BIKERS CLUB MAY 2019 ISSUE | Page 38

What does it mean to be differently abled ? People with mental or physical conditions are differently abled because they possess a unique set of abilities and perspectives. Everybody has ability and everybody matters, it's all about acknowledging it. "Differently abled" doesn't hide the fact that your loved one has been diagnosed with a condition, but continues to empower them despite it. Oftentimes, differently abled people see what we can't hear, what we can't think. This makes their ability different - not inferior, not superior - just different. The term differently abled recognises talent and value in everybody and treats them equally. while mental conditions like autism can affect certain everyday functions, it need not stop them from enjoying a fulfilling, enriched and loved life. Many differently abled people are known to flourish and rejoice in life with the right opportunity, support and love. How can I help ? If you personally know someone with mental or physical conditions, the best way you can help is to provide them unconditional love, support and patience. Get in touch with experts at APD India to understand the conditions and how they can affect their life. Knowledge is the best way to help those around you. You can also help by spreading the word and sensitising people on the matters of mental conditions. Alternatively, you can also help substantially by volunteering as an individual or a group with NGOs like APD and making the lives of the differently abled easier and happier. Several non profit groups in your area are relentlessly working to facilitate a better life for the differently abled and you can contribute your time, money or labor. Even the smallest donations or a few hours every week can improve hundreds of lives around you. Take action. There are many types of disabilities but majorly we can differentiate in two, Mental & Physical. Mental Mental disability is something which is related to mind and brains, in this types of disabilities, people are physically okay but their mental growth is weak or rather bit late. This kinds of people usually wants to be accepted and loved, they don't realize what they are doing or what's happening with them? It's just they are rather born like that way or some kind of accident or shock brought this conditions to them. Sometimes this kinds of people becomes bit aggressive because they don't know how to balance everything. It's very essential for us to be patient with them and behave with them like a child. Yes there are several types of mental disorder, some are full or some are semi or some are usually normal but sometimes they get mental attacks. Physical This kind of disability is some times more challenging than a mental disability, because in this people are more than normal, it's just they are physically not abled. People like one leg, one hand, no eyes, deaf, no legs, no hands and some other types. They are intelligent but their physical disability becomes the biggest hurdle in their life. I understand nowadays medical science has exponentially progressed in this area, through artificial limb and hand, a disabled person can live almost like a abled person. Sometimes you won't even come to know that they are disabled, if their hand or leg is covered with clothes.