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"Disabled people don't exist to inspire non-disabled people or remind them life could always be worse. We are not props for feel-good stories or self-satisfying acts of charity. We are people living our lives just like anybody else"
-Karin Hitselberger, Writer and Activist
The worst are the "feel good, motivational" stories of someone who became disabled then overcame it to become a marathon runner or a mountain climber, implying that all disabled people need is willpower.
Right? As if an already fit and sporty person loosing a limb is the same as someone with a degenerative muscular condition or chronic pain and fatigue, just because they're both disabled.. 🤦♀️
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