Differently abled people need acceptance not a cure – that’s what I wish the world would understand 🙂

It’s 1  : 00 PM on day 1046 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth,   feed myself   All Bran Flakes for breakfast, read Judges 5, publish my Disability of the Day feature,  tweet and Facebook about my campaign – no one donated so far today either but I will reach my goal because I won’t quit that’s one of the things I love about myself whether it’s changing my t-shirt or raising money to end human trafficking I won’t stop doing something until I get it done I put the Energizer bunny to shame LOL 🙂  –   take off my dirty jacket and t-shirt and put a clean t-shirt on, stretch my hamstrings, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and spend some time outside – sitting outside looking at the blue sky I couldn’t help feeling sorry for people who get to the end of their lives thinking I wish I spent more time enjoying the sunshine because when all is said and done you won’t remember all the hours you spent at the office you’ll remember all of your moments in the sun.

A few days ago I read If my child could wake up without special needs – a blog post on Love That Max reacting to the news that scientists might one day be able to “cure” Down Syndrome through gene therapy  – I, like Ellen, don’t think differently abled people need to be “cured” it’s not like Cerebral Palsy or Autism or Down Syndrome are terminal illnesses I think people should spend less time trying to “cure” us and more time educating themselves about the conditions they’re trying to “cure” us of.       When you meet a differently abled person do you try to fix whatever’s “wrong” with them how ever you can or accept them just as they are?