I'm bipolar and I live with a bipolar brother-in-law. We both take depakote. He takes more, plus antipsychotics. I've been stable since the initial incident in 2011, and don't really consider myself disabled. He is clearly disabled (can't drive, and gets a disability check, and has severe shakes from the meds. My shaking is moderate, bu…
I'm bipolar and I live with a bipolar brother-in-law. We both take depakote. He takes more, plus antipsychotics. I've been stable since the initial incident in 2011, and don't really consider myself disabled. He is clearly disabled (can't drive, and gets a disability check, and has severe shakes from the meds. My shaking is moderate, but getting worse over time).
Regarding the "community." I think there's a disability activist community of sorts, that has made some big impacts clearly. There still needs to be much more. Buses, for instance, take wheelchairs these day, but in my snowy city the bus stops are often very poorly and infrequently cleared, and people in wheelchairs still need to get around in winter. My guess is that there is less low-income disability activism.
I'm bipolar and I live with a bipolar brother-in-law. We both take depakote. He takes more, plus antipsychotics. I've been stable since the initial incident in 2011, and don't really consider myself disabled. He is clearly disabled (can't drive, and gets a disability check, and has severe shakes from the meds. My shaking is moderate, but getting worse over time).
Regarding the "community." I think there's a disability activist community of sorts, that has made some big impacts clearly. There still needs to be much more. Buses, for instance, take wheelchairs these day, but in my snowy city the bus stops are often very poorly and infrequently cleared, and people in wheelchairs still need to get around in winter. My guess is that there is less low-income disability activism.