I was out at Target and other places, the other day. I was shopping and looking around and I said to myself, ”Where are all the people with disabilities?”
I know they have to be out there. Do you think this is really true or are people with disabilities stuck at home and not given an opportunity like everyone else?
Through my travels I can tell you that the majority of persons with disabilities are stuck at home. They do not have the opportunities that everyone else has.
We are starting to show our faces in this world, slowly one at a time. The disabled are tired of being stuck at home. The disabled are tired of being hidden.
It makes sense that everyone has an opportunity to participate and contribute to to society?
Yes it is true that people with disabilities are struggling. It is true that people with disabilities are not treated the same as everyone else. So what do we do about that?
We need to advocate, speak out, change peoples minds and attitudes. We also need to take ourselves out into the community.
We – people with disabilities – need to get off our butts and start doing. We must be the change. We can not wait for someone to come and make the change for us.
Get out there, go bowling, get a job, go to the movies, play pool, go shopping. Get out with others and enjoy life.
You have to make that decision to stop believing what others have to say. You can not live the life they have planned for you. You have to live your own life.
This message is not just to people with disabilities. It is for everyone. Quit treating people that are different like they are like they have no value!
We will not take it anymore! Remember that the squeaky wheel gets noticed.
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