Disability Pride month UK embracing difference

Hi everyone, I hope that life is treating you fairly. Next month in the UK is Disability Pride month. I was alerted about this through my email so I know. I am diagnosed with autism and have had experience of an eating disorder and being in treatment for anorexia nervosa in the past. Today I am doing much better with my physical health.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition, but in the UK it is also defined as a disability. I see it as also as being a blessing in my life, although it can have difficulties as well. My conditions I do not let them define me as a person or limit me, but I just work around what is helpful to me and try and avoid when I can what is not helpful for me. Galatians tells us to revel in the good attributes of a condition (Galatians 4:13) for some of us who experience some degree of infirmity. This means allowing God's glory to be magnified and displayed through our weaknesses and we supporting others as well through our uniqueness. Gold is the colour of disability for autism in the disability pride flag.

I sent a letter of feedback to London Transport regarding noise and tied it in with Disability Pride month and made a short video of a journey as well. What I wrote about is not an isolated feedback issue and they do at times try and make the problem less offensive in London

Dear London Transport
Hello my name is Rachel and I am diagnosed with a neurodiversity. I am diagnosed with Autism. I have severe to moderate sensory issues with hypersensivity and hyposensivity. I also have other disabilities. I also suffer from a condition called pulsatile tinnitus in the ears.

I do like to try to go out at least every now and then.

I live in London and am on the Central line. I find the line between Leyton and Mile End station extremely loud which does harm to my ear canals and my hypersensitivity with Autism and the loudness can make me hypersensitive.

Other tracks on this line between stations on this line are also extremely loud. I have seen other autistic people struggling with the loudness on trains. This can put me of from travelling as much as I would like to because of the sensory issues.

This month is Disability Pride month in the UK. if possible make a change and review this in the spirit of equality and that it is disability pride month and reduce the noise between stations. These are very old let's look at this again.

Restoring justice

Let's make a change

I have filmed an example to show how loud it is.

Please reply to me when ready how we can move this forward

Rachel

I will doing at my church on July 13th a reading of Psalm 139 for Disability Pride month. I asked my rector at church if I could read Psalm 139 as it is one of my favourites about being wonderfully and fearfully made and encapsulates neurodiversity and the scope of God. God is calling us with all our uniqueness and I am happy being me.

To help you understand this scripture-the lowest parts of the earth is when we are made in our mothers womb. Being knitted from behind is Christ supporting you as a Christian in your walk of faith. God made the original human being which led to us being created from our parents. God can support us with a neurodiversity and make us equipped to cope spiritually in life also with our diversties. Some people with a neurodiversity God will use for his glory to do his ministry work.

Psalm 139 (this is spiritual poetry from David)

O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Thou compassest my path and my lying down,And art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue,But, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me,And thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; Even the night shall be light about me.Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

For thou hast possessed my reins: Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

My substance was not hid from thee, When I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; And in thy book all my members were written, Which in continuance were fashioned, When as yet there was none of them.

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:When I awake, I am still with thee.

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: count them mine enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart:Try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

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I am looking forward to it-over and out and enjoy your summer those who are in summer now.

This song enscapulates who I am and how I feel about my conditions. I am what I am and I do not want pity. Take a listen why not.