WHO IS DISABLED? 

Often I ask myself who really is a disabled person. Is it the person who is physically challenged and is obviously not able to use some parts of his/her body? Or the other person who has all body parts complete and functional yet is NOT ABLE to live his/her dream because of some "challenges"?

Let me quickly define the the word "DISABILITY"............................ According to the Oxford Dictionary, DISABILITY is a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses or activities. It is further defined as a condition which may restrict a person's mental, sensory, or mobility functions to undertake or perform a task in the same way of a person who does not have a disability.

Unfortunately so many people associate disability with someone who is in a wheelchair, blind, deaf etc. We then assume these people are different and thus need to be treated differently; most times we do not even bother to imagine that they exist............................. Do you ever imagine a deaf man in the hospital? He may spend the whole day there without being attended to simply because he couldn't hear his name when it was called. How many sign language interpreters do we have in social places? How disability friendly are we  as we are building our houses, offices etc.

The physically challenged come in different shapes, sizes, colors, sex, and cultures.....................JUST AS WE ALL DO. They breath the same air we do, the have blood running through their veins just as we do, they eat, drink, dance, laugh, cry, reproduce etc and so I refuse to call them DISABLED rather I consider the following people DISABLED;

1. Highly ineffective people who do not plan and who also lack focus and direction.

2. People who are unwilling to reach out of their comfort zones

3. People who sit back to ask who moved "their cheese" rather than pursue "their cheese"

4. People who are generally very lazy

5. People who are yet to discover their purpose on earth

I will leave us with these 5 points to ponder on for now until next time when I will speak more on them. But before then, I want us all to evaluate ourselves and find out if we possess any of these characters as I would tag them, "CHARACTERS OF HIGHLY INEFFECTIVE PEOPLE" and trust me, these are truly the people I consider "DISABLED"

I implore us all to watch out for that physically challenges neighbor, friend, sister, relative, colleague etc. we are all equal in the sight of our creator.................................