All my life I have had my disability, so it something I have grown up with. In having my disability it doesn’t stop from doing the things I want to do in my life. There are times when it does get in the way, I like to try and find a way around these barriers. I still like to try and do the same things, as a person who doesn’t have a disability.
Since I was young people have always asked me “Is your disability not hard to deal with?” When I was young I did feel as I got older the disability was going to be the hard part. Actually going through the experience and living with it all my life, the disability is the easy part. Don’t get me wrong there is time when I wished I didn’t have it. I have learnt that having my disability is part of who I am and I’m okay with that.
As I have grown up I have found from having my disability, it all the other stuff that is hard to deal with in life. I definitely feel there is a lot of pressure put on disabled people to try and fit in with abled bodied people. This isn’t always easy, sometimes other people don’t want to be bothered and have that responsible put on that to make sure you fit in. Going to main stream school, I have found people only want to be your friend when they want to look good, in front of the right people. This really annoyed me; I wanted to be friends with people because they wanted it too. Not just because they were doing it to please the right people, giving me a false sense of hope.
Now that I’m a teenager, I have found this is the most difficult time to deal with not being accepted or fitting in. As a lot of the abled bodied friends I had inside and outside school don’t really want to bother with me on week night and weekends. They find it easier not to invite me out with them, so they can still do things without having to change plans to take my disability into account. A lot of the time I’m left to spend the weekend with family, which I do love. When it’s happening every weekend, you do get to a point where you just want to have fun with people your own age.
From having the disability, I have spent a lot of time in and out hospital. I have noticed that older people are a lot more accepting of my disability. This can be a little awkward at times; I don’t want to grow up before my time. I want to be able to take the time and enjoy my life and do it with friends my own age. I know it’s not easy when you have an on-going battle of trying to fit in and be accepted as someone with a disability, when people look at you differently for who you really are.
Zara :)
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Friday, 18 November 2011
Blogging Again!
So I have had a blog for a good while now, never really wrote anything in it that is of importance to me. The entries I did share all came from different website and blogs I had read online. Sometimes, I wrote what each of the different entries meant for me in my life. That was in a way giving people a little insight into my world. I guess the reason why I displayed my blog in this way, is that I didn’t feel I had the ability to be able to write my own thoughts and opinions and share them with the world. To be honest the idea of having people I know read my entries, scared the life out of me completely.
I think Blogging at times scared me because of different situation I was facing in my life. I knew at time it wasn’t the right for to blog and easier to keep things to myself. As I still seen it as something I enjoyed and wanted to keep it as a good memory, not something I looked back on that would upset. Really this is the main reason as to why I felt blogging wasn’t for me. It was anything that other people had convinced me not to do, it was something I felt I didn’t have the strength to know how to do and make it good.
Recently I meet two amazingly ladies and we got talking about blogging. They both felt I had great ability to be able to have my own blog. One of the ladies felt that from the comments I wrote on her blog I had a good outlook on life and perspective to see the world from my own thoughts. She also said some great things, which I consider to be great advice for myself. Since I have been home, started to blog again has been on my mind a lot. Definitely think that it’s something I ready to try again.
Zara :)
I think Blogging at times scared me because of different situation I was facing in my life. I knew at time it wasn’t the right for to blog and easier to keep things to myself. As I still seen it as something I enjoyed and wanted to keep it as a good memory, not something I looked back on that would upset. Really this is the main reason as to why I felt blogging wasn’t for me. It was anything that other people had convinced me not to do, it was something I felt I didn’t have the strength to know how to do and make it good.
Recently I meet two amazingly ladies and we got talking about blogging. They both felt I had great ability to be able to have my own blog. One of the ladies felt that from the comments I wrote on her blog I had a good outlook on life and perspective to see the world from my own thoughts. She also said some great things, which I consider to be great advice for myself. Since I have been home, started to blog again has been on my mind a lot. Definitely think that it’s something I ready to try again.
Zara :)
Monday, 21 March 2011
Are disabled people integrated effectively in society?
In society there are a lot of different people. The first thing we see is the outside appearance. We need to learn that "you never judge a book by its cover”. You should look beyond a person’s appearance to see what is on the inside of the person. What is on the inside is the important.
Society is a place where everybody is allowed equal rights and access. Especially if you are disable and looking for a job. You shouldn’t be declined on account of being different. Nowadays if you do get a job, its legislation that the establishment you are employed by is accessible for people in wheelchairs. Disabled workers who are in full time employment earn approximately 20% less than their non-disabled peers.
