I’m back on my bullshit y’all.
Give me chronically ill and disabled characters, yes, but don’t stop there.
Give me characters with dynamic illnesses that cause their access needs to change from day to day and sometimes even minute to minute.
Give me a character with chronic migraines who knows that orgasms actually help a lot with migraines and uses that to their advantage.
Actually just give me a disabled character who has sex.
Give me an autistic character who’s not a genius who gets away with being an asshole because they’re smart and autistic.
Give me characters who aren’t proud of their disabilities and who don’t get over their frustration and anger at their own body betraying them.
Give me chronically ill and disabled characters whose stories don’t revolve around their illness.
Give me chronically ill and disabled characters who aren’t made to be easily digestible to neurotypical people. Give me characters that aren’t inspiration porn or helpless children that need to be saved. Give me characters who don’t “overcome” their disabilities. Who aren’t infantalized or vilified or “cured” for the comfort and satisfaction of a neurotypical audience.