Care. Don't Stare!
How would you feel if the eyes of the public were always on you, judging you?
A common story I hear from parents who have a child with a disability is that they have a hard time dealing with the way society judges their son or daughter when out in public. It is truly a common theme among parents of children with disabilities. Not many people understand that we parents have gone through a grieving process. When we were pregnant, we would dream of what our child will look like and sound like. You think that if you have a girl, you will dress her just so and have a wonderful relationship with her. If it is a boy, you a ready to get him involved in sports. As soon as we came face to face with the fact that our child was different, we had to change directions totally. We had to find new hopes and dreams. For some of us the dream is to see him walk and run and talk and play. For others it is that their child will be the genius this world is waiting for. Whatever the dream may be, we look at our little one and see the hope for the future.
When we go in to the world with our beautiful ray of hope, we quickly find that the world doesn't see the hope in the situation we have. Most stare and many make quick judgments about the parents. Instead of passing us by, public joe chooses to make us feel awful about ourselves and our child.
The road we walk is filled with champions. The champions know what it is to love unconditionally. We see the best in our child and it angers us when others refuse to see what we see.
This will be continued soon...
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