Dreams Are Bigger Than Disabilities
Dreams are Bigger Than Disabilities
Handicapped people are everywhere. They are unavoidable as well. Due to us being around them so often, one would assume that we would know a lot about them. If one thought this they would be wrong. Our outlook on handicapped people is usually nothing short of pity, as they will never be able to achieve anything great. However, society’s perception is warped. Though people can be handicapped, they can still achieve great things.
There are many areas that handicapped people play an active role in. They influence our daily life, and sometimes we do not even notice that they are handicapped. Some of the areas they play a large role in are politics, the arts, discoveries and education, protecting their country, sports, and in the media. With proper support from family, friends and the media, they can achieve great things as well. There are many celebrities who are disabled, that we are not aware of, and by keeping their disabilities secret; they were able to achieve great things with a positive outlook from society.
There are and were many people who play a large role in politics,, even though they were handicapped. Some US presidents have had handicaps, yet this did not stop them from leading their country towards a better life for their people. George Washington had a learning disability that prevented him from writing properly and having good grammar. This could have stopped him from being the US president, or from fighting for the US’s independence. Franklin D. Roosevelt had polio, yet he “secured the first peacetime military draft in American history, the Selective Service Act of 1940.”(pg. 753, A History of the American people). Not only did he make a difference in the United States but his name has not been forgotten.
In the arts, disabled people are known as legends. They consist of people who went against the odds and fought for their dreams. Such people include Francsico de Goya, who got a disease that made him deaf,
Handicapped people are everywhere. They are unavoidable as well. Due to us being around them so often, one would assume that we would know a lot about them. If one thought this they would be wrong. Our outlook on handicapped people is usually nothing short of pity, as they will never be able to achieve anything great. However, society’s perception is warped. Though people can be handicapped, they can still achieve great things.
There are many areas that handicapped people play an active role in. They influence our daily life, and sometimes we do not even notice that they are handicapped. Some of the areas they play a large role in are politics, the arts, discoveries and education, protecting their country, sports, and in the media. With proper support from family, friends and the media, they can achieve great things as well. There are many celebrities who are disabled, that we are not aware of, and by keeping their disabilities secret; they were able to achieve great things with a positive outlook from society.
There are and were many people who play a large role in politics,, even though they were handicapped. Some US presidents have had handicaps, yet this did not stop them from leading their country towards a better life for their people. George Washington had a learning disability that prevented him from writing properly and having good grammar. This could have stopped him from being the US president, or from fighting for the US’s independence. Franklin D. Roosevelt had polio, yet he “secured the first peacetime military draft in American history, the Selective Service Act of 1940.”(pg. 753, A History of the American people). Not only did he make a difference in the United States but his name has not been forgotten.
In the arts, disabled people are known as legends. They consist of people who went against the odds and fought for their dreams. Such people include Francsico de Goya, who got a disease that made him deaf,