Describe one of your favorite moments.

Wow what a question this is. I’m lucky to have had so many great moments so far that it is hard for me to pick which ones to write about for this prompt.

As I am coming up to my Masters graduation I think back to the moment when I graduated from my degree. That was certainly a big moment for me, but for perhaps in more ways than you might realise.

Education for me has been the leveler in my life. It has given me something which is recognized in an able normative world that I have been able to achieve.

Now I am aware as I write this, of the internalised ableism involved in such a statement. But it’s definitely true for me and perhaps that is something I need to learn to deal with.

But if I’m being completely honest in that moment I felt normal. I was being celebrated for a recognised achievement and not for simply existing as a disabled person.

That said there were parts of the ceremony that I’m not looking forward to repeating. Even my favourite moment seems tainted by the inaccessibility of the world around me. But that’s something for another time, and possibly another post.

If you would like you can check out my post from yesterday’s prompt on notable things that happened to me yesterday, that I have updated.