Queen Faunackthrice@tabletop.social
Sep 23, 2026, 5:06 PMCommunication disorders like Dysarthria and Dysphasia (neurological deficits leading a range of language problems such as not being able to produce the right words or understand words correctly or stuttering, despite internal cognitive logic being intact) are so common in brain injury and yet I have colleagues I know have worked in the sector for a decade or more, but still write people who can't speak fluently off as being either unintelligent or lacking capacity to make decisions (and tacitly needing us to control everything they do.) It's infuriating to me, I can't imagine how infantilising and humiliating it is to my patients