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- MY WORLD BEFORE AND AFTER BUG
- I'm not what people usually think of when they imagine a disabled person.
- FREAK!
- So no one's ever looked at me weird...
- Come on, guys...
- I fit in like everyone else...
- I saved you guys a seat!
- BLEGH
- ...but that also meant I went through a lot by myself.
- I felt like I lived a double life...
- Do you want me to call your parents?
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- but no matter how good the good times were...
- ...the bad ones were really lonely.
- And when things got worse my freshman year of college...
- It got harder to pretend.
- FRESHMAN ORIENTATION
- WELCOME, CLASS OF 2022!
- It got harder to hide.
- People thought I was just lazy...
- You can't stay in there all day!
- Come in! The water's fine!
- ...or that I just didn't care.
- I became dependent on the few people who knew.
- Just let me know if you have trouble reading my notes.
- Before long, I couldn't do anything by myself...
- BFF
- Hey, do you still think you could bring me back some food from the dining hall?
- ...until I came across a page on social media of a girl with my same condition, living independently with the help of a service dog.
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- For the first time in a long time, I felt hopeful.
- SERVICE ANIMALS
- That's where Bug comes in.
- I saved up until I could afford to call her my own...
- ...and when she finally came home, it all felt worth it.
- I spent every day that summer getting her ready for school.
- HAVE A GREAT SUMMER, LIONS!
- And finally, on my first day of sophomore year...
- We pulled it off.
- I felt like myself again.
- And when I needed her, she was always there.
- She saved me that day...
- ...and every day since.
- But for the first time in my life, I was visibly disabled.
- People didn't believe she was mine.
- Maybe she could train my dog too!
- They thought I was faking it.
- I bet she just likes bringing her dog everywhere.
- Why do you have to make everything about you?!
- It's like I was "too disabled" to be treated normally...
- ...but "not disabled enough" to warrant empathy.
- See? I told you––she's fine.
- It felt like Bug and I against the world.
- Sometimes, it still does.
- Ultimately, I'd choose this over being a prisoner in my own body any day.
- Ultimately, I choose me.
- So I choose her.
- And I'd do it a million times over.
- THE END
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