But working hard at something to me means I do something that matters to me. Something that was difficult for me to do that I pushed through in order to finish it. It doesn’t matter to me what I had to push through of what I was trying to complete. Whether that was writing a really hard essay, or making a coffee. If I had to push myself through it, then it was hardwork and if I complete it I feel fulfilled.

Now this is complicated because its a fine line between pushing through hard times, and as a disabled person trying to overcome my disability.

Overcoming my disability isn’t something that I try to do, or anyone should aspire to do. My disability is part of who I am and I deserve recognition as in individual without overcoming who I am. Yet I take pride in working through a difficult task. And I don’t always get the balance between the two right. Between working hard and trying to overcome who I am.