I'm so overcome by the word overcome. The word is overused and very misleading. When I hear the word overcome, I think of someone who recovered from a sickness or an accident. They do not have to deal with whatever what made them temporary confined. It is not a condition that will stay with them for life and they will go on like nothing ever happened.

             I’m sorry to have to say this, but I haven’t overcome my disability.  I was born with it, and it will be with me for life.  I...