MSQ Difficulty and Exclusion

[Eraden]

To be fair, in ForteNightshade's defense, if there was mention of Parkinson's earlier in the thread on some previous page, I know I overlooked it; I honestly didn't realize the "shaking like a leaf" in your post was a reference specifically to Parkinson's as opposed to a dramatic way of saying that the Titania trial was impossibly imposing to tackle. And I say this as someone who is very familiar with Parkinson's.

(My dad has it -- progressed far enough that it's begun to affect his memory and concentration, and there are significant restrictions on the situations in which he's allowed to drive an automobile -- and I am at high risk for it later in life; I have a lot of motive to make sure I'm well-educated on it, both to be a supportive daughter and to be prepared in case it's something I eventually need to deal with personally as well.)

So I'm definitely sympathetic to how hard that can make things, and the challenges it can present. And you are absolutely in no way obligated to share that sort of thing with people; your health (and any challenges stemming from such) are entirely your own business, and you owe folks on some random internet forum no explanations, nor is it your responsibility to educate folks.

But that said... lacking those explanations, I think it's also slightly unrealistic to expect folks to draw the conclusion that the phrase "shaking like a leaf" in a post specifically references a neurological condition like Parkinson's, as opposed to just being a dramatic way of describing being upset by the duty.

After all, folks on this forum, myself included, are sometimes prone to waxing eloquent -- or at least, utilizing highly melodramatic turns of phrase -- when writing posts here.

I sympathize with your situation. I truly do. I would not wish this condition on anyone else. That being said, I had repeatedly indicated in this thread that I have a disability and had even indicated at the start of this thread that it was specifically Parkinson's. It is up to those who respond to my posts to do proper due diligence before responding.

[Packetdancer]

I sympathize with your situation. I truly do. I would not wish this condition on anyone else. That being said, I had repeatedly indicated in this thread that I have a disability and had even indicated at the start of this thread that it was specifically Parkinson's. It is up to those who respond to my posts to do proper due diligence before responding.

Fair enough! I know when a thread has had a lot of churn and gone on for several pages -- especially if it's been several days since you last caught up on the thread, or you come to the thread late and end up on a later page more quickly -- it can be easy enough to overlook things. (Witness that I apparently did while skimming the thread to catch up!)

But if you'd already shared that earlier in the thread -- if you'd provided that context, and had every reason to think the reader thus has the necessary context to interpret the post -- then yeah, that does sort of put the onus of reading the situation correctly on the reader.