like us they deserve to be treated with respect.

Just finish watching one episode of frontline and my client was featured. Indeed his mum was a strong and optimistic woman who took great care of her family. Her attitude towards life is something we should learn from. No matter how hard life is, we should go forward, face it bravely and never never never never never never never give up. (: All these challenges that we faced each day will only make us stronger and not bring us down.

Caring for a disabled child is never easy but not entirely impossible. But of course there are lots of happy and fun moments too. What they need is for you to be a little more understanding and patience towards them.

Like us they yearn to be loved and love. In fact they are the one that taught me how to love and care for another human. Working with them for the past 4 years was one of the best thing that ever happened in my life.

Like us they yearn to be at home with their loves one. Home, sometimes we took for granted the love that our family showered on us. Fight and get angry with them unnecessary over silly things. Spent lesser time at home. But there are people out there who yearn to be with their love one everyday and will never have a chance to. No home to go back to. Why do we always have to look at how others are living their life to be reminded of how fortunate we are?

Like us they love to have fun. You should see how their faces light up like happy children whenever there are parties and activities or people coming down to spend time and have fun with them. And sometimes they are happy when they sees you play.

Like us they are humans too, who deserved to be treated with respect. I'm always hearing stories about how badly they are treated by people who do not understand them. They might be slow but they can learn. They are trying hard to adapt to our community, it's not easy but they are trying. The next time you decided to get angry at them or give them one of your disgusted look, maybe you should take some time to think in their position and try to understand how will they feel.

Everything happen for a reason and yes all their behavior have rational explanation. It's not their fault that they scream and shout frequently. They are not fortunate like us who are able to express ourselves easily thus they resort to screaming, hitting, shouting, banging to show their frustration. The next time you are thinking of reporting them to the police, maybe you can stop for a moment to think about the caregiver who are caring for them. How will they feel when the police came knocking on their door and it's not even their fault as sometimes things are not within their control. let's just say things happened.

Yes they are born differently from us but that doesn't make them weird but special. They are all special individuals with their own special abilities waiting for you to discover. We should never judge them base on their disabilities but know them as who they are.

Time spent with them were happy and real. I love how their faces light up whenever they sees me and it makes me even happier when they call me by my name. Or how they hold on to you to show that they trust you and treat you like family. They are simple and show genuine love, care and concern for anyone. This is something which we the normal people can't do. (:

just some random thoughts, you might not agree with whatever i said here or even understand anything but please at least be respectful and understanding towards them. they have the right to live their lifes too.