About Me

Photo Courtesy John Flack 2016

Being "normal" is overrated.

 I would like to clear the air and share my thoughts on something, for anyone who might not have understood this before. Those who know me either have witnessed this or might have heard me talk about this topic on previous occasions. I have a physical disability which alters my life in specific sections on a daily basis. Just because you can see my disability does not make me different than you or anyone else. Why? We ALL have disabilities, every single living, breathing human. As much as people might like to think it, not one person can do everything that everyone else can, and not in exactly the same way. You modify certain things to fit your abilities, and I do the same thing to fit mine-except my way of modifying my life activities might be more obvious at times in various aspects.

 There's this misconception surrounding disabilities and what to call them. People like to use the term "special needs" when referring to a person with any type of disability. To me, when someone uses this term to describe me, it makes me feel like I AM more different than I am and don't fit in. You might not agree, but instead of risking the chance of making a person with a more visible disability or more visible disabilities feel singled out by referring to them as having "special needs" right off the bat  you can use "disabilities" in place of the term or you can use something called People First Language. PFL puts the person before the disability in any given scenario.  If you have never heard of it, it's something like, "Mia, who is physically disabled" or "Mia, who uses a walker and a wheelchair to get around from place to place.".

Fun Facts about me:

I love binge-watching Law and Order SVU. "CALL A BUS!"
I have read the entire Harry Potter series and seen all the movies so much that I could ace a trivia tournament if I participated in one over any topic involved.
I once rescued, raised and released 10 baby turtles.