Selma Blair: It’s Time We Shift the Story About How Disabled People Are Represented
variety.comSelma Blair Storytelling is powerful. Stories can ultimately shape your identity and how the world sees you.Throughout my life, my story has been told by other people: Manic depressive.
Drunk. Mean.In my memoir, “Mean Baby,” I wrote about never feeling a sense of belonging. Throughout my life, I often felt disconnected from my body, out of control, as if I didn’t belong in my own skin.
I learned not to show or talk about pain because I didn’t want it to define me, nor did I understand what my pain meant. In 2018, I was finally able to tell other people how I identified myself: disabled.
I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) and learned it had been attacking my central nervous system for years. Growing up, I didn’t have anyone in the entertainment industry to look up to who had a disability or was open about their diagnosis, and I didn’t see my experiences reflected in the stories being told on screen.
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