Good Advice!

Thanks to all of you,

I have now leashed

and tethered my blog.

Should it ever disappear again,

I will gracefully (?)

ride off into the sunset.

 

Until then

I want to share something with all of you.

I'm generally pretty upbeat but, as  you know,

I have a passion.

Several passions really

but the nearest and dearest to my heart

are those people with Special Needs.

 

I have seen my children

and other children face

prejudice against them.

It's something we deal with often.

When they do not see.

I see.

When they do not hear,

I hear.

When they do not speak,

I speak.

 

Today, I speak.

This is a prejudice that stunned

me and shook me to the core.

 

Here is the story...

I work with a wonderful, perfectly delightful,

smart, 16 year old boy with Downs Syndrome.

He is social and has acquired countless friends.

 

I also work with an 18 year old girl

that suffers learning delays and some

physical limitations.

She is equally delightful.

 

They share a van ride

home from school

almost every day.

One day,

they kissed.

Ever so gently on the lips.

Just like any other teens,

they are learning about

attraction to the opposite sex.

 

We, at the school,

dealt with it appropriately.

Sad to say,

it went off the road

when the father of the girl found out.

No, he wasn't upset she kissed a boy.

He was upset that she kissed

a boy with Downs Syndrome.

 

This was like a kick in the heart

for me to hear.

It was exemplified by the knowledge

that her father is a minister,

as is her mother.

 

This is just one more example

of the injustices these

SPECIAL people have to endure.

Even from others that should

be the most supportive.

 

I know in the end,

all will be well.

as we will see to it,

without offending anyone.

 

I think I have spoken...

on their behalf.