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Sinead Burke

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Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. But disabled lives are multi-faceted - brimming with personality, pride, ambition, love, empathy, and wit. Sinead Burke

Love Struggle Personality Pride Overcome Burden Ambition String Unnecessary Must Disability Disabled Empathy Wit Soundtrack Articulated Lives

The word 'midget' is a slur. It evolved from P. T. Barnum's era of circuses and freak shows. Society has evolved. So should our vocabulary. Language is a powerful tool. It does not just name our society. It shapes it. Sinead Burke

Word Language Society Tool Our Evolved Freak Vocabulary Shapes Powerful Name Powerful Tool Does Era Just Midget Should Shows

My height was not a deterrent, and it did not make me the person I am. It was like my long brown hair or my brown eyes - a physical characteristic that differentiated me from quite a percentage of the population. Sinead Burke

Me Eyes Long Hair Characteristic Physical Brown Percentage Deterrent Like Make Am Person Did Quite Height Population Differentiated

I really never saw an obstacle for me in taking leadership positions because, in a very ridiculous way, I thought, 'If Mary Robinson can do it then why can't I?' Sinead Burke

Leadership Me Thought Positions Saw Way Mary Never Taking Obstacle Robinson Because Very Then Really Ridiculous Why

I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical environment and society that remind me. Sinead Burke

Me Society Physical Environment Remind Person Forget Often Little

With the rise of social media, it has given me an opportunity and a platform to have a voice as a blogger and as an activist, but it has also made me nervous that I might become a meme or a viral sensation, all without my consent. Sinead Burke

People often ask me when I realised that I was different. Some people seem surprised that it's a question that I cannot answer. I was never told that I was different. I was always just Sinead; I was just like my dad. Sinead Burke

Me People Some People Some Seem Never Like Answer Always Surprised Question Often Just Different Cannot Realised Ask Dad

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