I Hate The Words 'handicapped'

In Athletics, The Idea Of Possibility Is Presumed. It's Not 'if;' It's 'how.'

When I'm Curious About Something, I Do It Full On And Take It As Far As I Go, But When I Feel Like I've Really Explored It, I'm Ok With Putting It Aside And Going On To Something Else.

I Have Learned Not To Overlook The Advantages Of Being Me. From When I Was A Softball Player, And I Held The Stolen Bases Record. I Would Slide Into Second With My Prostheses, And The Girl On The Base Could Either Step Aside Or Meet Two Wooden Sticks.

There’s An Important Difference And Distinction Between The Objective Medical Fact Of My Being An Amputee And The Subjective Societal Opinion Of Whether Or Not I’m Disabled. Truthfully, The Only Real And Consistent Disability I’ve Had To Confront Is The World Ever Thinking That I Could Be Described By Those Definitions.

It's Society That Disables An Individual By Not Investing In Enough Creativity To Allow For Someone To Show Us The Quality That Makes Them Rare And Valuable And Capable.