Disability is an advantage

The thing most people don't know about me is that I love a good challenge.

I've always been that way. Raise the hurdle for me and I find a way over it. Make it more difficult and I'll solve it.

Put me in a situation where there's no access, and it looks like I can't get there and I'll get as resourceful and creative as need be to get around it.

I'm the person climbing up the steps, even with quaddy arms.

I'm the person staying up all night pecking out my work with a stick, even when others are in bed.

I'm the person who will get it done.

And it's not because I'm trying to be an inspiration. I am just trying to do what will give me a full and productive life.

And if you see me climbing up steps, crawling, or doing any of those other things, don't worry about it. Because eventually I know things like

access &
assistive technology

will come around my way. And when it does and it levels the playing field, all those skills I gained, all that persistence I mustered and all that patience I summoned really makes me fly along.

Disability is not just a challenge. It's an advantage.