Modern Opinion

The society should not view us as a burden Children with different abilities bear weights that they should not have to. One unacquainted journalist recently asked me during an interview, “were you, or are you a burden to your parents?” In the interest of self-control, suitable replies to the overly insensitive question raced through my mind. “Why don’t you ask my parents!”, I thought to myself. The more I thought of what to answer the more painful it became. It then dawned on me that this was actually the reality of children with different abilities. We are viewed as a burden to society, throughout the course of our lives. There I was, all grown up, comfortably capable of checking myself into such interviews, a graduate nonetheless, and yet, the same prejudice still plagued me. Tears flowed as I attempted to answer her question. I recently visited a well-known children’s home that has hosted children with different abilities for decades. They were in the process o...