Mr. Q

Super You

I bet most of us wanted to be a superhero when we were kids. The idea of leaping over buildings in a single bound, possessing the strength of 100 men, the ability to climb walls like an arachnid- but, like so many things, as we get older, most of us reconcile that we are of just the standard human variety. More than a few able-bodied folk have a hard time dealing with amputees. It seems as though there are only two sides of a fence they feel comfortable putting us on: 1) where every amputee is a superhero, able to overcome any obstacle, or 2) that we are helpless in a world built for those with two arms and two legs. As amputees, we can find ourselves walking the jagged edge, and impaling ourselves on their expectations.