Post by §cαrL£t on Jan 3, 2010 2:57:00 GMT -5
I recently returned to this site (see New Year's resolution, 2010) and was struck by their selection of "life challenges." Is this not insane?
I don't mean to disparage certain conditions, or to judge how easy or hard somehow has it, or how disabiling a certain thing is or isn't. It's just striking.
According to Lovebyrd's FAQ:
But still! Look at this list.
1. Amputee(Congenital)
2. Achalasia
3. Achondroplasia
4. Acid Maltase Deficiency
5. Acne Scars
6. Addison's Disease
7. Adult acne
8. Adult Attention Deficit Disorder
9. Agenesis
10. Agent Orange Poisoning
11. Agoraphobia
12. Albinism
13. Alopecia
14. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
15. Amelia Syndrome
16. Amputee
17. Amputee & Short Leg
18. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
19. Anemia
20. Angina
21. Ankle Disorders
22. Ankylosing Spondylitis
23. Anorexia
24. Anosmia
25. Antley-Bixler Syndrome
26. Anxiety
27. Arachnoiditis/Adhesive Arachnoiditis
28. Arnold Chiari Malformation
29. Arteriouvenous Malformation
30. Arthritis
31. Arthritis Rheumatoid/Osteo
32. Arthritis/TBI
33. Arthrogryposis
34. Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
35. Aspergers Syndrome
36. Asthma
37. Ataxia
38. Atherosclerosis
39. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
40. Auditory Sensitivity
41. Autism
42. Autophobia
43. Avascular Necrosis
44. Back Disorders
45. Bed Wetting
46. Bell's Palsy
47. Benign Essential Tumor
48. Bi Polar
49. Black Lung Disease
50. Blind
51. Blind (One Eye)
52. Blood disorder
53. Bone Disease
54. BOOP
55. Borderline Personality Disorder
56. Brachial Plexus Legions
57. Brachial Plexus Syndrome
58. Brain Aneurysm
59. Brain Disease
60. Brain Injuries
61. Brain Tumor
62. Bronchiectasis
63. Browns Sequard Syndrome
64. Burn Victim
65. Bursitis
66. CADASIL
67. Canavan Disease
68. Cancer
69. Cancer Survivor
70. Cardial Arythmia
71. Cardiomyopathy
72. Cauda Equina Syndrome
73. Celiac Sprue
74. Cellulitis
75. Cerebellar Ataxia
76. Cerebral Palsy
77. Cerebral Palsy (Mild)
78. Cervical Canal Stenosis
79. Cervical Disc Disease
80. Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
81. Chiari I Malformation
82. Chronic fatigue syndrome
83. Chronic Lyme Disease
84. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
85. Chronic Pain
86. Chronic Renal Problems
87. CIDP
88. Cirrhosis of liver
89. Cleft-Affected
90. Clubfoot
91. CMT (Type 2)
92. Collagen Deficiency
93. Colorblind
94. Colostomy
95. Congenital Birth Defect
96. Congestive Heart Failure
97. Connective Tissue Disorder
98. COPD/CHF
99. Cranial Aneurysms
100. Craniopharyngioma
101. Crohn's Disease
102. Cushings Disease/Cushings Syndrome
103. Cystic Fibrosis
104. D.D.D Of Spine
105. Deafness
106. Deep Vein Thrombosis
107. Degenerative Disc Disease
108. Degenerative Lung Disease
109. Dejerine-Sottas
110. Delusional Disorder
111. Depression
112. Depression & Anxiety
113. Dercum Disease/ Adiposis Dolorosa
114. Dermatomyositis
115. Developmental Disorders
116. Diabetes
117. Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
118. Dialysis Kidney Failure
119. Dilantin Syndrome
120. Disseminated Coccidiomycosis
121. Dissociative Disorder
122. Diverticulitis
123. Downs Syndrome
124. Duane's Syndrome
125. Dural Tension
126. Dwarfism/Short Stature
127. Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen-Syndrome
128. Dysautonomia
129. Dyslexia
130. Dysphagia
131. Dyspraxia
132. Dystonia
133. Eagle-Barrett Syndrome
134. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
135. Emphysema
136. Encephalitis
137. Endometriosis
138. Epidermolysis Bullosa
139. Epilepsy
140. Equilibrium Disorder
141. Erectile Dysfunction
142. Escobar syndrome
143. Essential Tremor
144. Facial & Bodily Warts
145. Facial and bodily abnormalities
146. Facial Disfigurements
147. Familial Dysautonomia
148. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
149. Fibromyalgia
150. Fibrous Dysplasia
151. Folliculitis
152. Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome
153. Friedreich's Ataxia
154. FSHD
155. Galactosemia
156. Gastrointestinal Dysmotility
157. Gastrointestinal ulcer
158. gender dysphoria
159. Generalized Dystonia
160. Gigantism
161. Glycogen Storage Disease
162. Goldenhar Syndrome
163. Gout
164. Graves' Disease
165. Grief
166. Guillain-Barre Syndrome
167. Gulf War Syndrome
168. Hard of Hearing
169. Hashimoto's disease
170. Head Injury
171. Headaches/Migraines
172. Heart Disease
173. Hemiparesis
174. Hemiplegia
175. Hepatitis B
176. Hepatitis C
177. Herpes
178. Hidradenitis Suppurativa
179. High Blood Pressure
180. hip & leg disorders
181. Hip Replacement
182. HIV/AIDS
183. Holt Oram syndrome
184. HPV
185. Hunter's Disease
186. Huntington's Disease
187. Hydrocephalus
188. Hyperhidrosis
189. Hyperthyroidism
190. Hypoglycemia
191. Hypogonadism(Primary/Central)
192. Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dyplasia
193. Hypothyroidism
194. I do not have a life challenge
195. I'll tell you later
196. IBS
197. Ileostomy
198. Incomplete Quad
199. Incomplete S.C.I
200. Incontinence
201. Insomnia
202. Intermittent Explosive Disorder/IED
203. Interstitial Cystitis
204. Joubert Syndrome
205. Keins
206. Kidney Disorders
207. Klinefelter Syndrome
208. Klippel-Feil Syndrome
209. Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome
210. Knee Injury
211. Kyphosis
212. Laryngectomee
213. Learning Disability
214. Legally Blind
215. Leprosy
216. Leukemia
217. Limb Deformity
218. Lou Gehrig's disease
219. Low Vision
220. Lupus
221. Lyme's Disease
222. Lymphedema
223. Machado-Joseph Disease
224. Maladjustment
225. Malaria
226. Marfan Syndrome
227. Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome
228. Memory Loss
229. Ménière's disease
230. Mental Challenges
231. Mild Paraplegia
232. Mitochondrial Disorder
233. Mobility Challenged
234. Moebius Syndrome
235. Monoplegia
236. Morquio's Syndrome
237. Multiple Challenges
238. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
239. Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia
240. Multiple Personality Disorder
241. multiple personality disorder
242. Multiple sclerosis
243. Muscle Atrophy
244. Muscle Wasting Disease
245. Muscular Dystrophy
246. Myasthenia Gravis
247. Myelodysplasia
248. Myelopathy
249. Myopia
250. Myositis
251. Myositis Ossificans Progressiva
252. Myotonic Dystrophy
253. Narcolepsy
254. Nerve Damage
255. Nervous System Damage
256. Neurofibromatosis
257. Neurological Disorder
258. Neuromuscular Disease
259. Neuromyopathy
260. Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
261. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
262. Orthostatic Intolerance
263. Osteoarthritis
264. Osteogenesis Imperfecta
265. Osteomalacia
266. Osteonecrosis
267. Panic Disorder
268. Paralysis
269. paraplegic
270. Paraplegic/Amputee
271. Parkinson's Disease
272. Parsonage-Turner Syndrome
273. Partial Blindness
274. Partial Paraplegic
275. Partial Quadriplegic
276. Pectus Excavatum
277. Peripheral Neuropathy
278. Pernicious Anemia
279. Persistent Mirror Movements
280. Photosensitivity
281. Piezogenic Pedal Papules
282. Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
283. Polio
284. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
285. Polymyositis
286. Post Encephalitis Syndrome
287. Post TBI Fatigue
288. Post-Polio Syndrome
289. Prader-willi syndrome
290. Priapism
291. Progressive Muscular Atrophy
292. Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency
293. Psoriasis
294. PTSD
295. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
296. Quadriplegic
297. Raynaud/Scleroderma
298. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
299. Renal Failure
300. Residual Schizophrenia
