Observation about Beethoven.

Last month I was at an outdoor concert with a college friend, where they played some Beethoven.

After it was all done, "Imagine composing all that while you're deaf," she was like.

I agreed, but afterwards when I wanted to tell that story to other people, I wondered how disabilities folks would feel about that statement, so I didn't.

It's almost like valorizing the disability as something that someone nobly struggles against, and is just a little bit too pat.

I wonder, though, can a person recognize that dynamic anymore, where a disabled person perseveres despite challenges from their disability?