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Date: | Fri, 25 Aug 2000 00:32:42 -0400 |
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I'm really in a quandary... I don't want people to pity me because of my
disability. But, I do enjoy the privileges that I sometimes get because of
it. I know that I get opportunities at times that wouldn't be given to
other people. For example, today I went to an Al Gore speech, and he not
only shook my hand, but knelt down and took a picture with me. I'm not
going to say that that wasn't awesome. But, I feel hypocritical, because I
don't want people to treat me differently... but I like it when it's
different in a good way (like cutting in lines, or a front row seat). Does
that make sense at all? I don't know how to explain it. How do you guys
deal with this?
~Joy~
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