Over at Writings of a Wheelchair Princess, the 31st Disability Blog Carnival is featuring "Superman" as the theme. I always enjoy reading the Disability Blog Carnival as I often discover new blogs this way. In this month's carnival, I came across a paragraph that really touched home with me:
If you are going to call me remarkable, amazing, inspiring, or whatever other adjectives you want to use to put me on a pedestal…it better not be because I am disabled, or because I partner with someone who is disabled. It better be because I have won an Olympic Gold Medal or a Nobel Peace Prize or a Pulitzer or because I have brokered a treaty between waring nations or because I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue or because I have actually DONE something remarkable. And “coping” with disability DOES NOT COUNT. I didn’t do anything to be disabled, I was given this gift.
It was written by Lisa from Twinkle Little Star. Go head over there and read the entire post:
Can I Just Have This Made Into a T-Shirt and Call It A Day?
I think if Lisa can find a way to put all of that on a T-shirt, she'll bring in some money!
