Note to reader: I am not Black and I am unsure as a White female if I can speak about my thoughts on this. I don’t mean to offend anyone and I am sharing my personal thoughts and not speaking for everyone.

I am watching the news about the 50th anniversary of The March on Washington and they are asking people how they can advance the Dream.

This made me think about how people with disabilities deserve to have a shot at being as much of the world as they can be. I know that I am personally biased on this subject due to the fact that I have CP myself, however I still deeply believe that people with disabilities deserve a chance at life and to share our stories.

I know that I have a lot to give however I don’t personally want to be defined by my disability. I want to be defined as what I am a person who happens to be disabled. If you take away the chair I am still a person my chair doesn’t speak for me except to say that I can’t walk that is all my chair tells you dear reader.

It can’t tell you my hopes, fears, or dreams only I as a person can share those with you. I go about my dreams a little differently than you do dear reader because of my chair however I think it’s a safe bet that we have at least one common thing we each want even if that’s just to be alive.

It’s my dream that if we can’t get better than at least we can be an open part of life and not hidden away from everyone just because we have the misfortune to have something “wrong” with us.

I have to put my voice out there to hopefully help bring a voice to the people in homes and institutions that can’t get to a blog or the net to say help me.

I know not everyone in a home is unhappy or mistreated however if one person suffers abuse or mistreatment just because they are are disabled to me that is one person too many.

I am pretty sure that if they had the choice to be “Normal” they would take it. I know I would.