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I really admire my parents for this

When I were really young , I did not understand disability , despite having some family members with visiable disabilites. I were not very kind to kids I met with disabilites , I think I were just scared so I attacked first despiste having an brother with an disability. I think I were just angry because I wished I could have the fun others had with their siblings. I were also really jealous of other kids who I thought in my mind had normal familes. I got bullied an lot for hanging out with my brother in town at weekends , I used to try to walk behind him but my parents would go mad at me. My parents decided to make me attend every event at an special needs school , at first I made fun of their events but I soon started to enjoy them , I would save up my pocket money every event just to buy the crafts those kids made. I learnt how to appericate them. My parents also made me attend an club on weekends which had accessible activites for most disabilites , at first I were causing so much drama then I started to make friends with the kids. I slowly started to be less judgemental , my parents took me to watch an concert souly with people with disabilites doing their part , that really opened my eyes , there were so talented and an proffesional drum player who were around my age at the time taught himself how to play , , my parents kept giving me information to read too and made me meet people with disabilites in youth clubs regularly , my brother went swimming every week too , my parents also made me watch that , this occured until age 14 then were mature enough in my parents eyes for them not to make me still attend but I still wanted to. I still wish I understood disability more as I want them to feel comfortable and happy , Im still learning , even with my own few but really mild which got diagonsed in my teens , ( physical health problems and mental health ) it is so different in everyone , but Im glad my parents sorted me out at an young age instead of just ignoring it like some parents do , I never thought I would end up working with people with disabilites in the future , little me would had just laughed if anyone had offered that.

 
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