kick it off here, if you like.

So for me, it's like...

Yeah, I don't think I would have been able to name it when it was happening, but internalized ableism was definitely what was sort of pushing me to excel and to be the high achieving student and then the high performing worker that I was early on in my career.

And I mean, a lot of that is associated with the fact that I obtained my disability.

I injured myself when I was 14 and went to boarding school shortly thereafter.

And like a lot of that was just me trying to be normal and not be different.

And that led to me also not associating with the disability community in any way because I didn't think I was that disabled.

I have more to say, but I want to let everybody else say something.