[Tuesday Weld]

Originally posted by WingsFan
Is anyone else here disabled or know someone with a disability?

I have coloboma. It's a rare eye condition that caused my eyes to not form right. One of my eyes had to be removed because it was so deformed and the pupil of my other eye is shaped funny. I can only see a small amount out of my left eye and I'm over-sensitive to light, especially outdoors. There are also secondary characteristics, like impairments in hearing, speech, development, and some motor skils. (All of which I have.)

I used to get picked on a lot in school. I hated myself for being disabled. Now, I accept my disabilities and limitations. If people won't accept me for who I am, then that's their problem, not mine.

That's great that you can accept your disabilities.I have what I guess you might consider a disability,because it keeps me from living the kind of life I want.I have some type of "mystery illness",that the Drs. have never found out the cause of.I feel terribly a lot of times and I have various symptoms - too many to go into.It may be something like Fibromyalgia and it sure sucks