This is not to say that all of these things don’t require grieving, they do, and every individual handles grief differently, but the one thing about grief is that there has to be a stage where you move forward. No one asks for a disability, no one asks to lose a family member or a friend, no one asks to lose a job… life just happens. While some people experience hardships and loss in other ways, we experienced it with our own bodies. One thing that I’m sure we’ve all recognized is that spinal cord injuries/disorders do not discriminate.
Tragedy sucks and it’s not fair, but it happens. While this seems harmless and even kind, I have grown to resent it.Īs I have aged in life, as well as in my disability (8 years), I have found myself becoming more frequently agitated when I am called an inspiration or a hero. During rehabilitation I was constantly told how I was an inspiration and how my story gave others strength. Obviously, the accident was tragic and terrifying to go through for both myself and my family. I was injured at 12 years old, leaving me paralyzed (T10).
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