Occasionally, I go to a YouTube website which is run by an attractive British woman with a bad operation at nine that left her needing a wheelchair and house alterations she had to make. People with a similar problem will find it valuable. Some of the posts are valuable even to me, who does not need (at this point; who knows?) a wheelchair. One of her interesting posts was about going on a sidewalk and the obstacles that people don't think about, but that anyone needing a mobility aide, does. Here in Manhattan, these obstacles can be great or troublesome. While the blog is interesting and even fun, she has lately become a proponent of "disability pride." This seems stimulated by the "pride" movements that are becoming popular now. Pride? I don't know anyone who is disabled or has mobility issues who would jump for joy (if they could) to be walking without the need for any mobility device. I don't think pride is at issue. One has a problem. One has to accept it and deal with it, and, if one can, make oneself better and the world around you. It is different than "pride."
OMG! Now she is in the Barbie phase! So her hair is done like Barbie, and I think there is a wheelchair Barbie, too. This seems way too much chick for me (pardon the old word), but she is a chic and not a guy, so....
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