attackfish

Yeah, in some ways it's easier because I've had my illness my whole life. I have fewer ableist assumptions about what it means to be sick and disabled and what it means to be healthy, though I have internalized some, I'm sure. For instance, when I got my oxygen tank, I said to myself, "Yeah, I carry oxygen, but I'm not disabled." When I got my license and a handicapped parking placard on the same day, I said "Yeah, I have to use handicapped parking, but I'm not disabled," and then I got to college and had to go through the accessibility office and write up a statement of disability, I still said "Yeah, but I'm not disabled." It took me a long time to be able to say to myself, "No Fish, you are disabled." That's a tough dilemma, that; you could move the physical towards the middle, so that it isn't the resolution, I guess.

Thanks, I'll have to check it out, and force down my Gary Stu warning system.