren’t worth telling or aren’t “correct” because they deal with their disability or are affected by disability
• have brainfog that makes it difficult to keep a plot coherent
• can’t remember the names of their characters
• don’t have the time to devote to writing
• can’t focus to write for hours at a time, or even sometimes for minutes at a time
• have too much anxiety to start projects
• hate their own writing
• write stories that the public doesn’t care about and doesn’t want to hear
• go long periods of time without writing anything

you don’t have to be a fanatic who’s in overdrive all the time for your writing to be worth it – that’s only one way to write. remember that your writing is unique and worth creating no matter what society-in-general says about it. your stories are worth telling. and if caring for yourself and staying happy and healthy means not writing, that is perfectly alright. don’t feel less devoted to your art or less worthy as a writer because of your disability! Treat yourself right and work how YOU work, not how other people say you should.

Your writing is wonderful and you are as much a writer as anyone else, no matter what anyone else says. Keep doing you and loving yourself