magic pill

[call_me_lovey]

If you had a disability that you knew would never get any better, & someone offered you a pill to take it away, but it meant being a totally different person with a different life to the one you had, & you had no way of finding out whether it would be better/worse than this one, would you take it?? Why/why not?

Comments

[rainbow_goddess]

This is the entire reason I don't want to be cured of my autism. I've been like this all my life, I like the way I am, and I don't want to become a totally different person. I have friends and a partner who love me the way I am right now. So no, I wouldn't take this magic pill.

[princess_kessie]

No. I might not like every little thing about my life and my body, but I finally like who I am and I love my close relationships - and to lose them is not worth ANY magic pill.

[tabular_rasa]

It depends on the disability, because I think if I were to receive a brain injury that took away my memory and locked me inside myself without the ability to communicate, I think I'd take my chances with the pill. But living with something like autism, deafness, blindness, a motor disability, or a chronic pain disorder . . . millions of people cope with these and still lead rich and fulfilling lives. If they can handle it, I know I would learn to live with it, too. Plus I like who I am and the people I have relationships with. I think it would be worth having less spoons to hold on to them, especially because I know they would be supportive. And I already won the privilege lottery once; I don't know if I would win it again, and my life as a white middle-class American woman but with a disability would still be easier than so many lives in the world.

[musicallover826]

millions of people cope with these and still lead rich and fulfilling lives.

I would be one of those people I have had Mild Ceerably Palsy and a non-verbal learning disability since birth and was recently diagonosed with Cortical Visual Immpairmet. Despite my disabilities I would say I live a prett rich and fullfilling life. If there were such a pill that would change my disabilities I probably would not take it. I'm perfectly fine the way I am.. although if there was a pill to help me is certain social situations maybe I would take that as long as it wouldn't change my personality :)

I would...

[aquariusmind]

go for it and hope for the best

[platokasserman]

That depends on the disability and how miserable my life is. Most disabilities don't really destroy the quality of life.