Don’t Lose Your Nerve: Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures

By Sarah Fawn Montgomery

Disability happened swiftly. One moment I was fine and the next moment I was not, several spinal injuries leaving me unable to feel my hands and feet or control their movement, relentless nerve damage painfully pulsing through each of my limbs. I could not feed or bathe myself, let alone read or write. Doctors warned recovery would be slow and difficult—if it was even possible. They cautioned against trying to write, an activity that had always helped to give my li...