"Differently abled" makes me think "yeah, the difference is I'm unable to do certain things" every time.
The universe is not balanced and fair. It didn't give me something in exchange for what it took from me, and that is okay.
The universe is not balanced and fair. It didn't give me something in exchange for what it took from me, and that is okay.
Ex: I don't experience my poor vision as a disability right now, because I'm easily able to access an aid that allows me to do everything I want to with no major downsides, in the form of glasses.
But if I were to become direly impoverished and lose access to them (again lol), I would be disabled by that circumstance. My physical state has stayed the same. The disability is in what I can't access and why, not the impairment itself, which can be addressed.