Anything that impairs the success of a person’s endeavor is called “a disability.” In other words, it is a condition that affects a person’s performance. The disability can be physical, mental, or both in nature. Many people think that having a problem in the body is disability. The disabled mind is the greatest defect that one should worry about, and not physical disabilities such as blindness, dumb, deaf, etc.
Many healthy and educated people tend to have different types of disabilities. How else will you call the following misconduct? Throwing empty cola cans, cigarette butts and other rubbish on the road, driving the car to the gym that is just 100 meters from the house, spitting in the public place, an unemployed person looking for a job that suits his educational level, terrorists who kill innocent people, politicians who squander public money and restaurants throw unused food in the trash. In reality, these are the manifestations of the diseased and disabled minds. In reality, they only symbolize disabilities.
In contrast to the above, attitudes to turn even life’s challenges into perspectives deserve our recognition. This last quality is seen in many people who are less privileged by virtue of a physical disability, but who summoned courage and determination to excel and contribute to society.
A deaf and dumb person sold his tiny piece of land, designed and built a two-seat ultralight plane out of used parts and scrap materials. The small aircraft that sprayed the pesticide on the rubber plantations invoked it to chase with the pilots who gave it the materials and guidance. A couple, who were traveling on the train, conducted themselves in a more civilized manner by closing the car door without a thud and arriving safely at their place. What’s so special about this, you might think? The couple is a group of blind people.
Thomas Alva Edison, the father of many inventions, had a learning disability for the first 12 years of his life. John Milton, the famous English poet, went blind when he was 43 years old, but wrote the famous poem “Paradise Lost.” Sudha Chandran, an Indian actress and dancer, had her leg amputated due to negligent medical care after a road accident. However, she is brave enough to resume her dance with a prosthetic foot.
Beethoven, the greatest music composer ever known to the entire world, accomplished many feats despite being completely deaf for the last 25 years of his life. Hellen Keller, an American author and political activist, was the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, and campaigned for the welfare of women and workers’ rights. Franklin Roosevelt, the former president of the United States, although confined to a wheelchair due to paralysis of his body below the waist, successfully guided his nation during World War II.
Despite the inherent difficulties disabled people face, they put on a gallant show and earn recognition and praise. A common and surprising aspect found among them is the special ability they display. In view of this uniqueness, these people are no longer called “disabled or handicapped”, but rather “disabled”. Let us appreciate and encourage your special talents, and DO NOT underestimate their worth. A flawed physique is acceptable, but a dirty, flawed Mind is not.