301. Retinisis
302. Right Hemiparesis
303. Romberg Syndrome
304. Rosacea
305. Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome
306. RRMS-Seizure Disorder
307. Sarcoidosis
308. Scheie's Syndrome
309. Schizoaffective Disorder
310. Schizophrenia
311. Scoliosis
312. Seizure Disorders
313. Selective Mutism
314. Severe Asthma
315. Severe Migraines
316. Short Gut Syndrome
317. Sickle Cell Anemia
318. Skin Disorders
319. Sleep Apnea
320. Social Phobia
321. Sondylosis RPS
322. Speech Disorder
323. Spina Bifida
324. Spinal Cord Injury
325. Spinal Disorders
326. Spinal Muscular Atrophy
327. Spinal Stenosis
328. Stickler Syndrome
329. Stiff Man Syndrome
330. Stroke Survivor
331. Stuttering
332. Syndactyly
333. Syringomyelia
334. Systemic Mastocytosis
335. Tar Syndrome
336. Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
337. TBI(Traumatic Brain Injury)
338. Tethered Cord Syndrome
339. Tetraplegic
340. Throat disorders/illnesses
341. Thyroidectomy
342. Too tall
343. Tourette Syndrome
344. Tracheotomy
345. Transplant Recipient
346. Transposition of the Great Arteries
347. Transverse Myelitis
348. Tricuspid Atresia
349. Trimethylaminuria (TMAU)
350. Turner's Syndrome
351. Ulcerative Colitis
352. Upper Extremity Paralysis
353. Urinary Incontinence
354. Urostomy
355. Usher Syndrome
356. VATER Syndrome
357. Ventricular Septal Defect
358. Vertigo
359. Visual Problems
360. Vitiligo
361. Walk with limp
362. Weight Problems/Overweight/Obese
363. Wheelchair User
364. Williams Syndrome
365. Wilson's Disease
the Green conditions are the devish ones
the Red ones are, well, you be the judge.
I don't mean to disparage certain conditions, or to judge how easy or hard somehow has it, or how disabiling a certain thing is or isn't. It's just striking.
According to Lovebyrd's FAQ:
I am confused about how you decide what's a disability and what is not. There are choices in your list, like obesity, and adult acne for example, that seem to me like they don't fit.
Lovebyrd caters not only to individuals with disabilities, but to indivduals with conditions such as obesity, adult acne, depression, anxiety and various other conditions and challenges that make it more difficult than in ordinary circumstances to find a life partner, or forge meaningful and lasting friendships.
Lovebyrd caters not only to individuals with disabilities, but to indivduals with conditions such as obesity, adult acne, depression, anxiety and various other conditions and challenges that make it more difficult than in ordinary circumstances to find a life partner, or forge meaningful and lasting friendships.
But still! Look at this list.
1. Amputee(Congenital)
2. Achalasia
3. Achondroplasia
4. Acid Maltase Deficiency
5. Acne Scars
6. Addison's Disease
7. Adult acne
8. Adult Attention Deficit Disorder
9. Agenesis
10. Agent Orange Poisoning
11. Agoraphobia
12. Albinism
13. Alopecia
14. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
15. Amelia Syndrome
16. Amputee
17. Amputee & Short Leg
18. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
19. Anemia
20. Angina
21. Ankle Disorders
22. Ankylosing Spondylitis
23. Anorexia
24. Anosmia
25. Antley-Bixler Syndrome
26. Anxiety
27. Arachnoiditis/Adhesive Arachnoiditis
28. Arnold Chiari Malformation
29. Arteriouvenous Malformation
30. Arthritis
31. Arthritis Rheumatoid/Osteo
32. Arthritis/TBI
33. Arthrogryposis
34. Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
35. Aspergers Syndrome
36. Asthma
37. Ataxia
38. Atherosclerosis
39. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
40. Auditory Sensitivity
41. Autism
42. Autophobia
43. Avascular Necrosis
44. Back Disorders
45. Bed Wetting
46. Bell's Palsy
47. Benign Essential Tumor
48. Bi Polar
49. Black Lung Disease
50. Blind
51. Blind (One Eye)
52. Blood disorder
53. Bone Disease
54. BOOP
55. Borderline Personality Disorder
