I’ve often wished there was an instruction manual to teach you how to live with disability, how to use the experience to make yourself stronger, a better person or simply to get the things you want. You simply want the same things as everyone else and yet, in order to even do simple things, like have an evening out, go on holiday or live on your own, you have to move mountains to make it happen. If you use a wheelchair like me, you very quickly get used to people staring or making odd comments. It’s very easy to let your obstacles define you, especially when everyone else seems to define you by them. If you’ve sometimes found yourself wondering “why me?” then it simply means you’re human, it happens to all of us. However, it can be hard to deal with all the unfairness or disadvantage of the experience. You’ve found ways to deal with the warped or ill-informed opinions of others, to get what you want in spite of the difficulties you face and if you’re lucky, the whole experience has made you a stronger person. You’ve learnt to find your own ways to adapt to the difficulties it presents. You’ve had to work out how to live with a disability by yourself. Unfortunately, your disability probably didn’t come with an instruction manual.
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