To the People Who React to My Disability With ‘I’m Sorry’

Karin Hitselberger

When you apologize for my wheelchair, my disability, you apologize for the person I’ve become. When you apologize for my wheelchair, you make it seem like I’m the problem, like who I am is so bad that I deserve an apology for just having to live. My wheelchair is
part of who I am, as is my disability, and I am proud of them.

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