Summary of "Body in Trouble"

Nancy writes how how she is seen as and feel as a disabled person and how certain words rob her of her ability to be a good woman. As a disabled person, she questions why good physical strength and posture relates to good morals, such as, keep your chin up means having courage, while bad physical vigor relates to bad morals, like, sit on your ass means laziness. She also mentioned how she is looked (not looked) by other people as she is confined by a wheelchair. Moreover, she expressed that she doesn't want her moral life to be drag down by her appearance and physical constraints, and that she and many other just want to be accepted in the world.