I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
—Christopher Reeve
—Christopher Reeve
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There's some interesting stuff to read at several disability advocates' blogs about the damage Chris Reeve did for disability rights. These are pretty radical, but provocative, and while I don't agree with everything, they lead me to think in different ways about charity and about disability and what inspires us. Here's one: http://badcripple.blogspot.com/2013/01/charity-tragic-models-of-disability.html
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