May 14, 2014

Another Thought On “Defined By Disability?”

May 14, 2014/ apulrang

Followup to: Defined By Disabilities?

How about this? … “He’s hasn’t let his disability define him” is irritating because it it’s the way newspaper and TV news reporters say, “He’s disabled, but surprise, he’s not sad, he's awesome!"

Andrew D. Pulrang

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