“I felt permanently exiled from 'normality.' Whether imposed by self or society, this outsider status - and not the disability itself - constitutes the most daunting barrier for most people with physical impairments, because it, even more than flights of steps or elevators without braille, prevents them from participating fully in the ordinary world, where most of life's satisfactions dwell.” PeopleWorldSelfFeltStepsNormalOrdinarySatisfactionFlightBarriersDisabilityOutsidersParticipatingElevatorsNormalityOrdinary WorldBraille Author:Nancy Mairs
“physical disability looms pretty large in one's life. But it doesn't devour one wholly. I'm not, for instance, Ms. MS, a walking, talking embodiment of a chronic incurable degenerative disease.” TalkingWalkingDiseaseIllnessInstanceDisabilityEmbodiment Book:Carnal Acts: Essays Source: Carnal Acts: Essays
