JustBeingCP

As my readers and followers will know Saturday the 3rd of December saw us mark International day of person’s with disabilities.

When I was out and about minding my own business recently I over heard a couple of young people saying his fingers look funny.

Their guardian made no attempt to educate them about what they should or shouldn’t be saying to others living within our society.

That was the first time I’ve ever experienced horrible comments with regards to the way that I look.

I have been left upset and confused by this incident as I was not expecting it to happen because we have just celebrated “International Day of Person’s with Disabilities”

This incident has reinforced the need to educate young people about what they both should and shouldn’t be saying to other members of our society.

As I have mentioned in a previous blog October saw us mark hate crime awareness week and I delivered an assembly to the year 7 students of a local secondary school on this very subject.

I will now spend the next couple of weeks and months educating all members of our society regardless of there age about why we need to think about our words when we are communicating with each other.

I know people reading this will say don’t let incidents like this one upset you however that is easier say than done.

I am proud to have a left hand with fingers like I do because it makes me unique in my own way and I think we all should be unique in our own right.

I hate having to write messages in my blogs to members of our society in an attempt to educate them about matters like this one.

I would like to say the following to everyone who lives within our society after this recent incident of hate that I was subjected to: Please, please, please take 30 seconds to consider what you are going to say to another member of our society because you do not know how your words will affect the person that you say them to.

I use blogs of this nature to express my thoughts and feelings about any hate that I received once it has taken place because it is my way of coming of terms with what was said to me.

I would like to take this opportunity to urge parents and guardians to have a conversation with their young people about disability and how words really can affect our community.

I know that this is another very short blog, but I wanted to share my feelings with you, shortly after this horrible incident took place.

As always, I would like to end this blog by thanking my loyal readers and followers, who week after week, take the time out of their busy schedules to read my blogs. It does not go unnoticed.

Cam