I am a person with a disability. And despite my passion for advocating for other people with disabilities, I frequently don’t extend the same understanding, accommodation, and sensitivity to myself that I would as a matter of course extend to others.

I don’t have numbers of friends, although I adore almost all the people I know. I am the one who maybe talks a little too much, forgets things, loses things, and is very sensitive to your criticism. I struggle daily to get my time organize...