The Disabled And Their Rights

I was inspired to write about the disabled today because of what I saw sometime ago

It was a man whose legs have been amputated and he was left to wander about homeless with no one to cater for him and probably he had no family. He came around begging for alms and someone made a statement which I still dont think was necessary at that moment. He said (I quote) You wont get away from here, that is how you people will all come and beg, when there is crisis, you will all suddenly develop legs and hands and eyes to burn people’s houses and kill innocent souls”

Those words keep ringing bells in my brains and I honestly dont know what to say about what that young man said but here is my 2 cents

I know it is believed in Nigeria that the Hausa’s are tribalistic when it comes to crisis. People believe that giving alms to these poor disabled beggers is not wise because when crisis comes they will suddenly become and do whatever that pleases them. Though I have never seen happen, I have heard people say it has happened in places they know and sometimes to people they have come across in their lives.

These people are littered everywhere in the country and some of them are educated but probably sometime in their live something drastic happened to them for example, an accident.

Some disabled people are people with vast knowledge, they are not able to impact the knowledge of what they know to others because they have not been given a chance to. The disabled could be a Governor, President or whatever he want to be in life. But in our society today, they are regarded as invalids, idle minds. But the question here is “ARE THEY REALLY IDLE MINDS”?

The disabled children and youths in our society today barely get the education they desire because they cant be admitted into a school because of their status, they cant work to pay their fees because they wont be a given a job even though they have the qualification. If only they were given a chance to prove themselves.

There is really not much difference between a disabled and a non-disabled person, we are both equal in GOD’S eye. When GOD created the world, he didnt say the “Abled shall rule over the Disabled”, he created this world to be one in TRUTH, LOVE, PEACE, and UNITY. But our leaders today have decieded to do what they like because they feel they own the universe now. They forget GOD is above all.

These disabled people have rights, equal rights with the abled. They deserve love and care, they deserve the basic ammenities thats in a community.

Lets show love and care to the disabled and you will find out how blessed your life can be.

Be postive about them and you will see they can also CHANGE LIVES