An unfortunate stereotype that comes with being disabled, is people assume you don’t do ANYTHING. Like, going out to dinner must be this huge, awesome event since I can’t even walk.
Well, I’m here to prove them very wrong.
You see, one of the coolest things I’ve ever done is the cross country road trip my husband and I take every year. Together, we’ve been to 42 different states.
The most obvious sign of my disease is, of course, the thing everyone sees wherever I go – my walker.
It’s a question many people ask – maybe not verbally, but I can tell it’s on their mind:
What’s it like living with a rare, incurable, progressive, debilitating, terminal disease?
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I’ve recently decided to resign from teaching high school English.
And if only it were all as simple as that sentence makes it seem!
Let’s unpack…