Do you think a disabled person’s life is easy?. Well it might seem that way to some people. If you a parent or career who lives with someone that has a disability, you will hear a totally different opinion. When we think of some having a disability we automatically assume its a physical disability. There is also people who can have a mental disability I guess you never really understand “until you live with a disabled person.” Even if you talk to a person with a disability, I am sure they will tell you that “the world isn’t set up to include disabled people.” You may well think why do think that. Really all you have to do is go to the nearest shopping centre and there point is made. I assure you that there will be about four different shops, that a person in a wheelchair can not go into because it is small or there is steps up into the shop. Are disabled people integrated effectively in society?
What is Normal?. The word normal is very strange, it can often be used on the wrong way. Everyone calls themselves normal, are we right to put a disabled person down if they call them self normal?. Everyone is allowed to be different in there own way. So society therefore can not say the person with a disability is not normal. Just because they may be in a wheelchair and not be able to walk like everyone else. Also when people talk to someone in a wheelchair they tend to think they can not answer for them self. They talk to there parent or carer like the person is not really there. What really is Normal?. I would like to think to being different in your own little ways wouldn’t you?
In the media and newspaper we hear a lot about different celebrates and sport heroes. Have you noticed?, none of them seem to have a disability. The TV is a place where young children and teenage look up to role models. So should the programmers not give everyone a chance in putting disabled actor in there shows as well? That what life is about life making sure everyone has an equal chance. Even during programmers like the Olympics, you hardly ever got any coverage of the Paralympics. When was the last time you seem a disabled person on TV getting a sport or TV award?. So how is a disabled child meant to get a role model if the media or newspapers will not promote it to the world? Are disabled people integrated effective in society?
I believe “you should never judge a book by its cover”. In society everyone is allowed there own opinion. Disabled people are as normal as everyone else , they have there own feelings. In the further disabled people should get the same chance as other like being on TV or even on the Paralympics. I also think you shouldn’t judge a parent of a disabled person because you do not know what there life is like until you live it for yourself Remember before you say something about I disabled person, just think would you like it to do you ? and “don’t judge someone until you walk in there shoes”.
Society is a place where everybody is allowed equal rights and access. Especially if you are disable and looking for a job. You shouldn’t be declined on account of being different. Nowadays if you do get a job, its legislation that the establishment you are employed by is accessible for people in wheelchairs. Disabled workers who are in full time employment earn approximately 20% less than their non-disabled peers.
Do you think a disabled person’s life is easy?. Well it might seem that way to some people. If you a parent or career who lives with someone that has a disability, you will hear a totally different opinion. When we think of some having a disability we automatically assume its a physical disability. There is also people who can have a mental disability I guess you never really understand “until you live with a disabled person.” Even if you talk to a person with a disability, I am sure they will tell you that “the world isn’t set up to include disabled people.” You may well think why do think that. Really all you have to do is go to the nearest shopping centre and there point is made. I assure you that there will be about four different shops, that a person in a wheelchair can not go into because it is small or there is steps up into the shop. Are disabled people integrated effectively in society?
What is Normal?. The word normal is very strange, it can often be used on the wrong way. Everyone calls themselves normal, are we right to put a disabled person down if they call them self normal?. Everyone is allowed to be different in there own way. So society therefore can not say the person with a disability is not normal. Just because they may be in a wheelchair and not be able to walk like everyone else. Also when people talk to someone in a wheelchair they tend to think they can not answer for them self. They talk to there parent or carer like the person is not really there. What really is Normal?. I would like to think to being different in your own little ways wouldn’t you?
In the media and newspaper we hear a lot about different celebrates and sport heroes. Have you noticed?, none of them seem to have a disability. The TV is a place where young children and teenage look up to role models. So should the programmers not give everyone a chance in putting disabled actor in there shows as well? That what life is about life making sure everyone has an equal chance. Even during programmers like the Olympics, you hardly ever got any coverage of the Paralympics. When was the last time you seem a disabled person on TV getting a sport or TV award?. So how is a disabled child meant to get a role model if the media or newspapers will not promote it to the world? Are disabled people integrated effective in society?
I believe “you should never judge a book by its cover”. In society everyone is allowed there own opinion. Disabled people are as normal as everyone else , they have there own feelings. In the further disabled people should get the same chance as other like being on TV or even on the Paralympics. I also think you shouldn’t judge a parent of a disabled person because you do not know what there life is like until you live it for yourself Remember before you say something about I disabled person, just think would you like it to do you ? and “don’t judge someone until you walk in there shoes”.
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