I'm Not Running Around As A Continual

In Sports, I Refused To Do Any Interviews That Were Just Going To Become Human-interest Stories. Don't Turn Me Into A Tragic Heroine.

I Have Learned Not To Overlook The Advantages Of Being Me. From When I Was A Softball Player, And I Held The Stolen Bases Record. I Would Slide Into Second With My Prostheses, And The Girl On The Base Could Either Step Aside Or Meet Two Wooden Sticks.

I Had A Paper Round And Every Night I Would Put The Dinner On Before Mum Came Home From Work. I Was Capable Because I Had To Be.

For Me, I Never Ever Felt The Ownership Or Any Identity With Any Community Of Disabilities. I Didn't Grow Up Being Told That I Was A Disabled Child.

In Athletics, The Idea Of Possibility Is Presumed. It's Not 'if;' It's 'how.'