The Loss in Disability
Disability is something that most people don’t think will happen in their life. Still, the disability community is the largest minority in society today with one in four individuals born with or acquiring a disability at some point over their lifetime. With this commonality comes a shared difficult experience of coping with disability, which is often unexpected. There is a unique grief and loss which accompanies disability that is difficult for others outside the experience to understand. This experience is called “ambiguous loss.” My Story At twenty-three my mind was as far from disability as it could possibly be. I was young, healthy, and enjoying