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What experiences in your life have helped you "love your disability?"
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From: Susan M. Trudeau
Email: kotchinka41@juno.com
Date: 31 Aug 2003
Time: 21:08:04
Remote Name: 1cust227.tnt39.bos2.da.uu.net
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I have always loved my disability, because it has always been a part of me, just like my eye color, or the shape of my face. I have spastic triplegic cerebral palsy. I can't walk nor fully use my right arm/hand;and am also visually impaired. I have never resented my limitations; only resented people's reactions to me because of them. But with time and wisdom, I've lost any need to resent anyone. I believe that my "handicaps" taught me to be patient, observant, intuitive, and more compassionate than I might have been otherwise. My abilities more than make up for my disabilities: I taught myself to draw,because I needed to bring the world closer to my myopic eyes, I learned to sing long before I could talk, and learned that the best things in life are free and all around us. Beautiful music, the play of light on water,a kitten chasing a string...such things are all the more cherished because I never took them for granted. My disability taught me never to take anything for granted; if each day brought struggle pain and tears, it also brought a sense of triumph, awe, and mastery. I have learned to care for myself, manage my own apartment, and find reasons to look forward to whatever adventure or challenge each day brings.I actually feel proud of what I've achieved just in getting through each day,and feel blessed and privilaged in being born "different". I have felt this way for 61 years now, and it has helped me get through my latest challenge--"beating" cancer. It will carry me through to my life's end,and while I sometimes wonder what walking would have been like--I would never want to trade the life I've been given, to find out.
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