Disabilities

I’ve dealt with people who have disabilities for many years. My uncle in mentally retarded and my mom used to take care of several people with disabilities of all sorts. When I got my second job at the Marquis Plaza and Suites I got to work with quite a few hands on. They are extraordinary people. I don’t think there is any disability that is better or worse than another one. They all seem to be about the same to me it just depends on the way you look at the world around you. Even though you can see a physical disability before you can learning or a mental I don’t think there really is much of a difference besides the fact that a physical one may limit some things in your life.

Honestly I would have to say being born with a disability would be a lot easier to deal with because of the fact that you wouldn’t have to look back and say “this could have been prevented” or something like that. I think it is B.S. that women, any women are forced to have abortions. That is a very personal subject and decision that no one has any say in except the rightful parents of that baby. Just because they parents have a disability doesn’t mean the baby will too. There are many people who don’t have disabilities and have babies with disabilities.

The USA is a pretty large country. I think our pop culture influenced other cultures because in my opinion we have more in the USA. We have more freedom to pick and choose what we write, sing, and talk about than other countries do. And I think most of them admire us for that. The media has an influence on everyone and everything. They are always saying things like “if you listen to this, or if you do this then you’ll be cool”. What is cool anyway? Children’s books seem to have changed a lot. I mean they seem more advanced. When I was little I remember reading books like Clifford. Nowadays we are reading about people going to heaven.  

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When we watched the movie last Tuesday night it really opened my eyes. Mostly to a lot of things you don’t think about every day.  I mean most people around our town nowadays pretty much just accept everyone the way they are homophobic, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. But in the bigger cities and towns they are punished when they show their true colors. And quite brutally might I add.

When they movie mentioned that over 300 species have homosexual relations I was shocked mostly because I didn’t know that there was that many species and because it is that high. There are many cultures and countries were homosexuals and heterosexuals are very much accepted. I want to know why it matters so much. I think it is ridiculous how some people react to others personalities or personal choices or even the way they were born.

If your friend was born with a missing finger or even an extra finger, you wouldn’t think anything of it. You might think it was a bit strange but it wouldn’t change how you feel about them as a person. So I ask why does being homophobic or being heterophobic make any difference at all. Most people say you can be born homophobic, I agree and disagree. Yes, you can be born that way, but I also think it can be a personal decision. But that’s just me. I have my own way of looking at the world.

To me, Ed is a big inspiration. I very much enjoyed listening to his story. It was quite fascinating. And I love the fact that he was so open with our class about sharing pretty much anything that we wanted to know and answering our questions so openly and honestly.