Disability pride

 Not going to lie some days I'm so annoyed at my disability or wish I could just be and look "normal" . Other times I feel like I'm in this weird middle ground where my disability doesn't impact me as much as most people I have met who have disabilities but I don't fit in with the abled body community either. Some people have treated me as if I was lessor intellectually and physically for having one while some forget I have one and are harsh when I'm not living up to certain standards. But without cerebral palsy then I wouldn't be me. Cerebral palsy has given me a unique perspective and insights that I could not have gained any other way. So yes if there was a cure I wouldn't take it like josh blue said.

Happy disability pride month!

To be disabled does not mean you lack abilities

 It means we are able to do things but just differently

It doesn't mean to be capable of less

It means to be adaptable

To have an intellectual disability does not mean one is not smart

It just means to learn differently and at your own pace

Having a physical disability does not mean you have a intellectual one too

People with disabilities are still capable

Of intelligence

Capable of being athletic

Capable of independence

Capable of success

Often even more capable of love

Of kindness & acceptance

Patience & optimism

Compassion & empathy

Persistence & determination

Because of the obstacles we face

Broaden your vocabulary

Don't use the R word

An ignorant word that under estimate a whole community of beautiful and loving people

Handicapped is not appropriate either

Person-first language is in

Or rather just call us by our names

We are not our disability

We are so much more

People are so much more than their apperance and their flaws

So much more than a label

We are our personalities

We are out characteristic traits

We are our passions

And we are our strengths

We are perfect just the way we are