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"I think that perfect people are not very interesting." --Rumiko Takahashi.

The most glaring message of my childhood was: We've never seen anyone like you before. My neurologist wrote as much in his report; my mother still thinks my brain is a fascinating artefact for science. The school system thought that if I had to be disabled, I should at least be disabled in a way they'd actually heard of. The teachers on recess duty thought that I was too old to be asking them to tell me where my friends were on the playground; one day when school got out early, the lady in the school office thought that "You only live three blocks away--you shouldn't bother your mother with calling her to pick you up." (My mother thought she was a jackass). And a few weeks ago I found someone who thought: "You are because you are, and that's all right."

Psst! Even if you're not familiar with Ranma 1/2, I want your opinion! Canon isn't particularly helpful, and anyway, I love you.