autisticliving:

As disabled people, we are constantly expected to do our very best, to push ourselves as much as possibly in an attempt to keep up with ablebodied, neurotypical expectations. We might not make it, but at least we’re always doing out best, right?

This is your daily reminder that you do not always have to do your best. Us disabled people often have to spend tremendous amounts of energy on things that most people take for granted – and we are expected to do that. All the time. Everyday.

To make up for the fact that we are disabled, we don’t get to be lazy. We don’t get to say “I don’t want to do that” when we could, even when doing it would mean spending so many spoons that we can hardly leave our bed for days afterwards. We are constantly fighting the notion that we’re lazy, that we could do everything we’re expected to do if only we tried harder – and in fighting that notion, actually being lazy can often seems like a privilege for neurotypical, ablebodied people.

That’s bullshit. You’re allowed to be lazy sometimes. You are allowed to say no to something, not because you are incapable of doing it, but because you don’t want to or because you’d rather use your time and energy on something else. No one can do their best 24/7. No one can press themselves to the limit all the time. No one should have to.