i do not hate being disabled.

My body is not my enemy.
My disability is not my enemy.

I am not “winning my battle”
I do not have a “predicament”
I am not “overcoming” or “healing” or “getting better”
and i never will.

I am a disabled person. My disability is an extension of me just like my mobility aids are an extension of me. so when someone says they hate being disabled it hurts the same way it hurts when someone kicks my mobility aid. to hate disabled experience, disabled identity, feels like a blow to me personally.