Yes, I know. I've had a blog post with this or a similar title, but it did not survive August 10, 2018. I also said that I would blog more about what has been happening in the recent days, which I have every intention of continuing, but I would like to restore what I remember from the blog posts I've had to delete - edited to compensate for the reason they were deleted, of course.
I remember watching this video in which Molly Burke addressed the question if she would want to regain her sight. It made me think about how my life would have been if I had been born without Spina Bifida.
If something could be done to rid me of my disability, I'd go for it in a heartbeat, if only because it would free me from the restraints that currently keep me over 7,000 KM away from my beloved Cori, and on the wrong side of the Pacific Ocean.
However, that's not what I wanted this post to be about. I wanted to blog about the consequences of my disability.
Do you think I would have wanted to have been born able-bodied? You believe you know the answer, right? After all, without my disability, I wouldn't have as much trouble as I'm having now to reach my sweetheart, but then, Cori and I might not even have met. Think about it! If I had been born able-bodied, then...
My disability limits my freedom of movement, and there are times when I wish I could shed it, but I can't say that my life has turned out all that badly. So, do you still think you know what I would answer?
Do you feel bad about people having a disability, or about having one yourself? Will you be a parent, or are you one, of a child with a disability, and are you concerned about how it will impact your child's life? If so, then I hope to have shown you that life with a disability is not necessarily worse than life without one.
You may be tempted to see a disability only as impairing what you are able to do, but it can have good sides. As for life as a wheelchair user...just watch this video.
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