Ok. After giving it some thought I've decided to post on this thread. It's a fun idea. Now let's see if I can think of ten.
1. I graduated ranked among the top ten (can't remember if it was 7th or 8th) out of about 800 students.
2. I love art and have a fairly good knack for it. I prefer working w/ pencils but I have also done oil pastels and one oil painting.
3. I've seen the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, the Grand Canyon, Muir Woods, Yosemite National Park, and Yellowstone.
4. I get more nervous talking on the phone to someone I don't know than I do w/ public speaking.
5. I am a registered Republican and think of myself as what has been called a "compassionate conservative".
6. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are commonly known as Mormons.
7. The longest story I ever wrote was 41 pgs. long w/ 15 "parts". It was an account of all that happened in my all-state choir exprerience--one of the best experiences of my life

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8. I have had 2 major surgeries in my life: a spinal fusion when I was 10 and the removal of the head of my right femur when I was 13. There should be an "ouch" emoticon, lol.
9. I'm a, uh,
whopping 4'4", 72 lbs.
10. I have Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, as do my sister and mom, although my mom's case is less severe. It is a progressive disease that begins at birth in which the skeletal muscles slowly waste away, causing increasing weakness and loss of mobility. Because of the disease, I also have orthopedic problems (hence the surgeries) and respiratory problems (weak diaphragm muscles...I only have 20% vital capacity, which means I can only use 20% of my lungs). I've been in an electric wheelchair full-time for about 9 years. I have been avoiding bringing this part of my life up b/c I wanted you guys to get to know me pretty well as a person first. I try not to let my disability define me. I know that when people see me in a wheelchair or know right away that I am disabled, it can be hard to think and see past the disability.
If you have any questions about my religion or my disability, feel free to ask. I think I have actually mentioned them both, but they were on dying threads

, so I don't know how many people if any read them. Anyway, hopefully this thread isn't dying yet and I won't have typed all this for nothing.

Do there happen to be any other physically disabled teen DISers?