This is a blog about being a Kripple. A Kripple who is spending a summer working and living on a military base in New York. I am a student at the University of Washington with only five credits left before I graduate with a triple major in Disability Studies, Comparative History of Ideas, and Political Science. I am going to use this blog to share my experience of being a person with a disability living on a military base. I will also be talking about other issues that I see including, race, gender, sexual orientation, economics along with other things.
*I refer to myself as a Kripple because it is who I am. I cannot deny that my body is built differently then what is seen as a "normal" person. I have impairments that others do not have. I ACCEPT and take pride in who I am. In using the word Kripple I am saying this is who I am, I do not have to change to fit into society, but we should change society to be inclusive for all people.
