I haveSa learning disability. I once had to explain to a social worker that I knew how to read. I had one of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin books in my lap. I sometimes wonder what she thought I was doing with it.

People do not always look beyond the label.

I spent part of today with a woman who is a non stop talker. She doesn't seem to understand that the minutiae of her life are not a subject of general interest. So I had a discourse on her fountain pen collection, a long description of her weekend. Her views on various inks that she uses in her fountain pen collection, and no opportunity to gat a word in edgewise. As far as I know she's never been labeled anything (excpet a pain.) She went through college, held down a job before she married.