We All See It. But What Do We Say? (with Emily)

Published: Feb. 21, 2020, 1 p.m.

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When Emily was about a year old, she had a surgery that left her with a permanent physical impairment. In this episode of Discovering Our Scars, Steph and Beth have an honest conversation with Steph\\u2019s longtime friend Emily about what it\\u2019s like to have a disability everyone can see. What do people say? What do people avoid saying? It will make you wonder\\u2014what\\u2019s the first thing people notice about you? Emily talks about online dating, the importance of a positive attitude, and how it felt when someone called her goblin. This conversation also reveals the one place where society prefers the word \\u201chandicap\\u201d over the word \\u201cdisability.\\u201d

Full transcript and show notes here: https://dospod.us/e22

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