Miss Simone? I was wondering: do you think those of us who have mental or physical disabilities or abnormalities who WANT to overcome them should be ashamed for doing so? To be clear, I fully support and am in awe of those who choose to fully embrace tho

I think this is a very astute question, thank you.

I don’t think anyone gets to judge that choice but the person in question. For ages, all us people with able privilege lived with the myth that EVERY person with a disability would happily trade for a chance to be ‘normal,’ but that clearly isn’t the case. And many people believe that who they are is just fine and they wouldn’t trade, and good for them for exploding that myth.

But I don’t think anyone gets to judge anyone either way.

As for disability being a sign of weakness…people who think that must not know any people with disabilities, I guess. Urgh.