"Dying...or getting better..or growing up?"

tvs over at Title Varies Slightly writes a post about living with a disability as a child and the messages she received from children's books, school and those around her. Some of the boys, who had muscular dystrophy, died and from the books she read, she says:

" I thought that when I grew up, I’d be able to walk and use my hands easily and speak clearly, just like “regular” kids. You see, I had read Heidi, and at the end of the book her cousin Clara gets out of the wheelchair, and she can walk! And I had read The Secret Garden, and at the end of the book her cousin Colin gets out of the wheelchair, and he can walk!"

She describes her journey from seeing her choices as either dying or getting better - to growing up sitting down . Click above to read the post.