We are beautiful, living with disability

On 13 November the following was reported by The Sowetan, said by Jeff Madibeng about his wife's latest pregnancy : “She is not disabled. She is pregnant. She will carry on with her work but I will take care of her.” Who is Jeff's wife? She is former Miss South Africa Joan Ramagoshi.

What am I on about? Firstly that this article should be published with such a degrading message towards persons with disabilities. This article states that you cannot work if you are living with a disability. What rubbish!

Even worse is the profile of this specific person. This articles tells me that one of our former Miss South Africas condones the idea that persons living with disabilities cannot cope in a working environment. Did she convey this message while she was Miss South Africa? Even now as brand manager for Mamelodi Sundowns, does she still spread this message as well? She is well known and this message is distributed whereever she goes!

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa is drafting a policy regarding disability and this will hopefully curb and maybe even eliminate such horrid messages about persons living with disability. Anyone reading that article will probably not think about what that message promotes.

The attitude is so ingrained in the population of this country that persons living with disabilities are weak and useless. That is definitely not the case! We are not sick and in constant need of care and attention. We are healthy persons living full lives, some even with wives and children. We are living with one or more disabilities. We are not slowly dying of it!

South Africa, should throw away this negative image of persons living with disabilities and embrace the truth : we are valuable members of society. This article is proof of that, written by an author using a wheelchair. We have beautiful minds, beautiful hearts and beautiful souls. Our bodies may function a bit differently, but we are fully human, evan more so!

I urge you to approach the next person with a disability you see and ask that person how his or her day was. A pleasant surprise awaits you!

Sim, Blik

Mense, ek moet bieg, hierdie webwerf is die beste ooit!  Ek het die vorige post gestuur en so waar as wragtig toe ek F5 op my eie blog druk, is die teks daar.  Mapstieks! (Wie sê dit nog?)  Dit is vinnig. 

 

Vandag se inskrywing is die afrikaanse vertaling van Litany against Fear van Dune deur Frank Herbert faam.  Hier is my weergawe

 

Mantra teen Vrees

 

Ek moet nie vrees nie.  Vrees is verstandsmoord.  Vrees is die kleindood wat totale verwoesting meebring.  Ek sal my vrees in die gesig staar.  Ek sal my vrees toelaat om oor my en deur my te gaan.  Wanneer my vrees verbygegaan het, sal ek die geestesoog op sy pad vestig. Waar vrees was, sal daar niks wees nie. Net ek sal oorbly.

 

Kragtig. né...

 

Slewen Goser

Wat die joos? Goeie vraag, né? Dit is die naam van die karakter wat alle moeilikheid in elke mens se lewe veroorsaak. Dit is die entiteit wat jy moet aanspreek as jy die wolke oor jou begin voel saamtrek. Hy is die een wat jou laat dink dat dinge eintlik sleg is terwyl die waarheid heel anders is. Die waarheid is dat ons nog bedoel is om dinge reg te maak terwyl ons nog asemhaal.

Oom Goser se strategie is baie slim. Hy laat klein goedjies ophoop en ophoop todat jy op die ou einde nie meer weerstand kan bied nie. Dan begin groot goed op te hoop en kort voor lank weet jy nie WAT om te doen nie. Wat doen mens? Dis heel eenvoudig. Jy vee al die klein goedjies een vir een weg. Een vir een. Jy begin van klein na groot. IS JY MAL!!! Hoe kan jy die klein goedjies eerste doen? Wel, die klein goedjies verdeel jou aandag en dan kan jy nie op die groot goed konsentreer nie. Jy kan elke klein dingetjie vinnig en met min moeite takel, maar die groot goed verdien meer aandag. Jou natuurlike reaksie is natuurlik om die groot goed te PROBEER takel, maar dan byt die kleintjies jou in die hakke en jy val en jy bied geen weerstand nie. Klein goedjies eerste...

Ek gaan verder nog baie oor Slewen Goser praat, maar vandag kan ek eers bietjie volstaan.

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