Disability Awareness: Leaving Behind Ignorant Assumptions

To be disabled does not mean you lack abilities
 It means we are able to do things but jyst differently
It doesn't mean to be capable of less
It means to be adaptable

To have an intellectual disability does not mean one is not smart
It just means to learn differently and at your own pace
Having a physical disability does not mean you have a intellectual one too

People with disabilities are still capable
Of intelligence
Capable of being athletic
Capable of independence
Capable of success
Often even more capable of love
Of kindness & acceptance
Patience & optimism
Compassion & empathy
Persistence & determination
Because of the obstacles we face

Broaden your vocabulary
Don't use the R word
An ignorant word that under minds a whole community of beautiful and loving people
Handicapped is not appropriate either
Person-first language is in
Or rather just call us by our names
We are not our disability
We are so much more
People are so much more than the apperance and their flaws
So much more than a label
We are our personalities
We are out characteristic traits
We are our passions
And we are our strengths
We are perfect just the way we are