People who have disabilities are often asked how they came to be disabled.
Sometimes we don’t want to talk about it.
Sometimes we need a creative way to remind a stranger he or she should know better than to ask.
Sometimes we get tired of telling the boring truth.
Whatever the reason, this page will provide a solution: new creative explanations for disability from the scientific to the adventurous to the uber-accident-prone.
Enjoy!
Shark attack–direct hit to the spinal cord; 17 reconstructive surgeries; combined years of rehab; a heinously cool scar in a location that you can’t show just anyone; ongoing trauma counseling that you really don’t want to talk about.
Fell off my skateboard–5th grade; scraped my chin on asphalt; applied bandage and triple antibiotic ointment; scrape healed perfectly; I haven’t been able to walk since.
Lady Gaga–bust into the chorus of “Born this Way,” or say that you got in a fight with Lady Gaga at her appearance in [insert location here]. Either way, I bet the inquisitive stranger backs off.
