Mental vs physical disability

By C
@ShyBear88 (59347)
Sterling, Virginia
September 26, 2020 9:16pm CST
I read a post and I’m going to help clear things up for those that don’t understand the difference or thing they correlate to how each other behave or act towards each other. But first lest me tell you I have a learning disability don’t say sorry to me it’s just part of who I am and it doesn’t keep me back and it doesn’t stop me from being a mom and care taker to other people especially anyone with a mental or physical disability. Disability have wide ranges many have there own subcategories or labels. Mental disability affect your brain or how your brain was created learning disability fall into that. Many different types some of that don’t even have names. Then you have things like austisum and do one which are mental not physical. Yes some are low function with understand of a young child, others medium function which would be around middle to lower high schooler understanding and then those of high functioning which means they are like anyone else in the world can take care of themselves and other you probably wouldn’t know by looking at them that they are disability. Maybe of like myself self go on take care of other that can not take care of themselves or became and advocate each teachers to guide younger children though the same difficulties. Physical disability are things you can physically see. Like a missing card or leg. Evening being blind or deaf. Yes or can function in such away that another person actually has to care for them. Low functioning people with certain disability that are mental might need a life long caretaker or be placed in a home or special schools where they can live maybe try to learn some few life skills like dressing, washing and feeding self. So don’t go around thinking those of us with disabilities can not care for others with disabilities just because we have a label. Labels don’t not tell another person what someone is and isn’t cable Of doing or achieving.
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@marguicha (223110)
• Chile
27 Sep 20
I wholly agree with you. When I was diagnosed with cancer, many peoople either treated me as a victim or as a warrior. I was neither. I was the same person that I had always been except that now I had to get a big treatment that could or could not work. And as I haven´t heard of anybody living forever, it was a matter of adjusting my life. It was very similar as the COVID and the friends I invited for lunch today. I hadn´t seen them in 6 months. I now put on earrings, perfume and my best dishware. Who knows what will happen tomorrow!
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
28 Sep 20
Yep! Every day is a gift and you got to live it as best as you can. Nobody lives forever. We all hit different bumps in the road it’s what we made of those bumps either we move it over them ourselves, with help, or we let the bump stop us.
@rakski (123378)
• Philippines
27 Sep 20
Very well said. My son has high functioning autism, but other than that I think he has some learning delays. There are things where he is very good at like knowing the birth years of people he know. His memory retention of things that happened in the past is very awesome. But he is a very shy boy. He is yet to mature. Caring for him is one big challenge that made me who I am now. I learn a lot from him too. The label should not matter but for some label is everything.
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
28 Sep 20
A lot of people with disabilities there care takers and loved ones just want them to be happy and to go for there goals and such. Live there lives to the fullest.
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@rakski (123378)
• Philippines
28 Sep 20
@ShyBear88 true. live life to the fullest! we are taking baby steps but we are moving forward.
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@RasmaSandra (79932)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Sep 20
Very well said and I agree with you. I have known people with disabilities who could do more and strived harder than those who had no disabilities
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
28 Sep 20
Indeed lots. Albert Enstine is once of them. It took many years but now doctors know his odd behavior wasn’t because he was so smart it was the fact he was autistic and lots of autistic people are very smart he excelled in Math and Science very common with a high functioning Austic individual
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• India
27 Sep 20
That's ok dear. We all are different and even special in our own ways
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
28 Sep 20
I don’t say special I say unique since the term special refers to those with disabilities