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Friends, if you read one post of mine today, please let this be the one. This is me. As you can see, I am in a wheelchair. I have a physical disability called spina bifida, which occurs at birth when the spine and spinal cord don't form properly. Many definitions of spina bifida 
call it a "birth defect," but I don't like that term. I am not defective. I am a person with a disability. People with disabilities are not defective. We are capable, contributing members of our society living every day trying to find our place in the world that is often
stigmatizing and ableist. We are often talked down to, bullied, mocked, and not taken seriously. Some of us are made to feel that we're invalid because of our disabilities, whether they are physical and visible like mine, or invisible.
