betterthandarkchocolate: alanaisreading: [Caption: Health is never a measure of human worth, written
betterthandarkchocolate:alanaisreading:[Caption: Health is never a measure of human worth, written over photos of Teddy Roosevelt, RJ Mitte, Miles Davis, Helen Keller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Michael J. Fox, Stephen Hawking, and Lucille Ball]Teddy Roosevelt, former president with epilepsy and asthmaR.J. Mitte, actor with cerebral palsyMiles Davis, jazz musician with sickle cell diseaseHelen Keller, writer and social activist with hearing and visual impairmentFranklin D. Roosevelt, former president with polioMichael J. Fox, actor with Parkinson’s diseaseStephen Hawking, physicist with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)Lucille Ball, actress with rheumatoid arthritisWhen you use phrases like, “as long as you’re healthy” these are just a few of the people that your language is excluding. No one owes you health. Being healthy does not make you a good person, and being unhealthy does not make you a bad person. The state of a person’s body does not reflect their soul, their mind, or their worth as a human being. -- source link
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