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When society's assumptions about disability clash with lived reality

My kid was born with a visual impairment and everyone acts like it's a tragedy, but she's happy and I'm starting to think the problem is everyone else's pity.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The gap between others' projections of suffering and our actual experience can make us question whether we're seeing clearly or they are.

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