MY REFLECTIONS

"My body is different. I move differently than my “normal” sibling. I am off balance, move slowly, have bended knees and my feet for the most part are unmovable. Does this mean that I am broken as many see me? For a long time I kept quiet about my seemingly broken body and even my family thinking that they were helping were always looking for ways to “fix” me. Eventually I made it clear that I was not broken and that I was okay. When asked by my mother if it did not bother me. I answered “it bothers other people more than it bothers me.” I am happy with who I am. More and more I am convinced that I do not need to be fixed nor do I need to be pitied.  

I am the embodiment of disability."

Stephanie