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We honest to God have to be careful not to make this whole main page sound like \\\"if you\\\'re disabled, and are also inspiring, then you\\\'re automatically a {{glurge}}-inducing disgrace to your stereotype\\\". Without meaning to insult anyone in particular, there seems to be some venom aimed at [[TallPoppySyndrome people who don\\\'t like being outdone by those with a disability]], particularly with the line:
-->\\\'\\\'these are characters with disabilities shown as going above and beyond the level of even non-disabled people in spite of their disabilities.\\\'\\\'
All I have to say is that there are some overachievers out there [[{{Determinator}} who refuse to let a silly annoyance like blindness or limb loss set them back]], and we all have to live with it. While not quite to the extremes that fiction likes to take it, there are some disabled who have a degree/masters/bachelors/doctorate in five different things, have more trophies than you can count on one hand, etc. and just happen to be disabled. That a disabled person somehow isn\\\'t allowed to go above and beyond the non-disabled [[UnfortunateImplications really seems insulting in itself]].
Also take into account that maybe they [[PeripheryDemographic aren\\\'t necessarily trying to inspire John Doe who has two arms and 20/20 vision]], but instead \\\'\\\'others\\\'\\\' who are also disabled in a similar way.
-->\\\'\\\'these are characters with disabilities shown as going above and beyond the level of even non-disabled people in spite of their disabilities.\\\'\\\'
All I have to say is that there are some overachievers out there [[{{Determinator}} who refuse to let a silly annoyance like blindness or limb loss set them back]], and we all have to live with it. While not quite to the extremes that fiction likes to take it, there are some disabled who have a degree/masters/bachelors/doctorate in five different things, have more trophies than you can count on one hand, etc. and just happen to be disabled. That a disabled person somehow isn\\\'t allowed to go above and beyond the non-disabled [[UnfortunateImplications really seems insulting in itself]].
Also take into account that maybe they [[PeripheryDemographic aren\\\'t necessarily trying to inspire John Doe who has two arms and 20/20 vision]], but instead \\\'\\\'others\\\'\\\' who are also disabled in a similar way.
