if someone with a disability tells you about a limitation they have, please for the love of god don't think it's your job to motivate us to "overcome out limitations." I know the awareness of a limitation is abstract and somewhat arbitrary, but our bodies our perfect. our culture's obsession with youth and horrid fear of (our own) death causes a sort of collective denial of morbidity. ok you've conquered your fear of death. have you conquered your fear of a half life? have you considered letting go of individual faculties while still being forced to live out the rest of your natural life? what about losing independence? you ever thought about how you'd cope with constant pain? when you would decide to end it? what you would do when your fount of hope dries up? these things happen to every kind of person. our bodies are mortal, and death is a race to the bottom to see which organ system fails first. human beings are capable of incredible healing, but are also very limited. positivist ideology works for those that are doing well but it's also a way of blaming the individual for their body's damage. so please, save your awesome ideology that's helped you just sooooo much. if I wanted to know, I'd ask. thanks. this has been a disability public service announcement