Tag: accept

I largely prefer being made to feel different for being black instead of for being disabled – but neither are pleasant

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When you’re a disabled person like me, there are certain things that able-bodied people always say to you. I’ve only been a wheelchair-user for six years and I already feel as if I’ve heard it all thousands of times before. Because I’m black, I don’t only hear the things that disabled people frequently do, I also hear things that black people often do too. Here are all of the things that I constantly hear from able-bodied people, as well as the things that they frequently do when they see me:

https://thewheelchairteen.com/2020/10/25/things-that-disabled-people-always-hear

Having good terms with the unknown means that you have no clue what’s coming and that can be frightening because in the end it might be exciting and hopeful or maybe miserable

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It’s hard to just let go of things and accept that you have no power. It is something we all had to face and we are still facing non stop. I can’t say I have succeeded it cause it would be a lie but I have understood that in the end I will find the solution to my problem and I will get stronger by fighting. Possibly the plan that I was creating in my mind was poor and the one I m geting, like it or not, will be terrific in the end.

http://doubleshotvanilla.com/2020/08/03/good-terms-with-the-unknown