Samuel Habib, 21, wants to date, leave home, go to college. But he drives a 350-pound wheelchair, uses a communication d | dG1fb01rZGpUVzVadmM
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00:00What's up? I'm Samuel Habib. Growing up, my life was pretty awesome. Now, I'm ready to date, move out, and go to college, but it's freaking complicated.
00:20One minute I can be getting dressed for the day, and the next minute I'm racing to the ER. People talk down to me.
00:27You are such a cutie.
00:29Kind of talking to him like it's a five-year-old.
00:35A disability does not define who you are.
00:38I can't believe he stroked my face. Weird.
00:45I need to talk to more disabled people who have navigated this stuff and are living badass adult lives.
00:52What is the biggest risk you've taken in your life?
00:55Biggest risk I've taken in my life?
00:57The biggest risk?
01:04Never. I ignore anyone who refuses to accept me.
01:11You have to have ninja patience. If you have a disability, sometimes my patience runs out.
01:22Me too.
01:23Do you have advice for me about sex?
01:25Yes, I do.
01:27If someone doesn't want to date you because you're disabled, that's not the person that you ever want to date. Ever.
01:32One can be sexual without necessarily screwing. And I'm glad my mother's not hearing this discussion.
01:40I don't mind having a disability. I just wish the world was wheelchair accessible.
01:45Hell yes!
01:47I love who I am, but I do not love oppression created on my disability.
01:58The work of achieving social justice for disabled people also means changing societal and cultural values.
02:08What we've been discussing, Samuel, is allowing disabled people to feel proud about who we are.
02:16We have a right not to be discriminated against.
02:21I'm tired of being underestimated. I want to find my way.