7/13/2023 0 Comments Million dollar baby endingIn my early thirties, sharing experiences with disabled friends, I finally learned how to recognize and constructively resist discrimination. ![]() When I grew up, through braces and surgeries, my elementary school teachers called me "Mary Sunshine." When I completed UCLA law school from a motorized wheelchair, I was called "inspirational." I took it as the highest compliment to be told by some non-disabled person that they "didn't think of" me as "handicapped." When I was excluded or rejected in my work or social life, I could always understand the other's perspective.Įven the few times someone would actually say they would rather be dead than be like me, I would just politely forge on. I already knew many details about the last half hour the injury, hospital, nursing home and killing scenes from disabled colleagues.īut my preparation was more than that. I thought I was emotionally well-prepared.
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