That people can live really rich lives and all. The more I talked that line, the more I could tell his interest was just petering out. Stothers has been in the news business himself most of his life. When the story veers off from that, the reporter loses interest. They can't understand what we're saying.
Reporters think that anyone who has a disability has to therefore be courageous.
It's because that's what they believe they themselves would feel if they became disabled, said Stothers. You die or you live. So we live. We demonstrate that people are infinitely adaptable. Disability rights is still understood in society through a nondisabled sensibility.