56. Brachial Plexus Legions
57. Brachial Plexus Syndrome
58. Brain Aneurysm
59. Brain Disease
60. Brain Injuries
61. Brain Tumor
62. Bronchiectasis
63. Browns Sequard Syndrome
64. Burn Victim
65. Bursitis
66. CADASIL
67. Canavan Disease
68. Cancer
69. Cancer Survivor
70. Cardial Arythmia
71. Cardiomyopathy
72. Cauda Equina Syndrome
73. Celiac Sprue
74. Cellulitis
75. Cerebellar Ataxia
76. Cerebral Palsy
77. Cerebral Palsy (Mild)
78. Cervical Canal Stenosis
79. Cervical Disc Disease
80. Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
81. Chiari I Malformation
82. Chronic fatigue syndrome
83. Chronic Lyme Disease
84. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
85. Chronic Pain
86. Chronic Renal Problems
87. CIDP
88. Cirrhosis of liver
89. Cleft-Affected
90. Clubfoot
91. CMT (Type 2)
92. Collagen Deficiency
93. Colorblind
94. Colostomy
95. Congenital Birth Defect
96. Congestive Heart Failure
97. Connective Tissue Disorder
98. COPD/CHF
99. Cranial Aneurysms
100. Craniopharyngioma
101. Crohn's Disease
102. Cushings Disease/Cushings Syndrome
103. Cystic Fibrosis
104. D.D.D Of Spine
105. Deafness
106. Deep Vein Thrombosis
107. Degenerative Disc Disease
108. Degenerative Lung Disease
109. Dejerine-Sottas
110. Delusional Disorder
111. Depression
112. Depression & Anxiety
113. Dercum Disease/ Adiposis Dolorosa
114. Dermatomyositis
115. Developmental Disorders
116. Diabetes
117. Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
118. Dialysis Kidney Failure
119. Dilantin Syndrome
120. Disseminated Coccidiomycosis
121. Dissociative Disorder
122. Diverticulitis
123. Downs Syndrome
124. Duane's Syndrome
125. Dural Tension
126. Dwarfism/Short Stature
127. Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen-Syndrome
128. Dysautonomia
129. Dyslexia
130. Dysphagia
131. Dyspraxia
132. Dystonia
133. Eagle-Barrett Syndrome
134. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
135. Emphysema
136. Encephalitis
137. Endometriosis
138. Epidermolysis Bullosa
139. Epilepsy
140. Equilibrium Disorder
141. Erectile Dysfunction
142. Escobar syndrome
143. Essential Tremor
144. Facial & Bodily Warts
145. Facial and bodily abnormalities
146. Facial Disfigurements
147. Familial Dysautonomia
148. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
149. Fibromyalgia
150. Fibrous Dysplasia
151. Folliculitis
152. Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome
153. Friedreich's Ataxia
154. FSHD
155. Galactosemia
156. Gastrointestinal Dysmotility
157. Gastrointestinal ulcer
158. gender dysphoria
159. Generalized Dystonia
160. Gigantism
161. Glycogen Storage Disease
162. Goldenhar Syndrome
163. Gout
164. Graves' Disease
165. Grief
166. Guillain-Barre Syndrome
167. Gulf War Syndrome
168. Hard of Hearing
169. Hashimoto's disease
170. Head Injury
171. Headaches/Migraines
172. Heart Disease
173. Hemiparesis
174. Hemiplegia
175. Hepatitis B
176. Hepatitis C
177. Herpes
178. Hidradenitis Suppurativa
179. High Blood Pressure
180. hip & leg disorders
181. Hip Replacement
182. HIV/AIDS
183. Holt Oram syndrome
184. HPV
185. Hunter's Disease
186. Huntington's Disease
187. Hydrocephalus
188. Hyperhidrosis
189. Hyperthyroidism
190. Hypoglycemia
191. Hypogonadism(Primary/Central)
192. Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dyplasia
193. Hypothyroidism
194. I do not have a life challenge
195. I'll tell you later
196. IBS
197. Ileostomy
198. Incomplete Quad
199. Incomplete S.C.I
200. Incontinence
201. Insomnia
202. Intermittent Explosive Disorder/IED
203. Interstitial Cystitis
204. Joubert Syndrome
205. Keins
206. Kidney Disorders
207. Klinefelter Syndrome
208. Klippel-Feil Syndrome
209. Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome
210. Knee Injury
211. Kyphosis
212. Laryngectomee
213. Learning Disability
214. Legally Blind
215. Leprosy
216. Leukemia
