Allison Lang, 30, of Montreal, is representing Team Canada in sitting volleyball at the Paris Paralympics. Meghan Holohan is a health reporter for TODAY.
When I found out I made Team Canada’s Paralympic sitting volleyball team, I felt overwhelmed with emotions. As cliched as it sounds, I thought of the younger version of myself who longed for a place in society where I belonged. I felt proud of how far I'd come with my own self-acceptance for not having my lower left leg and using a prosthetic.
That’s what the Olympics and Paralympics are all about. Be inspired by our accomplishments, not by our existence. Ableism follows me into mundane daily life. Sometimes when I carry groceries into my house, people try to help me because they assume I cannot do it. Once an older woman told me how inspiring it was that I lived independently.
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