Pioneering the way forward

I have mixed thoughts on this. I am satisfied with the fact that I have made life easier for disabled children younger than me through paving the way forward in the schools that I have attended. I would also like to think that I've changed people's perceptions of disability and that through knowing me my friends/people I've worked with do not judge disabled people negatively. BUT I find myself thinking 'when can I stop pioneering and just be a person?'. It is hard to separate the duty towards being a disabled role model from my everyday life. Its a huge pressure and means that every setting I go into, there is an expectation that I will transform into the epitome of the life of the disabled which I'm just not. I do appreciate it when people recognise that I have battled against many obstacles and I do believe that there is a need to advocate change. It's just not a role I chose.