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A subtler difficulty entails a psychological riddle: the simultaneous acceptance of his disability and the desire to fight it. On the one hand, the disabled say to others: Take us as we are. On the other, nobody wants to be disabled. Reeve is both who and what he is and...
He lives between the acceptance of the reality of his condition and the expectation of changing it. He goads the politicians to help the scientists. He goads the scientists to make him and others well. He exercises and prepares his limbs for the day when a cure might be administered...
"When they told me what my condition was, I felt that I was no longer a human being," he says. "Then Dana came into my room and knelt down to the level of my bed. We made eye contact. I said, 'Maybe this isn't worth it. Maybe I should...
He began to become a student of his own disability. He started to keep track of his numbers--the various counts and levels that monitor his condition. "They would tell me these numbers as a way to motivate me," he says, "because I'm competitive. If you tell me that...
Slowly, determinedly, Reeves began to take control of his condition. His confidence began to grow. Dana remained tireless in her attention to him. Will cheered him up as he clamored over his father's chair. Matthew and Alexandra, his two children from a long relationship in England with Gae Exton...