The society has been cajoled into believing that children with special needs cannot excel to greater heights or make meaningful contributions in the field of sports, arts, medicine etc. This is a fact that is very much debatable. Amongst the highly successful people in the world, Whoopi Goldberg the rich actress, writer and producer, had dyslexia in her early years while the world champion swimmer Michael Phelps was diagnosed with ADHD in the 5th grade. Every human being has some sort of disability or the other, no man is perfect only God is the perfect being.
We all use “sticky notes” stuck in front of our computer
screens or write down to-do-lists on our notepads and devices but some are quick to
criticize an autistic child when he or she uses the PECS (Picture Exchange
Communication System) to organize their day. People get drunk on alcohol or
hard drugs and display inappropriate behavior, but they are quick to criticize
the special needs child when they throw tantrums or have a meltdown simply
because they are trying to let off some steam. A lot of us have repetitive
habits, some like to sit on a particular sofa to watch their best TV shows
while others cannot miss a particular meal every time but will describe an
autistic child as having “ insistence on sameness” when they also want to enjoy
such little luxury of life.
Let us all take a deeper look at our lives, our habits and
our desires and we will surely see that we are not too different from these loving
children. we all have some level of “special needs” in us, the only difference
is that we are not giving them a chance. Let us all try to embrace the difference.
#embracethedifference
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