independence

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Independence… I have lived most of my life feeling I was normal and nothing can or will stop me from doing anything that I wanted to do!  The things that most people would assume that I can not do, I have found a way to prove those people wrong and show them never to assume just because the system tells you something, it is so.

People are often told that if you or your child has a disability they will never be able to do something normally but they can try it but most likely they are going to fail.  At one-point people with disabilities where institutionalized and not kept in their local communities.  The theory was out of site out of mind. Thankfully, it is different for people with disabilities today.  However, there is still some ways to go before the stigma of being disabled goes away completely.

Well what if you proved to those people all wrong?  I was told by many people that a lot of things that I am able to do I wouldn’t be able to do.  Yes, I need some help but I have learned to adapt.  I am very independent and always mange to find a way to do for myself, even if I have to do it a different way or it takes me more time than some people. I think that everyone should at lest have the chance to live as independent as possibly, so that way they do not have to feel like they are always having to relay on the help of others.

Some people have a certain stereotype in their mind for people that are disabled.  They are told that they should have a certain look and live a certain way.  It is sad that most people with disabilities will never hold a full-time job.  However, there is always hope.  I have mild learning and physical disabilities that have not stopped me.  I was going to school and working two part-time jobs and never stopped me from trying to prove the system wrong.  There is nothing better then having the feeling that you are doing your best to make it better for the next generation so that they have it better than yours had it.

 I have always worked hard to make sure that people are aware that there is nothing wrong with being different and speaking up for you.  There is nothing wrong with making your voice is being heard, for the things that you feel that should be changed for the future.  It might take a while for the things that you envision happening, however the more patient you are and the more determined you are to make changes the more likely there will be of finding success.  Change in this event can be a very good thing.