Disability Awareness

Warren: I’m just going to be honest, I don’t know how to really start this blog. So, I’m going to just directly tell you what I’ve been thinking. I’ve seen and heard a lot of stories involving disabilities. It was mainly CP, but there were some other disabilities. They were talking about how challenging life was for them in the beginning. But, when they stuck to their dreams, they could accomplish ANYTHING. I know that could be the same for anyone, but, when you accomplish something when you have a disability, serious or not, it just feels more rewarding. Even when we work on the real simple things, things you were supposed to learn as a baby but couldn’t because of complications with your disability. Like being able to hold something in your hand for more than 5 seconds, or even being able to open your hand at all to hold something, you know, the simple things. The things that you would normally do without conscious effort, without having to think about it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m at the age now where I’ve learned how to do these things enough to where I can do it without thinking about it. Although, it was definitely hard in the beginning. It’s become a little easier now. I recently got new additions to my chair. So, I’m getting that little bit more independent day by day. I’m not saying that I’ll be fully independent one day… a boy can dream though. Even with this future knowledge, that doesn’t mean I’ll be totally hopeless. Hey, when life gives you lemons, you make opportune lemonade. Anyway, I feel like, everyday, a person with CP or a different disability is speaking up to make people aware of disabilities as a whole. Maybe that will be me one day, but who knows, afterall, I’m just a humble boy telling the internet his thoughts.