“Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately
suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that
many of us take for granted. But what of people who can't feel? Or talk
about their feelings? Or manage their feelings in constructive ways?
What of people who aren't able to form close and strong relationships?
And people who cannot find fulfillment in their lives, or those who have
lost hope, who live in disappointment and bitterness and find in life
no joy, no love? These, it seems to me, are the real disabilities.”
―
Fred Rogers,
The World According to Mister Rogers
Makes you think about the language we toss around daily and the implications it might have on others.
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