The Samplers
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» Willow4 - Re: thank you
In response to message posted by pantazis5:It may be a little story but it has a big message behind it in my opinion. :o) Just because someone may have some type of disability is not a justified reason for cutting them off from the rest of the world.
My Dad is disabled from a severe car wreck in 1981. The doctor's treating him at that time basically gave up on him because he literally had a small piece of his brain sheared off. They considered it a true miracle that he was even alive, especially after spending 7 days in a coma. They said he would never be "normal" again. I'm so so so very thankful that my Grandparents and Aunts didn't give up on him when the doctors did. The doctors wanted to stick him in a home and leave him be. My family found a new doctor. The new doctor said that he was being over medicated, and no he would never be the same as he was but him being a complete vegetable was hogwash. They weaned him off the meds and low and behold I have a Dad again.
Is he "normal"? Well normal is only a setting on a dryer if you ask me.:o) He walks, talks, drives, took care of my Grandpa for nearly 8 years and now he takes care of himself and revels in the peace and quiet and privacy. If it had been even 10 years earlier he probably wouldn't be here and I would have missed one of the greatest gifts of my life. I'm glad that he wasn't shunned the way your great great Aunt was.
Sorry I've rambled on but this little story hit the nail on the head for me.:o) My Dad is disabled, he is different and I'm so very thankful he wasn't put in a home where he wouldn't have thrived the way he has.
So it may have been a little story, but it packed a powerful message to those who will only take the time to listen.:o)
-- posted by Willow4
» Renie_Burghardt - Sampler
Hi Mary, a touching story. I have a sampler made by my mother in 1926, when she was eight. I treasure it. Thank goodness that we have come a long way from those times, when children with disabilities were segragated from society, so to speak, although we still have a long way to go.Thank you for a touching article that does, indeed, make one think.
Renie
-- posted by Renie_Burghardt
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