I didn’t write everything I wanted to put into the last post; I meant to write about people like Heath Ledger, who died not long before I wrote it, but I ranted about Alison Lapper instead.
There was an article in the Daily Mail about Alex Stobbs, who I mentioned in my last post. It says that he “shames” people like Heath, because Alex has severe cystic fibrosis, which causes respiratory problems as well as other problems; Heath was self-pitying and overdosed on prescription drugs when Alex is brave because he makes the most of his life and his talent.
I have congenital muscular dystrophy and although that isn’t as life-threatening as CF, life isn’t as easy for me as it might be for able-bodied people. I’m told that I’m brave because I make the most out of my life, but I’ve spent most of my life like this, just as Alex has spent most, if not all of his life with the problems he has.
As I said before, people with disabilities (at least it seems to me) cope better with problems; Heath lived a normal life before he was famous, and it was a lot to handle.
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