Blink once and it could all change

In class we read and discussed "Disability" by Nancy Mairs, who is crippled and diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. In her article she states that disabled persons and abled-bodied persons function the same way. Disabled people go through the same routines as ‘normal’ people do. Her example of this is, "I menstruate, so I have to buy tampons."(Paragraph 4) She also says, "Some disabled people call you TAPs, or Temporarily Abled Persons."(Paragraph 7) I believed that sentence was pessimistic the first time reading it through but I realized I was naive and saw eye to eye with society for not envisioning reality. We are all going to end up being disabled, physically or mentally. "The fact is that ours is the only minority you can join involuntarily, without warning, at anytime."(Paragraph 7) 

One small little occurrence could change some ones life in an instant. My best friend Sasha got in a car accident yesterday, which could have easily changed her entire life. Sasha is a volleyball player at Boise High School. She is extremely active through the school. She was going up to her cabin in McCall, Idaho and in an instant her car slid on black ice causing it to flip into the side of the mountain. This car accident could have disabled her or worse. Luckily she is left with only bruises and a broken arm. In the shortest of moments her life could have been changed. There are people that aren’t as lucky as my best friend is and are now disabled.  The concept of being a Temporarily Abled Person is frightening but, all in all, realistic.