Like you=a scholar.

I would add another category or two (but of course there are always more): people fear disability because they also fear getting old.

Which goes along with EVERYONE who survives is going to get hit somewhere along the way of life.

Another difficult category is people with ‘invisible disabilities’ – those of us who can ‘pass’ part of the time find it very tempting to just do so, and make our lives a little easier for a while.

And then, of course, you have ‘war,’ which takes ‘normal’ healthy young people and disables them.

Part of being disabled is that stuff isn’t designed for you – and ordinary life can be literally exhausting. I wouldn’t judge anyone.

I’m writing – that’s my way of dealing with it – a novel with one of the three main characters who also happens to be disabled.

Thanks for your writing.