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Life is undoubtedly filled with good and bad moments.

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I am thankful for my first trying situation because it definitely prepared me for what was in store for me in the times to come. 

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Research has shown over the years that we don’t talk about disability rights as much as we discuss many other areas where we need social change.

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Think about the last time you got sick. Did anyone ridicule you for it? Did anyone sigh in exasperation that you were ill yet again?

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I was in the NICU for the first three months of my life.

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We see a man in a wheelchair and assume he is less happy than the woman standing next to him. But what if that woman is severely depressed

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Through it all I had a little girl who needed me to make it better. Yet, I couldn’t. Despite countless professionals reassuring me that she would eventually be OK, she wasn’t.

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I get it; a 400 lb. chunk of metal under my ass isn’t the sexiest thing, and my anatomy isn’t out of a Playboy magazine. But I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that it’s frustrating sometimes.

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You are a warrior.

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I don’t know how I think I can change a stereotype that has been around for always when I don’t know where I’m going next. But I won’t stop fighting it. Even if the fighting drags me into something I don’t want to be in. I don’t know why I hate the stereotype now that I once loved.