217. Limb Deformity
218. Lou Gehrig's disease
219. Low Vision
220. Lupus
221. Lyme's Disease
222. Lymphedema
223. Machado-Joseph Disease
224. Maladjustment
225. Malaria
226. Marfan Syndrome
227. Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome
228. Memory Loss
229. Ménière's disease
230. Mental Challenges
231. Mild Paraplegia
232. Mitochondrial Disorder
233. Mobility Challenged
234. Moebius Syndrome
235. Monoplegia
236. Morquio's Syndrome
237. Multiple Challenges
238. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
239. Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia
240. Multiple Personality Disorder
241. multiple personality disorder
242. Multiple sclerosis
243. Muscle Atrophy
244. Muscle Wasting Disease
245. Muscular Dystrophy
246. Myasthenia Gravis
247. Myelodysplasia
248. Myelopathy
249. Myopia
250. Myositis
251. Myositis Ossificans Progressiva
252. Myotonic Dystrophy
253. Narcolepsy
254. Nerve Damage
255. Nervous System Damage
256. Neurofibromatosis
257. Neurological Disorder
258. Neuromuscular Disease
259. Neuromyopathy
260. Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
261. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
262. Orthostatic Intolerance
263. Osteoarthritis
264. Osteogenesis Imperfecta
265. Osteomalacia
266. Osteonecrosis
267. Panic Disorder
268. Paralysis
269. paraplegic
270. Paraplegic/Amputee
271. Parkinson's Disease
272. Parsonage-Turner Syndrome
273. Partial Blindness
274. Partial Paraplegic
275. Partial Quadriplegic
276. Pectus Excavatum
277. Peripheral Neuropathy
278. Pernicious Anemia
279. Persistent Mirror Movements
280. Photosensitivity
281. Piezogenic Pedal Papules
282. Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
283. Polio
284. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
285. Polymyositis
286. Post Encephalitis Syndrome
287. Post TBI Fatigue
288. Post-Polio Syndrome
289. Prader-willi syndrome
290. Priapism
291. Progressive Muscular Atrophy
292. Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency
293. Psoriasis
294. PTSD
295. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
296. Quadriplegic
297. Raynaud/Scleroderma
298. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
299. Renal Failure
300. Residual Schizophrenia
301. Retinisis
302. Right Hemiparesis
303. Romberg Syndrome
304. Rosacea
305. Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome
306. RRMS-Seizure Disorder
307. Sarcoidosis
308. Scheie's Syndrome
309. Schizoaffective Disorder
310. Schizophrenia
311. Scoliosis
312. Seizure Disorders
313. Selective Mutism
314. Severe Asthma
315. Severe Migraines
316. Short Gut Syndrome
317. Sickle Cell Anemia
318. Skin Disorders
319. Sleep Apnea
320. Social Phobia
321. Sondylosis RPS
322. Speech Disorder
323. Spina Bifida
324. Spinal Cord Injury
325. Spinal Disorders
326. Spinal Muscular Atrophy
327. Spinal Stenosis
328. Stickler Syndrome
329. Stiff Man Syndrome
330. Stroke Survivor
331. Stuttering
332. Syndactyly
333. Syringomyelia
334. Systemic Mastocytosis
335. Tar Syndrome
336. Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
337. TBI(Traumatic Brain Injury)
338. Tethered Cord Syndrome
339. Tetraplegic
340. Throat disorders/illnesses
341. Thyroidectomy
342. Too tall
343. Tourette Syndrome
344. Tracheotomy
345. Transplant Recipient
346. Transposition of the Great Arteries
347. Transverse Myelitis
348. Tricuspid Atresia
349. Trimethylaminuria (TMAU)
350. Turner's Syndrome
351. Ulcerative Colitis
352. Upper Extremity Paralysis
353. Urinary Incontinence
354. Urostomy
355. Usher Syndrome
356. VATER Syndrome
357. Ventricular Septal Defect
358. Vertigo
359. Visual Problems
360. Vitiligo
361. Walk with limp
362. Weight Problems/Overweight/Obese
363. Wheelchair User
364. Williams Syndrome
365. Wilson's Disease
the Green conditions are the devish ones
the Red ones are, well, you be the judge.