Friday, September 12, 2014

There is Something You Should Know.

There is something you must know.  Physical impairment does not mean impairment of the mind; I am smart and I am kind.  So when you speak to me - and I hope you do - speak to me directly, and not through you.  For I hate middle men; they corrupt the message, especially when the message is meant for me and not them.
       There is something you must know.  Help is a job for two.  Job one is for me, job two is for you.  I must tell you what I need but you must help me carry it through.  So when I ask for help it involves you too.
       There is something you must know.  I am human.  I am a teenager.  I am flawed and have disabilities, but don't we all.  The only difference between yours and mine is that mine are visible and yours are not.  Autism, dyslexia, anxiety disorders, OCD, CP, spinabifida, blindness.  They are all disabilities and they are part of what makes us ALL human.
        Children are no less human than the adults.  Woman are no less human than man. People who have disabilities are no less human than any of the rest of us.  No one should be talked down upon.

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