These quotes are from two very personal Instagram posts, which I recommend reading in full (find them embedded below).
“Today, an adult we don’t know super well who’s in a position of authority over [my daughter] asked her why I’m in a wheelchair…
Disability always involves trauma. Maybe not at the impetus, but at some point, it does, and it’s almost impossible to talk about without at least grazing the pain.
When we ask a kid about their parent’s disability beyond access needs (and even that should be scarce!), we dare them to access something scary, uncomfortable, over their head, or painful.
I’m not big on prescribing behaviour, but: Don’t do that.”
Alex Wegman – Instagram, February 2022
“’Where’s your chair?! You can walk now! What even happened to you—why did you need it?’
What does a question like that leave me with?
I didn’t want to have that conversation or think that hard or get plunked into those memories in my driveway at 9am.”
Alex Wegman – Instagram, January 2022
Alex is an American writer. Find her full posts just below, and do click through to her Instagram account. You can also find her writing at her website – alexwegman.com.
What Happened to You? 