Disability Culture: Alive and Strong

So I know it's been too long since I blogged, but today something happened I wanted to write about. A soon to be be Mount Holyoke first-year found my blog and sent me a message on Facebook saying she would be on campus soon and wanted to meet. In less than a couple of hours the two of us were in my room swapping stories about living with a disability and dealing with the dominant culture.  Laughing at things that might make non-disabled people cringe or be at a loss for words, and telling jokes that only other disabled people would likely get . A truly enjoyable afternoon indeed. When the almost two hour long visit was cut off by another commitment I had, the other person showing up in my room told me it was like watching two old friends say goodbye; she had simply assumed we had been old friends and was shocked when I told her the person she just met was a soon to be first-year I'd met just hours earlier. Disability culture is alive and strong and today was a good reminder of that. Thank you to the disability community for raising me right and providing me with a home.