Acceptance is one of the best gifts you can give yourself  – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 1  :  06  PM on day 1016 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,     read Deuteronomy 33, pray, publish my Disability of the Day feature,   tweet and Facebook about my campaign –  no luck but the day is not over yet 🙂  – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles,  feed myself a boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, practice typing with both hands and listen to music – Everything Has Changed by Taylor Swift ft.Ed Sheeran is stuck in my head sing with me people I just want to know you better know you better know you better now.

Today reading Community and Identity – a further perspective – a blog post containing a letter from Anonymous about how his/her son is less open about his Autism than he used to be because he now realizes that there’s a stigma attached to it – I realized how lucky I was to have never felt ashamed of the fact that I have Cerebral Palsy growing up I do remember not wanting to be different but I never tried to hide the fact that I had Cerebral Palsy when people would ask me why are you in a wheelchair I would answer with my head held high I have Cerebral Palsy even though I didn’t know how to explain it to people it makes me so sad to know that there are people out there who go out of their way to hide that which is different about them because I believe what makes you different makes you beautiful.  Have you accepted yourself warts and all?