anonkidz
Change In Continuum
I think mentally/physically handicapped people can be powerful.
eek To have to put up with all of the bs their peers deal out to them (depending on the handicap) and still be a wonderful person is inspiring.
I usually think I'm better than someone when they're malicious and I'm not.
rolleyes
aye, They have the pontential to become martyrs with ease. Theres this one popular handicapped guy at my school, he's on the football team, and everyone in the school likes him. If someone ever messed with him, he'd have pretty much an army in under a day.
Oh, there's a difference between playing the martyr and being normal.
Patronized: There is this girl who everyone will welcome. She's nice and all, but sometimes I intend to have dinner with a particular friend or my boyfriend. They just can't say no to her and will let her do and say whatever she wants. Another girl has a stub for a right arm, and she plays it up as much as she can. She's nice and all, but her arm always gets in the way of people treating her the same as anyone else, and it gets in the way of her treating herself the same as others.
Normal: There was a girl in my high school who I was friends with. She had a false leg from the knee down and an evident limp, but it didn't make her any more special. She'd work hard as stage manager, she'd joke around about things without having to bring up her leg, and she'd answer questions directly and to the point when asked about it. It wasn't glorified. It wasn't ignored. It wasn't pitied. It was just part of her, and nothing more.