Does anyone have a good story/memory to share about a person that has a disabilitiy?

Question

Mine is about a 24 yr old man with Down's Syndrome. He was working at Hardee downtown and & took the city bus every day to work & back home. He was very talkative on the bus to everyone & he knew all the bus routes. He loved to ask anyone where they were going & he could tell them what bus# to take and at what streets to get off at. I was amazed at his memory! The bus driver said he had been taking the bus for 2 yrs on his own after his mother helped him when he was a teen. He was always smiling. There is one day that I'll never forget. He was working at Hardee's and he sweeped the floors, took out the garbage and stocked cups and napkins. He loved it! Well, one day I got on the bus and he was beaming. He got promoted! He was promoted to 'fry guy'. That day he was going to start making fries. And he spend the rest of the trip explaining to us all how he could make fires for us. I got fries that day.

This young man has always made me think before I start complaining.

Answer 1

One of the artist i paint with in the studio would make an interesting story. He has autism

He talks to people on the way to work. Then he said hello to everyone. His painting has people all names of people he knows. His art work have been show in America (I am Australian) Other days he goes to Monte Lupo and paint designs on plates and cups.
He does choir on Saturdays.
He has his retinue painting, playing six and out hand ball.

Answer 2

Waking up using a. Wheelchair is a life changing experience.

But it's not the end of life. You change & adapt, still a lot you can do. Just different & slower. If a normal & disabled person needs to cross the street they both will get to other side. But you will roll they will walk Focuses on what you can do, not what you can't. Wheels will look better! Keep head up always do your best. No matter how bad you got it, somebody somewhere has it worse. You won't like being in an wheelchair, nobody does. But it's all you have “Make the best of it”.
Remember somebody,somewhere has it worse.

Answer 3

I remeber when I was living at some Rumanian friend's house, the time my mum and dad were getting divorced. So, one of the girls in the house was a nurse so she took me to her work place after I insisted so much (because I want to become a nurse as well so I thought I might be able to learn something in those two months I was going to be there) Once we got to the hospital I met this little girl called Mhila. She was seven years old, blind and had suffered from a Brain Stem Glioma (brain tumor) since she was born. I couldn't resist having her on my side all the time, she used to ask me so many questions about the stories I read to her because she really hadn't seen all the things they write about in the book sos it was hard for her to understand. Her mother had abandoned her in that hospital a couple of months before and rumour has it that she was a roma (gypsy) who had had an affair with somebody she wasn't suppoused to.
mhila died a few months later and a lot of people suffered because of that, including me.

Answer 4

My father used to be a police officer, and when I was three years old, he was shot and paralyzed from the waist down. At the age of 27 my father became a paraplegic. He was in the hospital in critical condition for months, and after that had to do physical therapy for years. He still is unable to walk, but that is just about the only thing he can't do. After being paralyzed, he continued to serve and worked as a police dispatcher for 7 more years. He then went on to college to graduate with a Master's Degree in Education and managed to help take care of my brother and I while my mother went to school as well. He has not let his disability stop him from doing anything he sets his mind to. He is always my inspiration to keep going when life seems to be giving me a hard time.

Answer 5

Great story. And since you asked---here's another one: a few years ago a young man who is blind started at a junior college. Because theachers in high school thought "blind people couldn't learn math" they had simply pased him through his math classes. In junior college, he (not surprisingly) tried to get an exemption from math classes. Until one day when a professor took him aside--and basibally chewed his ears off; the gist was"don't back off from challenges and don't sell yorself short."

Well, I met him a couple of years later--when he'd transferred to complet his college degree at a four year university. The first semester, the professor of his Calculus I class asked this young man to come to his office, where the professor told him not to worry--he'd make sure he received a passing grade, despite his blindness. The young man's answer: "I don't want any favors. And I WIL finish this course with the highest grade in the class." At which point he walked out on the professor.

He got the highest grade in the class--and 3 years later graduated--with honors--with a BS degree in mathematics! Today he owns his own computer software development and consulting business.

Answer 6

I have a daughter who's learning disabled and she goes to a school with children Who have LD's. There was this one girl who never talked when she was in General ed classes once she go to the same school as my daughter and felt safe and accepted she strated to talk and to do very well. Now she is a honor student and she volunteer's with younger chiildlren who need tutoring at a grammar school close to thiers. I would say that she's made a remarkable turn around and has shown what aceptance and the correct enviroment can help a person,

Answer 7

I have both good and bad memories in school I worked with the disabled children. There were 4 boys and 1 girl in the class I helped. After working in the class for about 5 or 6 months I was told not to bring the one boys name up at all and not told the reasons why. Well one day it slipped out and I found out why all the other children started to cry I asked them why they were crying and they told me that he had left and was never coming back. Well this boy was the one I always worked with me, him and I played games and sang and danced together. It shocked me that he had left and I wasn't told about it so I asked the teacher what had happened she told me that he had a heart attack and died from that earlier in the week. The time that me and this boy spent together really changed all views I have of mentally handicapped people I was a bit scared of them I have no idea why but he changed me in the best way ever and for that I'll always love him. After his death I worked in that class very close with all the other children and went on every outing with them. I really miss those kids they showed me what fun really was and helped me change things I'm glad I changed about myself. Truly they hold a special place in my heart.

Answer 8

I don't have an "inspirational" or "amazing" or "warm fuzzy" stories about people with a disability. But I have something to share with you all.
I have worked in disability support and community services sector for many years and made a few friends (with a disability) along the way. My biggest achievement is last October when I took my friends who has muscular dystrophy to Bangkok for a week holiday.

this link has the photos of the trip http://geocities.com/phingaw

Please visit and sign my guestbook and feel free to comment

Answer 9

I can recommend a fantastic book that changed the way I look at a lot of things in life.

"Blind Courage" by Bill Irwin

About the author`s long distance hike of the Appalacian Trail with his `seeing` eye dog, Orient Express. Yep this guy was blind and hiked the trail. Amazing.

Answer 10

My 2 years old niece; she couldn´t move the left side of her body but she´s taking therapy and now she can seat by herself and is beginning to move her left side, and all this in a short time.