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Tuesday 9 July 2013

299/365 - The word 'disabilities' (Fred Rogers)


“Part of the problem
 with the word 'disabilities'
 is that it immediately suggests 
an inability to see or hear 
or walk or do other things 
that many of us take for granted.

 But what of people
 who can't feel?

 Or talk about their feelings?

 Or manage their feelings
 in constructive ways?

 What of people
 who aren't able to form close
 and strong relationships? 

And people 
who cannot find fulfillment 
in their lives, 
or those who have lost hope,
 who live in disappointment
 and bitterness 
and find in life no joy,
 no love? 

These, it seems to me, 
are the real disabilities.”

  - Fred Rogers
The World According to Mister Rogers:
 Important Things to Remember


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