Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s open acknowledgement that he and his wife used fertility treatments to conceive their two children and his candid discussions about that generated one of the most moving moments during a rally in Glendale, Arizona, when people chanted the name of his firstborn daughter, Hope.
The positive reaction to the candidate’s discussion of the topic confirms the thumbs-up that Vice President Kamala Harris got for choosing her running mate from every faction of the Democratic Party — from moderates such as Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va.; progressives such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; and even erstwhile conservative Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., who left the party this year.
But Tim and Gwen Walz also deserve positive attention for the way they’ve discussed their son, Gus, who came into the national spotlight thanks to a piece in People magazine, about his nonverbal learning disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. That makes him double-neurodiverse.
“Double-neurodiverse”? Look I’m all for more acceptance and understanding of me and my ND homies, but I’m pretty sure you only get the buff effect once no matter how many conditions with that flag you have; it doesn’t stack.
Lol @ referring to it as the buff 🤣
the suicide rates for some comorbidities do have an additive effect though. the debuffs stack.
And many are on a spectrum. Its more complex than just stacking or independent of each other. Some may be linked traits that we dont understand yet.
Two separate ND diagnoses, but yeah I agree this doesn’t make it double.
Yes, if someone is pregnant with twins, they are stil pregnant. Not double pregnant. It’s more to handle but it’s not a seperate pregnancy.
What an elegant analogy!
But it does mean that the meat mech has double occupancy more akin to Pacific Rim, rather than a single pilot design akin to Battletech.
Meat mech mom could be a band name.
Sounds like a grunge band name circa 2003.
…I thing double-extra pregnant is amazing, and love it.
Double extra pregnant is the last week and when youre overdue waiting…
Maybe the second diagnosis isn’t multiplicative.
gotta min max my ND buffs yaknow
Nah, being non verbal is it’s own extra challenge.
Yeah, right? I have a diagnoses both mental and physical that qualify me as “disabled,” but I haven’t seen a box I get to tick anywhere yet that says “super disabled”
If you get a super disabled parking tag, you can push away cars with disabled tags from disabled parking lots and use it yourself
It’s the other end of the spectrum from “extremely normal”
I actually think it depends on order and priority 🤓
Jokes aside, I think it’s a fine term given the large differences between the two forms of ND he has.
Fine, but I wanna be super mega doubleplus extra neuro-ultra-diverse (/s, in absence of a trollface emoji 😂)
I use 3 mana to cast Dyslexia on your Mental Faculty
Dys sex ia
In my experience, people with multiple disabilities (MS + UC for instance) call themselves “twice blessed.”
It’s humorous, if that’s unclear.
It’s great when you melt cheese between the layers. I prefer to add onions as well for extra crunch and flavor.
It’s great Walz is exceeding standards, it sucks that they’re this low.
And I’m pretty sure the plural for Walz isn’t “Walzes”
And I’m pretty sure the plural for Walz isn’t “Walzes”
No, I would say that is correct.
What if the Walzes’ favorite dances are waltzes?
Tim is actually a ballroom dance enthusiast, and designed his own training apparatus to help people learn to dance without a partner and without taking up any floorspace. They sell them as Walz’ Waltzes Wallses.
This guy just keeps getting perfecter
If walls could talk, that would be what the wall says.
Did you really just say “if walls could talk” in a thread about a walz with a nonverbal learning disorder?
~Just a joke if that isn’t clear~
I was going for the “wall says” / Walzes, and didn’t realize till much later that the “if walls could talk” was even a thing.
Seeing Gus last night made me tear up every time the camera went to him. He was so proud of his dad.
Same. I’m getting emotional just thinking about how frigging happy that kid was to see his dad and hero in the spotlight finally getting the attention he deserves.
Huh, I just thought their son wanted to not be in the spotlight and they were honoring his wishes.
this whole election is above my weight class.
i wish i could just vote today and then ignore all of this until the election is over as i am so beneath the people that i want to vote for it makes me feel badly.
