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I’m Still A Person

March 24, 2010
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There’s not much about disability in the news today, so I thought I’d give you an original poem to read. With everything that’s been going on recently about Disability Hate Crime, this seems appropriate. Comments welcome.

I’m Still A Person

I’m not deaf, I just can’t hear

I’m not blind, I just can’t see

Can’t do things you take for granted

But I’m still a person, there’s more to me.

I’m not dumb, I just can’t talk

Not drunk, I swear, I really can’t walk

At least not the way you do

But I’m still a person, just like you.

I can walk well but need this white stick

I need this wheelchair but I’m not thick!

I’m not just the girl with the walking frame

I’m a person like you and I do have a name.

Not that you’ll be told it, for I doubt that you’d care

That’s my pet, my best friend, not just a guide dog, please don’t stare

Please don’t think I don’t want to sit in the sun

There’s nothing I want more, it looks like such fun!

Please don’t think I like my seat on four wheels

I’d love your car, and I long for high heels

I can’t hold a pen, but how I wish I could

By me your every move’s understood

I dream of walking down the street

I dream of standing on my own two feet

I dream of hearing the sound

I dream of sitting on the ground.

But I can’t, really can’t help myself, you see

So can you please try not to insult me?

I am a human being too

Not an alien, or an animal, but a person, just like you.

from → sd1's original writing
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