I AM NOT DISABLED

When you look at me what do you see?

My spastic limbs?

My powerchair?

If that's all you see you don't see me.

I am not disabled

CP is not who I am. It is what it is.

I did not choose it.

It chose me.

I am not disabled.

Do you see me as inferior?

Less than you?

Not equal to?

I am not disabled.

I make mistakes.

From them, I learn.

From them, I grow

I am not disabled.

I enjoy the same things you do.

Dinner, drinks, movies.

Bowling. (it's a sport)

Football. 

Scratch that.

I enjoy the Kelce Brothers.

Football, not so much.

I am not disabled. 

You are reading this thinking "She's lost her mind."

Quite the contrary.

My mind is where I shine.

I am not disabled.

Cuz in my head I'm the same as you.

And I've got no reason to be blue.

I am not disabled.

I can think. I create. I write.

That's how I express myself.

I am not disabled.

When you see me as I see you.

Really, truly, when  you do

You'll be so proud.

You'll shout it out loud.

She is not disabled

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