"Ignored Disabilities"

When you see a person sitting silently in a corner who just let others bully him and a person who is deaf but fights the people who bully him, who would you rescue first? Is it the person sitting alone or the deaf? When you hear the word disability, what first thing goes in your mind? Is it the inability to see, speak, hear or walk? If it is, then watch this video, read this quote and have some thinking.

 

“Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can't feel? Or talk about their feelings? Or manage their feelings in constructive ways? What of people who aren't able to form close and strong relationships? And people who cannot find fulfilment in their lives or those who have lost hope, who live in disappointment and bitterness and find in life no joy, no love? These, it seems to me, are the real disabilities.”
― Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember

 

Disability doesn’t just talk about inability in physical skills; it also speaks about inability to express something because of several factors stopping you. Handicap persons’ disabilities can be seen and people can give attention to them quickly. They can help and make them happy. They sympathize with their situations and they encourage them to be strong. But how about others who have disabilities too? Others who have disabilities that are not known as ‘disabilities’ by others. I am not saying that you should not pay attention to people with physical disabilities; I’m just saying that we should also pay attention to those people who suffer without us knowing.

The feeling of having words unsaid, feelings unexpressed, and actions not made is painful. Everything is kept in your heart like you can’t breathe at all. You want to say it but you can’t. You want to do the right thing but you can’t. You want to be happy but you still can’t. Everything seems to be opposite as what you wishes them to happen. Having this problem is hard but you need to be strong. Always talk to God. Pray to Him and He will guide you in your life.  Learn to stand for the right thing. Don’t let others affect your life in a negative way. Be open too with your parents. Always talk about your situation whether it is good or not. Your family is the one that can understand you the most and they love you. No matter what happens, they are always with you and they are the one who knows you the most aside from yourself.  Be strong, really really strong. There are many problems that would test you. If ever you are really hurt and you can’t hold it anymore, just cry. Crying is not bad even if you are a boy or a girl. This just shows that you are courageous enough to show what you really feel.  Be sociable too even in a slight way. Learn to have friends with others so aside from your family, you’ll have a shoulder to cry on and at the same time you lend your shoulder to them. Don’t be afraid to face problems because they are part of your life. Just go with the flow and you can surpass them one by one. Always remember that there is light at the end of a dark path and you always have God and family by your side who will not leave you nor betray you.