Erin Clark is a Canadian writer, award-winning pole dancer, paraglider, magazine publisher, model, and artist. Oh, and she uses a wheelchair to get around. Before we start oohing and aahing about how "brave" and "inspirational" she is, let's take a beat.

Erin's disability is not what makes her as impressive as she is. Her disability, sacral agenesis, is what she was born with and her wheelchair is a tool to help her do the things her body doesn't allow.

Using a wheelchair to get around, manoeuvering a society that's not designed to accommodate her, is not what makes Erin insanely brave. What makes her brave is the fact that she jumps off of cliffs with nothing but some fabric and ropes, that she dances on a stage in front of people, that she writes and makes art and shares those with the world.

You know, the same things that would make me and you and other able-bodied people also brave.