‘Given the awkwardness of my cerebral palsy, strangers who encountered me on the street often did not know how to respond. Their interpretation of my wacky walking pattern came out in many different ways’
“I don’t need a cane!” I growled. “I have been walking perfectly well for the past 37 years without a cane, why would I want to change now?”Admittedly, I knew my law partner was partially correct. Having been born with cerebral palsy, my walking was a bit ungainly, and at times, I found that the extra energy needed to move forward made me tired. The extra movements that I put into walking meant that more energy was being burned, sometimes more than necessary.
I couldn’t figure out a way to get her to stop this discussion so I agreed to try it for a month. My logic was simple: once I tried using a cane, it would be much easier to say: “Tried it, didn’t work, go away.” As I approached building entrances with heavy doors, someone would invariably rush over and say with a grin: “Let me give you a hand.”
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