Are you not not going to watch the Oscars this year?

[Ms Harmless]

that's the one I'd guess, yep; an autoimmune disease, which can affect anyone of any age, usually due to secondary mental and / or physical health issues

So what symptoms does it produce other than hair loss?

other health symptoms cause it; if you want to find out the possible range of causes, the internet is right there, but terminal illness is one

Sure, sure... But all we know of Jada is that she has the symptom of losing her hair. We don't know she has anything more extreme.

we do know that her particular type of alopecia is not due to "natural causes", and doctors are stumped as to what the causes are

From what I read, it could very well be because of "natural causes". It's simply hair loss, until other symptoms arise.

you mean it's "simply hair loss" until you get better evidence than my assurance that it isn't

[tree_]

Yeah, I guess I just don't know what "disability" means, and the dictionary I use must be incorrect

[Rob]

You guys do realize you can type "what kind of alopecia does Jada Pinkett Smith have" into google and hit enter, right? She herself isn't sure, but hair loss is her only symptom (according to her), and she seems at peace with it now, even saying “Me and this alopecia are going to be friends.”

[epilogue]

goddamnit Rob.

We had a good, natural conclusion to the thread.

I knew I should I have locked it.

[tree_]

Rob only reiterated what I was sarcastically implying

[Ms Harmless]

You guys do realize you can type "what kind of alopecia does Jada Pinkett Smith have" into google and hit enter, right? She herself isn't sure, but hair loss is her only symptom (according to her), and she seems at peace with it now, even saying “Me and this alopecia are going to be friends.”

her relationship to her alopecia doesn't mean it isn't a disability (I was born with mine and made peace with it a long time ago, it's still there however)

[tree_]

So can a disability be something as simple as something that makes you somewhat uncomfortable with your physical appearance? Cause in that case my huge ass skin tag on my lower back would count too

[epilogue]

Rob only reiterated what I was sarcastically implying

Thank you! So you agree.

[Ms Harmless]

forms of disfigurement come under the umbrella, yes

[Strat]

My god please make it end.

[tree_]

So if anybody ever makes fun of my big ugly skin tag again I can call them an ablest?

[Rob]

Disability:

noun
a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.

Ms Harmless, from what I've read, YOU have a disability. She has a condition which causes hair loss.

[Mickey]

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[Ms Harmless]

ah! "condition", interesting

disability and chronic / terminal illness (including autoimmune disease) tend to be collected together as an umbrella these days

another aspect that that definition is missing is "experiences ableism"

and that definition is a Medical Model definition

[Ms Harmless]

So if anybody ever makes fun of my big ugly skin tag again I can call them an ablest?

free speech

[Rob]

Condition simply indicates a state of health, whether well or ill; a condition conferring illness might be further classified as a disease or a disorder—however, condition might be used in place of disease or disorder when a value-neutral term is desired.

[verb_to_trust]

Everybody is a victim in the year of our lord, 2022. Especially bald women.

[Ms Harmless]

Jada simply suffers the human condition

[epilogue]

Everybody is a victim in the year of our lord, 2022. Especially bald women.

especially anyone on RM posting with you

[verb_to_trust]

Everybody is a victim in the year of our lord, 2022. Especially bald women.

especially anyone on RM posting with you

!!