We Are #NotYourInspiration.

My vision is Stella Young’s vision.

I wanna scoot my motorized wheelchair around a world where a disabled guy learning to drive a car or play the guitar or get groceries on his own is no different than any other guy tackling any other challenge—not clickbait used to increase shareholder profits.

Bad news for me, though: that’s for sure not the norm here in the land of late-stage U.S. capitalism.

(Can you spot the “inspiration porn” in the picture on the right? That’s correct: using our struggles to sell cars!)

Since at least I was born (way, way back in Reagan’s trickle-down ‘80s) and probably well before, we've been told disability is something bad that must be defeated. We’ve been told repeatedly our crippled bodies are subpar and we should be pitied.

Remember rejoicing when young Forrest Gump ran straight the hell outta his braces? It’s okay… I know you did.