Why Apologize?

Hey everyone! Before my class this afternoon, I was talking to a few of the people in the class and someone asked me what happened to me.  I told him that I was born with Spina Bifida and he apologized to me.  

Why do people feel like they need to apologize for asking about my disability and also for the fact that I have a disability?  As I mentioned before, I like when people ask about Spina Bifida because it is the only way that people learn about it. I even wrote a blog about my story and you can read it here. It is important for people to ask these questions to become more aware.  Since I was born with it, I don't know what it is like to walk like an able-bodied person.  I think it would be different if I acquired my disability because I would have known what it was like to not be disabled.

I have reached a point in my life where I am OK with being disabled. This is how it's going to be for the rest of my life and I have accepted it.  It is a part of my life, but it does not define who I am. I don't let it get in the way of things that I want to do.  I am able to do what everyone else can do. I just do things differently. I am happy just the way I am.