Do not Look!

Disability... why is it that some people treat people with disabilities as dirty... or even objects to be avoided? I mean honestly, what is so scary about someone with a physical or mental difference? It does amaze me still that parents tell their children to not talk with the young man who may walk with a limp due to cerebral palsy. Are they afraid of being embarrassed by the child asking the "what happened to you" question? More than likely the answer is yes… they may feel that the person with a disability might be placed in an awkward position…but most often the person with the disability would rather explain to the curious child, than to be stared at by the child (or adult) who has been trained to not talk with the disabled person.

To be honest, it is time that we as a society stop being afraid of people with differences. Yes, we are getting better, but we are not there yet. It takes time for a society to erase decade's worth of fear or ignorance of people with disabilities so that is why WE MATTER! Is here… to show the world that difference makers do come in all shapes and sizes.

what matters?

Life is interesting and as I sit here thinking about what matters... I tend to believe that what matters most is how we live life and how we look at things. Mainly the attitude that we have towards things that we can't control.
To me, our attitude towards the uncontrollable should be this, life happens and we should learn to roll with the punches... even if what happens is not going to make us happy or put us in a position that is bad for us. Some things that may hurt at first, are meant to be... even though we don't like it. Life is too short to be angry or upset for too long. We need to learn to trust that things that seem bad, always tend to work out in the end... Life goes on and we need to learn to let things roll off our shoulder and trust that whatever happens is for the best.

a scare...

Well I know it's been a while since I posted, but there is a good reason. I had a heath scare, Basically I passed out while volunteering at the Respite Camp I volunteer at and was out of it for 5 days - turned out that I had a blood clot and I had fallen while playing kickball. It was a scare, but it happened. Also, last night I was going back to bed after having been in bathroom and I passed out in the floor (thank God it turned out that I just had a fainting spell last night - probably due to taking sleeping pill yesterday evening... I pray) Anyway, I was out of commission for about 2 weeks after the first instance - and blood clot removal.... but am doing better now and prayerfully I will only get better from here on out.
So, now what? I plan on taking it easy as I recover from the injury and maybe get some assistance to go back to UALR in the summer with money for disability assistance (with head injury/blood clot maybe I qualify for it easier now...) and maybe I will wait until fall... it all depends on things.
Also, I plan on using this blog as more of a sounding board on disability issues as life goes on. hopefully, I can make a difference with the postings I give as life matters to me. Maybe I can even get a video camera and do some video blogs on disability issues.
May life be good to you and hope you have a great day!
Yekim