My Parents Ignored My Disability

And it bothers me to this day that they failed to help me understand this condition.

Sera Maddingly
Nov 4 · 5 min read

I rarely talk about my condition, mostly because I was brought up believing that it wasn’t a problem, and I was just like everyone else. I still have a hard time labeling my vision issue as a disability because I don’t know if it truly is one. I don’t feel disastrously…

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Sera Maddingly

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Author | Japanophile | Corgi Lover. Visit me at seramaddingly.com. I write my truth. I write my pain. I write whatever pokes at my mind, including fiction. ❤

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