What is the most important LIFE lesson you've ever learned from someone with a disability?

Question

i'm especially interested in lessons you've learned from someone with a learning disability

Answer 1

My aunt runs a center for Children with Learning Disabilities,
The one important lesson i learned is the importance of thankfulness. There was once a kid who enrolled 15 years back and he (9years old) was a big pain in the back for my aunt. he couldn't read nor write. However my aunt managed to coach and guide him. in just 3months he could read and write simple English. He had to migrate after that. When he came down last week he visited my aunt and still remembered all she has done and hugged her. He bought her gifts and was extremely thankful. he is 24 now. and that was really an amazing sight to witness.

Answer 2

ATM I have a wee bit of a mobility problem (can't get down the end of my street) but in the past I have worked with adults with learning disabilities. This is what I learnt:

That every little thing in life can be viewed new each day and to have enthusiasm and joy for the small things in life.

Answer 3

I have seen many stories of people with disability. I learn not to treat them specially, but to treat them as we do to poeple without disability. I learn that everyone is just the same. They may not be able to do something that we're able to do, and they may seem useless, but there's one thing I believe strongly-- no individual is useless, God made every single person with a special purpose. Everyone on earth has a mission to complete, even those with disability.

Hope you can live your life to the full. God Bless you!

Answer 4

That just because you can only do half as much as someone else, you have to work twice as hard to be at the same level. It's simple, 1/2 times 2 equals 1. Most people think if they can only do half as much they only have to try half as hard. 1/2 times 1/2 equals 1/4. The world doesn't stop because you can't do something. Catch up or get left behind.

Answer 5

there was a boy that ran into a burning house to rescue his sister from dying when he was maybe twelve. his sister was asleep she was only 7 or 9. They both survived but he was burned all over. His skin, both hands, and only one eye was melted away in the process. He is a very smart and a kind hearted person, but at times i think if his house never burned down and he grew up to be very attractive would he be arrogant as the rest as the pretty dudes you see today.

I learned that in a situation when a love one is in serous danger you would basically do anything to save their life, even if it means risking your own.

Answer 6

Not a learning disbility but certainly a disability.
I used to go to a gym and there was a guy who wore artificial arms and legs had just stumps for limbs, I was going through a tough patch myself at the time, I was out of work and feeling sorry for myself...but the sheer determination of this guy to get on with his life, hold down a demanding office job and get down the gym to keep as fit as possible...can you imagine how difficult it was for him just to take a shower etc. but he managed to do almost everything on his own...that's what I call strength, always positive. It shamed me and made me realise I had no excuse ever to feel sorry for myself and I will never fall back into that trough of self-pity again.

Answer 7

There's a special talent that God gives to everyone and this includes people with disabilities.
There are some things you can't do but the disabled can do.
That's something I learn from them.

Answer 8

Stehphen Hawking

Answer 9

I learn to be more patient and that there are other people who have to go through so much more than i do, but still do every thing with a ligth heart so i always try to do everything i do with a wink and a smile, no matter how heavy my heart might feel.

Answer 10

the most important thing you realize is that you've been a good person inside, then your disability doesn't matter as much or not at all. you can still be happy.