So i was talking with a coworker at my place and hes going to EMT school. He told me about this kid who was schizoaffective who went to EMT school because the kid was tired of how he was treated by authorites when he had episodes so he wanted to be an example of good treatment of other disabled people. He got through EMT school and was working but as many of u know this life he was taking a cocktail of meds that made his hands shake. So one day his boss asked “why do ur hands shake”. And the kid was apparently open about his illness and said “because im schizoaffective and take meds that make my hands shake.”…They fired him. He felt so lost that he gave up stopped taking his meds and fell into depression. One day he took an airsoft gun out in public and his Mom called the police telling them “my son is schizoaffective and he has an AIRSOFT gun.” Cops show up and the kid did everything he could to get a reaction from the police and they gunned him down. Now a (probably) good person is dead. This story taught me two things about my illness. 1: normals don’t give a ■■■■ about you if your ill and will treat u as sub-human, firing u for something u can’t control even when it goes against the ADA. 2: it reinforces the idea that the police are very quick to use deadly force especially with minority groups dealing with race and mental illness.
Just watch out who u disclose ur illness with because most people are pieces of ■■■■ about differences and it can get u fired. And cops are not to be trusted especially when ur schizo because once they know ur ill ur written off as a soulless body, a crazy person bent on destruction.
Rest in Peace whoever u were
