The Hero Complex
Being a new disability advocate, I find myself continually plugged into various publications. One publication I get news from is the American Association of People with Disabilities . Every week they put out a handy newsletter entitled Disability Weekly . In a recent issue in a segment called In the News, they had a story about a mom who wrote a somewhat controversial piece. Her piece was entitled My Child with a Disability is not My Hero. As the title suggests, Miss Sarah Sweatt Orsborn asserts that disabled people but disabled children are not heroes. At first glance, even I, the non-politically correct writer, that I was taken aback. However, after looking further into Miss Orsborn's premise, I have to say I agree with her. The premise of the article is quite simple. Orsborn suggests that the term can be more harmful than positive. From my perspective, as a disabled person, I cannot help bu...