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A trip to the grocery store proved to Ellen Stumbo that disability and special needs are a part of life. In today’s guest post she describes how shopping with her daughters, two of whom have special needs, shows others that disabilities and special needs are a part of every day life.<\/em><\/p>\n

Life with Disabilities: A Part of Life<\/h3>\n

I pushed a grocery cart, and behind me three little girls followed close by, each pushing a customer in training<\/i> cart. We were the perfect display of a mother duck being followed by her little ducklings. We got smiles, waves, and many comments, \u201cLooks like you got some little helpers with you today!\u201d \u201cHow adorable!\u201d On that trip, disability was inconsequential to our adoring audience.<\/p>\n

Two of my daughters have obvious disabilities. My middle daughter has cerebral palsy, making it hard and clumsy for her to walk pushing a little cart. My youngest has Down syndrome, and what can I say, she\u2019s a cute little rascal, but you can tell by looking at her face that she makes an extra chromosome look good.<\/p>\n

But there we were, pushing our carts. Our little family parade. And don\u2019t get me wrong, because grocery shopping with three girls is not one of my developed skills, nonetheless, I know we did more than shopping, we gifted plenty of smiles.<\/p>\n

I was a frazzled mama trying to keep it together though.<\/p>\n

\u201cNichole, watch where you are going!\u201d<\/p>\n

Thankfully we avoided all collisions, but we were close.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust a second girls, the walker just fell\u2026again.\u201d<\/p>\n

I did my best to balance the walker on the bottom of the grocery cart.<\/p>\n

When we arrived at the store, the girls went straight for the customer in training<\/em> carts. My daughter with cerebral palsy wanted one too. I was not going to deprive her of the fun just because she needs a walker. It makes the trip more complicated, but it also makes her just one of the girls. The walker fell out more times than I wanted to reposition it. It got to be a frustration, but we just kept moving along. Nobody gets left out.<\/p>\n

By the time we were half way done, my youngest was done pushing her cart and ready to ride in mine. I left her little cart in the middle of an aisle and let one of the workers know.<\/p>\n

We checked out and Nina got her walker back, thank goodness! As we walked out of the store and headed to the car, a lady followed us.<\/p>\n

\u201cExcuse me.\u201d She said, \u201cI wanted to give you this.\u201d<\/p>\n

She handed me a grocery bag. \u201cIt\u2019s for your girls. A thank you for making my day.\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked inside the bag and there was a bag a puffed corn. A bag Nichole had wanted to get and I\u2019d said no to.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you!\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we drove home I thought about our grocery store adventure. My little ducklings, and me, the frazzled mama. Disability was not invisible, but it wasn\u2019t scary, and it wasn\u2019t bad, and it wasn\u2019t something to look away from. Disability was just a part of life. A mother shopping with her three girls. Disability was normal, because disability is part of life.<\/p>\n

And every day we do this, as we do life, we show the world that disability is just a part of life. Disability happens. We balance the walker and sometimes it falls, perhaps more than we want it to, but we pick it up and keep on moving. And we can see people smile and recognize the pleasures of being a family, just a family, like everyone else. And sometimes, this is what it means to live life with disability.<\/p>\n

Is Disability or Special Needs Part of Your Life?<\/h3>\n

Have disabilities and special needs become an integral part of your life? How did it happen? How has your attitude made disability more integral for others, too?<\/p>\n

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A trip to the grocery store with her daughters proved to 1 mom that disability & special needs are an ordinary part of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[caption id=\"attachment_10188\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\"]\"A<\/a> Photo Credit: stock images at www.freedigitalphotos.net<\/a>[\/caption]\n\nA trip to the grocery store proved to Ellen Stumbo that disability and special needs are a part of life. In today's guest post she describes how shopping with her daughters, two of whom have special needs, shows others that disabilities and special needs are a part of every day life.<\/em>\n

Life with Disabilities: A Part of Life<\/h3>\nI pushed a grocery cart, and behind me three little girls followed close by, each pushing a customer in training<\/i> cart. We were the perfect display of a mother duck being followed by her little ducklings. We got smiles, waves, and many comments, \u201cLooks like you got some little helpers with you today!\u201d \u201cHow adorable!\u201d On that trip, disability was inconsequential to our adoring audience.\n\nTwo of my daughters have obvious disabilities. My middle daughter has cerebral palsy, making it hard and clumsy for her to walk pushing a little cart. My youngest has Down syndrome, and what can I say, she\u2019s a cute little rascal, but you can tell by looking at her face that she makes an extra chromosome look good.\n\nBut there we were, pushing our carts. Our little family parade. And don\u2019t get me wrong, because grocery shopping with three girls is not one of my developed skills, nonetheless, I know we did more than shopping, we gifted plenty of smiles.\n\nI was a frazzled mama trying to keep it together though.\n\n\u201cNichole, watch where you are going!\u201d\n\nThankfully we avoided all collisions, but we were close.\n\n\u201cJust a second girls, the walker just fell\u2026again.\u201d\n\nI did my best to balance the walker on the bottom of the grocery cart.\n\nWhen we arrived at the store, the girls went straight for the customer in training<\/em> carts. My daughter with cerebral palsy wanted one too. I was not going to deprive her of the fun just because she needs a walker. It makes the trip more complicated, but it also makes her just one of the girls. The walker fell out more times than I wanted to reposition it. It got to be a frustration, but we just kept moving along. Nobody gets left out.\n\nBy the time we were half way done, my youngest was done pushing her cart and ready to ride in mine. I left her little cart in the middle of an aisle and let one of the workers know.\n\nWe checked out and Nina got her walker back, thank goodness! As we walked out of the store and headed to the car, a lady followed us.\n\n\u201cExcuse me.\u201d She said, \u201cI wanted to give you this.\u201d\n\nShe handed me a grocery bag. \u201cIt\u2019s for your girls. A thank you for making my day.\u201d\n\nI looked inside the bag and there was a bag a puffed corn. A bag Nichole had wanted to get and I\u2019d said no to.\n\n\u201cThank you!\u201d I said.\n\n\u201cNo, thank you.\u201d\n\nAs we drove home I thought about our grocery store adventure. My little ducklings, and me, the frazzled mama. Disability was not invisible, but it wasn\u2019t scary, and it wasn\u2019t bad, and it wasn\u2019t something to look away from. Disability was just a part of life. A mother shopping with her three girls. Disability was normal, because disability is part of life.\n\nAnd every day we do this, as we do life, we show the world that disability is just a part of life. Disability happens. We balance the walker and sometimes it falls, perhaps more than we want it to, but we pick it up and keep on moving. And we can see people smile and recognize the pleasures of being a family, just a family, like everyone else. And sometimes, this is what it means to live life with disability.\n

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