
Mr. Q
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Eric Quander, aka "Mr. Q" is an artist, activist and active amputee based in the hi-desert of California.
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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.
By Mr. Q4 years ago in Motivation
