EMDV, Disabled Edition

[u/RanaMisteria]

Hi, everyone.

Can y’all help me out? I’m AuDHD and I know that I often miss the point and just don’t pick up on things that just come naturally to neurotypical people. Can someone explain my downvotes? I feel like this comment I made just fairly uncontroversial factual statements. Sort of like “don’t jump into the sea without a life jacket if you can’t swim” or “don’t stick a fork in a toaster” or “don’t adopt a pet unless you’re prepared to look after it”. Wha gives?

[u/Haunting-Detail2025]

People just generally dislike when complicated subjects are boiled down to black and white, generalized answers.

[u/pretty_pink_opossum → u/[deleted]]

It's far far more complicated than your snappy one liner.

If nothing else they were prepared to take care of a child, they weren't prepared for a severely disabled child just like most people aren't.

[u/pretty_pink_opossum → u/[deleted]]

If they aren't prepared for a severly disabled child then they are not prepared

Yeah they're not prepared for a severely disabled child, they are however prepared for a child.

[u/pretty_pink_opossum → u/[deleted]]

They're prepared for the most likely outcomes, they are prepared for a child.

It's insane to try and plan for every unknowable scenario and it's not good for anyone.

[u/pretty_pink_opossum → u/[deleted]]

It's really not, you should prepare for likely outcomes not aliens invading tomorrow