Day 1190: Why I hate being referred to as “special needs”

Everybody has “special needs”– that’s my message to the world.

 

It’s 12  : 04 PM on day 1190 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  feed myself a boiled egg and bran flakes  for breakfast, read 1 Chronicles 23,    publish my Disability of the Day feature, listen to music and hang out with my family.

 

Last night I was thinking about the term special needs I wish people would understand that there is no such thing as a “special needs” person all of us, differently-abled or not, have special needs.Do you use labels such as special needs to sideline certain groups of people?

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