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Why Falling Hurts So Much
By: Heather Watkins
As the music played at a recent family event- my grandmotherâs memorial dinner, I was doing my usual âchair dancingâ and was urged to move beyond sitting, swinging and tapping. The suggestion by one of my aunties included âlife is short, the beat is calling, and if you want to dance, just get up and do it.â This sounds easy enough, but not so fast since my compromised mobility kinda makes things a bit more complicated. Born with Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive muscle disease that affects my core muscles, I ambulate with a cane and often step cautiously to mitigate the risk of falling.
Reading the ambivalence in my face, my aunt offered that if I happened to fall that family would help get me back on my feet. Hmm, but whoâll assuage my bruised ego? I pondered. Whoâll quiet that critic within teasing âI told you so?â This is the part of falling that hurts far worse than a chance meeting with the floor at gravityâs insistence. This concept even extends to loving, well-meaning, and able-bodied family and friends who have all their faculties intact. The fear of embarrassment seeks to destroy the sense of empowermentâ if you let it. Often times as a person with a disability, I have let thoughts of my safety usurp my fun. When Iâm reminded to hold a balanced view of both and put into perspective both can be achieved! One doesn't necessarily have to eclipse the other but can be adapted to achieve the desired outcome. Ahh now thatâs thinking with the advocateâs cap on!
So with the beat blaring, the family support and the empty spot awaiting me to occupy, I pushed off from my seat and steadied myself to stand. I left my cane perched on back of my chair, turned to grab my sisterâs hand and gingerly advanced toward the dance floor. My other hand was held by another aunt and still another danced beside me. And so I stepped lively, swayed back and forth, was supported, and when I got tired, sat down. Didn't fall and had a damn good time. I shimmied right on past feeling ashamed and allowed the authentic me to show up unapologetically! My spirit thanked me, serotonin levels naturally raised as I was high from the vibe for days.
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Claudia Gordon, Esq
Claudia Gordon, Esq., is the first deaf lawyer who is African American and female, and also the first deaf student to graduate from the American University (AU) Washington College of Law, in Washington, DC, in 2000. At AU, Gordon specialized in disability rights law and policy. Since earning her juris doctorate from AU, Gordon has been active in working to ensure the rights of people with disabilities are respected.
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Heather Watkins
Disability Advocate/Writer/Mother/Daydreamer...living, loving, laughing
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