Monday, February 16, 2015

I don't mind using my wheelchair as much as I used to, but I still mind being referred to as "Disabled".

I've come to realize I have problems with the use of the word "disabled".  Saying you're "able" to do something means you have the ability to do that thing.  So it logically follows using the word "disabled" to describe yourself means you don't have the ability to do at least most things.  Although I've come to accept my current situation of using a wheelchair, I still have problems with the word "disabled".  I worked so hard to eradicate my consistent wheelchair use, because I didn't want people to use the word "disabled" to describe me.  I still work hard not exactly to eradicate my wheelchair from my life, but to become a more overall healthy being.  I still don't want people to call me disabled.  As somebody comes to know me, that person comes to know I'm very far from "disabled". I do have balance issues, but I'm not disabled.

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