It's Our Fault Disabled People Are Seen As Useless!

There are so many misconceptions and stereotypes of people with physical challenges, handicaps, disabilities or what have you. In my opinion, some people with those physical challenges are to blame for that. Sure, there are people who won't ever stop categorizing, but we can help it a lot if we tried and did it for the right reasons. Ourselves. 

Don't allow yourself to be lumped into a category. Don't believe what others say about what you can and cannot do. Even your doctors, your parents or caretakers. We often adopt the beliefs we are taught about ourselves. If we stop giving our power away, "stand up" and prove what we can do, to ourselves first, then maybe we wouldn't need to fight against society so much. It's a fight that begins within ourselves, or it should. That's a life lesson in general, for everyone.

Changing the narrative coming from ourselves just to get rid of a stereotype isn't the way to go and it will never work. We will continue fighting against the wind. If we simply live our lives to the fullest and stop believing what others say about us and our abilities, we would push more than just our wheelchairs. We'd push our willpower, our inner and outer strength, we'd push past stereotypes and boundaries. We'd push past paralysis.

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