I’m torn, because being disabled and having any job at all is a gift that defies statistics—that counters the very real lived experience of so many folks with bodies that don’t fit. I don’t want to fritter away that gift or express ingratitude for being invited to participate. Nor do I want to suggest that many employers (mine included) wouldn’t do whatever is required to accommodate my disabled body. So why don’t these “special accommodations” feel more empowering? Why do they remain so hard to swallow?
