It wasn’t an easy thing for me to accept my circumstances. I remember how many times I wish I had a new body, and how things could be so much different. The internalized ableism I experienced took a lot of time to unlearn, and I’m still working on it through therapy. I will still push myself to be independent to a fault just so I don’t inconvenience someone else; to the point that I over exert myself resulting in hurting myself emotionally or physically.

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