Caroline Casey: Looking Past Limits

Following this video I wish to delve into the connectivity of disability and happiness. Most with disabilities must learn on their own how to soar like eagles because most of their peers simply shun them.  I want to go into the history of how disabilities have been viewed, and I want to compare different types of disabilities.  Then I want to refer back to Caroline Casey's points concerning the way her disability affected her and how she overcame it.  I like the way she referred to "normal" people; we all feel the disgrace, shame, and loneliness which a disability of any kind can bring.  It is exhausting to try to be perfect when you are not and to act like someone you will never be.  How can you be yourself if you are so caught up on being someone else?  Casey brings up the point that “It’s not about disability; we’re just people.”  This is true, for if you think about it, we all are trying to reach a norm which does not exist.  Everyone has a quirk which they do not like and believe everyone hates to be exposed to.  However, all quirks have a story behind them, and all quirks can lead to an inspiration.  Caroline Casey, for instance, has been able to use her testimony of trying to hide from her quirks in order to encourage others to view disability in a different light; to look past the limits of this world.  I want to use her argument to begin a research paper on the way we view ourselves, and how that view can change the way we view others.