Before I am anything, an artist or a writer, I am a woman

Not just a woman

A woman with two disabilities

That no one takes seriously

One learning,

It makes it hard to focus

It makes it easy to hyperfixate

I need extra help

The other sensory

It makes it hard to handle… loud

It makes it easy to have overloads

I need extra help

“You’re overexaggerating”

“Sounds like an excuse”

I heard from a teacher.

Loud peers

Point at me when I shake

Mock me when I cover my ears

Why can’t people be

Kind

Compassionate

Or perhaps mind their own?