The Importance of Disabled People Talking About Their Disability

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"I used to define myself by it and now that I'm older, I do a little bit less often," she says. "It's something I've learned to sort of weave my compensation for it into my life where it comes up a little less often." She hopes the piece will educate listeners who they not have thought about some of these issues before.

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