tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post4033947049333933190..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Moving ForwardDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-61410439048257006642019-11-18T13:21:00.842-05:002019-11-18T13:21:00.842-05:00Always love your insights since I fisr heard you s...Always love your insights since I fisr heard you speak some 14 years ago at World Down Syndrome Conference in Vancouver. Love this post too. I'm the mom to a 14 y o who happens to have Down syndrome. She is not here to make anyone e feel good about themselves. She is my daughter and her own person. I try to leave it at that and hope the rest of the world can do so too as she goes about making her way in life.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11395562140625895651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-59150121778324619992019-11-09T19:44:08.056-05:002019-11-09T19:44:08.056-05:00I became disabled in my 20s, and at first I hated ...I became disabled in my 20s, and at first I hated how people would stare and point. It made me not want to leave the house. Fast forward 7 years and a new shiny wheelchair, and now I’m moving too fast to notice the staring and the pointing. But I see the smiles, and I know that those people will remember seeing me, remember seeing my independence (and how much fun I looked like I was having, my new chair can really go). I am so grateful to those who came before me, to those who put up with so many more stares, and pointing fingers and the name calling because they gave me those smiles. Just as my brazenly disabled presence now will mean more positive reactions for the next generation of disabled people. I will admit that some days I’m just not up for the stares and pointing, and I’m lucky that I can hide at home when I feel like that. But I feel like that so much less now, than I did then, and who knows where I’ll be in another seven years.Girl on wheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796804535876857751noreply@blogger.com