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It's Going to be One of Those Days
by Aaron Smith on Tuesday, February 3 2009Do you ever have those days when you feel more disabled than usual? I don't have a visual impairment, but I am a T5 paraplegic, so I know what having a disability is like. I was 16 years old when I rolled and flipped by dad's Taurus out on a country road. I was thrown out of the car during those acrobatics, and landed in such a way that my spine was twisted about 90 degrees, and offset by about a quarter of an inch, enough to demolish three vertebrae and bruise my spinal cord, causing permanent damage. Dealing with my disability over the years has actually been easy enough. Life goes on, and you just deal. I never had the time nor the inclination to feel sorry for myself, and I've been fortunate enough to have a minimal number of health issues relating to my injuries. But there are those days when you wake up, and you just know that the day is going to suck because you have to deal with something that non-disabled people don't. I woke up this morning to a flat tire on my wheelchair. It wasn't a huge deal, and the problem has since been resolved. But it really can get frustrating when life doesn't stop and wait for you to get back up to speed. I don't have any words or wisdom or solutions to the aggravating issues that disabilities cause. Sometimes you just have to get emotional about it -- scream, cry, punch a pillow, suck it up, and move on. Everyone has things to deal with, and you can always find someone who has it worse than you. Just know that when you're having one of those days, you're not alone.
