Jan 172007
Those of us with physical disabilities have a tendency to internalize some pretty negative messages from society regarding our appearance. We learn to regard our bodies as freakish, deformed, or simply embarrassing. The concepts of disability and beauty rarely intersect in our popular imagination. So here are a few things I like about my body.
- Hair–I’m incredibly vain about my hair. I product it up every morning and I am not ashamed to admit that I have highlights regularly added every couple months. Any comments that it’s thinning in the back are met with extreme prejudice.
- Eyes–I’ve been told I have rather expressive eyes. I learned to speak with my eyes when I was a kid in the ICU with a respirator tube shoved down my throat and some of those habits never left.
- Fingers–I have long, slender fingers. There’s some old wives’ tale about guys with long fingers, but I forget what it is.
- Lips–I have no idea where I got these pouty lips. They make me look like the kid brother Angelina Jolie never talks about.
Thanks to Blue for inspiring this post.
