Lucky Me

For all of my life people believed that I am cognitively impaired. But I am not - which begs the question, how many people in this world are misunderstood? I have been thinking about it a lot recently. Maybe it’s this time of year that has me reflecting on my life, and how fortunate I am. I am one of the few with Fragile X who have the ability to spell to communicate.  I am lucky to be sitting here with Judy writing this. I am lucky that my parents loved me enough to not give up on me. I am lucky that my Mom brings me to Mouth to Hand several times a week. I am lucky that I belong somewhere.

I hate that there is so little belief in the Fragile X community of our being cognitively intact. I am facing disbelief everywhere. It is upsetting to me, but it also reminds me that I am incredibly lucky.