"The medical model term for having extras is 'co-morbidities'. The word morbid does not have positive connotations and since I prefer to think in strength based rather than deficit terminology I like 'co-occurring'. I'm grateful to see this term used increasingly."
#AnissaLjanta, Wild of Brain, 2024
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More thoughts provoked by reading Wild of Brain.
#EyeContact is a complicated issue for me. I remember, as a child, being scolded viciously by parents, teachers and other adults in authority for not looking at them when they were talking to me. So I learned to make a conscious effort to make more eye contact with people when they're talking.
But I've found I'm more comfortable in Māori spaces, because the level of eye contact I find uncomfortable is considered provocative and rude.
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![Video frame having a closeup of Flokito, the grey and white cat, positioned for drinking water from a tap, pupils wide open. There are added heart, new and movie camera icons.
[Portuguese] Quadro de um vídeo com um close em Flokinho, o gato cinza e branco, posicionado para beber de um fio d'água que sai de uma torneira, com as pupilas totalmente dilatadas. Foram adicionados ícones de coração, novo e câmera de cinema.](https://s3.metapixl.com/metapixl-media/public/m/_v2/602314164030286761/ffe7c43a6-a8b5f2/RXNCEBV3Gen8/KJaDMBVDX48twVTdG3tneaCLhsYuvWOUzY3EJyzy.png)
![A long-haired and shiny cat, with green eyes and gray and white stripes, lying on the floor and looking at the camera with an expression of curiosity and serenity.
[Portuguese] Gato de pelagem longa e brilhante, com olhos verdes e listras cinza e branca, deitado no chão e olhando para a câmera com uma expressão de curiosidade e tranquilidade.](https://s3.metapixl.com/metapixl-media/public/m/_v2/602314164030286761/ffe7c43a6-a8b5f2/JotjgsuqsejR/42ineHXmNV9QG8sZUEfCIfqV6AjfGr56I05sjPBk.jpg)
