On Being a Cripple

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Mairs, Nancy. On being a cripple. na, 1986.
Despite the need to express personal true feelings and thoughts of issues and living glamorized lives, people choose to judge others. Accordingly, Mairs employs a satirical approach to the story, whereby she describes that her condition warrants her to being described as a disabled person. Nonetheless, Mairs mentions that the society’s attitude towards cripples is devastating and plays a vital role in aggravating her situation.
The story illustrates that people should live beyond their conditions and instead focuses on their abilities rather than the judgmental attitudes shown by others. Being physically unfit is not necessarily a sign of inability. Instead, a person’s attitude towards their situation plays a vital role in dictating how they lead their lives and hence the attitude of others. Self-love, recognition, and determination are all essential attributes that can foster the judgmental attitudes of people towards their physical, financial, and other appearances.
Miner, Madonne. “Making up the stories as we go along”: men, women, and narratives of disability.” On the Literary Nonfiction of Nancy Mairs. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2011. 145-159.The chapter gives a review of the way society relates with those that make up stories regarding other people’s lives. Accordingly, the article seeks to complement the comments made by Nancy Mairs regarding leading judgmental lives of the lives of others.

However, the chapter also notes that it is the responsibility of persons being judged to rise beyond the transgressions and opinions of others. The process ensures that people start viewing them based on their abilities rather than the things that they are unable to do. The chapter highlights that bravery from categories of persons identified as disabled to rise beyond their disabilities inspired others to document the struggles they undergo, but most importantly, their positivity in leading a life of change.

Works Cited
Mairs, Nancy. On being a cripple. na, 1986
Miner, Madonne. “Making up the stories as we go along”: men, women, and narratives of disability.” On the Literary Nonfiction of Nancy Mairs. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2011. 145-159.