How do you... ( Archived) (44)

.....not what we don't have, but what we do have......

A casual observation of a disability isn't the same as interacting with anyone who has a visible disability or even one that isn't visible. Becoming familiar with anyone regardless of abilities and or disabilites takes time and certainly does require interaction.

Thats no different than interacting with anyone, you learn as you go, because you just don't know enough about the person and their abilities. I would add that personalities come into play as well , as does behavior toward one another, and yes some misconceptions as well.

If someone comes up and talks to us and we say "go away" in some way then there won't be much interaction let alone that chance to learn about each other.

There is most times an element of fear in any meeting between people, maybe trepadation; about how someone will view us, do we measure up, will we be dismissed, will we be rejected, any number of feelings of trepadation. It is just those moments that we have to get past, for any sort of real communication to happen and hence any understanding of disabilty, as well as their abilites.

In light of little, I have much for which I am grateful.

Dear Midship,

I had the pleasure of having an uncle with down syndrom. He was the crux of our family. His birthday was the family get together from both sides of my parents for his years upon this earth. He was the joy of our lives for keeping things so simple and the bond to remind us that we all are one.

I miss him.

youre being dismissive sis ..

teaching them kiddies is like messin with their free will ; as teaching is want to do, you know.

do I need to get Ray in here?

Furthermore....

I have a friend who used to be on this site, but she is sadly not participating with us. Her handle was Arabella. She became my friend Joanie. She has a disabled child and being a woman alone in the stretches of New Hampshire, I felt a friendship for her, for being so strong to love, day in, day out for her child.

I miss Joanie too...

I've just dried my eyes at your post...we are all one irrespective, we are all here

Memories are Forever

Bonds never break

Hey, we have swapped much spit on this

You make me laugh ::she smiles a lot::

Sure if they didn't have me to corrupt them what hope would they have

Would you trust them to anyone else

Ray is more than welcome, you know I have mucho respect for him

Yah, well guess what?

Mine are wet....

swapped spit? must be an Oirish expression, cos if it were a canadian idiom we'd still be lip-locked.


my point however was to teach the those with an apparent disabilty to understand. visible disability.


AND

you know I have no control over Ray, that was a wasted threat..