“Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can't feel? Or talk about their feelings? Or manage their feelings in constructive ways? What of people who aren't able to form close and strong relationships? And people who cannot find fulfillment in their lives, or those who have lost hope, who live in disappointment and bitterness and find in life no joy, no love? These, it seems to me, are the real disabilities.”
― Fred McFeely Rogers
The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
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Yes.
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Yass 😉
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Fred Rogers was a wise man.
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Indeed he was.
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So hard to figure out what the best words might be. Suggestions?
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Great question, I wonder if anyone ever asked Fred that? Handicap would be an alternative but it would probably be best to ask the person with the affliction their preference if at all possible. You’d likely get a lot of different opinions.
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there has to be a better word to describe what are many complex conditions?
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Agreed, perhaps a new word needs to be invented.
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Very good point.
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Love this piece. My blog discusses disabilities
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Thanks Joey.
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