WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.666 --> 00:00:04.706 >> [Background Music] As successful as I've been, 2 00:00:04.706 --> 00:00:09.006 you know, fortunate to be, it comes with a struggle 3 00:00:09.046 --> 00:00:11.756 because there are those extra things that a person 4 00:00:11.756 --> 00:00:15.056 who doesn't have a disability simply doesn't have 5 00:00:15.216 --> 00:00:17.736 to factor in or to worry about. 6 00:00:18.046 --> 00:00:21.446 >> When I'm doing a lot of housework and doing laundry, 7 00:00:22.226 --> 00:00:26.046 you know, like cleaning the whole countertop, 8 00:00:26.096 --> 00:00:29.726 whatever I can reach, takes me forever. 9 00:00:29.836 --> 00:00:33.106 And I could hire somebody to do it but I want to do it myself. 10 00:00:34.256 --> 00:00:35.556 Because then I know it's done right. 11 00:00:36.556 --> 00:00:38.356 >> Don't throw up additional barriers. 12 00:00:39.286 --> 00:00:44.056 There are enough things that make it difficult to get 13 00:00:44.156 --> 00:00:50.706 to something for leisure that I would hope 14 00:00:50.706 --> 00:00:53.866 when I got there I could access it. 15 00:00:54.306 --> 00:00:57.646 >> When we were looking for a place to live we had 16 00:00:57.646 --> 00:01:00.496 to be really mindful of, well, we need to have a place 17 00:01:00.536 --> 00:01:04.286 that would be or could be made physically accessible. 18 00:01:04.856 --> 00:01:09.266 But at the same time, for me, who uses a para transit system 19 00:01:09.266 --> 00:01:13.596 that requires that someone live within a certain radius 20 00:01:13.636 --> 00:01:18.316 of a transit route of some type so, you know, 21 00:01:18.316 --> 00:01:20.876 we had to be really mindful of that sort of issue. 22 00:01:21.136 --> 00:01:23.986 >> I think people with disabilities, because we've had 23 00:01:24.866 --> 00:01:31.786 so many years of stigma in society, we feel like we have 24 00:01:31.816 --> 00:01:35.916 to be the super employee at work and we have to do above 25 00:01:35.916 --> 00:01:39.146 and beyond and when we're parents we have 26 00:01:39.186 --> 00:01:43.596 to be the super mom or the super dad and we have to, like, 27 00:01:43.746 --> 00:01:46.546 get involved in every little activity at school 28 00:01:46.546 --> 00:01:47.716 and every little thing. 29 00:01:47.916 --> 00:01:52.446 We don't have to be super; we just have to do it.