Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Am I disabled?

At siyempre nagbabasa pa rin ako ng Wikipedia... while reading on Melatonin, napunta ako sa isang article about DSPS (Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome). Symptoms which apply to me:
  • Sleep later than 2 AM (Akala ko dati kasalanan lang ng mga series na pinapanood ko!)
  • Exhibit normal sleep quality if not required to maintain a strict schedule. (Thank you Flexi-time)
  • No difficulty in maintaining sleep once asleep (YES! Mantika ako!)
  • Severe to Absolute inability to advance sleep-phase to earlier hours (Chowee! Copy-paste.. nahirapan ako i-paraphrase eh... Anyway, dati sinubukan ko matulog ng 3AM instead of my usual 5AM... nakatulog ako 7AM na tuloy.. resulta ng kakapilit matulog ng maaga! Hahaha!)
  • skip sleep for an entire day then sleep 12-18 hours the next day. (Yuhuh!)
Potaena! Akala ko tamad lang ako bumangon dahil sa lamig... PAKSHET! I HAVE A DISORDER!!!!

From Wikipedia: Accdg to Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, "disability" is defined as a "physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities". "Sleeping" is defined as a "major life activity" in § 12102(2)(a) of the statute.

Taena kung Kano lang ako... pde na ako mag-park sa space for the Disabled! And more importantly kung sumali ako sa kahit anong American Pageantry... at tinanong ako kung ano ang isa sa mga major life accomplishments ko... SLEEPING would be a valid answer.

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